8/7

i'm thankful for alone together, season 2 of which is streaming on hulu, which is such a silly little show. i'm thankful for esther povitsky, whose character is kind of like the tina fey character from 30 rock but without any of that character's status/skill/success/creative drive. i'm thankful that a large section of one recent episode was centered around her not being good at making microwave popcorn and for the one we watched last night, which involve her getting into a pyramid scheme selling fancy water that has sand in the bottom of it (i'm thankful for the point where, trying to spin this into a positive, she says the water is exfoliating her throat). i'm thankful for all the great little tossed off lines.

i'm thankful that though work kind of sucks this week because i don't get the elective time to work on my projects that i normally get, the absence of that will make me appreciate more when i get it back. i'm thankful that next week is our company retreat, which means i'll get to see all of my friends from work in person. i'm thankful that in response to an announcement that seemed to imply that people should be working on some upcoming weekend days, i asked a probing question and received confirmation that we didn't have to work those days. i'm thankful that my coworkers appreciate and respect me asking questions like this and tell me so. i'm thankful that though it is raining hard enough that i don't want to go running outside before work, i can do yoga instead.