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joint that ostensibly has 500mg of THC in it

i’m thankful for this joint i bought walking home that ostensibly has 500mg of THC in it (and feels like it).

remember that thing that miranda july did

i'm thankful to share the notes i sent to my group chat about last night's love island, which, out of context if you're not watching the show live, are...

i just turned around and went home

i'm thankful that i left the house for a run and a block later it started raining and rather than seeing if i could wait it out two blocks later i just...

all the issues of the new yorker that aren’t the fiction issue

every summer when i receive the new yorker fiction issue, i’m thankful for all the issues of the new yorker that aren’t the fiction issue.

a summer cocktail of a playlist

i'm thankful for geoff dyer, whose work i love and reread a lot and whose book paris trance i always reread every summer since the first summer i read it in...

drowning practice

i'm thankful for drowning practice by mike meginnis which if you like the show the leftovers (and not just the premise but the general texture and vibes)...

plums, peaches, and nectarines

i'm thankful we got to celebrate t's birthday the other night.i'm thankful when i make people laugh. i'm thankful for plums, peaches, and nectarines.i'm...

my feet didn’t hurt

i’m thankful that my feet didn’t hurt at all during my run today.

i'm thankful, since i think i failed some conversational tests and/or my sociocultural profile seems to have disqualified from me ever getting prescribed...

air conditioning on the hottest day of summer so far

i'm thankful for air conditioning on the hottest day of summer so far. i'm thankful, growing up in the south, that we always had central air. i'm thankful...

a piece of fancy chocolate

i’m thankful e texted and asked me if i had an old video of her smelling and tasting a piece of fancy chocolate very stoned and i did.

i don’t have to get up early tomorrow

i’m thankful that though my body is sore from activity and age i don’t have to get up early tomorrow because there are no meetings.

blueberry muffins

i'm thankful that k texted me to tell me that two of the three books on her library hold list were ones i suggested (and i'm thankful that the third was one...

he was like "you were an english major, weren't you"

i'm thankful that as the days have gotten longer and warmer, i've been staying up later. i'm thankful to have more time in the day that is not devoted to...

enough to count as something

i'm thankful for korean food with d, k, t, ec, and v (lol) and learning a lot about murder she wrote from EC on the drive over. i'm thankful that when i...

fluxus breakfast

i'm thankful that last night we watched bird box, which we had somehow never watched despite it being the kind of movie we watch when we can't decide to...

still ten minutes left

i’m thankful that there are still ten minutes left in friday and that tomorrow is saturday.

i’m thankful that though i had horrible crushing insomnia for a long time where i never knew how long the worst part of my brain would be awake alone in the...

she audibly laughs

when i’m silently texting with d from another room with a closed door between us and i send a joke that i know is funny and she audibly laughs.

i'm thankful for my scorpio horoscope

i'm thankful for this particularly inspired riff from the latest issue of max read's newsletter, which i think is the one of the most interesting things i've...

the last few parts of this larger machine

i'm thankful that i used to have a standing meeting in the middle of the day on mondays and i'm thankful that i do not have that meeting anymore, that i did...

i'm thankful that last night we went to see haim in concert, which was the first time i've been to a concert in probably more than a decade (an anniversary...

instagram picture

instagram picture of ruth glowing in a mazzy star t-shirt against pastel clouds

trader joe's frozen orange chicken

i'm thankful for trader joe's frozen orange chicken

i'm thankful that the past few days i have been living some really angsty vibes about not being the official best friend of the person i thought of as my...

February 17, 2022

i'm thankful that after switching to the big dumb android phone i hate, i started using google photos to share pictures easily between my phone and ipad and...

January 5, 2022

i’m thankful that our neighbors who bought their children a backyard trampoline last summer moved while we were on vacation and were replaced by three adult...

the light that you compost

January 4, 2022

fran, whose life we have watched for years in vlogs and who we watched this year end her relationship with her long-time partner and come out as a lesbian,...

i'm thankful, reading the latest jonathan franzen novel, that i do not have any issues

October 11, 2021

i'm thankful, reading the latest jonathan franzen novel, that i do not have any issues (at least that i'm aware of) about my parents, that while i may have...

making them, a skilled formalist

September 25, 2021

i'm thankful for jenn im, a vlogger who i really enjoy and think is skilled at making them, a skilled formalist who's great at finding the satisfying but...

like imagine having a cavity in the renaissance

September 24, 2021

i’m thankful, having gotten a cavity filled today, for dental anesthetic, since it’s not like even with a topical anesthetic and then an injected one shot...

cinnamon life cereal

August 10, 2021

cinnamon life cereal

for some reason there was a bubble machine

i'm thankful that during the doctor's appointment where we decide to try doubling the lamictal, a friend got some good news, and we met at the rooftop bar...

this is a pretty bad hobby for obsessive people

i'm thankful that d's vinyl of the new billie eilish album, happier than ever, finally came last night and i'm thankful that we tried to coldbox the room...

taylor swift is the joyce carol oates of music

i'm thankful for that d, during a period this evening while i was preparing dinner in which i was trying to see if i could name her top musicians in order...

i just cannot get it up for a hummingbird

i'm thankful that we had a nice visit with my parents and i'm thankful that they have gone back to colorado and it is just us again. i'm thankful to...

salted caramel brownie oreos

i'm thankful for the green knight which was so fun!!! i'm thankful that though i was skeptical of it, as a person who doesn't really get excited about...

our air conditioner, which is reliable and strong

i'm thankful that though i got (i think) a bee sting on the instep of my right foot yesterday and it swelled up not insignificantly, i was still able to go...

the best rock song i've heard since "good 4 u"

i'm thankful i have today and tomorrow off work.i'm thankful i deep cleaned our bong because my parents are visitingi'm thankful that while they played with...

beautiful genius writers sarah hagi and claire carusillo

i'm thankful new gawker is here starring friends of this newsletter/beautiful genius writers sarah hagi and claire carusillo, among various other luminaries...

my favorite person in the world

i'm thankful that d was born on this day and i'm thankful, every day, that i get to share a life with my favorite person in the world.

water fountains when you really need a water fountain

everyone in this room will someday be dead, which i read in one sitting today and which i recommend especially to fans of milk fed and the new me and an...

the number one song in heaven

i'm thankful that i'm sitting in the shade in the backyard and f is at the foot of my lounge chair in between my legs and miso is to my left. i'm thankful...

you're the best dot com

we're watching k and t's corgi f for the weekend and f is the best dog and is lying at my feet like a dog is supposed toplaying catch and i get bored before...

the way that tying an old shoelace into a knot ball makes it a new toy again to miso each time.

new blade for my shaving razor

new blade for my shaving razorgood meeting with my bossearly meeting day, but quality run in the middle of the day to make up for it (it was still only...

taylor swift should be banned from using the word "town" in songs

ugh i feel like shit! i'm thankful for the opportunity to record that i feel like shit and felt like shit all day, at various wavelengths. i was in a mood...

the stretches aren't a 100% miracle cure

learning that c adopted a very cute dog named claudette and showed me the hilarious dog resume she made for her for an apartment application eating cold...

world's greatest mashup

coworkers i'd never met in person were in town and we got to have a lovely al fresco dinner at magic hour at the beginning of a three day weekendsmoking a...

toasted over a gas burner

d brought me home two miniature cupcakes from her work happy hour and rather than being a diet absolutist i ate the and was glad i didbeing able to do...