11/6/15
i’m thankful for grimes, writhing in the guggenheim.
i’m thankful that i was able to help the student who was crying yesterday in the office because of stress induced by complicated bureaucracy. i’m always thankful for opportunities to help students not feel scared or anxious in the department office, because i often felt that way when i was a student in offices. i’m thankful for one of my favorite faculty members, who came out of her office to tell me what a good job i did after the student left, which made me feel good.
i’m thankful for d, who helped me search the house this morning for my misplaced iphone. i’m thankful we finally found the iphone after searching for too long (sitting on the closet shelf next to a stack of black pants, into which it faded chameleonically). i’m thankful for her joyful laughter at the fact that i would put my phone in such a ridiculous place and thankful for a moment of tickling her to extract more laughter.
i’m thankful that d chopped and roasted the vegetables for last night's dinner and did a better job of both than i, rushing, would have done. i’m thankful that we ate the last of the plastic-y frozen cod last night and that we are having kielbasa tonight, which will be much better.
i’m thankful for d's joy at collecting enough bells (the currency in animal crossing) to buy a bridge for her virtual village, which she is thankful for because of the way it will speed traversal of the map. i’m thankful for the book the whisperers by orlando figes, which continues to be horrible and fascinating. i’m thankful for vocal harmonies and fuzz bass. i’m thankful for “california” and “kill v. maim” the most so far.
i’m thankful that even though i didn’t sleep very well, i did at least get four or five hours.
i’m thankful that i had an interesting dream, in which i was renting a cavernous country house from a professor and was surprised by an unexpected group of houseguests, who at first annoyed me, as, in the dream, i was expecting solitude, but who turned out to be very good houseguests who made delicious treats and with whom i got joyfully innocently naked.
i’m thankful that yesterday, i didn't feel irritated or depressed all day. i’m thankful it stopped raining before i had to bike to work this morning and that it is not supposed to rain this weekend. i’m thankful for the unashamed sincerity of others, though i am also thankful for irony.