tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82838317152097262812024-03-19T08:58:26.334-04:00gastroblogjim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.comBlogger202125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-29101234740957252782023-01-03T21:40:00.001-05:002023-01-03T21:40:08.561-05:00positivity journal 2022:12<div style="border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div>lots of cookies. a couple dogs and made the best of a trip to nyc for christmas. the last one may be seen as a bummer, so sorry in advance</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvbeimUMGRLMEcYEpj6kTx-1smaKG78EY6GhtPOY9mbtAVNyuoRE_zJdFK4IrcTGv8oQ4ArUJ2eriEn0f-K8mN45fpAEvlKRGH73a1gFi2UHbKzv54luTwV_wvpnW69slLZvG8k4Cwl3zQRigADM9TEebRum9vBsoQsa-CWFH0WuioOy6eRIrFatVjA/s1170/IMG_5584.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="1170" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvbeimUMGRLMEcYEpj6kTx-1smaKG78EY6GhtPOY9mbtAVNyuoRE_zJdFK4IrcTGv8oQ4ArUJ2eriEn0f-K8mN45fpAEvlKRGH73a1gFi2UHbKzv54luTwV_wvpnW69slLZvG8k4Cwl3zQRigADM9TEebRum9vBsoQsa-CWFH0WuioOy6eRIrFatVjA/w400-h210/IMG_5584.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div>dec 1: i somehow stumbled on an old ’70s song, “romeo’s tune,” in the form of a <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4cOD9vO68gFGp9ZpYOwyUB?si=7a1bf70c0f3c444a">keith urban cover</a> of it, and have been weirdly obsessed with it<br />dec 2: closed out leftovers season with turkey tetrazzini, because that’s what you do<br />dec 3: i read a recipe for orange blossom snickerdoodles and saw it as a base for the lemon coolers i wanted to make. so i did<br />dec 4: delivered some cookies to my pal susan<br />dec 5: had cookies for breakfast. there are a lot of cookies</div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>dec 6: my car could die forever at any moment, but i’m grateful every time it gets me home</span></div><span><div dir="auto">dec 7: three times today, people randomly quoted things i said years ago, and each time i had to figure out where i heard it before </div><div dir="auto">dec 8: took my pal michael, an italian chef, to dinner at an italian restaurant</div><div>dec 9: not sure why but it seems totally reasonable to wear my neon green camo t-shirt to work on fridays</div><div>dec 10: walking to farmers market, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cks_ytuur0o/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">saw frito</a> and therefore knew if i looked up, i would see daniela. so i did</div><br /></span></div><span><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVbRkWzMoBEKYQiEhCUoPpuZtreHTN3kZCKphLKAepLi4oxRn2LU5BiaQNFUNX2m4pwSs5yJbwOo9QrxdAYmcOd5t8dmfa-z1zVyo-nxwrEI9IHYPMgCSfOLm4dDy5jw0tMEU9-GA--DazHsNDvM2hDjcUTsZY7e1_BbqjudrJON9wERaiMDWNOzSZQ/s1418/IMG_5583.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1170" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVVbRkWzMoBEKYQiEhCUoPpuZtreHTN3kZCKphLKAepLi4oxRn2LU5BiaQNFUNX2m4pwSs5yJbwOo9QrxdAYmcOd5t8dmfa-z1zVyo-nxwrEI9IHYPMgCSfOLm4dDy5jw0tMEU9-GA--DazHsNDvM2hDjcUTsZY7e1_BbqjudrJON9wERaiMDWNOzSZQ/w151-h183/IMG_5583.jpg" width="151" /></a></div>dec 11: i love seeing a $95 t-shirt in clothing store because then i immediately know there’s nothing there for me and i can just leave </div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div>dec 12: fritos scoops and french onion dip can change my mood. (this is not technically directly related to dec. 10)</div><div dir="auto">dec 13: got to hang out with tiger, a greyhound that's roughly as tall as i am and looks like a deer when he's laying down</div><div dir="auto"><b>dec 14: running low on lemon cookies, so made another batch</b></div><div>dec 15: weekday afternoon drunk lady stopped me on sidewalk to tell me how much she loves christmas because of pie, which means we have a few things in common</div><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div dir="auto">dec 16: tonight’s fried chicken friday comes in the form of general tso’s from lucky danger</div><div>dec 17: went to eataly for the first time in 5+ years, but they didn’t have the coffee i was looking for so i left</div><div>dec 18: texted tom live updates of the argentina celebrations in times square</div><div dir="auto">dec 19: walking around the village, hit sullivan street and realized that’s a <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/16GUMo6u3D2qo9a19AkYct?si=dbebda6fafb649e3">billy joel</a> reference AND a <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5Dca0ubiXuNWTM6HSIynT7?si=9bb64c1efc564ed0">counting crows</a> reference </div><div>dec 20: the new train station in nyc is sooooo clean and sparkly, but i could navigate the old one with my eyes closed</div><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHYMq-QKx1RrvimIy1hVTcBnAecQLtBPWhuj7JiQaI8gU9m8yJBzPHNzZRiXCqInMH7GuTOjBzhL1kYYPRjn6gyWNODAz9zrMRynr1DSRFq-CRVGkQpg8dUna4eUjVqmBly68owKUQTB4WaLqSQ1IgiH4ZmIGT6JzdFsISI6016qHXapdY1BValhGKA/s883/IMG_5586.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="472" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHYMq-QKx1RrvimIy1hVTcBnAecQLtBPWhuj7JiQaI8gU9m8yJBzPHNzZRiXCqInMH7GuTOjBzhL1kYYPRjn6gyWNODAz9zrMRynr1DSRFq-CRVGkQpg8dUna4eUjVqmBly68owKUQTB4WaLqSQ1IgiH4ZmIGT6JzdFsISI6016qHXapdY1BValhGKA/w92-h171/IMG_5586.jpg" width="92" /></a></div>dec 21: watched on zoom as my salad was photographed in colorado </div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div dir="auto">dec 22: “hey, jim, i know you like pork …” is a nice way for your butcher to start a conversation when you walk to the counter </div><div><b>dec 23: watched a <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80238110">john mulaney special on netflix </a>but i could only hear andrew glouberman</b></div><div>dec 24: it was so cold that i noticed </div><div><b>dec 25: green goddess stuffed fried mushrooms and shrimp cocktail became my christmas appetizer tradition last year; this year i added crostini with ricotta, honey and black truffle after having that at via carota in new york earlier in the week (photo at top)</b></div></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2NZAYsfzbVQDhhGLnreKsR?si=a0cdf47b22474637"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2NZAYsfzbVQDhhGLnreKsR?si=a0cdf47b22474637"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhZc_PK6X-pZyt6lJHOO2PguUOlRxXOpD6hRtqT7w_dzO1W5huxn3FzrbmvXXvEMCKrdbz11dj2hU0fuTu0hxSsnvPf75sYcAuchg88UVAApsY5i9AqSEr5C2lxKrqYPulnLKuihScY-uqPs8F9BWo_1cnHbrVbRxD0XvAMDs4ruXdy3hZKPCOgQNiQ/s1170/IMG_5585.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="1170" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhZc_PK6X-pZyt6lJHOO2PguUOlRxXOpD6hRtqT7w_dzO1W5huxn3FzrbmvXXvEMCKrdbz11dj2hU0fuTu0hxSsnvPf75sYcAuchg88UVAApsY5i9AqSEr5C2lxKrqYPulnLKuihScY-uqPs8F9BWo_1cnHbrVbRxD0XvAMDs4ruXdy3hZKPCOgQNiQ/w200-h173/IMG_5585.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><b>dec 26: spotify keeps recommending that i listen to myself</b></div><div dir="auto">dec 27: -30 since mid april</div><div>dec 28: my current flavor of ocd involves only watching <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/81231974">“wednesday”</a> on, well, you see where this is going</div><div>dec 29: when i work out with my trainer, his main job seems to be to tell me to keep my head up. today, i was working out alone, but listening to spotify. i realized that i was staring at the ground, and billy joel was in my earbuds singing <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1O37YYsbfc5d5PkpvYYiWY?si=94fdf61efab544ea">“keep your eyes ahead and don’t look down”</a></div><div>dec 30: decided i needed to go shopping for whatever i was going to make for new year’s, then realized i don't really care about new years, so didn’t go shopping</div><br /></div><span style="border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">dec 31: that</span></span>’<span style="border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">s a wrap on year 4 of this list </span><span style="background-color: white; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;">—</span><span style="border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> about 1,700 entries minus the time i took off over the summer </span><span style="background-color: white; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;">—</span><span style="border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> and i think it's time to go on hiatus for awhile. but it has been fun</span></div>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-69480881187230611942022-12-05T21:32:00.004-05:002022-12-05T21:32:47.083-05:00positivity journal 2022:11<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">there's a lot of turkey tangents coming up<br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyMRwSrsuRJHOnTSytcGgnlSpZRutxBsar9iVHzl-OF6K-od3g_wubfVkinGVWZG3X_CJcBfRS-v-6HnqXtMCg8VO5JfEmaRHifDyuZ0zH7oPzczhivwXK1MOOFs04j2ONz4qJ9ATofM42dW1PZSpj3JaNiJWbPQni7N9B5A8BU_pQg-6Zx0bSSRXqQ/s1170/IMG_5464.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1170" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyMRwSrsuRJHOnTSytcGgnlSpZRutxBsar9iVHzl-OF6K-od3g_wubfVkinGVWZG3X_CJcBfRS-v-6HnqXtMCg8VO5JfEmaRHifDyuZ0zH7oPzczhivwXK1MOOFs04j2ONz4qJ9ATofM42dW1PZSpj3JaNiJWbPQni7N9B5A8BU_pQg-6Zx0bSSRXqQ/w400-h321/IMG_5464.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn0C9nr0ALtUpYMp_j-mdYYwxFxlI9ZvjX9r5xoyiG1JDL7H_9aBZPUlNVOKidDhq3DQXvoVhE25tw2veWUCufD-_x4hJVm-6nK0eHE6psn9QHyUImN8lZbCRsdTreDGH2d-DejNZZfp3y7ZwNLiv64_zlHjcWR-dLnVzA4pFjgYe4VFbjBVVsJUT5xQ/s1551/IMG_5460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1551" data-original-width="1170" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn0C9nr0ALtUpYMp_j-mdYYwxFxlI9ZvjX9r5xoyiG1JDL7H_9aBZPUlNVOKidDhq3DQXvoVhE25tw2veWUCufD-_x4hJVm-6nK0eHE6psn9QHyUImN8lZbCRsdTreDGH2d-DejNZZfp3y7ZwNLiv64_zlHjcWR-dLnVzA4pFjgYe4VFbjBVVsJUT5xQ/w151-h144/IMG_5460.jpg" width="151" /></a></div>nov 1: my new glasses are shaquille o’neal’s line, which probably says something about the size of my head <br />nov 2: trainer thinks he slyly raised the weights i work out at, but let me tell you, i noticed<br /><b>nov 3: work slack: </b></span><b><span style="font-family: arial;">“</span><span style="font-family: arial;">hey jim, there's a pumpkin pie downstairs with your name on it.</span><span style="font-family: arial;">” so literal</span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b>nov 4: <a href="https://therokuchannel.roku.com/lp/weird">lol</a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://therokuchannel.roku.com/lp/weird">’</a></span><a href="https://therokuchannel.roku.com/lp/weird" style="font-family: arial;">d at weird al movie.</a><span style="font-family: arial;"> spoiler alert sad he died</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://therokuchannel.roku.com/lp/weird"><br /></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;">nov 5: ponch garcia found me a deal on my too expensive chili crisp<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYW3oVy6kFHy7cgupLhcreWe3V-XSnpmvXlfbM1HLBwOX7UDAPLgQ53Q6BCWwtEbfRW2bBaewZbZ38a8kc4DHRSuroQEfW7Jdcprnsj1P9DXJeASNrdtRxI91_uj-uOpd2TJDUPq60ulS-vWGtp68SBjQox-MBp1Cj7tuVNWg8dCYbeuYe7TWtrcYncw/s1195/IMG_5461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1195" data-original-width="1170" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYW3oVy6kFHy7cgupLhcreWe3V-XSnpmvXlfbM1HLBwOX7UDAPLgQ53Q6BCWwtEbfRW2bBaewZbZ38a8kc4DHRSuroQEfW7Jdcprnsj1P9DXJeASNrdtRxI91_uj-uOpd2TJDUPq60ulS-vWGtp68SBjQox-MBp1Cj7tuVNWg8dCYbeuYe7TWtrcYncw/w162-h166/IMG_5461.jpg" width="162" /></a></div><b>nov 6: salad i made for dinner had oranges in it, but before i sliced it, had the foresight to strip the peel for the cocktail i would be making later <br /></b>nov 7: took small detour on walk to work and voted without breaking stride <br />nov 8: i told nora i was making tgiving dinner for a mutual friend and asked if she wanted to make a pie to include. she asked if she could make 3. it's always nice when you can see you</span><span style="font-family: arial;">’</span><span style="font-family: arial;">ve found your very specific band of weirdos</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">nov 9: <a href="https://youtu.be/SAe3sCIakXo">no one notices the contrast of white on white</a><br />nov 10: discussed iron replenishment after blood donation with melanie over steak kebabs (that sentence can be read in different ways but i gave up trying to fix it; i don</span><span style="font-family: arial;">’</span><span style="font-family: arial;">t think any of them are dirty)<br /><br />nov 11: my new rain jacket actually works<br />nov 12:<a href="https://youtu.be/0Da6AvsegGs"> </a></span><a href="https://youtu.be/0Da6AvsegGs"><span style="font-family: arial;">“</span><span style="font-family: arial;">i see horses running wild, i wish / i could feel like that for just a minute</span><span style="font-family: arial;">”</span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />nov 13: it was 65 when i went to bed, 55 when i woke up, and it just kept going down all day<br />nov 14: strategizing thanksgiving duties with jeremy while finishing editing the thanksgiving food section is multitasking in perfect synergy<br />nov 15: i think it</span><span style="font-family: arial;">’</span><span style="font-family: arial;">s funny when mcdonald</span><span style="font-family: arial;">’</span><span style="font-family: arial;">s suggests it's going to retire the mcrib, because the only time i ever go to mcdonald</span><span style="font-family: arial;">’</span><span style="font-family: arial;">s is when they have the mcrib<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TEHlEQzwHQyfbqKVxrhE2JQbHV8tCPUIF5KbApGRo0NSGFpgowmKpPce0zKg3g3aDUXAwK1-Hbj5fQCguhm3gEad5P86Ou6h9ev3Sn8aVj-Sb-p-AbQXEGYX4ynIlzKcLduyYbpG3OdaH9wyQFGGDsKu2O6DKDjUqhnSz3FxGwbzaiHSlXpgKgatXg/s1170/IMG_5462.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="1170" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TEHlEQzwHQyfbqKVxrhE2JQbHV8tCPUIF5KbApGRo0NSGFpgowmKpPce0zKg3g3aDUXAwK1-Hbj5fQCguhm3gEad5P86Ou6h9ev3Sn8aVj-Sb-p-AbQXEGYX4ynIlzKcLduyYbpG3OdaH9wyQFGGDsKu2O6DKDjUqhnSz3FxGwbzaiHSlXpgKgatXg/w400-h217/IMG_5462.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />nov 16: because i’m tall, not only could i tell that supermarket had my oat milk, but i could also reach the second one when i saw the top of the first one was crushed <br /><b>nov 17: went to see patti smith talk about her new book, and she played a few songs at the end; the first was </b></span><a href="https://youtu.be/VmBfns0cMrc"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">“</span><span style="font-family: arial;">grateful</span><span style="font-family: arial;">”</span></b></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b>nov 18: when the pandemic started, i was reading “fleishman is in trouble” and now it’s a tv series on hulu<br />nov 19: “you made coke flavored nocino!”<br />nov 20: went outside and noticed a big spot in the clear sky. pointed my phone at it and learned it was jupiter<br /><br />nov 21: thanksgiving prep is like the only time i feel like i know what i’m doing <br />nov 22: labeled something to go in freezer and dated it 11/22. meant it as month/year, then thought, whoa<br />nov 23: <a href="https://moveablefeastpod.com/episode/episode-19-sullivans-island-dc-florence-special-guest-jim-webster">podcast drops w tammy and jenna so i get to relive a little bit of italy </a><br />nov 24: hybrid thanksgiving went well<br />nov 25: i walked 7.5 miles without stopping for a break and then came across this quote: </span><span style="font-family: arial;">“</span><span style="font-family: arial;">the way you walk the path is as important as where it leads,</span><span style="font-family: arial;">”</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> which is good, because i walked in a big circle<br /><br />nov 26: accomplished nothing all day but kinda feel like i was due for one of those<br />nov 27: discussed dogs in businesses with lara over coffee while admiring dogs in coffee shop <br />nov 28: i love leftovers<br />nov 29: so. many. cookies. well, cookie recipes, anyway<br /><b>nov 30: reasonably satisfied with my spotify wrapped. it didn</b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>’</b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>t have anything completely nonsensical on it <br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3A9R61INxDqxnqVLEW_fPANN1a-lOIHUtYjiUCe7GYAsqziFNsGL3nhBRqXHYSWhSpObznC9PZBiK53puxZMWEWbLf-7nBiosdivUHJq9irilvsfNa1CYr_AmwplwPggZIYUgyLH1JXRktnskUrNdvXYa0thl_jjWa6dzyiBalVuQumjf_JZqdf3hbA/s1729/IMG_5463.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1729" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3A9R61INxDqxnqVLEW_fPANN1a-lOIHUtYjiUCe7GYAsqziFNsGL3nhBRqXHYSWhSpObznC9PZBiK53puxZMWEWbLf-7nBiosdivUHJq9irilvsfNa1CYr_AmwplwPggZIYUgyLH1JXRktnskUrNdvXYa0thl_jjWa6dzyiBalVuQumjf_JZqdf3hbA/s320/IMG_5463.jpg" width="217" /></a></div></span><br />jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-17119751257648034912022-11-03T22:49:00.002-04:002022-11-03T22:49:35.421-04:00positivity journal 2022:10<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/O3ol7uTxnl0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 1: made it 934 days without getting covid</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 2: it took about 4 cents worth of nylon washers to make the door on my refrigerator finally work right <br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 3: using fact that i’m technically sick while technically on vacation and had to cancel my plans and it’s raining to justify drinking more averna-and-ginger-beer cocktails <br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 4: couldn’t find purple socks but found white socks and dye<br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 5: tacos<br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: black;">oct 6: tested negative. might not have guessed i was even sick if i hadn’t tested. thank you science</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 7: i love it when i pass the ice machine on my way to the hotel room<br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 8: listened to <b>summer, highland falls</b> while driving through the town it was written in and named after<br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 9: brought long pants for a weekend trip in case i needed them but it only went down to 37, so nah<br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;">oct 10: as i walked into my building, concierge stopped me to tell me that a recent conversation i had with her inspired her to collect her dad</span>’<span style="color: black;">s recipes and turn them into a book. i don</span>’<span style="color: black;">t remember the conversation, but it totally sounds like one i</span>’<span style="color: black;">d have<br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 11: <a href="https://wapo.st/3U0YQUK">due to the intrepid reporting of laura reiley,</a> i learned that </span>“<span style="color: black;">DD Perks</span>”<span style="color: black;"> is the loyalty program for a donut chain and not whatever it is i was definitely imagining </span></div><div><span style="color: black;">oct 12: inadvertantly stumbled on another show that features aya cash and so now will watch all those. </span>“welcome to flatch”?</div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 13: me to daniela: the 3 things we’re talking about ordering are all carbs. daniela: that’s fine<br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;">oct 14: <a href="https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/10/14/this-francophiles-logan-circle-condo-used-to-be-a-schoolhouse/">read a story about the design of my friend jenna</a></span><a href="https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/10/14/this-francophiles-logan-circle-condo-used-to-be-a-schoolhouse/">’</a><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/10/14/this-francophiles-logan-circle-condo-used-to-be-a-schoolhouse/">s condo</a>, and looking at the photos, i was unsuspectingly verklempt when i saw one of my books (which came out years before i knew her) on her shelf! <br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 15: i was skeptical about the </span>“quantum leap” reboot but when i got to the part where the new mission is to resolve the original series, i was all in</div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 16: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4JAFyW6oZV6DIADeV619QG?si=c34a936695494c6e">“stand up in clear blue morning, until you see what can be alone in a cold day dawning. are you still free? can you be?”</a></span></div><div><span style="color: black;">oct 17: sometimes the mistakes i catch are my own<br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 18: shopping for new glasses, i think i was jason’s favorite customer, maybe ever<br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 19: intuition told me maggie rogers tour dates would be announced tomorrow <br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 20: maggie rogers announced tour dates. i really enjoy being correct <br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 21: half order of garlic bread</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 22: i asked jeremy if i could tag along with him to a data conference in the spring because it’s in nashville and going there is useful to me. he immediately said yes and that he already volunteered us to do a bbq demo for the conference. it was like 15 minutes before i realized he meant me and him<br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 23: while out walking, i saw two dogs at different times who were on the other side of the street, but stopped and looked at me and clearly wanted to come say hi <br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 24: saw soccer on tv and they did a graphic with halftime stats and the category was “ball touches” and i would think that’s a penalty <br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 25: third dinner option with michelle baker was balkan at a bar, because the first two choices were closed, and it was awesome<br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><div><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVSzp3McTapH0vdxP3II_0AqWchy8AZUvh48JXSS3_e6ukSu3DGhaj-sAUBYKGGUS5dAcUNYn5ixPAAJs_0rJkWPxf64AJ3xYNpFRXeRIuE3DCEij8rnRXQO0UmPiUgZUi7Z7FVpnRmhDehGlJikEtWlZijJGzfRTEIBeYJR-YJml0JOSq0zajfY0ug/s1170/IMG_5333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="1170" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVSzp3McTapH0vdxP3II_0AqWchy8AZUvh48JXSS3_e6ukSu3DGhaj-sAUBYKGGUS5dAcUNYn5ixPAAJs_0rJkWPxf64AJ3xYNpFRXeRIuE3DCEij8rnRXQO0UmPiUgZUi7Z7FVpnRmhDehGlJikEtWlZijJGzfRTEIBeYJR-YJml0JOSq0zajfY0ug/s320/IMG_5333.