thank you notes 10/3
i'm thankful that i don't feel in as poor of a mood as i did for long stretches of yesterday. i'm thankful to have not wanted to be in a poor mood for long stretches of yesterday and am thankful to try to do things and feel things in a way that keeps me from being in a poor mood. i'm thankful in "bound 2" when kanye sings "How you gon' be mad on vacation? / Dutty wining 'round all these Jamaicans." i'm thankful for wikipedia's description of what the dutty wine is: "The dance involves a rotating movement of the neck ("wine" refers to winding, or gyration.) [1] The dancer can also move their legs like a bird, while simultaneously rotating their wrists, neck, and posterior. Sometimes more advanced dancers will include splits in their Dutty Wine." i'm thankful that kim is okay.
i'm thankful it was supposed to rain all yesterday but didn't. i'm thankful it's supposed to rain today, but is instead very sunny out. i'm thankful that d and i got some time lying out on the beach yesterday afternoon reading. i'm thankful that we applied the right amount of sunscreen and didn't get burned. i'm thankful that we brought enough water to stay adequately hydrated. i'm thankful that my parents came out to try to play frisbee with us, even though it was too windy. i'm thankful, even though i dislike jellyfish, for the preponderance of them in the water. i'm thankful my dad, in an attempt to reassure d and my mom, scooped one out of the shallows in a frisbee. i'm thankful that d and my mom were not particularly reassured by that and stayed out of the water and am thankful that i went out for a bit but then changed my mind because there really were a lot of jellyfish. i'm thankful for jellyfish salad, which is one of my favorite panchan.
i'm thankful that my parents get the sunday new york times in print. i'm thankful to have been reading death's end, the third book in the three body problem trilogy, which is as interesting as the previous books so far. i'm thankful for the fake reference book entries that are placed in between the narrative chapters as a world building device—i'm thankful when books do that. i'm thankful that yesterday evening, we watched the first episode of westworld, which was great. i'm thankful for how the time loop device used to structure the episode reminded me of the handmaid's tale, which reminded me of the fact that there will be a version of that starring elizabeth moss soon enough.
i'm thankful, even though the constant din of the television wears on my nerves, to have watched several episodes of the tv show how it's made, which is more soothing than most factory produced reality TV shows of its ilk. i'm thankful to have learned that the circular stamped metal panels on firetrucks are produced by a man sanding in the circles by hand. i'm thankful to have learned about the long and arduous process required to produce necco wafers, a bottom of the barrel candy (i'm thankful to have argued to my dad that fruit flavored tums taste better than necco wafers, which i really do believe, i think). i'm thankful for one of my favorite online videos of all time, which is this clip of a turtle masturbating against a patio as some gently buzzed southern people have a garden party. i'm thankful that it is gross but in a fascinating way that i recommend experiencing..
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