lately & furc 〰️ 3 things
i’ve been meaning to write pt. 2 of the august mix, but i haven’t. lately i’ve been trying to figure out how i can cheat bar chords on the guitar, learning the ukulele a little better, reading provenance, and playing hades. these things make time disappear; a slip under the skin of another world. i just caught up with ㅎ today and she pulled us back into furcadia, this furre mmo that we used to be obsessed with as ten-year-olds because it was a rare glimpse into observing human behavior from a disembodied perspective, through an avatar within an isometric land. celebrities, group dynamics, subcultures, shared languages, direct messages (called “whispers”). it amazes me that it survives to today, that it will be 25 years old in december.
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we’ve been watching bling empire which is sometimes excruciating, mostly entertaining. kane talks about how his retail therapy involves going to cartier.com. i went there to look and saw the $6,000 to $27,000 range just on the homepage.
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last year, for some of october, i wrote down three things every day that i was grateful for.
10/28/20
watching the late afternoon light through our living room windows.
miso curled up and sleeping with her snout pressed against the arm of the pink chair.
finishing ikenfell and crying because it’s over.
10/25/20
miso guarding a slice of bread so soft i was able to peel parts of it away.
zine workshop with k & e. creative exercises.
getting outside with mimi and taking in the fall — the chill, the lawns draped in cobwebs and floating ghosts, the heattech, the confetti of leaves.
10/24/20
watching fx of billie’s live show.
the oven-fried rice j made.
playing hours of ikenfell, even if i just got crushed in the final battle and probably need to grind some more.
10/23/20
friends grilling meats over charcoal, with a banchan station.
seeing another shiba - bigger than miso, but so fluffy and familiar.
chocolate cake that j made.
10/21/20
finally mailing my postcards to swing states.
miso licking the cheese and leftover vienna sausage from my easy mac breakfast because i will never grow up.
my orchid, after sprouting long silvery roots that have grown ridiculously far up into the air, and with my tending for one year, has at last begun to rebloom.
10/20/20
j featured in the cute newspaper that his coworkers made for their retreat.
j baking a cake at 8 am as a retreat activity.
not taking the bins out because there’s no trash this week and our other bins are almost never full. j exclaiming with joy that i decided this.
10/19/20
getting to mail our ballots.
orange juice in the morning.
miso curling up between my legs, then as i patted the space next to me, climbing there; petting her as i slowly wake up.
10/18/20
getting really into ikenfell, falling into the rabbit hole.
a wealth of weed.
“brioche-style” burger buns.
j filling out his ballot.
10/17/20
miso puts her paws on my knees, asking to be picked up, while i’m sitting at my desk. i don’t know what she sees because she has such low vision, and the blinds are down, but she peers out into the street, and sometimes smells things on my desk.
staying in bed on saturday morning.
getting to order pho delivered to our door, to be assembled.
10/16/20
reading this article on eels and how no one knows how they reproduce.
having cocktails with friends.
cracking up to this gif of astronauts on the moon, sped up.
10/15/20
the relief of a walk at the end of the day
mango strawberry popsicles
ㅎ and cactus
10/14/20
gummy worms
weeding
choosing a telegram sticker
10/13/20
the hum of the washer/dryer as they do the work for us.
sheets of rain when i don’t have to go outside.
miso settling down for second-third sleep of the morning.
10/12/20
chat with e.
getting food together at the grocery store.
that it was nice enough to weed outside
10/11/20
beef brisket curry, papaya salad, fried chicken, fried rice, wok fried green beans.
miso sleeping nearby.
a long talk with ㅎ. “don’t tell me it’s on the criterion collection.”
10/10/20
walking through neighborhoods after it rains.
no signs for 45.
reading the sample ballot that came in the mail.
10/9/20
miso slumbering with her paws out.
j asleep nestled between pillows.
meditating and crying.