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />oct 26: </span>i thought i was out of pickles <b>so i made more</b>. when i put them away, i found 2 more pints</div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 27: read a story about turkey shortage this year. felt fairly immune since i know the farmer raising my turkeys right now, but DM</span>’<span style="color: black;">d her to officially reserve anyway<br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 28: after work, stopped to have some wings, then saw jesus smoking a joint outside. did not have that in halloween bingo <br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 29: tonight’s jesus was just out walking in dupont circle with andy warhol. gen z halloween is weird <br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 30: was afraid to change my phone screen protector because i was confident all the cracks i saw couldn’t possibly just be in it. but they were. good job <br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">oct 31: dressed as a journalist who just got off work, i snagged all the 100 grand bars from the candy trough in the lobby; didn’t see any jesuses</span></div><span style="color: black;"><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /></span></div>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-29020682562586342652022-10-02T13:35:00.000-04:002022-10-02T13:35:15.663-04:00positivity journal 2022:9<p>by the end of the month, i had somehow ended up in italy. so, not bad</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGaUt9xHGOgOKts3RuKCxtT3LsyngFQkE4A_GzzG-gv8_nXjjvP1N-kH6wl9loGbozJtALtKXIy65qNfq8EtV6Ss1KyQPqqbv-icCMCfuE327n0HptOSLRvHQP2Fblc4MfJFOaqQcaSnxrRq1ftn5Z0lrHnadMRap5ceZoPgA3vOa65VOlkTaDVSWmYQ/s1170/IMG_5213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="1170" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGaUt9xHGOgOKts3RuKCxtT3LsyngFQkE4A_GzzG-gv8_nXjjvP1N-kH6wl9loGbozJtALtKXIy65qNfq8EtV6Ss1KyQPqqbv-icCMCfuE327n0HptOSLRvHQP2Fblc4MfJFOaqQcaSnxrRq1ftn5Z0lrHnadMRap5ceZoPgA3vOa65VOlkTaDVSWmYQ/w400-h175/IMG_5213.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /><b>sept 1: holy crap/diver: there's a ronnie james dio doc coming to theaters <br /></b>sept 2: timehop served up photos of najah from 3 different years. sigh<br />sept 3: was watching “only murders in the building” episode where there’s a blackout. just as their lights went out, the light on a timer in the kitchen went out, and it was an unexpected multimedia event<br />sept 4: completed my taco-based vision quest<br />sept 5: jeremy labors over a corn cocktail</p><p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/63kEbvSfRh8" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p><div>sept 6: edited all day, wrote all night, all without leaving the same chair. the respite was impromptu dinner with nora simon, which included a research element </div><div><div dir="auto">sept 7: second straight day of sitting at computer for about 17 hours, which is fulfilling if also exhausting <br />sept 8: apparently, at some point, i set slack to alert me whenever anyone in any channel sends a message mentioning “bagel”</div><div><b>sept 9: good timing scores free ticket to amanda shires concert</b></div><div dir="auto">sept 10: i get inordinately proud of myself when i bail on movies that are terrible 10 minutes in<br /></div></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MGRnwevBaLOrO0XoCJtUKRlDgLJyxyM1zVeKTaBBOfFnkoon4F2U16X1l-iSBmNvdHWYDK5BM2X1ELmgyKvCMHLRhCT9kbVrj2ra3dL2V7GNrJs_6z5QrEaZ-euFxKlfW4oUpb-wjRT7q6GbD00rENlMmlvaX_KG0ca-SF4KiifsZAK9Xz0Uj_wgCA/s1170/IMG_5211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1061" data-original-width="1170" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MGRnwevBaLOrO0XoCJtUKRlDgLJyxyM1zVeKTaBBOfFnkoon4F2U16X1l-iSBmNvdHWYDK5BM2X1ELmgyKvCMHLRhCT9kbVrj2ra3dL2V7GNrJs_6z5QrEaZ-euFxKlfW4oUpb-wjRT7q6GbD00rENlMmlvaX_KG0ca-SF4KiifsZAK9Xz0Uj_wgCA/s320/IMG_5211.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsMbNI17JnQI-1eAwwZcdVRMR12-n99mxObHTJtddgDnC8doMzNpa8W4OnZL3VW4CXOGo9N0wtcH-34rX_EXk5gFpruLW8N_gAXtkfZmEcYEyaI95As5LLGKVPDgVEt4ZeWRVJg--CilZHSNFEFR3S_inAtorcq7u7rl_N39u0-2Hwq3Ci7yZ1BCYBg/s1170/IMG_5212.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1170" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsMbNI17JnQI-1eAwwZcdVRMR12-n99mxObHTJtddgDnC8doMzNpa8W4OnZL3VW4CXOGo9N0wtcH-34rX_EXk5gFpruLW8N_gAXtkfZmEcYEyaI95As5LLGKVPDgVEt4ZeWRVJg--CilZHSNFEFR3S_inAtorcq7u7rl_N39u0-2Hwq3Ci7yZ1BCYBg/w200-h148/IMG_5212.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>sept 11: bought candy corn at target, so the season is officially open <br /></div><div dir="auto">sept 12: <a href="https://youtu.be/Qa5Mawz92xU">“<span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">all that i feel is the realness i’m faking”</span></a><br />sept 13: getting to the point that i don’t feel self conscious about working out in the gym when someone else is in there</div><div dir="auto">sept 14: my research indicates 70 is the exact correct number of walk-to-work degrees </div><div>sept 15: i was in no way prepared for the <a href="http://eatatelle.com/staff">staff page of the website of elle restaurant</a><br /><br /></div><div><div dir="auto">sept 16: it’s getting to the point that i can almost list other people at the office whose doctors are making them drink 150 oz of water a day</div><div dir="auto">sept 17: went to record store. there was no billy joel, but there was toscanini, prokofiev, liberace, buddy holly, elvis, rock around the clock and lots of heavy metal. <a href="https://youtu.be/eFTLKWw542g">so kind of</a><br />sett XVIII: got the phone call i always kinda knew was coming one day: “wanna go to italy next week?”</div><div>sett XIX: i can go to italy next week</div><div dir="auto">sept 20: if you’ve filled up your vax card, they’ll just give you a new one<br /></div></div><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">sept 21:<a href="https://youtu.be/FNrQOUtXYOo"> “the greatest of teachers won’t hesitate to leave you there, chained to fate”</a><br /></div><div dir="auto">sept 22: it’s 73 degrees and i overheard guy on sidewalk say, to no one in particular, "this is SOO much better than when it’s hot." AMEN BROTHER</div><div dir="auto"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtw6vfgB-wyuPf4gZCVS0W2-h_9dMz-MqHKOJjY_KkvuyVrcEBzr6C-MiM4Hyo08EtJWMeOBtnG5-MsXh1XInyDneIJK1rTHcq6I2O4yEDeN-BXPD4TwDrpvcXPleYYTcugdQdzqvFs01jirWA5kGCAddjpJUcHdMz2VEgI3x3KQn-zcl1TBrOtgTgQ/s1851/IMG_5214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1851" data-original-width="927" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtw6vfgB-wyuPf4gZCVS0W2-h_9dMz-MqHKOJjY_KkvuyVrcEBzr6C-MiM4Hyo08EtJWMeOBtnG5-MsXh1XInyDneIJK1rTHcq6I2O4yEDeN-BXPD4TwDrpvcXPleYYTcugdQdzqvFs01jirWA5kGCAddjpJUcHdMz2VEgI3x3KQn-zcl1TBrOtgTgQ/w100-h200/IMG_5214.jpg" width="100" /></a></div>sett XXIII: went to work but spent all day thinking about packing for italy</div><div dir="auto">sett XXIV: uber driver taking me to airport asks where i’m going. “oh my god you’re going to eat prosciutto!” he wasn’t wrong </div><div dir="auto"><b>sett XXV: within 3 hours of arriving in florence, had had prosciutto twice <br /></b><br /></div><div><div dir="auto"><b>sett XXVI: gelato’d twice <br /></b></div><div>sett XXVII: <span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">got to fulfill lifelong goal of setting AC to 19 degrees </span><br />sett XXVIII: roamed rome to the tune of <span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-center; text-decoration-line: overline; vertical-align: baseline;">X</span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-center; text-decoration-line: overline; vertical-align: baseline;">X</span>MCCLXVI steps</div><div dir="auto">sett XXXIX: got dessert bombed at il san lorenzo after getting crudo bombed and truffle bombed</div><div dir="auto">sett XXX: cab driver taking me to the airport in rome opened with “i don’t speak much english,” but we managed fine</div></div></div></div>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-13559606494217048692022-09-01T23:20:00.002-04:002022-09-01T23:31:41.080-04:00positivity journal 2022:8<p>nearly 33 percent of the items on this list are music allusions, which is code that i'm still trying to heal, because that's my medicine. anyway, here goes:<br /><br />
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</p><div dir="auto">aug 1: made template for this list. not sure about it, but figured i’d try</div><div dir="auto"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 2: noticed that my trainer more aggressively trains me when there’s an attractive lady in the gym</span><br /></div><div dir="auto"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 3: </span>to supplement the nagging of my intermittent fasting app, i’ve started to listen to twisted sister’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOtOIASIcGM">“stay hungry”</a> several times a day. that was actually my weight loss plan in college anyway </div><div dir="auto"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 4: new maggie rogers album arrived<b> and it’s purple</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 5: i told emily i was going to a concert next week and she asked “billy joel or maggie rogers?” neither, but i like that emily is paying attention </span><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCpYZcoMC8gXPJID47klUMKoh80vkAL5b_Yo_87Vi7GI9u259d7AHU0QU-A5iPuHswfy4WzpW-BOKSuul9WtO38mtRuTy4lBh7z7oO5QbOA88btxh_FsGigy_imwNl9cQRNzyTyBW6ZzpiLqxKuKJYrw70H71k09ai0Hav0iTMaSbQ89h_jQs2IYXdQ/s1170/IMG_4728.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1170" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCpYZcoMC8gXPJID47klUMKoh80vkAL5b_Yo_87Vi7GI9u259d7AHU0QU-A5iPuHswfy4WzpW-BOKSuul9WtO38mtRuTy4lBh7z7oO5QbOA88btxh_FsGigy_imwNl9cQRNzyTyBW6ZzpiLqxKuKJYrw70H71k09ai0Hav0iTMaSbQ89h_jQs2IYXdQ/s320/IMG_4728.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 6: store didn’t have ice cream i wanted AND I DIDN’T JUST BUY SOME OTHER ONE</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 7: simultaneously held two text conversations with friends named lara about singers named maggie and was shocked i never got my laras nor my maggies mixed up. but both laras are aware of both maggies, so not a huge deal</span><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 8: i liked that the woman next to me at the counting crows show knew all the words, but LOVED it when they played a not-favorite of mine and she randomly turned to me and said “ugh, <a href="https://youtu.be/tvtJPs8IDgU">i hate this song</a>”</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 9: las gemelas probably has the best soundtrack of any taco place i’ve been to</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 10: </span>read something that suggested 2 of my very favorite, very different, billy joel songs, <a href="https://youtu.be/O3ol7uTxnl0">summer highland falls</a> and <a href="https://youtu.be/5xgjtm4_M20">i go to extremes</a>, are basically about the same thing and my head exploded a little. because it’s not wrong. oh, and the “thing” is manic depression </div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 11: dinner with alex, but also the guy sitting behind him looked exactly like … well, vincent van gogh. except the ears</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 12: was sitting at my desk, minding my own business, when i heard 2 guys behind me talking about <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/my-late-grandma-left-a-mark-with-her-dinner-rolls-why-cant-i/2015/11/16/f62f6892-87d4-11e5-be39-0034bb576eee_story.html">my grandmother's dinner roll recipe</a></span><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 13: it was a 3-taqueria kinda day</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 14: “</span>i’m good at seeing opportunity where others see mayhem” please watch <a href="https://www.hulu.com/movie/we-feed-people-e2be592c-f04f-4462-ae1d-a738bf89d238">“we feed people.”</a> it’s on hulu</div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 15: put my watch on its charger as i went to bed and it was at 1% and i feel like i timed that pretty well</span><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span></span><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 16: it’s been a month since i saw brandi carlile in dallas, and i think i</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>’ve listened to “<a href="https://youtu.be/Q9kyavHepzs">cannonball</a>” about 20 times since then</div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 17: kebabs and rice</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 18: </span>the only thing i like about summer is wearing sunglasses on the walk home</div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 19: <a href="https://youtu.be/DK4UDFzIZ3Q">“</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/DK4UDFzIZ3Q">baptized by truth, we will reap what we sow”</a></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 20: got to hang out at a cookbook photo shoot. i’ve missed that and look forward to the next </span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 21: watched season finale of 3 shows and that always feels like a weird victory </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 22: amalgamated a bunch of leftovers into a rice bowl that didn’t read like leftovers. clearing out space in the fridge always feels like a not-weird-at-all victory </span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 23: favorite part of working from home is no socks</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 24: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>the smell of mint calms me down. i don’t know why</div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 25: </span>i’m against socks that differentiate between left and right, so was kind of surprised at the small jolt of joy i felt when i mindlessly put on a sock, looked down, and saw the R on my right toe<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span></span></span><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span 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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HAYd6fnw6co" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 26: saw <b>o.a.r. play r.e.m.</b> and wayne shout-sang all the words (youtube video)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 27: accidentally went to get tacos during happy hour. the happy hour part was the accident. getting tacos was totally on purpose</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 28: successfully made an 83-point turn while pulling a trailer to get out of a parking lot</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 29: first i saw one braford, and we talked about our mutual deevolutionary interest in old man shoes that don’t need to be tied and that should surprise no one. but then another braford starting slacking me and i didn’t see that coming </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 30: sometimes when i work from home, i wear my ID anyway to stay in the habit</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">aug 31: susan inadvertently alluded to <b>my favorite twisted sister song.</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></div>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-50424280250175569452022-07-08T11:27:00.002-04:002022-07-08T11:27:52.882-04:00requiem to my true north<p><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6jwr5xPD49HY4_1ZH2b-F8wJYnAGefbecj3ePfUq-x6Jzmc1mwMl4uTWGGfKEYEqz9xigMPs7zUzCcUEuepnMbCX14BDO9rSnwlP5mNzW-2ga_RMciSSVdHq-FH51UBlp_oNLwaMXll3LeoU9fmBiUfTFwbAFoXqGJHq-mLMqfSYUaUI7BoAR6z_Yg/s1440/IMG_0893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1440" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6jwr5xPD49HY4_1ZH2b-F8wJYnAGefbecj3ePfUq-x6Jzmc1mwMl4uTWGGfKEYEqz9xigMPs7zUzCcUEuepnMbCX14BDO9rSnwlP5mNzW-2ga_RMciSSVdHq-FH51UBlp_oNLwaMXll3LeoU9fmBiUfTFwbAFoXqGJHq-mLMqfSYUaUI7BoAR6z_Yg/w400-h400/IMG_0893.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">i always knew the cliff i was building for myself, every
time i punctuated a post about najah with an aside about her incredible age. the
point was always that i was just astounded at how lucky we had been to have
soooo much time with her, and i saw it as an opportunity to recognize it. ultimately,
i was just ridiculously proud to know her</span><p></p><div class="Ar Au Ao" id=":23q"><div aria-label="Message Body" aria-multiline="true" class="Am Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY" g_editable="true" hidefocus="true" id=":1wd" role="textbox" spellcheck="false" style="direction: ltr; min-height: 258px;" tabindex="1">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">but i knew that the flip side of that was that eventually i would have to fall from that cliff, and how much it was going to hurt when that happened</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">she could not possibly live forever </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">–</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> though sometimes i wondered </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">–</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> and on tuesday morning,
we had to say goodbye to her. we didn’t want to, of course, but she had fought
so many things so hard for so long against all odds, and for the first time it
was clear that she couldn’t win. all we could do for her is spare her that last,
losing fight </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">anyone who has followed my posts over the past … well, for as
long as i’ve been on social media, because she was actually older than social
media, knows much of her story, and i don’t want to take this space to repeat
the various mortal afflictions she basically laughed off for two decades. or the
vet who told us not to get too attached to her … 17 years ago. or even tell the
story about the way i came up with her name for the millionth time. (tho i’m
happy to do that one if you ask)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dymaOzt6KDsV92uKGfRGPT2EcPk6IrUz4Is-wl5_MBBsNP1-VVpBmX_d92YeiqqJgSdnr83JO7er4cPMMWuuw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">i have had at least one cat continuously since 1987, when i was
in college and still living with my parents, and it isn’t lost on me that being
a cat guy, like pink cocktails, is part of my personality. all of our cats have
been great – razzle, meeko, jazmine; i could tell you stories about them all –
but najah was simply next level. i just can’t believe how smart, willful and
affectionate she was. and how easily and effectively she communicated with us. she
had huge, expressive eyes, and it just never seemed unclear what was on her
mind at any given time. if she could have talked, she could not have made
herself more clear. she had opinions on everything, and wasn’t shy about them</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">she had an infinite supply of love. she was a huge fluffball
and was happiest when there was a lap to curl up on or a leg to curl up
against. and when she thought it was time for that to happen, she was perfectly
willing to go sit next to a chair or couch and stare judgingly at you until you
relented and sat to become the thing she would curl up on. and then you better
not have anything planned for a few hours. she seemed to cherish that time as
much as i did, to the point that i felt literal guilt when i was out of town and
we didn’t have our couch time</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">this may be a weird non sequitur, but i can’t remember ever
being angry with her. not once. i honestly can’t remember her ever doing
anything wrong</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">i haven’t posted a positivity list for june, and i’m
conflicted about it, because i kept one, and there was a lot of good stuff in
it. there were also a lot of empty spaces for days that were too hard, and there
was a lot of stuff that was outdated by the time that i would’ve posted, and
some that became unbearably painful by july 5. because most of the month involved
najah’s care. there was a vet tech who was shocked to learn that she was
treating a cat that was only 2 years younger than she was (gulp!). there was the
night in the vet ER when i was sitting up with her late at night, and at the
shift change, i heard the vets excitedly talking about getting to meet the
21-year-old lady that was in the house. and there was the moment of painful
poignancy when i was at the paul mccartney concert and he played “let it be”
and “live and let die” back to back, and it was more than i could take; it was
the first time i’ve ever cried at a show, as far as i can remember. and, i
mean, i crumbled</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">there was also the day she came home from the ER, and the
day that she started eating with a bit of vigor, and it looked like maybe she
was pulling through yet again</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">but it all just feels like a lie at this point. so i didn’t
post it</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">which is the worst possible tribute to her. without fear of
overstatement, it’s possible that she, more than anyone or anything, made that
list – and that general attitude – possible. she made it nearly impossible to
be anything less than positive. because no matter how bad my day was, i knew
that she would be there when i got home, waiting to curl up on my lap and make
me forget anything bad that had happened up to that point. it was soooo easy
for her, and it was endless. surely if it was that easy for her to erase the
stupid of the world, then there was probably more of that energy out there, if
we just looked for it, and took the time to notice it</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">i haven’t started a file for july yet. i’ve seen and felt
things i’d otherwise include. i got to talk to one of my favorite artists after
a show and thank her for playing a song i love for the first time at a show i
was at. i got to cook for a friend going through his own pain. kind friends who
know I’m gutted have reached out to make sure i’m ok when they know i</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">’</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">m not. a line in a counting
crows song connected with me in a new, visceral way. but i’m still overwhelmed
with the grief of knowing i can’t just go over to her bed and give her a quick
squeeze anytime that i need it. or she needs it. or we need it</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">but i can feel her big judgy eyes glaring at me. “did i teach
you nothing?” so we’ll see<br />
<br />
and if I have to make an entry for july 5, it would be that i am profoundly
grateful that i was there, sitting on the floor with her curled up against my
leg and my hand wrapped around her furry torso at the very instant we lost her.
