7/22/17

 

i'm thankful that though i did not sleep as much as i needed last night, i eventually fell asleep and got some, since some is better than none. i'm thankful that though i woke up in the middle of the night, buzzing with manic energy, i eventually settled enough that i was able to do something that was close enough to sleep to feel comforting between 5ish and 6:37 when my alarm went off. i'm thankful for this old elizabeth gumport essay about insomnia that s sent me, which was a comforting read

 

i'm thankful that i had a good talk with my manager yesterday and i'm thankful that they are an advocate for me and that my company is a good place. i'm thankful that i am taking a day off next week. i'm thankful that it was a hard day at work yesterday but i'm thankful to have shared nice moments with my coworkers and with some nice customers. i'm thankful to know that even though i'm tired and will probably have more medication-spiked panic attacks today, i can get through it. i'm thankful for this dog's gesture.

 

i'm thankful that yesterday evening d and i watched the second half of the first season of bojack horseman. i'm thankful that i finally started to get the show during the first few episodes of that stretch (i'm thankful for an amazing burn on cameron crowe, which was the first inkling, and then the episode that took place in flashbacks to the 80s and 90s) and then totally won me over (him visiting his old creative partner, the drug episode (i'm thankful always for the drug episode of the show and i'm thankful this was a particularly good one)). 

 

i'm thankful for what i like about it so far, which is that it is often funny in a very mean way, but the kind of mean way that i think is funny (unlike the seth mcfarlane ouevre, which isn't mean so much as shitty?). i'm thankful to be slightly apprehensive about how sad it apparently gets later on but i'm thankful to finally understand why people love it so much, which i didn't before. i'm thankful to get onto a bandwagon late. i'm thankful that we have several more seasons of it to watch.

 

i'm thankful for this video of little yeti ching ching, which is the most joyful thing i've seen in a long time and have watched numerous times already (i'm thankful for the juxtaposition of the calm quiet awkwardness of the dog in a lion costume with the owner's off screen commentary, which is like a really enthusiastic fashion photographer/stage mom). i'm thankful for "the lion sleeps tonight."

 

i'm thankful for stupid twitter phenomena and i'm thankful that it reminded me of the existence of this canonical blog post, which was very inspiring to me when i first read it (as was moe's other writing) and still holds up very well i think. i'm thankful for this incredibly gross yet (TO ME) satisfying zit removal tool ad. i'm thankful to stop writing and get into the metaphorical zit removal i call life.