february (deborah)
i wept at the end of wuthering heights. we sang karaoke on valentine’s day with the new speakers and mic that j got us for the studio we aren’t working...
knitting (deborah)
For years I said I wish I knew how to knit, but it seems too hard. Whenever I looked at a knitting pattern, it seemed pretty insane, garbled gibberish,...
early to bed, but not early to rise, lol (deborah)
These days I must admit a certain glee to get into bed. Like, I am done for the night! Brain is off. There’s no more to be done. I gather my things (a stack...
5: tales from da clink (deborah)
day 5 ⛓️ TALES FROM DA CLINK ⛓️when we go out of town, miso stays at a dog boarding place which j says she refers to as “da clink” 😂 she is not known for...
3: miso discovers poipu beach, 4: island miso (deborah)
day 3 🏖️ MISO IN KAUAI — PART TWO 🏖️the water is shallow and you can see pops of color where the fish swim around u 🐠🐠🐠 miso went to the surf shop ASAP day 4...
addendum: captions (deborah)
I forgot to include the captions from the Instagram posts, so here are the accompanying ones for day 1 and 2! day 1 𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓹𝔂 MISOTOBER 2025 🪄🪄🪄⚡️⚡️⚡️🐕💕can u...
misotober 1–2: miso in kauai (deborah)
I’m thankful that this is the fifth year of Misotober. I’m thankful for J, who encouraged me to cross-post Misotober here. I’m thankful for E, who asked if I...
the best thing i have written lately (justin)
is a mashup of "better than you" by cardi b with "father figure" by taylor swift, which you can listen to here. i say writing somewhat facetiously because i...
the mundane, the ordinary (deborah)
I’m thankful to have finished reading vol. 2 of thank you notes from 2016 and to have informed J of this in hopes that he will create an omnibus ebook soon....
the deep work (deborah)
I’m thankful for the running joke by Don Draper in Mad Men that creatives tend to look like they’re doing nothing when they’re doing the deep work of...
easily surmountable challenges (deborah)
I’m thankful that I suggested that we skip the grocery store and spend our Sunday doing something else. I’m thankful that J suggested we take a walk...
endless crying (deborah)
9/17/25 Last night I couldn’t fall asleep. Falling asleep is one of my greatest skills, so it’s alarming when I can’t feel that soft blanket of slumber fall...
powerless (deborah)
On Labor Day, I woke up in the middle of the night to pee and noticed that the toilet seat was cold. Then I noticed that it was completely dark outside....
my personal chef
for many years, i prided myself on my cooking and the fact that i was the primary cook in my household, which i saw as an expression of my skill and taste...
a cosmic uncertainty (deborah)
Consciousness is very weird. I have been thinking a lot about life and death and mortality recently, partly because I am nearing the end of my thirties and...
both ears ringing with your love
it's still summer and the song i play on loop tonight is “TOURMALINE”. he's made such art of ego and alienation and i love all the years of it but this is a...
dragon’s breath (deborah)
J referred to his laptop as cursed object the other day and I keep thinking about it. Our jobs require us to stay latched to our screens and after a day of...
[programming note]
i gave deborah the password to this account so she can send emails and i am going to try to recommit to sending them also instead of occasionally starting...
getting high on my own supply - 20. "american idyll"
"american idyll" (november 2007) deborah and i were going to the grocery store to buy ice and margarita mix today and i forgot my phone so we were listening...
recommendations can be a form of diary
it's winter which means watching even more television than the lots of television i normally watch and i am here to tell you the best recent reality show you...