it seems insane to be grateful about the moment a huge chunk of my soul
evaporated, but the gift was in how she filled it as long as she did. i wanted
to be able to look into her eyes, hoping that she could read mine as easily as i
could hers, so she would know in that moment, like all before it, how much i
loved her. but she seemed as comfortable as possible under the circumstances
against my leg, and that seemed most important. it was the hardest thing i’ve ever
had to go through, and days later i’m still breaking down into ugly cries at
mere, unlikely triggers. (if you interact with me, be aware that i have no idea
how long that will last.) but there is nothing i wouldn’t have done for that
cat</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">it was an honor to know her for more than 21 years, and to
be there with her until the last minute</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiIXxeQrrsTkJuJPGZo38kAr5OtvSqZp3yvgO66q2GkjAk5chMn_NJF7KHwQS1bgzrMSu-MiHJD1fB_ev3ICKw1KIlcTox8Tfj0X9l2o8RZwiTtp6dWcK7-p-FSo3__pxMwqbBc_r5mPM7g7QzSVTfZnXGzCqNW1mEhoW1xvH1NYOppySydgRTnbQKXg/s2448/IMG_0418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1882" data-original-width="2448" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiIXxeQrrsTkJuJPGZo38kAr5OtvSqZp3yvgO66q2GkjAk5chMn_NJF7KHwQS1bgzrMSu-MiHJD1fB_ev3ICKw1KIlcTox8Tfj0X9l2o8RZwiTtp6dWcK7-p-FSo3__pxMwqbBc_r5mPM7g7QzSVTfZnXGzCqNW1mEhoW1xvH1NYOppySydgRTnbQKXg/w400-h308/IMG_0418.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">postscript: when i need comfort, i turn to culture where i can. i created a playlist of songs to help me get through. it</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">’</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">s a work in progress, but <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6nzERrMy3xANFkN8HmBxLj">here it is </a>if you're interested. <br /><br />also, i found a poem from the early 20th century called </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">“</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">faith.</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">”</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> an excerpt:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>One more dark passage to come,<br />One more sharp sorrow to bear;<br />But still in the sunlight I'll lift up my head,<br />And feel its warm radiance there<br /></i></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">–</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span> najah woodward</span><br /><br /></span></p></div></div><p></p>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-49002515285087282042022-06-02T23:26:00.004-04:002022-06-02T23:26:55.226-04:00positivity journal 2022:5<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRZHXEm4HuGgKzBPF0wwqoarSLrHe_JlgypFjTy56huXzirc7U-vfjxjxx4m27yueyodaUbjNtS7rXJulLDnE3Ktzp2IJpdOxFZm3c60XUkrtuzgi7t_ZTdaXcvFgqmxtxSNNsOZKP8pP8BBwv6VitgWz4Yk9eW1t-XY6J27a7LDy_ngIxYz7sW6rPw/s1536/IMG-4224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1170" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRZHXEm4HuGgKzBPF0wwqoarSLrHe_JlgypFjTy56huXzirc7U-vfjxjxx4m27yueyodaUbjNtS7rXJulLDnE3Ktzp2IJpdOxFZm3c60XUkrtuzgi7t_ZTdaXcvFgqmxtxSNNsOZKP8pP8BBwv6VitgWz4Yk9eW1t-XY6J27a7LDy_ngIxYz7sW6rPw/s320/IMG-4224.jpg" width="244" /></a></div>a lot of the stuff here is not really positivity, per se, but it was at least something that modestly amused me. and this month really sucked so hard on so many levels that modestly amusing can seem pretty big in the moment<p></p><p>but there were a few pretty great things. read on, should you choose </p><p></p><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">may 1: threw out all my socks with holes; still have a lot of socks<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">may
2: got emails from two people who are apparently my second cousins, who
didn’t know who i was but were pleasantly surprised to <a href="https://wapo.st/3zgLEUe">read a washington post story that talked about their great grandfather, gigi, </a>
who was also mine<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">may 3: the guy at covid testing complimented my technique<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">may
4: my war against the non-word </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">“</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>okay</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: 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my own. i will probably lose again, but i made the case better this
time, i think. it</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: 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style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">’</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>ll be OK<br 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style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">may 5: independent reports of people having pierogi for dinner<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: 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style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">may 7: my kalimotxo proportions were perfect. if only i had been paying attention <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: 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10: successfully managed to not overexplain something, thereby not
releasing unnecessary information. this is a personal turning point <br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogouAWwzpVW0Y9lisXUmk3OnMhXTjiwHQGk1h_tf0KuIDWV5UpZHZseeAgAWVDDmrj3__5NPz2ROXjQvFQNzOImtdQLiO1i32kbUb0gXE4FdJtIzBZt3mOeBlA-IdJwCdjlp9vcZCL_cN_pduAeeAb-z29RMij4JrAWXXwzjiTpb0DruEiftkJmgp1w/s1170/IMG-4226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="1170" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogouAWwzpVW0Y9lisXUmk3OnMhXTjiwHQGk1h_tf0KuIDWV5UpZHZseeAgAWVDDmrj3__5NPz2ROXjQvFQNzOImtdQLiO1i32kbUb0gXE4FdJtIzBZt3mOeBlA-IdJwCdjlp9vcZCL_cN_pduAeeAb-z29RMij4JrAWXXwzjiTpb0DruEiftkJmgp1w/w433-h262/IMG-4226.jpg" width="433" /></a></div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">may
11: unexpected good news that i</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">’</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>m not prepared to share. but it's
pretty cool and i feel like this list is a lie if i don</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">’t at least</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> vaguely allude to it<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">may
12: last month i talked about how great a tv character beth dutton is
and i’m sticking by that but i forgot what a close second ruth langmore
is<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: 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black;"><span style="color: black;"><b>may 14: billy joel 30: random woman next to me at restaurant before show: “you’re going to billy joel, right?”</b><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmnGrjTKPie1ss8dAyDSR0uqvdaEH7hiPG9NztWAM3J6r3Jf1HxhKOfyrOhqeBw4jZAWgzEV9dxovpROgjILb7_EuZt_Lbz8NwBbI4VfmzA4nvlsctUtzkCVikkRWEPdwaHNuLAyedCjWGn_rdb7UW5SJtOTeyYL4IzgRkmVeD36WRyVC1li3Elb87A/s1170/IMG-4227.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="1170" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmnGrjTKPie1ss8dAyDSR0uqvdaEH7hiPG9NztWAM3J6r3Jf1HxhKOfyrOhqeBw4jZAWgzEV9dxovpROgjILb7_EuZt_Lbz8NwBbI4VfmzA4nvlsctUtzkCVikkRWEPdwaHNuLAyedCjWGn_rdb7UW5SJtOTeyYL4IzgRkmVeD36WRyVC1li3Elb87A/w489-h330/IMG-4227.jpg" width="489" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span 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16: working from home after being away for weekend, didn</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">’</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>t know what i
was going to have for lunch. then i found leftover stuffed cabbages
hiding in fridge<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><b>may
17: after no live book release events in over 2 years, went to 2 in one
night. and they were great. congrats robert, tolu and kwame!</b><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">may 18: coffee, conversation, collaborating<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">may 19: white rice, hold the lawn clippings<br 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style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">may
20: supposed to hit 90, so decided to wear shorts to work. since i
recently saw someone in the office wearing a white linen sports jacket, i
determined there are clearly no rules</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVjGu8bSNtzP93pYxVEReKEaoUOlau_makx5si_wqmCUYecbdK3nV-h-9mKY7ev4esKh2-3NMaQiHgEwWagmCLVWEjyDIvDdbHVDwE0oz04Ag4dyB0t8fEb52CpxoTwOUcTxYbLAmOiUnQ9PKa_OPaOQwQT9rBJrQt-0DLnkltpBX0W1nfFh2FzNcaA/s1383/IMG-4225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1383" data-original-width="1170" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVjGu8bSNtzP93pYxVEReKEaoUOlau_makx5si_wqmCUYecbdK3nV-h-9mKY7ev4esKh2-3NMaQiHgEwWagmCLVWEjyDIvDdbHVDwE0oz04Ag4dyB0t8fEb52CpxoTwOUcTxYbLAmOiUnQ9PKa_OPaOQwQT9rBJrQt-0DLnkltpBX0W1nfFh2FzNcaA/w124-h147/IMG-4225.jpg" width="124" /></a></div><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">may 21: strawberries at farmers market means strawberry-nutella crepes!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><b>may 22: leftover strawberries means more strawberry-nutella crepes!</b><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">may
23: it freaks the literalist in me out a little when someone says
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been my actual religion </b><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">may 28: at farmers market, i confused my egg farmer by buying steak from her<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">may 29: this is the first season top chef has been interesting in yeeeeeeeeeeaaaars<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>may
30: remains to be seen how my new intermittent fasting app and my new
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mayo ice cream sandwich</a>, which, frankly, i maintain does not seem implausible<br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">apr 2: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0Uy3QQreDK5rkMn36leRn2?si=88a49980e7e149f0"><span style="border-color: rgb(0,0,0); color: black;">“try to get me a little oblivion, baby. try to keep myself away from myself and me”</span></a></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: 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i’ll tell you when to preorder<br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div>apr 5: texted happy birthday to lara cerri, setting off a 46-text conversation that i didn<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: 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know i needed, but was not surprised<br /></div><div><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSzwnmyHIKOcDLOTNvCRC0wJvFUNiG1fDBn2pHTdrkzb6PeOSLn0uCXguGOFmKzrqOCPs_v_Kd6wUZv59kjtwENX5_LDuWAOj4rAEuO_jga_quI6DJWatsPbLaDTEG0MHvTi9BDUmfscSpTsNojPPAAzwWmzKrked5sHePbf4JItciICbT1mgkoyEWQ/s1170/IMG_4146.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="1170" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSzwnmyHIKOcDLOTNvCRC0wJvFUNiG1fDBn2pHTdrkzb6PeOSLn0uCXguGOFmKzrqOCPs_v_Kd6wUZv59kjtwENX5_LDuWAOj4rAEuO_jga_quI6DJWatsPbLaDTEG0MHvTi9BDUmfscSpTsNojPPAAzwWmzKrked5sHePbf4JItciICbT1mgkoyEWQ/w180-h154/IMG_4146.jpg" width="180" /></a></div>apr 6: got randomly hooked on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6cnW7jW3lNaLMGVunb7KVy?si=4c2ae75504f2414f">an absurdly deep reo cut</a> again. you’ve never heard it, i almost guarantee. but i heard it in my brain then cued it up on spotify like every day for a week <br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">apr 7: refused to buy my coffee liqueur because price skyrocketed, then went to a different store and found a bigger bottle for same price i used to pay for smaller bottle<br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">apr 8: pizza at tim carman’s desk<br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">apr 9: finished “pam & tommy” and i’m just so happy there won’t be a second season <br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><b>apr 10: smoked meat</b><br /></div><div><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCRXrGmy8VGowz6hhmknvnYCX_fWD1wbdacPiCyGdHeXFCVWKqIBObnK6CW80Pq48xRQEceEMtDYIKRcnxX0HSZv5_Kaofm8rz_SoVLGZOrJ-_Qt4abCyejmf4-HcmRUnNk9lbyx835I7yygCS65CIwzpMsaewZnI0eNIumzAua6AS9PlJhEHvYtm4Q/s1170/IMG_4145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1170" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCRXrGmy8VGowz6hhmknvnYCX_fWD1wbdacPiCyGdHeXFCVWKqIBObnK6CW80Pq48xRQEceEMtDYIKRcnxX0HSZv5_Kaofm8rz_SoVLGZOrJ-_Qt4abCyejmf4-HcmRUnNk9lbyx835I7yygCS65CIwzpMsaewZnI0eNIumzAua6AS9PlJhEHvYtm4Q/w162-h156/IMG_4145.jpg" width="162" /></a></div>apr 11:
when someone asks me for florida recommendations i now instinctively send them directly to s3e5 of <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="border-color: rgb(0,0,0); color: black;">“</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Big Mouth<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="border-color: rgb(0,0,0); color: black;">”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: 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dir="auto">apr 13: <a href="https://youtu.be/lQbvA4yj1N0">beth dutton is maybe the best character i’ve ever seen on tv</a><br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div>apr 14: we have dc officers that are stationed in our lobby. i have a favorite, and i saw him at starbucks, randomly<br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">apr 15: got tired on walk so sat at fountains at city center for a minute and that was enough. it’s no belaggio, but nice<br /></div><div><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">apr 16: listened to some <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3UWZUXadtJd3tVPjw7m35K?si=85e76cc6d9314b24">cued up twisted sister </a>and sat smug in the knowledge i’ve seen them live thrice<br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: 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black;">’</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>s is a half-block past the salad place, my laziness means that i almost always have a healthy lunch <br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">apr 19: i love how you feel the glass of ice cold water go all the way down when you’re hungry <br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">apr 20: someone named james webster in the next city over followed me 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</div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1YG5rYJc3fjaz6XwKAvAhtbmVY31aGrRON6voy9WHBzKNtxDaofdcJk78Vj_4d9xyyvljyNTwBGWXJHKEsnpGXL1YV4Nw2shrhO9l7oPPxU0O1Ms1488YeZrifO6swwTOLG91PKepgqX9TWuzAtQwYKo4xM-2m0S6oMdf271yRHnJ5YbMQoYk8HK5A/s1433/IMG_4144.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1433" data-original-width="1055" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1YG5rYJc3fjaz6XwKAvAhtbmVY31aGrRON6voy9WHBzKNtxDaofdcJk78Vj_4d9xyyvljyNTwBGWXJHKEsnpGXL1YV4Nw2shrhO9l7oPPxU0O1Ms1488YeZrifO6swwTOLG91PKepgqX9TWuzAtQwYKo4xM-2m0S6oMdf271yRHnJ5YbMQoYk8HK5A/w158-h214/IMG_4144.jpg" width="158" /></a></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div><b>apr 21: asked bartender three times if he gave me right drink, because i expected it to have a pink tinge. then he realized he forgot the campari
</b></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div><b>apr 22: introduced my new neighbor daniela to el sol taqueria</b><br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">apr 23: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3LqvmDtXWXjF7fg8mh8iZh?si=179ed8e901de4773">p<span style="background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0);">sych 1, psych 2. what do you know?</span></a></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">apr 24: walked in to restaurant and heard queen’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2mGEqJahn3CSyCG1BTEqMs?si=d9aec0c1a7ec4ae3">“save me” </a>playing in kitchen and knew all my choices that had led me to that point were validated<br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div>apr 25: <a href="https://wapo.st/3MG4ojx">when i wrote a story about going to concerts a couple years ago</a>, ronald perkins said that i talk about lyrics the way some people talk about scripture, and it was one of the smartest observations i can remember and i think about it all the time<br /></div><div><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">apr 26: catalina dressing is pretty great actually <br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">apr 27: was listening to onerepublic’s <a href="https://youtu.be/iJUM11goXAU">“connection” </a>in earbuds while walking. at intersection, looked across street and woman waiting on the other side and wearing earbuds was dancing and for a second i thought she was listening too<br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div>apr 28: coffee with carol in takoma<br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div>apr 29: i like it when auto repair people don't actively try to confuse me and answer my questions patiently and thoughtfully and exude honesty, and therefore i recommend rs automotive in takoma park <br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">apr 30: had pineapple but did not get itchy</div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-16453159998008582982022-04-03T16:21:00.003-04:002022-04-03T16:21:52.217-04:00positivity journal 2022:3<p>the hilarious thing is this file got deleted as i tried to cut and paste and there was a good 5 minutes where i thought this list was all over. then i frantically hit cmd-z about a hundred times and it popped back up. <br /><br />anyway, lots about pierogi, a redux on lasagna and gratuitous: <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJOtPs9YrEjjnx9FgrW2rq5smh0biV3GmFpnFfPzpsPqEcoks2OQ98sZo_CDpIYwtZJGo4isvp2ikxX5D9NEbDK1VWYYCxiL3sfessp1dcBPLoZjzzL-vcTf9_dfabdVn7SVWCeNBK0ksh6oEk70GLiEz1WQdecy0TKBxyplJYe1ogd44mqr6ulBaNg/s2229/IMG_3953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="2229" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJOtPs9YrEjjnx9FgrW2rq5smh0biV3GmFpnFfPzpsPqEcoks2OQ98sZo_CDpIYwtZJGo4isvp2ikxX5D9NEbDK1VWYYCxiL3sfessp1dcBPLoZjzzL-vcTf9_dfabdVn7SVWCeNBK0ksh6oEk70GLiEz1WQdecy0TKBxyplJYe1ogd44mqr6ulBaNg/w400-h141/IMG_3953.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div data-contents="true"><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="ph78-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ph78-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ph78-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qT9ZBahfGfnO4vYLzDpHHTmdnOaqz7NVpO5DYneZpTEwvYmDwVo4Sco873Dnifbv5q8ESQPaM4RmRzfpTCtyfCju3468z7ySXYNCffMOxrHDgP5T1IjT2N1Cli8M2vh9hDP5pQqUcf7rthl7yW_6kyZfrX9JYF4p1DMv_rpGH6bdtKqs7-pXirDnCQ/s3121/IMG_0864.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3121" data-original-width="3024" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qT9ZBahfGfnO4vYLzDpHHTmdnOaqz7NVpO5DYneZpTEwvYmDwVo4Sco873Dnifbv5q8ESQPaM4RmRzfpTCtyfCju3468z7ySXYNCffMOxrHDgP5T1IjT2N1Cli8M2vh9hDP5pQqUcf7rthl7yW_6kyZfrX9JYF4p1DMv_rpGH6bdtKqs7-pXirDnCQ/w137-h141/IMG_0864.jpg" width="137" /></a></div>mar 1: shaved off pandemic beard 2. the good news is i look 10 years younger. the bad news is that</span></span><span data-offset-key="ph78-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="ejv0i-0-0"><span data-text="true">’</span></span>s still pretty old</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="ejv0i-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ejv0i-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ejv0i-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 2: i scrolled through “raunchy comedies” list on netflix, but i’d seen them all already </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="3po7v-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3po7v-0-0"><b><span data-offset-key="3po7v-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 3: woke up sick, but the good part is i spent all day on the couch with najah napping on me</span></span></b></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="d35rq-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d35rq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="d35rq-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 4: vince rinehart appreciation day</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="e9gu1-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e9gu1-0-0"><b><span data-offset-key="e9gu1-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 5: </span></span><span data-offset-key="e9gu1-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="ejv0i-0-0"><span data-text="true">“</span></span>why would they make defcon-1 worse than defcon-5?</span></span><span data-offset-key="ca5ra-0-0"><span data-text="true">”</span></span></b></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="5f70k-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5f70k-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5f70k-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="86vvi-0-0">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gsDPBW74jA4" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="86vvi-0-0"><span data-offset-key="86vvi-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="86vvi-0-0"><span data-offset-key="86vvi-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 6: made lots of pierogi</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="6pqra-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6pqra-0-0"><b><span data-offset-key="6pqra-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 7: love watching food i made get the stylist treatment, then photographed for print (see above; 📸: scott suchman; styling: lisa cherkasky)<br /></span></span></b></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="95ikf-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="95ikf-0-0"><span data-offset-key="95ikf-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 8: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/03/08/ukrainian-pierogi-recipe/">decided to internalize and embrace the commenter that said i should get a pulitzer and ignore the one that called me a tone-deaf oaf</a></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="4lsbm-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4lsbm-0-0"><span data-offset-key="4lsbm-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 9: big dog at intersection makes a VERY unconvincing lunge at approaching dog, does not even strain leash, backs up and sits at his person’s feet, looks up, and she gives him a treat. i assume dog’s name was oscar</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="bbnig-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bbnig-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bbnig-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 10: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5YIh3K9eF6ymtagIIpprOU?si=d8cbd574bcef4aaf">“is this the age of the thunder and rage? can you feel the ground move </a></span></span><span data-offset-key="bbnig-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5YIh3K9eF6ymtagIIpprOU?si=d8cbd574bcef4aaf"><span data-offset-key="ejv0i-0-0"><span data-text="true">’</span></span>round your feet?”</a> </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="8n102-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8n102-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8n102-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="barj5-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="barj5-0-0"><span data-offset-key="barj5-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 11: office salad</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="9en3p-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9en3p-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9en3p-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 12: played </span></span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/39cFQHfY6tsdMRmSbFse3X?si=beadf496739747f7"><span data-offset-key="9en3p-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="ejv0i-0-0"><span data-text="true">“</span></span>downeaster alexa</span></span></a><span data-offset-key="9en3p-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/39cFQHfY6tsdMRmSbFse3X?si=beadf496739747f7"><span data-offset-key="ca5ra-0-0"><span data-text="true">”</span></span> </a>on vinyl and i had hoped it would drive the alexa nuts, but it didn</span></span><span data-offset-key="9en3p-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="ejv0i-0-0"><span data-text="true">’</span></span>t seem to care</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="38mso-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="38mso-0-0"><span data-offset-key="38mso-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 13: found a trove of najah’s favorite food, which has been hard to get since the pandemic started and i suspect discontinued. bought about 100 cans</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="1e6gp-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1e6gp-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1e6gp-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 14: the optimist newsletter is my favorite at work, so imagine my reaction when it linked my pierogi story</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="dia0g-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dia0g-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dia0g-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 15: <a href="https://fb.watch/bNV7FP0g3l/">“what did we do to deserve pasta?”