4/25/17
i'm thankful that i finally convinced d to try watching the second season of the leftovers. i'm thankful that this has been a very long process and getting her to try is a victory in itself, which is good (having that victory), since then there was some problem with either hbo go or our internet and the connection was so slow, constantly pausing, that we couldn't even get through the weird prehistoric prologue before giving up. i'm thankful for the opportunity to try again tonight. i'm thankful to hope the shiny new credit sequence season is a sign that the show as a whole isn't as relentlessly grim as the previous season, though the prologue, which involved a pregnant cavewoman being separated from her people by a cave-in and giving birth by herself, getting bitten by a snake, and dying, was grim af.
i'm thankful that yesterday, i pulled a prank on d while prepping vegetables for our soup. i'm thankful that she (usually) enjoys the stupid things i do and i'm thankful for when i can make her laugh. i'm thankful to have facetimed with my parents and found out that my mom actually got out of work on time once last week, which is an improvement for her. i'm thankful that my dad, who really loves being naked outdoors, was proud of the outdoor shower he'd installed at my parents' house in sarasota and the mat he'd constructed out of tomato plant stakes, which i have to admit looked very nice. i'm thankful to hope that this bit of outdoor nakedness helps him cope with not having daily access to a nude beach as he did when my parents lived in miami.
i'm thankful for this humorous tweet of a dog treat made from an esophagus. i'm thankful, after searching my archives, to realize that i don't think i ever told you about the favorite treat of the keyboardist's dog, which is called a "bully stick." i'm thankful to have learned that the primary ingredient in bully sticks is bull penis, which adds an s/m undertone to the toy that delights me. i'm thankful to remember my first dog's favorite treats, which were pig ears—i'm thankful to remember the deep meaty smell of them (and of the aisle in the pet store where they were kept), which the rest of my family found disgusting but which i secretly kind of liked.
i'm thankful that i had a good and productive day at work yesterday. i'm thankful that i have successfully set up and tested database reads and writes for my api endpoints. i'm thankful to have had the experience of setting that up, which was demystifying and empowering and makes me excited to imagine all the other things i can do now. i'm thankful for this extensive guide someone in my team came across describing how to use our app to change the color of a light in the bowl of your toilet. i'm thankful for the breathless glee of this opening paragraph:
"The smart toilet light project brings IoT to your bathroom. IoT, or Internet of Toilets, is the popular industry buzzword to describe a connected social network of intelligent toilets. With the smart toilet light you can create a light that illuminates your toilet bowl based on data from the internet. For example your toilet can shine red if it's going to rain, or glow yellow if it's sunny and clear outside. Not only is the smart toilet light a useful aid to find the toilet in the dark, but it's a real source of information to help you plan for your day!"
"The smart toilet light project brings IoT to your bathroom. IoT, or Internet of Toilets, is the popular industry buzzword to describe a connected social network of intelligent toilets. With the smart toilet light you can create a light that illuminates your toilet bowl based on data from the internet. For example your toilet can shine red if it's going to rain, or glow yellow if it's sunny and clear outside. Not only is the smart toilet light a useful aid to find the toilet in the dark, but it's a real source of information to help you plan for your day!"
i'm thankful to be living in the future.
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