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i'm thankful that though the ice cream shop d wanted to go to in town was closed, we realized that we could go another place and get frozen yogurt. i'm thankful that though i started out trying to use soft-serve frozen yogurt as a kitchen sink ice cream sunday analogue, i've gone in a more minimalist formalist direction the last year or so, original flavor dominant with a few fruit toppings. i'm thankful for popping boba, which, if gushers are dumplings, are soup dumplings.
i'm thankful for this article about the design of a game i've never played. i'm thankful that last night d and i watched the house, which is not a great movie except that it made me laugh extremely hard a number of times (chiefly for a running bit involving will ferrell's character being the math lady meme), which is kind of a great thing (i'm thankful for different kinds of greatness). i'm thankful for will ferrell, even though the way lots of dumb bros have modeled their actual personalities on the ridiculous characters he plays makes me sad, because there is something so soft and giddy and childlike about his performances that makes me love him.
i'm thankful that d and i like to listen to music together. i'm thankful that though some of kacey musgraves' older music is too country for me, i'm in love with her song "late to the party" which has the kind of high harmonies on the word "groove" in the chorus that are her voice in its most beautiful tone. i'm thankful for the craft of the last line in the song, which creates a paradox ("i'm never late to the party if i'm late to the party...") and then resolves it ("...with you").
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