</a></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dia0g-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dia0g-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="6uba3-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" 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/>mar 16: i love catching mistakes, particularly my own</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="454mq-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="454mq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="454mq-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 17: accidentally watched the st patrick</span></span><span data-offset-key="454mq-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="ejv0i-0-0"><span data-text="true">’</span></span>s day episode of </span></span><a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/show/the-afterparty/umc.cmc.5wg8cnigwrkfzbdruaufzb6b0?ign-itscg=MC_20000&ign-itsct=atvp_brand_omd&mttn3pid=Google%20AdWords&mttnagencyid=a5e&mttncc=US&mttnsiteid=143238&mttnsubad=OUS2019928_1-585743151030-c&mttnsubkw=130508251905__8aQlr7GT_&mttnsubplmnt="><span data-offset-key="454mq-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="ca5ra-0-0"><span data-text="true">“</span></span>after party</span></span></a><span data-offset-key="454mq-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="https://tv.apple.com/us/show/the-afterparty/umc.cmc.5wg8cnigwrkfzbdruaufzb6b0?ign-itscg=MC_20000&ign-itsct=atvp_brand_omd&mttn3pid=Google%20AdWords&mttnagencyid=a5e&mttncc=US&mttnsiteid=143238&mttnsubad=OUS2019928_1-585743151030-c&mttnsubkw=130508251905__8aQlr7GT_&mttnsubplmnt="><span data-offset-key="a4bq7-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="ca5ra-0-0"><span data-text="true">”</span></span></span></span></a> on st patrick</span></span><span data-offset-key="454mq-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="ejv0i-0-0"><span data-text="true">’</span></span>s day</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="f33pn-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f33pn-0-0"><b><span data-offset-key="f33pn-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 18: peanut butter pie from becky, then jeremy broke out a bottle of port that was 12 years old when we bought it on vacation 12 years ago</span></span></b></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="bgecc-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bgecc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bgecc-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 19: made more lasagna</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="daivd-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="daivd-0-0"><span data-offset-key="daivd-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 20: delivered more lasagna</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="3rkgn-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3rkgn-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3rkgn-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="ca5ra-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ca5ra-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ca5ra-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 21: “success, like happiness, cannot be pursued. it must ensue”</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="2j6t-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2j6t-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2j6t-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 22: detoured to the cherry blossoms on the way to work<br /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="251cm-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="251cm-0-0"><span data-offset-key="251cm-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 23: was really proud of the mushroom bechamel i made for aforementioned lasagne, then while eating leftovers i realized i basically made cream of mushroom soup. which also explains why i loved it</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="7e69i-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7e69i-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7e69i-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 24: found out filter for stove vent was $125 to replace. so obviously i tore apart the old one and rebuilt it with about $10 worth of stuff. possibly better</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="3jeaf-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3jeaf-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3jeaf-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 25: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5OQsiBsky2k2kDKy2bX2eT?si=504efccf59e64745">“run and tell all of the angels, this could take all night.”</a> i’m glad i got to see foo fighters with taylor hawkins</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="db8o3-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="db8o3-0-0"><span data-offset-key="db8o3-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="5dskb-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5dskb-0-0"><span data-offset-key="5dskb-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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data-offset-key="2vskm-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 27: attached to couch pretty much all day</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="fbu9i-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fbu9i-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fbu9i-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 28: bob woodward walking around the office is a good sign something is up</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="au7bd-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="au7bd-0-0"><span data-offset-key="au7bd-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 29: saw the term </span></span><span data-offset-key="au7bd-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="ejv0i-0-0"><span data-text="true">“</span></span>inactive wear</span></span><span data-offset-key="au7bd-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="ca5ra-0-0"><span data-text="true">”</span></span> and can officially put a label to my personal fashion style</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="e6q0q-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e6q0q-0-0"><span data-offset-key="e6q0q-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 30: i</span></span><span data-offset-key="e6q0q-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="ejv0i-0-0"><span data-text="true">’</span></span>ve started a database of restaurants i can recommend for various tastes and occasions so i can do it faster when asked</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="8qme4-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8qme4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8qme4-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="f9g14" data-offset-key="a4bq7-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a4bq7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="a4bq7-0-0"><span data-text="true">mar 31: listened to a reporter on the phone talking to someone about Space X. except i kept hearing her say </span></span><span data-offset-key="a4bq7-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="ca5ra-0-0"><span data-text="true">“</span></span>space sex,</span></span><span data-offset-key="a4bq7-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="ca5ra-0-0"><span data-text="true">”</span></span> specifically that she didn</span></span><span data-offset-key="a4bq7-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="ejv0i-0-0"><span data-text="true">’</span></span>t know much about it. i am 12 and now i want to read an entirely different story</span></span></div></div></div>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-22906008037773638512022-02-28T22:17:00.005-05:002022-02-28T22:17:35.445-05:00positivity journal 2022:2<div dir="auto">lasagna plays a prominent role, so you know it was a decent month</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div><div><div><div>feb 1: omg a football player famous for serially cheating retired after lying about not retiring and our long national nightmare is over<br />feb 2: i went to a website looking for a cookie recipe. it asked me if i wanted to accept all cookies. i did</div><div dir="auto">feb 3: <span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“hornets will sting you just cuz they’re dicks” </span><br />feb 4: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/2931994487033003/">fb memories included one of those old <span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">“</span>things about me</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/2931994487033003/"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">”</span> </a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/2931994487033003/"> lists that i did like 13 years ago and it was great to read again, mostly for the comments, and why isn’t fb just that kinda stuff anymore?</a><br />feb 5: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5VGlqQANWDKJFl0MBG3sg2?si=9f0781ccc8184541">“waging wars to shake the poet and the beat”</a></div><div dir="auto"><br /><div>
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<br /></div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">feb 6: i’ve been rotating the same two pair of gym shorts for like 2 years, because i couldn’t find any others i liked … until today at target<br /><b>feb 7: was quite surprised billie eilish had a song called “happier than ever,” then i listened to it and was like, “ohhhhhh”</b></div><div dir="auto">feb 8: i got a text from fedex telling me i should “take control of my package” and it just surprised me is all<br />feb 9: best thing anyone has said to me in a long time, via tara: “i can’t believe you thought you were too old to come to this concert”<br />feb 10: pogiboy for lunch on the deck at the office w nora, courtney and wayne<br /><br /></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJy1uheOr30PoGPB-TT6e8em3Fxvt1YtHswQ3eR2GNlLpKCpMeHCvU3Crk7VEgAmKG5d7QV34GSSgEx7eVAt32RbtNQkAUKvNJdbUQfo2y5R-2yUO1cSU5z_gjp6r7Elj3g-vDcG5cTytYsW7cQuxJ3ke5MZQeylVQVv8jaIQWCSXWeqhb8fPWxyrStw=s1170" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1045" data-original-width="1170" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJy1uheOr30PoGPB-TT6e8em3Fxvt1YtHswQ3eR2GNlLpKCpMeHCvU3Crk7VEgAmKG5d7QV34GSSgEx7eVAt32RbtNQkAUKvNJdbUQfo2y5R-2yUO1cSU5z_gjp6r7Elj3g-vDcG5cTytYsW7cQuxJ3ke5MZQeylVQVv8jaIQWCSXWeqhb8fPWxyrStw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </div><div dir="auto">feb 11: fried chicken friday for first time since well before omicron<br />feb 12: as if on cue, najah demonstrated each behavior i told wayne about as i prepped him to catsit</div><div dir="auto">feb 13: rolled out about 250 linear feet of lasagna noodles <br /><b>feb 14: made residual lasagne to hand out</b><br />feb 15: on plane, sat next to young dad who clearly thought he was over his head trying to keep young daughter calm, but he did a great job <br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEio5I-dSfbK0eza2scW29hD9EDAkH8KAz6HEuCg6Lrf6lBKr_5kKISsQEmVZvHF1mF5cS0rRKYYShsWQ_eIw-WM_uA4XMyG4aAFHKlRZLqtcTkn7FHpy4-h4H5nAccbpNKCGPlnF9pLLGbQiF3oNRlto7-XjQvoiGc9y2Ca3_IEWzifbP_ck_V3tW_njw=s1170" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1170" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEio5I-dSfbK0eza2scW29hD9EDAkH8KAz6HEuCg6Lrf6lBKr_5kKISsQEmVZvHF1mF5cS0rRKYYShsWQ_eIw-WM_uA4XMyG4aAFHKlRZLqtcTkn7FHpy4-h4H5nAccbpNKCGPlnF9pLLGbQiF3oNRlto7-XjQvoiGc9y2Ca3_IEWzifbP_ck_V3tW_njw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div dir="auto">feb 16: hugged laura reiley for the first time in 714 days not that i’m counting and talk about nightmares ending<br /><b>feb 17: epcot fireworks from hotel balcony </b></div><div dir="auto">feb 18: 50 pounds of lasagna goes faster than you might think. <b>also, took a break to let a big dog sit on my lap. he seemed to appreciate that there was a lap big enough for him to sit on</b><br />feb 19: at my niece’s wedding, told my nephew about <a href="https://youtu.be/ORfWS8fOqOU">an old episode of unsolved mysteries</a> involving a case where he works now, so i’m hoping he’ll finally identify little miss panosoffkee<br />feb 20: <span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;">val at wolfgang puck kitchen in wildwood was a delight. <b>also: a blood orange negroni is pink</b></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"> </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJSQ2aEkM3NAEQ6rKERb2s-pzYzj0id-IGbJ3y2jkKLQq5bJ_HM7g9IJsqNntMNuK0GI7_dgNK1x8daRfdL5ys9WO6CpsOj_w2Ebo6CUCLTbG3rgN83ZDlZTM4a38GaSIvpYdRpSqLS-kSJGg2gqDOpH4LDyew5WeNHsLcuiFQJNj5Qzp00A_H0E1FLg=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhJSQ2aEkM3NAEQ6rKERb2s-pzYzj0id-IGbJ3y2jkKLQq5bJ_HM7g9IJsqNntMNuK0GI7_dgNK1x8daRfdL5ys9WO6CpsOj_w2Ebo6CUCLTbG3rgN83ZDlZTM4a38GaSIvpYdRpSqLS-kSJGg2gqDOpH4LDyew5WeNHsLcuiFQJNj5Qzp00A_H0E1FLg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span><br /><br /></div></div></div><div><div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBfGWDCzNUFGrXseF3sM6lAykNUTeSshmNeVlqpAXyAuX7OgCOllTLXQ6xvdJk69NZbfb0EEqw5T5BLpi7sM8Fsi8Acaca76YIi-9CMuyOOXntTRFlHsxL0NnfCQjFUIaIsrIOO-_x3xNXYc_CJgnIq0Lg6hdY1r8EvI0KZTBWt4U1lYjbT3g1G1QUZA=s1523" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1523" data-original-width="1137" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBfGWDCzNUFGrXseF3sM6lAykNUTeSshmNeVlqpAXyAuX7OgCOllTLXQ6xvdJk69NZbfb0EEqw5T5BLpi7sM8Fsi8Acaca76YIi-9CMuyOOXntTRFlHsxL0NnfCQjFUIaIsrIOO-_x3xNXYc_CJgnIq0Lg6hdY1r8EvI0KZTBWt4U1lYjbT3g1G1QUZA=w83-h113" width="83" /></a></div>feb 21: pet najah for the first time in 5 days<br />feb 22: in span of less than 2 hours, heard from one friend who quit a job she’s been wanting to quit and another who got a job she’s been hoping to get and i was super happy for both </div><div dir="auto">feb 23: meditation app mentioned the word “stillness” which made me think of an <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2iddh6neeCa0he9vgmv430?si=30a1cc5c59c3444e">reo speedwagon song</a> i haven’t heard in decades, so i listened to it twice<br /><b>feb 24: bought a stack of vinyl for the first time in probably 35 years? they come in all kinds of colors now</b><br /><b>feb 25: made good on promise to have birria w matt adler and now i want to go to poland. these items aren’t always linear</b><br /><div><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiayVH6sf1RJXYOsV2Edfs5SwWTOghJZmxdPk1ZcgKw8m_0MssU1IPkdJy6S_19NVU4voho711lak6qWBa8YrSJ17JckTrLKJs7ynzQh6C9XlV44xVYYyYSk-r7gJ1Xq5gGr_Zr6qJzUjmHWnnjtvifnDVEa2063nTPnEKHeN4YZqMRys3Jlh1EwIQCFA=s1170" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="1170" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiayVH6sf1RJXYOsV2Edfs5SwWTOghJZmxdPk1ZcgKw8m_0MssU1IPkdJy6S_19NVU4voho711lak6qWBa8YrSJ17JckTrLKJs7ynzQh6C9XlV44xVYYyYSk-r7gJ1Xq5gGr_Zr6qJzUjmHWnnjtvifnDVEa2063nTPnEKHeN4YZqMRys3Jlh1EwIQCFA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br />feb 26: got check engine light read for free at autozone. but that’s not it: after reading the code, guy showed remarkable confidence in my ability to do my own tune up. i didn’t know how to tell him<br />feb 27: started watching tune up videos on youtube. huh. maybe? i dunno<br /></div><div>feb 28: took a practice walk to work before official return</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-20059788852340324072022-02-02T11:19:00.000-05:002022-02-02T11:19:21.029-05:00positivity journal 2022:1<p>month 1 of year 4 of this nonsense </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhH8T4_8aHzYo7A-kt0d6vgtZ7bpMaTH9rcIv3gMr02rGcJMs2mHLHqXbNM_72FD6SMm8pEwIskJShSXpF8DrHrgtuv4QF4D7w8P0QQOcLTjgW5yL0Wie2Np1UYBKaoiiMegoJg0Y4f94vyDQHSEFHDmhlgTLbd7JVkJHFYs05C01ZVPa2_JIEKp7c6hw=s1170" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1170" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhH8T4_8aHzYo7A-kt0d6vgtZ7bpMaTH9rcIv3gMr02rGcJMs2mHLHqXbNM_72FD6SMm8pEwIskJShSXpF8DrHrgtuv4QF4D7w8P0QQOcLTjgW5yL0Wie2Np1UYBKaoiiMegoJg0Y4f94vyDQHSEFHDmhlgTLbd7JVkJHFYs05C01ZVPa2_JIEKp7c6hw=w400-h276" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto"><i>(the first week are official tom rhodes appreciation posts)</i></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdyr8bDz0-VfxCXWSyqxiWIwUtob11G3vLYOriLzdHF7BmJHBsybCFrELTTZHqRTj6GnFiHkoRaT6LMgHep-q37IcZa41z5HtSmCZ621f5b-ZIlIHWsR19e-ZnEkxKAVEFkv3RWJbwSGvmm1qiLxi-58mEDbvtR5TupoMynPgt6r_cWKrG_4BZ6GihuQ=s1235" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1235" data-original-width="1170" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdyr8bDz0-VfxCXWSyqxiWIwUtob11G3vLYOriLzdHF7BmJHBsybCFrELTTZHqRTj6GnFiHkoRaT6LMgHep-q37IcZa41z5HtSmCZ621f5b-ZIlIHWsR19e-ZnEkxKAVEFkv3RWJbwSGvmm1qiLxi-58mEDbvtR5TupoMynPgt6r_cWKrG_4BZ6GihuQ=w189-h200" width="189" /></a></div>jan 1: mini high school reunion in which a lion slayed the hollywood improv </div><div dir="auto">jan 2: i walked 10 miles and had 3 tacos. so i get about 3.33 miles per taco<br /></div><div dir="auto">jan 3: cruising sunset strip all the way to the sunset<br /></div><div dir="auto">jan 4: <b>wanderlust. both the concept and the ice cream shop in hollywood </b></div><div dir="auto">jan 5: went walking on melrose ave. woman at bus stop angrily yells “FOURSOME.” i looked around. it’s just me and her. i keep walking, never so happy that i never took up golf<br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">jan 6: an array of lunch dumplings</div><div dir="auto">jan 7: stood in the desert looking at snow-capped mountains hundreds of miles away<br /></div><div dir="auto">jan 8: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdt58T366xw">clerk: how did you hear about pioneertown? me: from a counting crows song. clerk: cool … wait, what?</a><br /></div><div dir="auto">jan 9: i like that most fast food places in california have picnic tables outside. it’s like they were intrinsically ready for all this</div><div dir="auto">jan 10: decided it was more important to wear shorts on the cross-country flight than to be wearing long pants when i landed in 30 degree weather. was correct</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">jan 11: it was 25 degrees. i went to supermarket. there was a guy in gym shorts and a sleeveless ucf shirt. weirdly, it was not me</div><div dir="auto">jan 12: my phone randomly asked if i wanted to see a slideshow of pictures of my cat. i definitely did<br /></div><div dir="auto">jan 13: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/realaimeemann/">aimee mann is doing a comic diary and posting it on instagram and it’s amazing</a> <br /></div><div dir="auto">jan 14: my phone's screen protector did</div><div dir="auto">jan 15: giant cookies<br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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catchers from the ’70s!</b></div><div dir="auto">jan 27: i try to low key my skills as a means of managing expectations — my own — but i made a catch today that left me unable to deny that i’m really good at this shit sometimes <br /></div><div dir="auto">jan 28: sometimes all i do on facebook is troll trolls, which is pointless, but it amuses me<br /></div><div dir="auto">jan 29: was able to manage to avoid all the icy sidewalks during a long walk</div><div dir="auto">jan 30: as soon as it hit 19 degrees, walked outside in shorts and a t-shirt just so i could say here that i did it</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">jan 31: paid for 5-day shipping and it got there in 2. very happy for not paying triple for the 2-day shipping</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-56510526519958666502021-12-31T17:18:00.000-05:002021-12-31T17:18:26.443-05:00positivity journal 2021:12<p>apparently i watched a lot of tv this month. i guess that makes sense. <br /></p><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj33ofYBVRHCOlghMWpJZr0jRPoWKIhkUCFKl6cJwOmA-WIBMVCUTevFixfVb4rkfIp6lFYcaagx17tK5rQsqoxGlM_FsiFDU4LQceTScpsQ8OFRjDWzw5e71maKU5LZePOXcDFg8TyGS1agjXUUFxInobfi7swLxTPCI_66ZltuEoXDmLgScpSFrqPdA=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1407" data-original-width="1440" height="344" 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mixed orange juice with vernor’s and am starting to think i have an idea for a new cookbook <br /></div><div dir="auto">dec 4: i can apparently resist anything except a challenge to progressively eat fried rice around town<br /></div><div dir="auto">dec 5: <span style="color: black;">saw a teenage girl wearing an iron maiden tour jersey and i love irony so much</span><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">dec 6: at dinner, couple made too big a deal about the size of the tip they were leaving waitress, but seemed genuine in appreciation of her, then asked what days she worked so they’d always come in on her days. … it didn’t seem creepy till i typed it<br /></div><div dir="auto">dec 7: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2hv6VI0I0BZDY15qsPOrjW?si=39f39e7659c74640">“i’d like to think that the best of me is still hiding up my sleeve”</a><br /></div><div dir="auto">dec 8: drank some vernor’s without anything else mixed in. researching the base line <br /></div><div dir="auto">dec 9: at eye doctor, woman fitting me for new glasses had opinions on what i should be wearing. it’s her fourth year working on my face. i trust her<br /></div><div dir="auto"><b>dec 10: a very maggie christmas concert</b><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi--HmkgZUBdZRZDZxbwbhsShI-bnKHsOs4uK8xJKHQPE1bdAn23LcUL2khgMA2i5Oqz886zrsj5o13kYCZJXZfA8ar4m2WwTUHzYG5qcLfl1tEeKdxrUbZElM8M6znwLbRJCiOCXt-wmWr3fvSLapv-udBYes0S9QKRUdSX95zrR7oM7djLaCTj5e9MQ=s3222" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3222" data-original-width="3222" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi--HmkgZUBdZRZDZxbwbhsShI-bnKHsOs4uK8xJKHQPE1bdAn23LcUL2khgMA2i5Oqz886zrsj5o13kYCZJXZfA8ar4m2WwTUHzYG5qcLfl1tEeKdxrUbZElM8M6znwLbRJCiOCXt-wmWr3fvSLapv-udBYes0S9QKRUdSX95zrR7oM7djLaCTj5e9MQ=w174-h174" width="174" /></a></div>dec 11: “are you the fried rice guy?”<br /></div><div dir="auto"><b>dec 12: started watching an hbo documentary series where helen mirren plays catherine the great so i could compare it to the hulu dramatic series “the great” in which elle fanning plays catherine the great and wow are they different </b><br /></div><div>dec 13: i kept seeing a link to a story headlined <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">“</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>why are we still obsessed with princess diana,<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> and each time, i said, to no one but the computer screen, <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">“</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>we are not<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto">dec 14: my watch didn’t charge right over night so i spent the day not caring if i got my steps <br /></div><div dir="auto">dec 15: walked past fire station that was fully engaged in their holiday party and really wanted to know what they were cooking <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div>dec 16: pogi loco moco for lunch<br /></div><div dir="auto">dec 17: explained to ken preuss that sometimes i send him tv recommendations while i’m drinking. it went well<br /></div><div dir="auto">dec 18: i used to do a lot on weekends but have gotten into habit of basically doing nothing on weekends and i kinda like it<br /></div><div>dec 19: <span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://wapo.st/32yix0T">read a story about guy </a>who did the podcast that became </span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">“</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>the shrink next door</span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> and liked the story way more than the tv show</span><br /></div><div dir="auto">dec 20: <a href="https://youtu.be/Z4lh4Ahl46E"><span style="color: black;">“she’s right on time” is a christmas carol.</span></a><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjNc-7yGJ5qOltToyCQdZHa8ZEB8dHa7M6utlHHsYW1WLGHRLWTeKjrDHxkgj1IzuiaKKrKAn4gGL59JOw5kjDYplZaTCOH4I8I3f-LRxBW5WH7IGWxWDyiM7M3907YojB04nevs_n9Xj5p8u_0rhevumFPvA_6USuGAtj0CReUfrsZGF2PJv43UimDQ=s1800" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1440" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjNc-7yGJ5qOltToyCQdZHa8ZEB8dHa7M6utlHHsYW1WLGHRLWTeKjrDHxkgj1IzuiaKKrKAn4gGL59JOw5kjDYplZaTCOH4I8I3f-LRxBW5WH7IGWxWDyiM7M3907YojB04nevs_n9Xj5p8u_0rhevumFPvA_6USuGAtj0CReUfrsZGF2PJv43UimDQ=w139-h174" width="139" /></a></div></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">dec 21: i saw my breath for the first time since probably february. it’s good to have a tangible reminder <br /></div><div dir="auto">dec 22: it’s nice that the cream cheese disaster of <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">’</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>21 never really hit here<br /></div><div>dec 23: bagels, obviously<br /></div><div>dec 24: had to work on the official business holiday, but was done in about 2 hours</div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">dec 25: omg stuffed fried mushrooms merry christmas</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">dec 26: walked to washington monument in daylight <br /></div><div>dec 27: <span style="color: black;">chips and queso</span><br /></div><div dir="auto">dec 28: stopped watching an animated spoof movie of american history because it made lincoln and washington contemporaries. it was nice to learn i have standards<br /></div><div dir="auto"><b>dec 29: <span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">crazy pie i made for christmas is still good and almost gone</span></b><br /></div><div dir="auto">dec 30: richard marx in concert on my tv</div><div dir="auto"><br />
