12/16
i'm thankful that last night, after d was excited about something, i said "everything's coming up milhouse" and i'm thankful that her reply to that was "he's the one with the the blue hair and glasses, right? i always get him confused with ralphie." i'm thankful for "ralphie." i'm thankful for my dad, who i think i have mentioned before maintained a home-taped vhs archive of every episode of the simpsons throughout my childhood. i'm thankful that d and i facetime my parents last night after dinner while washing dishes and cleaning up the kitchen. i'm thankful that though they've both had a bit of a hard time at work this week to hope that things will be better last week and to know that calling them made them feel a bit better.
i'm thankful that d, intending to add snoop dogg to our snap rotation, accidentally added puff daddy instead. i'm thankful for "young g's" which probably my favorite puff daddy album cut. i'm thankful for that, even though puff's lazy attempt at dj khaled is not very entertaining, because puff attended a miguel concert sponsored (i think) by a tequila brand. i'm thankful for miguel, who is so dreamy, and am thankful for his live band, which did some interesting raw things with his songs, which are such layered studio constructions (i'm thankful for live band hip hop—i'm thankful for the transition on jay-z unplugged from "hard knock life" to "aint no," the bass line kicking in as the tempo hits a racing game speed boost). i'm thankful for miguel's concert-closing pep talk about social media and the importance of being an individual.
i'm thankful for michaela cole's snap evisceration of a shit who sent her a dickpic. i'm thankful that even though she is a tv celebrity she rides her bike in london traffic (i'm thankful that i know that because of her snapchat, even though that's dangerous and something i generally frown upon). i'm thankful for the ability to sit for a moment inside the stream of someone else's life (even if that life, like puff daddy's, is kind of boring). i'm thankful that ira madison iii hated nocturnal animals as much as i did and i'm thankful for amy nicholson's own of la la land, even though i will probably still see it. i'm thankful we're going to see rogue one tomorrow morning. i'm thankful for matinees.
i'm thankful for extended universes and for breathing exercises. i'm thankful for the entire script of bee movie, whispered. i'm thankful to have had the thought that it might be fun to try making some ASMR recordings. i'm thankful for the happy ending to this thread and the ability to recognize when we are taking things to a dark place. i'm thankful for the weird dream i had last night, which involved my family trying to go on vacation with chrissy teigen's family but never actually leaving, just being shuttled from terminal to lounge to plane to hotel. i'm thankful that d listened to my lengthy explanation of why i think this joke is funny. i'm thankful this week is almost over.
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