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1D5PtyrewSs" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">dec 31: i’ll keep believing this till it’s true: <span data-offset-key="djvd8-0-0"><span data-text="true">it</span></span><span data-offset-key="djvd8-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">’</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>s been a long december and there</span></span><span data-offset-key="djvd8-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: 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black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">’</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>t remember all the times i tried to tell my myself to hold on to these moments as they pass<br /><br />anyway, that</span></span><span data-offset-key="djvd8-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">’</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>s it for year 3 of this list. not sure what to think of that, but there it is<br /><br /></span></span><span face="Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif" style="color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"></span><span face="Roboto,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif" style="color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span><p></p>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-43260603191485522962021-12-03T12:13:00.004-05:002021-12-03T12:25:21.310-05:00positivity journal 2021:11<p><span style="font-family: times;"> oh, cool, 2021 is almost over. anyway, here's this:<br /></span></p><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLmyYO5GKO3gps1ORu3GQp8e0_2dF6gHewEjq5FB92fKmqm25RIZP34aYBcX-Q4ISr7jxi0YMb9QSHN9WJGRUgFkX-nkG87VI2tEd8USGgCNMp6gwLS13-Sqh_UPyWtrwp-xcA42owLSC/s1640/IMG_0827.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1640" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLmyYO5GKO3gps1ORu3GQp8e0_2dF6gHewEjq5FB92fKmqm25RIZP34aYBcX-Q4ISr7jxi0YMb9QSHN9WJGRUgFkX-nkG87VI2tEd8USGgCNMp6gwLS13-Sqh_UPyWtrwp-xcA42owLSC/w482-h329/IMG_0827.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><br />nov 1: billy joel released <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7jU3BKEYJi0c0hJrsW4fgE">an old recording of one of my favorite songs</a> and it might be my favorite version </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 2: as soon as i finished reading <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stories-Tell-Memoir-Richard-Marx/dp/1982169427/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=richard+marx&qid=1638550772&sr=8-3">richard marx’</a> memoir, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/First-21-Memoir-Lou-Carlton/dp/030692370X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KDYLJLP5DDVM&keywords=nikki+sixx+book+the+first+21&qid=1638550846&sprefix=nikki+%2Caps%2C170&sr=8-1">nikki sixx’</a> arrived</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 3: i always try to eat the brown candy corn first so it doesn</span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: times;">’</span>t spoil the others</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 4: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/56lhDZNQ5J47aog6mGKeGk?si=8b0eef6ff7294a5c">“<span>roy orbison sangin fer the lonely …”</span></a></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span style="font-family: times;">nov 5: pad thai is so underrated </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span></span>
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</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span style="font-family: times;"> </span> </span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;"></span></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 6: most of my goals met by noon</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-family: times;">nov 7: “on certain sundays in november, when the weather bothers me …”</span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 8: sauerkraut on a veggie burger </span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 9: had to test a recipe that featured leftover turkey, so had to roast some turkey to be left over</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 10: there was leftover turkey leftover after test, so it became the star of my salad for dinner </span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 11: while i was waiting in the parking lot at the vet, a woman pushing a shopping cart down the street stopped to tell me she hoped my kitty would be ok</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 12: “it’s hard to hold a candle in the cold november rain”</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 13: <span style="color: black;">i love it when neighborhood dogs start running to me from half a block away </span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 14: waitress: </span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: times;">“</span>who dresses you?</span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: times;">”</span> i greatly preferred this to the normal </span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: times;">“aren</span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: times;">’</span>t you cold?</span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: times;">”</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 15: <span style="color: black;">when i sign on to work, a note pops up that says </span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times;">“</span>digital experience enabled</span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times;">”</span> and while i appreciate the enthusiasm it feels like it</span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times;">’</span>s trying too hard</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rEXhAMtbaec" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
<span style="font-family: times;"> </span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-family: times;">nov 16: “you were written in the stars that we are swimming in”</span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 17: kathy wenner. that's all. just kathy wenner</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 18: i saw the word </span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-family: times;">“</span>severalteen" used unironically on the interwebs and i was immediately enraged but also loved it and might adopt it</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 19: technically, my thanksgiving work marathon basically ended just as i was about to start cooking</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 20:<span style="color: black;"> butchering birds</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 21: i finished the huge bottle of soy sauce i bought over the summer, which tells me i’m cooking a lot, and a lot of the right stuff</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;"><b><br />nov 22: </b><span style="color: black;"><b>was looking at our old house on redfin, and it has doubled in value since we sold it, possibly because redfin listing has a photo with najah in it (top)</b><br /></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 23: before i got out of bed, got a text asking for a lunch recommendation in savannah and i later learned it worked out pretty well</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 24: got into a fight on the internet. it was with the son of billy joel’s former manager. i definitely won</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 25: ate thanksgiving while food was still hot, which is not the way i’ve become accustomed to doing it</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqELdhoc_Xq8pFT58255RH0Qj9xed3tKalDJjq0_RPfvn2q_A8adFDK2rTu9scpFoa1fjeX9acdG5YL1zwQlpojgNOTwnjYuvfSlpEU829lrswLpCmE-l8oZ4meU7cGNWCulV6HIHhk11e/s1640/IMG_0828.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1611" data-original-width="1640" height="92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqELdhoc_Xq8pFT58255RH0Qj9xed3tKalDJjq0_RPfvn2q_A8adFDK2rTu9scpFoa1fjeX9acdG5YL1zwQlpojgNOTwnjYuvfSlpEU829lrswLpCmE-l8oZ4meU7cGNWCulV6HIHhk11e/w94-h92/IMG_0828.jpg" width="94" /></a></div>nov 26: stuffing leftovers</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 27: <span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">not a huge beatles fan nor of the song </span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">“</span>get back,</span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">”</span> but maybe i</span></span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">’</span>m amazed at watching actual video of the moment it was conceived</span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 28: i do love pumpkin pie</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: times;">nov 29: i was not kidding about stuffing leftovers</span></div><div dir="auto" style="border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-family: times;">nov 30: boosted</span></b></div></div></div></div>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-61322044935939584902021-11-06T20:06:00.000-04:002021-11-06T20:08:42.355-04:00positivity journal 2021:10<p><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><br /> <p></p><p><span style="font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2I01JL7vGm44wEOwOQzzTTnBc-YPwVATM-sNImClVoVf9FJ604OOxP2URzsQmC17brWT6yb2b08yUbyb8sDlYdZSM2DUXxGbCXIpYoWRQS4iRtfwhQPOvkjtveWPD-srYmgECNrXQz9Dq/s2048/IMG_3322.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2I01JL7vGm44wEOwOQzzTTnBc-YPwVATM-sNImClVoVf9FJ604OOxP2URzsQmC17brWT6yb2b08yUbyb8sDlYdZSM2DUXxGbCXIpYoWRQS4iRtfwhQPOvkjtveWPD-srYmgECNrXQz9Dq/s320/IMG_3322.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>late due to general busyness and tiredness. shrug <br /><p></p><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 1: i knew i would like the counting crows show, but i hadn’t been prepared for frank turner</span><b><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>oct 2: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2021/02/03/pickled-cauliflower-recipe/">“i wrote the story about cauliflower” </a>is not how i ever expected to introduce myself to a musical artist i admire, but here we are</b><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 3: <a href="https://lassoism.com/Ted-Lasso-quote.php?id=394">“he’s a wigwam and a tepee right now”</a><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 4: “f<span style="color: black; white-space: pre-wrap;">ear does not prevent death. it prevents life.</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">” </span><span style="color: black; white-space: pre-wrap;">– naguib mahfouz</span><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 5: hours after watching l<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoCRoyGy1Vc">aura reiley interview jose andres</a>, watched <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfdkiQiqLBQ">geoff edgers interview dave grohl</a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div><span style="font-family: times;">oct 6: got stuck in tunnel and car ahead of me was cranking rem with the windows down. so i turned down my radio and listened to theirs<br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>oct 7: mochi twinkies at lunch, dr pepper clone cocktail for dinner </b><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div><span style="font-family: times;">oct 8: omg coffee<br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 9: facilitated someone else’s knife shopping <br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 10: i bought tech without bothering jeremy bowers<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 11: was excited to break out hoodie to wear on walk to work, but it was too soon <br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 12: i have never wanted to go out to lunch more than when joe yonan was telling me how much he wanted to go out to lunch <br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div><span style="font-family: times;">oct 13: i wore long pants to work, but i had a good reason<br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div><span style="font-family: times;">oct 14: when editing, whenever i read </span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times;">“</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>ellicott city</span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> i say it to the tune of </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbm6GXllBiw"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times;">“</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>paradise city.</span></a><span style="font-family: times;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbm6GXllBiw"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a> and then i add the riffs at the end. i can't help it, and i wouldn</span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: times;">’</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>t if i could<br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 15: i appreciate how happy the guy at the salad place is when i walk in <br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 16: bought plums because they looked good <br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 17: soundtrack at bbq joint was 3 pink floyd songs, 2 zeppelin, a doors and a beatles and i think i know a lot about the owner <br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 18: now the hoodie feels right <br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div><span style="font-family: times;"><b>oct 19: phil leppert and i had lunch and gave the restaurant a recipe</b><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 20: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Naa1HXeDQ">“she swears the moon don’t hang quite as high as it used to”</a><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 21: it was take your coffee to work day. at least for me<br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 22: realized “seaside” is an anagram of “disease” and feel confident that can’t be a coincidence <br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div><span style="font-family: times;">oct 23: decided to take today off from adding to this list<br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><br /><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><b><span style="font-family: times;">oct 24: chicken and dumplings<br /></span></b></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div><span style="font-family: times;">oct 25: i remembered how to print things at work. it isn't as easy as it sounds<br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 26: extra curricular copy editing <br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 27: managed to not embarrass myself <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/taylor-swift-songs-ranked-rob-sheffield-201800/bad-blood-2014-196114/">in a conversation about taylor swift</a> with tara mccarty. <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/12ntTeqEeTg7GAVpe8Mhpl?si=7d3889ce4af6467d">i think</a><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 28: montenegro on the patio on a cool night<br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 29: actually met daniela galarza irl<br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 30: sat on couch next to window. heard people on sidewalk talking. smelled what they were smoking. wait … my headache is gone!</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: times;">oct 31: breakfast with alara and lawrence and somehow we never stopped talking about deshaun watson, whoever that is </span><br /></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-31365415807432900452021-10-02T13:51:00.003-04:002021-10-02T14:06:26.969-04:00positivity journal 2021:9<p><span data-offset-key="7o4hl-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span data-offset-key="7o4hl-0-0"><span data-text="true"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpxqhHz6LT4BjVMA4SdSPCRUSfnMgFEajMuezsSFrrRmoHPIKhxjMmlbjKRT9MbDPndgtJk2Ai0NXG-WEGiQWtfdOhv3Ai-bB54ESQwsNiXKr1t8IDqR3JbMt3ncjBsuYVTGzslbz39OLu/s3320/IMG_3143.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="947" data-original-width="3320" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpxqhHz6LT4BjVMA4SdSPCRUSfnMgFEajMuezsSFrrRmoHPIKhxjMmlbjKRT9MbDPndgtJk2Ai0NXG-WEGiQWtfdOhv3Ai-bB54ESQwsNiXKr1t8IDqR3JbMt3ncjBsuYVTGzslbz39OLu/w640-h182/IMG_3143.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span data-offset-key="7o4hl-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br />mostly i drove halfway across the country for a concert, but i crossed 4 states off the list of ones i had never been to, and they were big ones in the middle so my map is a lot more full now. </span></span><p></p><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">sept 1: “laziness, properly applied, is medicine<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">”</span></span></div></span></span></span></span></span></span>sept 2: it did not reach 80 degrees today and i am in my element</div><div>sept 3: <span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">command z</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div>sept 4: boss calls on a saturday with good news<br /></div><div>sept 5: spotify shuffled me <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/45s2oLZ3ZaCm2RXko72I1D?si=96d5fd41c2f74003" target="_blank">“ballad of billy the kid<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">”</span></span> </a>and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3igkLltDaiFiMl83IdDBfm?si=974ad26a06ca4a76" target="_blank">“captain jack<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">”</span></span> </a>back-to-back, so clearly i have pleased the deities</div><div> </div><div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5602UJkFpRWSLwwyU7vt_Gq0LXKwGV1EzMf8fgK_sYVw9mGdpN4E4SD0T9gJKiCkzOlyWG-evb6nCLlsDGd5Zf_oS4ff1tj1kCBjMA9NKu6sOKU3hgxofmwS7pVGEO4jOLd5hyAtiTSth/s2048/IMG_3105.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1025" data-original-width="2048" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5602UJkFpRWSLwwyU7vt_Gq0LXKwGV1EzMf8fgK_sYVw9mGdpN4E4SD0T9gJKiCkzOlyWG-evb6nCLlsDGd5Zf_oS4ff1tj1kCBjMA9NKu6sOKU3hgxofmwS7pVGEO4jOLd5hyAtiTSth/w400-h200/IMG_3105.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5GMHuPDzHSBPQCP_L-Ew5goXmXRqkyK_0EFww6QcZpcdeToi2BgsLUvWihJG-2lMYzBgTl2ZzeAACdkA816q1pACoIkUVllRjxaHyHFFEJnTaWTh9tXrPFrZONP7oR4TzODc__Wrr7vGj/s1377/IMG_3219.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1377" data-original-width="1062" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5GMHuPDzHSBPQCP_L-Ew5goXmXRqkyK_0EFww6QcZpcdeToi2BgsLUvWihJG-2lMYzBgTl2ZzeAACdkA816q1pACoIkUVllRjxaHyHFFEJnTaWTh9tXrPFrZONP7oR4TzODc__Wrr7vGj/w93-h120/IMG_3219.jpg" width="93" /></a></div>sept 6: averna, ginger ale, lime</div><b>sept 7: <a href="https://www.etonline.com/kit-harington-reacts-to-game-of-thrones-mention-in-his-modern-love-episode-exclusive-170531" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">the episode of </span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">“modern love</span></a><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://www.etonline.com/kit-harington-reacts-to-game-of-thrones-mention-in-his-modern-love-episode-exclusive-170531" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">”</span></span> </a>where a friend of the character played by kit harrington (aka jon snow) asks him if his girlfriend watches </span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">“game of thrones.</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">”</span></span></b></div><div>sept 8: woke up to learn that i have a ticket to see foo fighters tomorrow</div><div dir="auto"><b>sept 9: used foo fighters ticket</b></div><div dir="auto">sept 10: billy joel 29, cincinnati: the pete rose reference in “zanzibar” hits different when you hear it live in the reds’ stadium <br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99fFcX-wkFX3tT9acT6V-lWWSm5BT1NgKWcGcv6jlWMhmIZVolJE8Hcc2wlQeynJ2iUb0HRn_GqpslsGMMP-IGrF7e0x3z-uwhprQyWtpYzJ4aET3oYnKn2ZhAOxRzQVMZhwImsBT_bWW/s587/IMG_0817.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="587" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99fFcX-wkFX3tT9acT6V-lWWSm5BT1NgKWcGcv6jlWMhmIZVolJE8Hcc2wlQeynJ2iUb0HRn_GqpslsGMMP-IGrF7e0x3z-uwhprQyWtpYzJ4aET3oYnKn2ZhAOxRzQVMZhwImsBT_bWW/s320/IMG_0817.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>sept 11: burnt ends</div><b>sept 12: thought i drove 1,700 miles to see brandi carlile at red rocks, but maybe it was actually for the remarkably long hug from lara cerri and i just didn’t know that till it happened </b></div><div dir="auto">sept 13: in meta driving: i passed a lincoln in lincoln and listened to <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/2Uwjr7EnHRXMgmL9SmX1Gj?si=3df64f0438bf47b3" target="_blank">“omaha” </a>in omaha</div><div dir="auto">sept 14: random playlist answered some questions </div><div dir="auto">sept 15: chose fasting over bad fast food <br /><br /><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">sept 16: overhang of office entry next to wawa provided decent cover during crazy rainstorm </div>sept 17: drove to maryland to pick up gas station fried chicken. would do it again </div><div dir="auto">sept 18: helped make 2,000 sandwiches </div><div dir="auto">sept 19: made a triple boulevardier, which is not <a href="https://youtu.be/rDMMYT3vkTk">rodney dangerfield’s dive</a> in the french version of “back to school (<span style="color: #202124; white-space: pre-wrap;">retour à l'école),” but just a tall glass of booze</span></div><div>sept 20: <span style="color: black;">got a charge from the opening beat of journey’s <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4ECNtOnqzxutZkXP4TE3n3?si=7ff7c7252fdd4425" target="_blank">“separate ways” </a>that i didn’t see coming</span></div><div><span style="color: black;"> </span><br /></div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gs069dndIYk" title="YouTube video player" 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<div><br /></div></div></div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><b>sept 21: i remembered ... to watch the earth wind and fire video, because duh</b></div>sept 22: was featured in <a href="<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gs069dndIYk" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>" target="_blank">daniela galarza’s newsletter again,</a> and woke up to nice emails as a result </div><div dir="auto">sept 23: it barely hit 70 today, which, coupled with sept 2, is a pretty great month</div><div>sept 24: chicken wings and cheese fries</div><div>sept 25: was able to completely disassociate from cable company with minimal histrionics, which was nice<br /><br /><div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZWHaaW06Qots9wFp3-RfU-1xLkM6tSZ_5mUm_6azDG377KHDiD3ZBLK4reEtjBfi8TMDIOiRSCn9yglziY9IMUjMKQLkEJD5caud3i6nHDKFdTVQYTAQ7pXWnlUYgnbnbwGHT-UnWJMa/s133/zoe.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="133" data-original-width="90" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZWHaaW06Qots9wFp3-RfU-1xLkM6tSZ_5mUm_6azDG377KHDiD3ZBLK4reEtjBfi8TMDIOiRSCn9yglziY9IMUjMKQLkEJD5caud3i6nHDKFdTVQYTAQ7pXWnlUYgnbnbwGHT-UnWJMa/s0/zoe.jpg" width="90" /></a></div>sept 26: i actually forgot to eat almost all day and it was fine</div>sept 27: by my count, i started this list 1,000 days ago</div><div dir="auto"><b>sept 28: the degree of exasperation on the face of zoe kazan in every second of “clickbait<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">”</span></span> is something i aspire to</b></div><div dir="auto">sept 29: i put absinthe in my kalimotxo. i don’t remember if it was good. which is a sign<br /></div><div dir="auto">sept 30: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3ZffCQKLFLUvYM59XKLbVm?si=595fe9960cbe4126" target="_blank">“summer has come and passed. the innocence can never last. wake me up when september ends”</a></div></div></span></span></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>📸: amazon, ted mclaren, netflix<br /></p>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-53926044638390791602021-09-01T21:10:00.010-04:002021-09-01T21:21:37.524-04:00positivity journal 2021:8<p>the month started with me thinking that the plans i had to return to live concerts for the month were going to get torpedoed by our perpetual state of pseudo-political pandemania. they did not, but i did spent a lot of the month wondering if they should've been. thusly:<br /></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eTOopFEtriC298-dP8eydB6ZBwIrMEBVI8tSXLyNXz52eb2CKYU4Y28q3TyXhvki99RnJSd2lASuRXaH04RwfGakvXfry0U6UazKNeDyrntTTl1uI2p8M76wJ6-3d5_6xmritVW96VqJ/s1936/IMG_3070.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eTOopFEtriC298-dP8eydB6ZBwIrMEBVI8tSXLyNXz52eb2CKYU4Y28q3TyXhvki99RnJSd2lASuRXaH04RwfGakvXfry0U6UazKNeDyrntTTl1uI2p8M76wJ6-3d5_6xmritVW96VqJ/s320/IMG_3070.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />aug 1: hate to start the month with this, but not gonna lie, it wasn’t a great day</div><div dir="auto">aug 2: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1V15l05snHYHYVxerjMFGo?si=7fc9743c57ed4fa6">“that’s my soul up there”</a></div><div dir="auto">aug 3: stopped to pet excited fluffy puppy as i left for work, then saw her again when i came home, and she remained both excited and fluffy, and either recognized me from earlier or just loves everyone equally, a lot. same human too, i think, who was fine<br /></div><div><b>aug 4: billy joel 28, fenway park: i knew all the words to </b><b>“a room of our own</b><b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> even though i never would've guessed that i knew all the words to </b><b>“a room of our own</b><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div>aug 5: self-care involved buying a different plane ticket instead of fighting with 2 airlines, and getting to have a killer <span style="font-family: times;">celery</span>-sesame salad at myers + chang before leaving boston as a result</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BrE64Yq3Ojc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">aug 6: i don’t mind being patient, but i do appreciate it when it’s acknowledged </div><div dir="auto">aug 7: when i woke up this morning it never occurred to me that i would hear jesse lewis sing falsetto on the gilligan<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">’</span></span>s island version of stairway to heaven before the day ended</div><div>aug 8: i saw kara elder at the farmers market and she asked how i was. i said “ok<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> and asked how she was. she said “also ok,<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> and kara may be the only person i know that can reliably outsubtext me<br /></div><div>aug 9: i needed some data and couldn't find it, then i remembered i'm friends with @dataeditor, so i asked him how i could find it, and he already had it<br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>aug 10: </span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4Kvz5bhHNYPSaGnQ7PsTBi?si=5d173c1bfc34498b"><span>“i<span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #202124;">f it</span></span></a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4Kvz5bhHNYPSaGnQ7PsTBi?si=5d173c1bfc34498b"><span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #202124;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">’</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>s truth that you</span></span></a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4Kvz5bhHNYPSaGnQ7PsTBi?si=5d173c1bfc34498b"><span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #202124;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span></span></a><span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #202124;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4Kvz5bhHNYPSaGnQ7PsTBi?si=5d173c1bfc34498b"><span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #202124;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">’</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span></span></span><span>re looking to find, i</span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #202124;">t is nowhere outside of your mind</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">aug 11: i always forget how much i love driving through the misty hills of virginia until the next time i’m driving through the misty hills of virginia </div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTN4vCFZEjc">aug 12: counting crows 14: the first line of the second verse of “rain king” hits different when you see it live in nashville. “maria came from nashville with a suitcase in her hand ...<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a> <br /></div><div><b>aug 13: matt bolus and i almost skipped kings of leon show because it was raining so hard when we had to leave, but we went anyway and the weather was gorgeous for the whole show. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFpKJVaKTV0">also, “use somebody<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> is amazing live</a><br /></b></div><div>aug 14: ran errands in nashville, which really just means i bought booze at different places<br /></div><div dir="auto">aug 15: as a break during long drive home, had a business meeting over pasta with gochujang bolognese at casa de boden<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><div>aug 16: i brought 4 ears of corn back as a souvenir from the nashville farmers market and i am here to announce that it is the corn i<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">’</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>ve been waiting for</div><div dir="auto">aug 17: my watch said i burned 300 calories walking to cheesecake factory, where i bought a piece of cheesecake that the menu said was 1,000 calories. i like the math</div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span>aug 18: </span></span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3R8MOEc4qVB1Au618OK1Cj?si=6808f04c9f8544e7">“<span><span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #202124;">as the idea ossifies, i</span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #202124;"> can</span></span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3R8MOEc4qVB1Au618OK1Cj?si=6808f04c9f8544e7"><span><span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #202124;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">’</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>t bеlieve it</span></span></span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3R8MOEc4qVB1Au618OK1Cj?si=6808f04c9f8544e7"><span><span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); color: #202124;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">’</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>s mine</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></a></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://youtu.be/NHuT29pock0?t=418">aug 19: train 7: “meet virginia” hits different when you see it live in virginia </a><br /></div><div>aug 20: there are very special hours in which my watch credits me for standing when i did no such thing<br /></div><div><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80184100"><br /></a></div><div><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80184100">aug 21: i always get a little bit happier when zoey deutsch turns out to be in a movie i’m watching and i didn’t realize it until she shows up </a></div><div>aug 22: my other nashville souvenir was a case of my favorite coffee booze, and i had it in my coffee this morning and remembered why it's my favorite<br /></div><div>aug 23: had a sunkist orange soda for first time in forever and it tastes like baby aspirin and why has it been so long since i had one of these?<br /></div><div><b>aug 24: cuban sandwich day (observed)</b><br /></div><div>aug 25: my favorite office salad place that i heard had closed forever reopened<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">aug 26: it rained and the humidity disappeared </div><div dir="auto">aug 27: was told i caught 4 errors in a document that had already gone through 4 editors. i thought about it for a minute then decided not to challenge that statistic because that's probably about my average</div><div dir="auto">aug 28: matt adler<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">’</span></span></span></span>s birthday was coming up, so i let him cook for me<br /></div><div dir="auto">aug 29: i like randomly dropping lyrics that speak to me in the moment on a given day here. but today i heard <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6t6oULCRS6hnI7rm0h5gwl?si=0f06c1fca5b44947">“some nights” </a>by fun, and pretty much that whole song<br /></div><div dir="auto"><b>aug 30: fried green tomato pimento parm</b><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">aug 31: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/36sZlJgvmP62qcEuAaV1uM?si=96b6be635d1e4d4d">“you’ve already won me over, in spite of me”: </a>alanis is fifth show of month and i feel like i’ve hit the ground running </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">📸: michael schlow, tammy gordon<br /></div></span></span></span></span></span></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-50134006513750711882021-08-01T13:39:00.000-04:002021-08-01T13:39:14.569-04:00positivity journal 2021:7<p>i was thinking that next month's was going to be amazing. but right now i'm wondering if there will be one next month. so drink this one in</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6z7UPfJSQxgBcdDzySpqGeUN8XQ8WzNB8xG-jltUubKfGAgR-kBVhJv7cmrbJDDGjUme7cMr20eTJ6etagG2PnZQTiZaMnnXBIQUdoCoC43HAPIDaek7wLt85BUqIYzzXgI-KxiMOJkaY/s2048/IMG_2844.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="2048" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6z7UPfJSQxgBcdDzySpqGeUN8XQ8WzNB8xG-jltUubKfGAgR-kBVhJv7cmrbJDDGjUme7cMr20eTJ6etagG2PnZQTiZaMnnXBIQUdoCoC43HAPIDaek7wLt85BUqIYzzXgI-KxiMOJkaY/w554-h290/IMG_2844.jpg" width="554" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div data-contents="true"><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="ea7hu-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ea7hu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ea7hu-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 1: have reached point in life where i sometimes just buy my preferred oat milk even if some brand of almond milk is on sale</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="bqlbl-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bqlbl-0-0"><span data-offset-key="bqlbl-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 2: fried brussels sprouts are the very best expression of brussels sprouts</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="cv1qo-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cv1qo-0-0"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6MnKCj94ahAy87IXlVX3XY?si=hGIDYf8MQ2CQVB2pQ0umXA&dl_branch=1"><span data-offset-key="cv1qo-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 3: listened to a podcast that had sara barreiles as a guest and they asked her about what billy joel song she would cover and she started singing she's got a way. later they asked her about pat benatar and she started singing we belong and HOW CAN I KEEP LOVING SARA BARREILES MORE?</span></span></a></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="47akj-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="47akj-0-0"><span data-offset-key="47akj-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 4: we found an excellent spot to not see the fireworks. would go back</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="9fqs6-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9fqs6-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9fqs6-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 5: 4k words</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="mkpe-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="mkpe-0-0"><span data-offset-key="mkpe-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="8k82k-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8k82k-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8k82k-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 6: instantly reacclimated to office culture</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="1qvej-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1qvej-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1qvej-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 7: i wore my favorite purple shirt for the first time in ... well, it has a collar and buttons, soo ... like almost a year and a half.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="fd8nc-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fd8nc-0-0"><b><span data-offset-key="fd8nc-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 8: “misery loves company, but she will never foot the bill”</span></span></b></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="8blp6-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8blp6-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8blp6-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 9: with return to office, popeyes is once again just a slight detour on my way home</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="7fm9n-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7fm9n-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7fm9n-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 10: corn on the cob for dinner. this may show up again sometime<br /><br /></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7fm9n-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7fm9n-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3gUDMeIEMMI" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="d3h3p-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="d3h3p-0-0"><span data-offset-key="d3h3p-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="1n9ii-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1n9ii-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1n9ii-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 11: walked 6 miles then went directly to roof of my building and soaked my feet in the pool</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="e8urq-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e8urq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="e8urq-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 12: got to work and courtney almost immediately said “where should we go for lunch” and that hasn’t happened in awhile </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="9ba9a-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9ba9a-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9ba9a-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 13: meditation app said “turn your awareness to your legs. let whatever is present be present.” what it didn’t know was that najah was splayed across my lap and i was very aware of it</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="dsljc-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dsljc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dsljc-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 14: was watching some show of recent vintage and they dropped a survivor song in the soundtrack like it was just a thing to do in 2021 and i was left slack jawed (was not eye of the tiger)</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="9kd5c-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9kd5c-0-0"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CRT2e0_L3LV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link"><span data-offset-key="9kd5c-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 15: “a meeting” by wendell berry</span></span></a></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="8dpjn-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8dpjn-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8dpjn-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="921kh-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="921kh-0-0"><span data-offset-key="921kh-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 16: saw susan stanford for first time in technically forever and it was her birthday </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="fpamb-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fpamb-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fpamb-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 17: slept till almost noon. which i recommend. tho not sure when i actually got to sleep, but whatever.</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="faff4-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="faff4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="faff4-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 18: lara: "did you see hanson retired?" me (long pause): "like, the <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/0lnxrQAd9ZxbhBBe7d8FO8?si=93c9ec46538f4233">mmm bop guys</a>?" lara: "no, chris." me: "oh! that makes more sense. ... wait, isn't he our age?"</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="cilm1-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cilm1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="cilm1-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 19: met a new cat to catsit</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="2q7fg-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2q7fg-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2q7fg-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 20: 2 chapters to go</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="cs0pr-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cs0pr-0-0"><span data-offset-key="cs0pr-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><img alt="r/TVDetails - S3E5 The Kominsky Method (Netflix): 65-year-old Paul Reiser’s character is watching the movie “Diner”, featuring a character played by 26-year-old Paul Reiser." class="_2_tDEnGMLxpM6uOa2kaDB3 ImageBox-image media-element _1XWObl-3b9tPy64oaG6fax" height="285" src="https://preview.redd.it/mj118ayohb571.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=e437a1152f60cfce7a09940612a74678fb4e1f24" style="max-height: 700px;" width="539" /></div><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="3ie4-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3ie4-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3ie4-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 21: there’s a 24/7 dateline channel on peacock, so i never have to look for something to watch again </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="64mj4-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="64mj4-0-0"><b><span data-offset-key="64mj4-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 22: watching paul reiser’s character on kominsky method watch paul reiser’s character on diner was ne plus meta</span></span></b></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="fq1rb-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fq1rb-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fq1rb-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 23: had arancini at lunch and at dinner </span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="9md9s-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9md9s-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9md9s-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul
24: because i am cat-sitting a cat that lives in a building that has a
lobster roll place on the ground floor ... well, you know where this is
going</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="abum7-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="abum7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="abum7-0-0"><span data-text="true"><b>jul 25: extra sungold tomatoes </b><br /></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="e33nm-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e33nm-0-0"><span data-offset-key="e33nm-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="df9pe-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="df9pe-0-0"><span data-offset-key="df9pe-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JaTSjstn5cBUaQvvRLq7RLR5OeaReFhzdEhpmF-rREa2oC44wWQv7CPcVzw0N4XOFShHpJfR_Awef3SAVcAgMlhxO7Lnu2fnOZ-hRjBuTO13W_cuUVp3vAI4pODUPWzCXUOR5XLbfv18/s2048/IMG_2746.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JaTSjstn5cBUaQvvRLq7RLR5OeaReFhzdEhpmF-rREa2oC44wWQv7CPcVzw0N4XOFShHpJfR_Awef3SAVcAgMlhxO7Lnu2fnOZ-hRjBuTO13W_cuUVp3vAI4pODUPWzCXUOR5XLbfv18/w129-h172/IMG_2746.jpg" width="129" /></a></div><br />jul 26: tomato sandwich on bread i made and corn on the cob for dinner</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="7m7fb-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7m7fb-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7m7fb-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 27: walked home from work in the rain</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="dafgk-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dafgk-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dafgk-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 28: the return of indoor dining at bowerseseses</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="7302p-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7302p-0-0"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/16GUMo6u3D2qo9a19AkYct?si=0316064787904523"><span data-offset-key="7302p-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 29: convertible cruising down mass ave blasting billy joel</span></span></a></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="27sht-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="27sht-0-0"><b><span data-offset-key="27sht-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 30: why are chicken wings so good?</span></span></b></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="6hp85-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6hp85-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6hp85-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="dg2si" data-offset-key="6dssr-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6dssr-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6dssr-0-0"><span data-text="true">jul 31: woke up to text from my favorite egg farmer that she was already sold out but set aside 2 dozen for me</span></span></div></div><br /><br /><p><br /></p>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-62822521060385590412021-07-01T20:14:00.000-04:002021-07-01T20:14:19.097-04:00positivity journal 2021:6<p>there’s a lot of vaguery in here about how pleased i am with myself writing things. feel free to not care. <br /></p><div dir="auto">jun 1: “leap, and the net will appear”<br />jun 2: toasted almond gelato with almond brittle<br />jun 3: decided not to walk today, then it rained<br />jun 4: probably should keep this to myself, but tfw you write something and hear second-hand that the second person to read it is an oscar-winning screenwriter (of a movie you definitely know) and her only note is that it’s “magnificent”<br />jun 5: air conditioning <br /><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/o_UvFFzGJPM" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><br /><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">jun 6: new metric: i only walked about 1,000 steps (10% of goal), but i wrote almost 3,500 words (700% of a “good” day). will accept the tradeoff<br />jun 7: have been reading <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Horses-Memoir-Brandi-Carlile/dp/0593237242">brandi carlile’s memoir</a> and can't stop feeling like she and i could be pals<br />jun 8: bought concert tickets. relevant to my interests <br /><b>jun 9: “the daydream nations won’t come true. the ghosts you made up ghosted you”</b><br />jun 10: i’m a big fan of both amanda peet and christian slater, so imagine how pleased i was to find “dirty john” on netflix<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlMr3PubVpnqjF3G-DI6EvYP4oHiYISWDhXEN2bFQCj-f4sUk7Q-kYInEPvkOpQkWUrS-9Uk_oSN8YP8ABywgIvxz7cNohYhMiysVYFGt4qDHDTrdOHgt6tLeAMwqN-WtDocda63zkC5t3/s2048/IMG_2655.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlMr3PubVpnqjF3G-DI6EvYP4oHiYISWDhXEN2bFQCj-f4sUk7Q-kYInEPvkOpQkWUrS-9Uk_oSN8YP8ABywgIvxz7cNohYhMiysVYFGt4qDHDTrdOHgt6tLeAMwqN-WtDocda63zkC5t3/w114-h153/IMG_2655.jpg" width="114" /></a></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">jun 11: dinner on the roof<br />jun 12: was reading at the pool when an older guy sat near me. he started smoking, and i was going to move, but the i realized it made me think of my step grandfather, and i stayed<br />jun 13: bbq, in person, with friends<br />jun 14: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C63zAMRih8Y">“when i remember someone, i remember their dreams. in those dreams that no one know of, my destiny says that i’m destined to run”</a><br />jun 15: i hugged mollie moore and matt adler at exactly the same time, then saw all of gaby delgado’s face in person for the first time<br /><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEq-sLlWuuwy5U11pT8a8ViqnVcjg5XvPtrkaNvCins2rGNYzL_kMjyRLLwQNw68hrF0oL3KomsoHECVLKv49h4FZS8OWlY9-uwqFdenWAt-KmxknpKCOGGyCVgBtdnd35A2qYZBBtGLUF/s2048/IMG_2671.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEq-sLlWuuwy5U11pT8a8ViqnVcjg5XvPtrkaNvCins2rGNYzL_kMjyRLLwQNw68hrF0oL3KomsoHECVLKv49h4FZS8OWlY9-uwqFdenWAt-KmxknpKCOGGyCVgBtdnd35A2qYZBBtGLUF/w176-h132/IMG_2671.jpg" width="176" /></a></div>jun 16: because i saw deb lindsay at nats game last night and we talked about bagels, i woke up and went to pearl<br />jun 17: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJf7_5vH1WE">it’s a comfort to know my intentions are good</a><br />jun 18: epic rooftop return of fried chicken friday @bowers superplex<br />jun 19: lap cat<br />jun 20: tfw you’re writing something and you don’t know where you’re going but then write a line that ties everything up in a way that makes more sense than you ever intended </div><div dir="auto"> <br /></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNPzS6R6cokCPXH6r7L-BLzEUxVieCdEWbDCAAYWhcY9P7mCoNE58VEoO6Fi5uNWM3yYBmUPidd5diDsNehXyuRxmM534qMhbCH5d2Rv9aylLhGZmFm_Pa429y-Bod31CqZ0TTux57hUa/s2048/IMG_2697.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="2048" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNPzS6R6cokCPXH6r7L-BLzEUxVieCdEWbDCAAYWhcY9P7mCoNE58VEoO6Fi5uNWM3yYBmUPidd5diDsNehXyuRxmM534qMhbCH5d2Rv9aylLhGZmFm_Pa429y-Bod31CqZ0TTux57hUa/w240-h159/IMG_2697.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>jun 21: having sushi with wayne at my regular restaurant, couldn’t remember the name of my favorite roll. waiter leans over from next table and says “candy cane”<br />jun 22: re-outline makes more sense <br />jun 23: guy at knife shop saw my world central kitchen hat, asked me if i worked there, gave me a sweet discount when i told him i volunteered all last summer <br />jun 24: ate inside a restaurant, with people, and there was laughter. and guinea hen<br />jun 25: secured lamb from craig rogers for 1 recipe test and realized i can do 3 with it, which is all of them<br /><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">jun 26: we bought all the bourbon <br />jun 27: vacation ends; my main plan was to write and i did about 12,000 words across 3 projects in 9 days. not shabby<br />jun 28: i sometimes put in commas for a pause, even if they are grammatically incorrect <br />jun 29: it was hot, but not humid, so i read on the roof until it got dark<br />jun 30: the problem with opening a container of quicos is that it just results in an empty container of quicos because i can. not. stop</div></div></div>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-30436684582727798302021-05-31T21:52:00.001-04:002021-05-31T21:54:29.622-04:00positivity journal 2021:5<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5UNPkWAnO911_gF1xAd0_qY6AfDvLOGHBv-gAMTg5taF53LgTAq4Wx1gWuenIYB1AJ1b_6ZpXSHKwKKvLxjbXmra2Pxh7UjXbLQiqG0OQL9TSaI0CoO9ap0Prj1mzMGDvIXD86IlLMUk/s2048/34EB824A-499F-4148-AA1B-D87E07C75437+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ5UNPkWAnO911_gF1xAd0_qY6AfDvLOGHBv-gAMTg5taF53LgTAq4Wx1gWuenIYB1AJ1b_6ZpXSHKwKKvLxjbXmra2Pxh7UjXbLQiqG0OQL9TSaI0CoO9ap0Prj1mzMGDvIXD86IlLMUk/s320/34EB824A-499F-4148-AA1B-D87E07C75437+%25281%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div><div dir="auto">may 1: during a phone call with lawrence, i made 2 batches of bagels, a gallon of chicken stock and did 2 loads of laundry. he inspires multitasking </div></div><div><div dir="auto">may 2: lymph nodes</div></div><div><div dir="auto">may 3: i like the show roadies so much i’m mad there are only 10 episodes </div></div><div><div dir="auto">may 4: i had a print made with <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/my-late-grandma-left-a-mark-with-her-dinner-rolls-why-cant-i/2015/11/16/f62f6892-87d4-11e5-be39-0034bb576eee_story.html">my grandmother’s recipe for dinner rolls</a>, and woman at fedex said she looked at it while it was printing and it made her think of her grandmother’s dinner rolls</div><div dir="auto">may 5: laughed pretty hard when i realized i typed “thrown” when i meant “throne” in a headline (no one else ever saw it)</div><div><br /></div></div><div><div dir="auto">may 6: i don’t know why the combination of cheese popcorn and caramel popcorn works but it definitely does</div></div><div><div dir="auto">may 7: eating a lot of rice lately. i’m a fan</div><div dir="auto"><b>may 8: finished reading “a shot in the moonlight” by ben montgomery and am patiently awaiting the movie </b><br /></div></div><div><div dir="auto">may 9: “sometimes i’m tired, sometimes i’m shot. sometimes i don’t know how much more i got”</div><div dir="auto">may 10: wrote about 1,000 words after work</div><div><br /></div></div><div><div dir="auto">may 11: during a zoom meeting, secretly multitasked, clearing my email box from 1,500 to 47</div></div><div><div>may 12: my sleep schedule (like that's a thing) has been altered by najah, who has decided she wants to sit on my lap until at least 2:30 am every night all of a sudden. i. can't. say. no</div></div><div><div>may 13: cava y coffee con courtney</div></div><div><div>may 14: despite shortage, was able to fill tank w gas, which should last a couple months</div><div>may 15: dinner at bowerseseses. wait, what? <br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div><div>may 16: reading on the roof, catching up with <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/05/08/restaurant-jobs-shortage-workers-miami/">laura</a> and <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/dick-van-dyke-kennedy-center-honors/2021/05/13/61c264e0-ac5c-11eb-b476-c3b287e52a01_story.html">geoff</a> without them being there
</div></div><div><div>may 17: went out walking, holding a mask dangling from my fingers, in case i needed it. guy walking toward me starts laughing and says “hey man, what do you keep in that tiny purse?” “my makeup!” i said. and he laughed harder. then i put the mask in my pocket</div></div><div><div>may 18: closed exercise ring before work started </div></div><div><div><b>may 19: fulfilled career goal to write a headline for a story with a picture of a naked person</b></div><div>may 20: <span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">delivery truck flew through crosswalk as i was walking, and driver slowed down to apologize. which was nice</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div><div dir="auto"><b>may 21: laura hayes’ photo from dinner at caruso’s had so much joy in it, it gave me true hope </b></div></div><div><div dir="auto">may 22: started planning an epic return to concert-going</div></div><div><div dir="auto"><b>may 23: caramel swirl gelato </b></div></div><div><div>may 24: have taken full advantage of the fact that my apple watch has been out getting repaired by hardly moving at all</div><div>may 25: sitting on a plinth in a park drinking coffee, and four dogs come running up to me at the same time</div><div><br />
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</div></div><div><div> </div><div><b>may 26: <span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">every time i hear rem’s man on the moon, i remind myself the movie was named after the song, not the other way around </span></b></div></div><div><div>may 27: got watch back. guess i better start walking again
</div></div><div><div>may 28: pre-work coffee and bagel with lockwood <br /></div></div><div><div>may 29: the last 5 minutes of S2E6 of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B08XDB79TW/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r">loudermilk</a> includes a level of rationalization that has happened in my brain so many times, i am considering charging whoever wrote it rent for the time they've clearly spent hanging out in my brain
</div><div>may 30: went for a 90-minute walk because i had a 90-minute podcast i wanted to listen to. stretched it into 100 minutes because after listening to <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/7IiDB9J90ZXyPfotyYlHJM?si=qPk9KoG-T8SOzw7zunZhNA">the bill simmons podcast </a>with adam duritz, i had to listen to <a href="https://www.countingcrows.com/video/mrs-potters-lullaby">mrs. potter<span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">’</span>s lullabye
</a><div><div><br /></div><div>may 31: walked 7 miles and my hat did not deg saturated with sweat</div></div></div><div></div></div>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-66511363642197355162021-05-01T15:34:00.006-04:002021-05-01T15:36:59.609-04:00positivity journal 2021:4<div data-block="true" data-editor="9ekiv" data-offset-key="i3d2-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="i3d2-0-0"><span data-offset-key="i3d2-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwVDBv9g5USaLwJ4X1GcpeM0TpirgezYZ7Ed2g5uWGs7GiYv4qj5GW1wwY-HcEmJBJ1zoSXJr2g0Soj3Al0s1FdrejWCb3PZKJ5n9dVKqJliHJSdjfR_O5RAxbA1b3bbOaRTXnVzo19fV/s2048/IMG_0798.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwVDBv9g5USaLwJ4X1GcpeM0TpirgezYZ7Ed2g5uWGs7GiYv4qj5GW1wwY-HcEmJBJ1zoSXJr2g0Soj3Al0s1FdrejWCb3PZKJ5n9dVKqJliHJSdjfR_O5RAxbA1b3bbOaRTXnVzo19fV/s320/IMG_0798.jpg" /></a></div><br />mostly cooking and cover versions</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="9ekiv" data-offset-key="14o0b-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="14o0b-0-0"><span data-offset-key="14o0b-0-0"></span></div></div><span data-offset-key="1tkls-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span><p></p><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">apr 1: </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">“</span>it never gets easier, you just get better</span><span style="color: black;">”</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">apr 2: stevie nicks covered <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4CQX5erTD88eY1VzcpR0bm?si=21cdc97869bd481d" target="_blank">“free fallin</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4CQX5erTD88eY1VzcpR0bm?si=21cdc97869bd481d" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">’</span>,” </a>and in it, she sings “he’s a bad boy, ‘cause he *doesn’t* even miss her,” and i was shook when i realized she was correcting tom petty’s grammar </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">apr 3: went to store that sells my favorite soda and didn't buy any, displaying will power i didn</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">’</span>t know i had</span></div><div dir="auto"><b><span style="color: black;">apr 4: i did not commit murder in my kitchen, i just made beets. reasonable mistake</span></b></div><div dir="auto"><b><span style="color: black;">apr 5: opened up the roof top to outdoor dining</span></b></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">apr 6: turns out i have complicated feelings about spam that i never would</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">’</span>ve guessed <br /></span></div></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">apr 7: <span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">the bluegrass cover of </span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1dg0iCyaQMBySiqgVa8iFV?si=b7dde0f9dd2e4aa7"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">“</span></span>you shook me all night long</a></span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: black;">”</span> is just a totally different experience </span><br /></div></span><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"></span></div></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">apr 8: dose dos <br /></div></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto">apr 9: learned you can stay in the room where billy joel wrote the turnstiles album. thinking about it <br /></div></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: black;">apr 10: i had to test a french fries recipe for work so i spinach dip and dropped chicken fingers in the hot oil when the fries were done and turned it into a sports bar dinner <br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">apr 11: if you want to go look at cars, go right before the dealer closes </span><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><b>apr 12:
i<span style="color: black;">’</span>ve been searching for a red wine that i can make good kalimotxa with, and i think i found it, and it is in a box and costs the equivalent of $5 a bottle
<br /></b></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">apr 13: about a week before the anniversary of my first wck shift, went in for another. <br /></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><b>apr 14: if all there was was chinois chicken salad, i think i’d be ok with that</b><br /></div></div><div dir="auto">apr 15: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IW_iM38_BbA">i love sterling k brown<span style="color: black;">’</span>s voice </a> <br /></div></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2cFOLFtw2Ic" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">apr 16: takeout chicken wings</span><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">apr 17: <span style="color: black;">“</span>i<span style="color: black;">’</span>m only selling these to people who will know what to do with them.<span style="color: black;">”</span> update: this confidence was misplaced<br /></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><b>apr 18: moments pass, and time moves on, but dreams remain just as long as they’re dreamers<br /></b></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">apr 19: “did you intentionally write a teze to the hash story above the teze to the cannabis story?” update: it was not on purpose but i wish it had been<br /></div></div><div dir="auto">apr 20: i was thinking about tom rhodes and he texted me. i summoned him with my mind <br /></div></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">apr 21: matt adler showed me his not-yet-opened restaurant, and it felt like i</span><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: black;">’</span>d already been there; in the best way </span><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">apr 22: listened to nina blackwood on sirius, and to tease an upcoming song, she mentioned that it had been rated as the 17th-worst guitar solo of all time (def leppard, <a href="https://youtu.be/VWg_g7-sIn0"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">“</span></span>rock it<span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">”</span></span></a>) <br /></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">apr 23: dose dos + two weeks. i am invincible <br /></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">apr 24: made pizza from stuff in the fridge in about the time it would've taken to order one and pick it up <br /></div></div><div dir="auto">apr 25: got all my work done on a huge section without working too late<br /></div></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">apr 26: lara bush’s 13th anniversary of kicking cancer’s ass</span><br /></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">apr 27: <span style="color: black;">“</span>everybody wants to know you when you're the only one to know<span style="color: black;">”</span>; <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3jZ6v2I4mK5ugVYwht4Mfx?si=5e5695550fe5443d">new counting crows </a>that i didn<span style="color: black;">’</span>t know was getting dropped today!<br /></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">apr 28: went on a 45-minute maskless walk that was officially ok as far as the cdc is concerned <br /></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">apr 29: the steelers top draft pick is a running back named najee jerome harris. so he shares names with two of my favorite steelers running backs, and almost with my cat. i approve <br /></div></div><div dir="auto">apr 30: noticed gray water on top of sourdough starter, could not stop singing <a href="https://youtu.be/afzmwAKUppU"><span style="color: black;">“</span>be our guest<span style="color: black;">”</span></a> the rest of the day <br /></div></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-77863484134202566672021-04-01T20:58:00.001-04:002021-04-01T21:06:11.820-04:00positivity journal 2021:3<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cj8cyuP3p5570w5DEx3Gos2lbIhRiaAdswRVGbAmWaYh13MOSVlNguJjGlxxnJ4KERQ5lCf70rS0yqukfXi8xYjq0xLke4Kw-pCbHqHciy18Lh5dZoOEoSNc_Y1vdCsXHi2uS3C1f5Ji/s2048/IMG_2468.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cj8cyuP3p5570w5DEx3Gos2lbIhRiaAdswRVGbAmWaYh13MOSVlNguJjGlxxnJ4KERQ5lCf70rS0yqukfXi8xYjq0xLke4Kw-pCbHqHciy18Lh5dZoOEoSNc_Y1vdCsXHi2uS3C1f5Ji/s320/IMG_2468.jpg" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><div><div><span style="color: black;">evidence that positivity is contagious in the neighborhood, and watching a lot of tv<br /><br /><b>mar 1: a block and a half from my house, there is a gratitude mailbox</b></span></div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 2: finally started watching ted lasso after hearing how great it was, and so far so good</span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 3: finally watched promising young woman after hearing how great it was, and it was</span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 4: today was the day that wayne lockwood admitted that the farmers market eggs i got him ruined him for supermarket eggs </span></span></span></div></div><div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 5: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CM2HdpChYpm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">the wedge salad from la betty </a>is an amazing thing and i look forward to eating it there in person again. but takeout will suffice for now</span></span></span></div></div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 6: was going to cook but lawrence hollyfield called so we talked about cars for an hour and a half instead </span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black;">mar 7: talked to kid at farmers market that seemed to legit freak out that he was talking to someone who worked at the washington post. “i’m a total writing geek”<br /></span></div><div><b><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 8: went on a failed errand but ended up across the street from dealer of car lawrence told me i should look at. so i did</span></span></span></b></div></div><div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 9: had leftover hot&sour soup and leftover pasta, so mixed them and invented a new thing</span></span></span></div></div><div><span style="color: black;"><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4kOKnL62lB0g5Zt3fOveT3?si=1dd82eeeb8b2411c">mar 10: “lean streaky music, spawned on the streets/ i hear it, but with you i have to go”</a><br /></span></div><div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cbKNICg-REA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></div><div><b><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 11: i meant to send valerie panou a happy birthday in the morning but totally forgot. then i was out walking in the evening, and "valerie" came on spotify, so i got in under the wire. so that's steve winwood two days in a row<br /></span></span></span></b></div><div><b><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 12: noticed a gratitude garden on my block</span></span></span></b></div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 13: went to look at used cars but got a new burrito instead </span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 14: new microwave i bought fits perfectly in the microwave spot in my kitchen, which was not planned at all</span></span></span></div></div><div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 15: saying happy birthday to ronnie perkins took 2 1/2 hours</span></span></span></div></div><div><div><span><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 16: scrolling through instagram, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">i see tom rhodes roller skating along a beach in california in his spiffy washington post hoodie</a></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 17: got my <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CMibxx_rb6W/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link">25-year-old butcher block cutting board back after steven rich gave it a tuneup</a> and fixed its splits</span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 18: i doubt there is direct cause and effect, but scott drewno made pierogi for my birthday and i was smart enough to preorder them a week ago before they sold out</span></span></span></div></div><div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 19: gator hammock swamp mustard on popeyes fried chicken </span></span></span></div></div><div><div><span><span style="color: black;"><span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><span><span>mar 20: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1ZZYSJWfHVyvTE6A8vK4Mp?si=5efc1327e3f4436d">"... </a></span></span><a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/1ZZYSJWfHVyvTE6A8vK4Mp?si=5efc1327e3f4436d"><span><span>butterflies and zebras and moon beams ... and fairy tales ..."</span></span></a><span></span></span><div><div><div><span><span style="color: black;"><span></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div><span><span><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 21: went to 3 stores looking for ingredients for an indian dish, with no luck, then went to indian grocery and they were all there. told that to the guy at register, and his voice cracked a little when he said thank you<br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 22: najah is good at reminding everyone of her treat schedule <br /></span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: black;"><span>mar 23: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxIhFQ6Teo5jHIn5D9FY_Syb7rtWmxLZfEnFhp5qdXI43AePMaKPq_b1b5gdlbThAkr9lU0LnZ97llWyjNgN1MuSvd7h_jyiu23v5Q94zOFdWZ6aV9xAtyLUSfJPSBFKAjXJJwjGrwibU8/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="480" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxIhFQ6Teo5jHIn5D9FY_Syb7rtWmxLZfEnFhp5qdXI43AePMaKPq_b1b5gdlbThAkr9lU0LnZ97llWyjNgN1MuSvd7h_jyiu23v5Q94zOFdWZ6aV9xAtyLUSfJPSBFKAjXJJwjGrwibU8/" width="320" /></a></div></span></span></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: black;"><span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">gif via @cackhanded</span></span></span></span><br /></div></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 24: saw a woman wearing a cynar jacket. she seemed shocked i knew what cynar was. i was shocked there are cynar jackets</span></span></span></div></div><div><div dir="auto"><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 25: made kung pao tofu because i hadn’t cooked all week </span></span></span></div></div><div><div><span><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div><div dir="auto"><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 26: finished one section, took a walk, finished another section <br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 27: passed a little league game while walking with melanie starkey. stopped to watch. it was fascinating <br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 28: watching tennis and martina navratilova just keeps talking about how horribly hot it is in miami and i just keep feeling smug</span></span></span></div></div><div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 29: guy stops me on the street, says "i bet you've never heard this song!" it was a rap song that i have definitely never heard. "you'd win!" i said. he laughed, harder than i expected</span></span></span></div></div><div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 30: i really, really, really like earning a mention in acknowledgements. <a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/children-under-fire-john-woodrow-cox?variant=32126593138722">h/t john woodrow cox </a></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div><div><div><span><span><span style="color: black;">mar 31: got chicken wings, and one of them was so big it didn't fit in the cup of blue cheese</span></span></span></div></div>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-30123717373097520702021-03-01T22:27:00.002-05:002021-03-01T22:31:36.893-05:00positivity journal 2021:2<p>a lot of najah and maggie rose, which are not surprising, and work, that is, but just kinda<br /></p><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYU-WdD-SbLsmMEzY3TXEUSLyxKYuMK2MujVBDH1MQhmd5ipuIpKqIGVI1Penn6nr7T7taootwlNdm8bMAjJ1j-ZCiqB1C-4DVjc0oHMRoWHoy2z4lURTolIFNoPcBiNxnoH0v07anveKx/s2048/IMG_2324.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1706" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYU-WdD-SbLsmMEzY3TXEUSLyxKYuMK2MujVBDH1MQhmd5ipuIpKqIGVI1Penn6nr7T7taootwlNdm8bMAjJ1j-ZCiqB1C-4DVjc0oHMRoWHoy2z4lURTolIFNoPcBiNxnoH0v07anveKx/s320/IMG_2324.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> </div><div dir="auto">feb 1: it is the second anniversary of the first installment of this list. so this is the first post of what will be episode 26 by the time you read it. i'm surprised too </div><div dir="auto"><b>feb 2: decided to skip dinner because i didn’t feel like cooking when i realized i had everything in the fridge for a couple of decent tacos that could be done in 10 minutes</b></div><div dir="auto">feb 3: brought nocino to spike hot chocolate at a meet-up in a park. it was so sketchy<br />feb 4: wondered if maggie rose would see i mentioned her in a story. then my phone pinged that she followed me on twitter. took that as a yes. then her mom emailed me. i haven’t heard from jakob dylan tho<br />feb 5: dave grohl: "if it gets any better, it's gonna get worse." h/t geoff edgers<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lHpArugVkuk" width="560"></iframe></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto">feb 11: my boss thanked me for requesting time off. this is among the reasons i work where i work<span style="color: black;"></span></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml7TmC__eDc">feb 12: “if i know you at all, i know you’ve gone too far”</a></div><div dir="auto">feb 13: proud to know tara salmieri and see updates on her great projects and wish i was in position to help more<br /><b>feb 14: watching maggie rose show streaming from nashville made me hopeful that going to concerts is something that will happen again</b><br />feb 15: opened a writing vein</div><div><br /></div><div><div dir="auto">feb 16: i love it when a tiny dog aggressively loses its mind at a giant dog and the giant dog doesn’t even seem to notice. this might be a metaphor. but also literally </div><div dir="auto">feb 17: managed to avoid commenting on many dumb posts, crossing the political spectrum </div><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">feb 18: watched a scripted, fictional tv show that namechecked dan lebatard</span><br /></div><div dir="auto">feb 19: najah has been sleeping on my hip on fridays lately. how does she know it’s friday? i barely know it’s friday <br />feb 20: a friend called me to help him solve a writing problem and i knew how because i JUST had the same problem and solved it</div><div><br /></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">feb 21: it was cold out, so when i took a walk i wore a double layer of fleece gym shorts </div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNCM8IjtQ-o">feb 22: listened to motley crue all day and appreciated their nuance </a><br /></div><div dir="auto">feb 23: 2,000 words<br />feb 24: omg sushi<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeXNVEQY3AM">feb 25: i had a little sore throat and voice was raspy, but then a don henley song came on and i sang along and NAILED IT </a></div><div><br /></div><div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/marty-baron-jeff-bezos-trump-washington-post/2021/02/27/5d796a9c-7871-11eb-9537-496158cc5fd9_story.html">feb 26: i got to work at the washington post for the entirety of marty baron’s tenure as editor in chief. an honor</a></div><div dir="auto">feb 27: stopped for chicken wings at zaxby while driving through north carolina. there are several keywords there that could sparks notifications in various text groups i’m in, but i didn’t say anything. i mean, til now</div><div dir="auto"><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">feb 28: got home and najah watched to see when i was going to sit down, and as soon as she saw me heading to the chair, she followed me and fell asleep on my lap<br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-45997988853647236192021-02-02T16:59:00.002-05:002021-02-02T16:59:24.852-05:00positivity journal 2021:1<p>not gonna lie: this was the month it almost didn't happen, and i think it shows. what a seething hellscape. <br /><br />anyway! onward!<br /></p><div dir="auto"></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPZsB_yppsWqW20GNUP8IxrVgsVpmVCGhRNVBpf7w00YsZSJiMOO2SBoY7MzV6IlOqhoYykEHfQx4kMQ8W2X9Uwapj3lyppXmEK94CpdggKdHexUQszP12l8hZEutyRpR3ixM9IfTOcio/s2048/IMG_2245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPZsB_yppsWqW20GNUP8IxrVgsVpmVCGhRNVBpf7w00YsZSJiMOO2SBoY7MzV6IlOqhoYykEHfQx4kMQ8W2X9Uwapj3lyppXmEK94CpdggKdHexUQszP12l8hZEutyRpR3ixM9IfTOcio/s320/IMG_2245.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </div><div dir="auto"><b>jan 1: najah @ 20</b></div><div dir="auto">jan 2: spotify shuffled three straight clare dunn songs and that feels right </div><div dir="auto">jan 3: i sorta burned some pumpkin seeds and they kinda taste like unpopped popcorn kernels, which are my favorite, and now i will only sorta burn pumpkin seeds</div><div dir="auto"><b>jan 4: watched video for billy joel's angry young man for the first time in years. i still can't believe how fast his hands move</b></div><div dir="auto">jan 5: petsmart clerk told me to say hi to my cats, plural, based on how much cat food i bought. i didn’t tell him there’s just one. i know this one is a repeat. it happens every time</div><div dir="auto"><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BgyyFmDZrFA" width="560"></iframe></div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto"> </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">jan 6: the good bourbon. lots and lots of bourbon. and cherries. also the good ones. also lots. </div><div dir="auto">jan 7: calmed down before going to bed by queuing up three deliciously sedate sara bareilles songs: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4oa14QBfWRDfJy2agySy0L">gravity</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/28YMQj2P0m3dvJqgjxLkEq">st honesty</a> and <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/3sC62j1Cjeea5tAhcyGcs8">orpheus</a>. it worked </div><div dir="auto">jan 8: i love watching the charter buses leave town</div><div dir="auto">jan 9: walked the mall from the capitol to lincoln memorial to reclaim it</div><div dir="auto">jan 10: while walking, woman asked me about ucf shirt. said she graduated in 2012. which means she was probably not born when i graduated </div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div><div>jan 11: bill ... bellchick? wait, really? <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/01/12/bill-belichick-medal-of-freedom/">(checks notes)</a>. yeah, bill belichick. huh. weird. who woulda guessed<br /></div><div dir="auto">jan 12: i burped out loud while waiting at a crosswalk because i forgot about being around other people <br />jan 13: had potato chips and onion dip for lunch, then tortilla chips with bean dip for dinner. no matter how you look at it, that’s 4 servings of vegetables </div><div><b>jan 14: started planning the fruit tart i hope to make tom rhodes for his birthday next year</b><br />jan 15: while walking, i met a 3-month-old pupper named rocco and the best way i could describe his general shape would be spherical<br /><br /><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1vnu_ine4D_MSztlWf1rzPp7_yhcAyo8cwcoI8cdEx4jfh_TaM6QdpjXkEATfTctJwaUVSyGcLRt2d1oDcEffBqyx3srg4YPKtYCOwZv8Hzt9H3cWHTVJigpNgheVyMBLoAE0ho7OVJvp/s2048/IMG_2319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1vnu_ine4D_MSztlWf1rzPp7_yhcAyo8cwcoI8cdEx4jfh_TaM6QdpjXkEATfTctJwaUVSyGcLRt2d1oDcEffBqyx3srg4YPKtYCOwZv8Hzt9H3cWHTVJigpNgheVyMBLoAE0ho7OVJvp/w142-h190/IMG_2319.jpg" width="142" /></a></div>jan 26: drove three hours to sit in a restaurant. there was no food, but good, masked, distant conversation. baby steps</span><br /></div></div><div dir="auto"><div>jan 27:
accidentally got two story ideas in one conversation
<br />jan 28: quality writing time</div><div>jan 29: it was a long day at work in which i barely left desk for almost 11 hours, but it eventually ended, and felt productive<br />jan 30: had probably best gyoza since i moved to DC. i made them (it was a recipe test, but still)<br /><br /></div></div></div></div><div dir="auto"><b>jan 31: watching snow out the window</b></div>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-15452375166658676602021-01-03T15:18:00.007-05:002021-01-03T15:32:28.663-05:00positivity journal 2020:12<p><span data-offset-key="1ton7-0-0"><span data-text="true">year 2 of this list closes heavy on weird dairy references and a perhaps surprising amount of pork products</span></span></p><div data-contents="true"><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="fjqeh-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fjqeh-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fjqeh-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="dhkdc-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dhkdc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dhkdc-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizI6IQtuuAxHzb0kwff6qDjWSjmzWRZnfwOf1ARovaUEc7fCnehjzCK5PinHgYwN8FgRY_unDAnKRXb5NyjCYKRG_rnuhgmO_aG8XJeKEiYvNKD78-xNllWgSLUnNB-1u1vk2Dk0fZAuJV/s2048/IMG_2247.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizI6IQtuuAxHzb0kwff6qDjWSjmzWRZnfwOf1ARovaUEc7fCnehjzCK5PinHgYwN8FgRY_unDAnKRXb5NyjCYKRG_rnuhgmO_aG8XJeKEiYvNKD78-xNllWgSLUnNB-1u1vk2Dk0fZAuJV/w400-h300/IMG_2247.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>dec 1: went on a weird online shopping binge for my vacation. not sorry</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="i3qj-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="i3qj-0-0"><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="i3qj-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="i3qj-0-0"><span data-offset-key="i3qj-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 2: clerk at wawa called me sweetheart, which was nice, but it struck me that she seemed far too young to be calling random people sweetheart, then i wondered if it’s just that at some point i got too old</span></span></div></div><span data-offset-key="ealdo-0-0"><span data-text="true"></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="ealdo-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ealdo-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ealdo-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 3: delivered a whole lechon belly and omg my car smells good</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="88rkm-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="88rkm-0-0"><span data-offset-key="88rkm-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 4: watched the live action “mulan” and it was great but could’ve used a wisecracking mini dragon played by eddie murphy</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="6gi00-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6gi00-0-0"><b><span data-offset-key="6gi00-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 5: got a new knife (see dec. 1) and it’s amazing. h/t quintin middleton</span></span></b></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="a82fe-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a82fe-0-0"><span data-offset-key="a82fe-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="etv3g-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="etv3g-0-0"><span data-offset-key="etv3g-0-0"><span data-text="true"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hSq4B_zHqPM" width="560"></iframe> </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="etv3g-0-0"><span data-offset-key="etv3g-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 6: finally got kitchen mostly clean from thanksgiving</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="318bo-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="318bo-0-0"><span data-offset-key="318bo-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 7: first day back from vacation is when i learn how smoothly things go without me and it’s liberating</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="9qngh-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9qngh-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9qngh-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 8: today is the first day i got an inquiry as to whether i expect to have leftovers of christmas dinner</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="f5vf8-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f5vf8-0-0"><b><span data-offset-key="f5vf8-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 9: "i don't know why I go walking at night / but now i'm tired and i don't want to walk anymore / i hope it doesn't take the rest of my life / until i find what it is that i've been looking for"</span></span></b></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="89s6u-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="89s6u-0-0"><span data-offset-key="89s6u-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 10: heard that najah sat on my hip at some predawn hour waiting for ... something. this makes me happy and sad, actually</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="3ldj5-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3ldj5-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3ldj5-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="8rntu-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8rntu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="8rntu-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1965" data-original-width="2048" height="125" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRxPdpLhyphenhyphenaFqP8nZqYHUlFYGfBZv091KsMJbA7Ye6TG2JdFQOt5uSLr_M6QT0AGC4WInrLlYaVLRpwJ-YdnV0EDrHghDmPt8lgApl41S1k0AEkBL80OzPWHWKaZXSOEH-mSVyDNzPBadoS/w130-h125/IMG_2253.jpg" width="130" /></a></div><span data-offset-key="8rntu-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br />dec 11: feed the good wolf</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="dd2el-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dd2el-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dd2el-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 12: went to whole foods and they had everything i needed</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="6mhue-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6mhue-0-0"><b><span data-offset-key="6mhue-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 13: it was <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUzs5dlLrm0">sunday, and i drove on pleasant valley </a>rd</span></span></b></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="b5ckc-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b5ckc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="b5ckc-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 14: i’m not all that into beef anymore (if i ever was), but jeremy gave me a chunk of brisket he made and it’s kinda great</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="bnd1g-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="bnd1g-0-0"><b><span data-offset-key="bnd1g-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 15: christmas card included 40-year-old photos i’d been missing. h/t linda fruecht</span></span></b></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="1odpq-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1odpq-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1odpq-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="1pk6k-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1pk6k-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1pk6k-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 16: when i text jay wang and look at the top of the screen and it says “jw” i always think i accidentally texted myself</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="ah2ti-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ah2ti-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ah2ti-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 17: watched the <a href="https://www.netflix.com/watch/81025976?trackId=14277283&tctx=-97%2C-97%2C%2C%2C%2C">losing my religion episode of song exploder</a> and mentally made a list of about 100 songs that i’d love to see that thoughtful of a deep dive into the creation of</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="cvqf3-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cvqf3-0-0"><span data-offset-key="cvqf3-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 18: made cookies</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="3hcqe-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3hcqe-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3hcqe-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 19: i went to a new butcher shop and we hit it off well and the butcher gave me his cell number and that seems normal</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="eaag-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="eaag-0-0"><span data-offset-key="eaag-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 20: swapped cookies</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="t4u-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="t4u-0-0"><span data-offset-key="t4u-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="kee7-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="kee7-0-0"><span data-offset-key="kee7-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3mW1efeSawY7itFaUehV67rxi_wJfPRr9KL9LejX6YbB2HFjgI7yLcEf_Ep0aA6IPY5SGE2YydVkItdgrjBUC11LT1vJi0lPCY_j57PJy2iG8j6rrgYsWXLGt7aXwqFZtWetR0gCDjvo/s2048/IMG_2251.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3mW1efeSawY7itFaUehV67rxi_wJfPRr9KL9LejX6YbB2HFjgI7yLcEf_Ep0aA6IPY5SGE2YydVkItdgrjBUC11LT1vJi0lPCY_j57PJy2iG8j6rrgYsWXLGt7aXwqFZtWetR0gCDjvo/w193-h193/IMG_2251.jpg" width="193" /></a></div><b><span data-offset-key="6gtqa-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 26: i apparently thought allison brie and brie larson were the same person. turns out they are not. and that i like brie more than i thought i did</span></span></b></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="30mll-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="30mll-0-0"><span data-offset-key="30mll-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 27: was in wawa and trying to figure out what song was playing. thought it might be a matchbox 20 song i didn’t know. realized it was actually john legend. but the very next song was <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwJazZIWNgg">real world, which is a matchbox 20 song</a> i totally know, and i think i just heard it before it started playing</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="dcirk-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dcirk-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dcirk-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 28: leftover porchetta sliders</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="fb91h-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fb91h-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fb91h-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 29: i ate a whole pint of ice cream because i didn't feel like getting up to put it back in the freezer</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="dj9lc-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dj9lc-0-0"><b><span data-offset-key="dj9lc-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 30: rib wich</span></span></b></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="dmrn5-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dmrn5-0-0"><span data-offset-key="dmrn5-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="c83g1" data-offset-key="fcodc-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fcodc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fcodc-0-0"><span data-text="true">dec 31: this is my 731st post in this series. wow</span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fcodc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="fcodc-0-0"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fcodc-0-0"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4ff5V0Cm2J4RYvXYUfwhKXE5SGEZUNykZ_7mXhQ_-K7d-0VHyd_89xzGMItJ7_2wf4hLGc4Bg2-QUIJ_TUWWd_SfWHXPURZB-VfoOQfGXHO2BGq1e0sIxX-Y2BZlDiS90VChUxollJGD/s2048/IMG_2217.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4ff5V0Cm2J4RYvXYUfwhKXE5SGEZUNykZ_7mXhQ_-K7d-0VHyd_89xzGMItJ7_2wf4hLGc4Bg2-QUIJ_TUWWd_SfWHXPURZB-VfoOQfGXHO2BGq1e0sIxX-Y2BZlDiS90VChUxollJGD/s320/IMG_2217.jpg" /></a></div><span data-offset-key="fcodc-0-0"><br /><br /><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></div></div></div>jim websterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720372870542210096noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283831715209726281.post-48267148139831694442020-12-01T14:35:00.004-05:002020-12-01T15:08:13.592-05:00positivity journal 2020:11<div data-block="true" data-editor="esil2" data-offset-key="3ttmr-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3ttmr-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3ttmr-0-0"><span data-text="true">the mostly turkey edition <br /></span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3ttmr-0-0"><span data-offset-key="3ttmr-0-0"><span data-text="true"> </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3ttmr-0-0"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN35_pcF3sYS8kk1fDojyX6NzetnIq9-X3JWNOc_tn-TuBSdkDoUi0gpXUzxuikq0axmMF5ho8m24DWtRGVTO6o9L3GPNW4n3ML5EmGxTWgLFPAAdASgr1IHmqlLy3QyMIhol3s4oIskBB/s400/jeremy+elex.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN35_pcF3sYS8kk1fDojyX6NzetnIq9-X3JWNOc_tn-TuBSdkDoUi0gpXUzxuikq0axmMF5ho8m24DWtRGVTO6o9L3GPNW4n3ML5EmGxTWgLFPAAdASgr1IHmqlLy3QyMIhol3s4oIskBB/w137-h137/jeremy+elex.jpg" width="137" /></a></div><span data-offset-key="3ttmr-0-0"><span data-text="true">nov. 1: i watched steelers play, and enjoyed it, but even when i thought they were going to lose, i was ok with it</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="esil2" data-offset-key="7bdim-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7bdim-0-0"><span data-offset-key="7bdim-0-0"><span data-text="true">nov. 2: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2020/11/03/airline-flight-attendant-furlough/">“remember that tough times don’t last; tough people do.</a></span></span><span data-offset-key="2isvu-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="88smi-0-0"><span data-text="true">”</span></span></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="esil2" data-offset-key="df1qd-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="df1qd-0-0"><b><span data-offset-key="df1qd-0-0"><span data-text="true">nov. 3: watched jeremy bowers be an electoral college weatherman on the internet</span></span></b></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="esil2" data-offset-key="91odo-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="91odo-0-0"><span data-offset-key="91odo-0-0"><span data-text="true">nov. 4: while my colleagues spent the day holding a lantern for democracy, i spent the day editing thanksgiving pie recipes. we’re all our own kind of hero</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="esil2" data-offset-key="f6ksp-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f6ksp-0-0"><span data-offset-key="f6ksp-0-0"><span data-text="true">nov. 5: i put nocino in my ovaltine for my best, most immature cocktail yet</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="esil2" data-offset-key="2k3r9-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2k3r9-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2k3r9-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="esil2" data-offset-key="2isvu-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="2isvu-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2isvu-0-0"><span data-text="true">nov. 6: dude walking with dog, off leash. dog sees me, loses mind, starts running at me barking. dude loses his mind, screaming at dog to stop. dog runs at me, i sti<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2020/11/03/airline-flight-attendant-furlough/">“remember that tough times don’t last; tough people do.</a>ck out my hand. she rubs her nose all over my hand then lays down at my feet. dude looks at me. </span></span><span data-offset-key="2isvu-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="1kgck-0-0"><span data-text="true">“</span></span>i can't believe you stuck out your hand for a dog that was running at you barking.</span></span><span data-offset-key="2isvu-0-0"><span data-text="true"><span data-offset-key="88smi-0-0"><span data-text="true">”</span></span> i knew how the story ends</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="esil2" data-offset-key="eapbl-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="eapbl-0-0"><span data-offset-key="eapbl-0-0"><span data-text="true">nov. 7: had a really bad dream, but looks like it ended</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="esil2" data-offset-key="69bpt-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="69bpt-0-0"><span data-offset-key="69bpt-0-0"><span data-text="true">nov. 8: worked on a sunday for like the third time in 8 years, but it was totally worth it</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="esil2" data-offset-key="a3nob-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="a3nob-0-0"><span data-offset-key="a3nob-0-0"><span data-text="true">nov. 9: sleepy najah started slipping out of my lap, caught herself, stood up, resituated, fell back to sleep, slipped, caught herself, etc, etc, for like 2 hours</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="esil2" data-offset-key="ft900-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ft900-0-0"><span data-offset-key="ft900-0-0"><span data-text="true">nov. 10: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2020/11/11/how-to-make-gravy/">was editing a story when i suddenly realized i was quoted in the story. which is rare </a></span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="esil2" data-offset-key="1lm8i-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1lm8i-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1lm8i-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="esil2" data-offset-key="9rnu1-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9rnu1-0-0"><span data-offset-key="9rnu1-0-0"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fIfswbaWk1o" width="560"></iframe> </span></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="66cbc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="66cbc-0-0"><span data-text="true">nov. 16: i had been sitting for several minutes when my watch informed me i had met my goal for standing</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="esil2" data-offset-key="194rd-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="194rd-0-0"><span data-offset-key="194rd-0-0"><span data-text="true">nov. 17: melanie starkey dropped a remarkable homage to the origin story</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="esil2" data-offset-key="ab2dc-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ab2dc-0-0"><b><span data-offset-key="ab2dc-0-0"><span data-text="true">nov. 18: on anniversary of seeing sara barelleis in concert, spotify randomly dropped “orpheus” on me and i could not be more pleased</span></span></b></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="esil2" data-offset-key="1qnc-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="1qnc-0-0"><span data-offset-key="1qnc-0-0"><span data-text="true">nov. 19: orchestrated the purchase of alcohol from 600 miles away</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="esil2" data-offset-key="uvfo-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="uvfo-0-0"><span data-offset-key="uvfo-0-0"><span data-text="true">nov. 20: got shoes i bought on the internet and they fit. i did not see that coming</span></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="esil2" data-offset-key="6vb4s-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6vb4s-0-0"><span data-offset-key="6vb4s-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="esil2" data-offset-key="4vr99-0-0"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4vr99-0-0"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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