Archive (Page 11) • thank you notes • Buttondown

to no longer live next door to a family with a trampoline

May 25, 2023

1. our neighbors had a party in their backyard last night and rather than being annoyed i was just reminded of my deep gratitude to no longer live next door...

spring asparagus is bussin'

May 24, 2023

1. this shrimp scampi with orzo. i tend to roughly double the recipe (my modifications to recipes are always rough, but tl;dr i used a whole pound of orzo...

personal health purchases i do not regret

May 23, 2023

1. shiatsu massage pillow. (this is the one i have currently after having another similar one for a long time and eventually wearing it out), which is the...

ride into the sun

May 22, 2023

1. spencer is riding his bike to all the national parks and it's been really nice following his journey, which has been arduous but full of beauty and...

listening to d, k, and ec talk about makeup

May 21, 2023

1. riding home in the backseat from din tai fung listening to d, k, and ec talk about makeup2. the sensation of having read a book at some point in the not...

support my favorite photographer

May 19, 2023

my favorite photographer ashley gates just received a liver transplant. if you're able to donate to support her recovery, you can do so here. her work is...

MSG

May 18, 2023

1. figuring out the bug ticket i had been putting off for a while because i thought i had a solution before the code freeze for the company retreat and then...

the best voice notes i will ever receive

May 17, 2023

1. in DM response to an insta story i reposted, sarah sent me the best voice notes i will ever receive and d and i listened to them while eating ice cream...

at least for now

May 16, 2023

1. i spent a lot of time grinding my brain against a series of engineering problems throughout the afternoon yesterday but kept pushing myself (/ pulling my...

wow so good

May 15, 2023

1. the fight between shiv and tom on succession season 4, episode 7. so often my reaction during and after experiencing a prestige cultural product amounts...

thank god lmao

April 19, 2023

i’m thankful that on the first night of our trip visiting my parents (i’m thankful we could have the trip and also i’m thankful that the trip is over), we...

unexpectedly it snowed

February 23, 2023

i'm thankful that today unexpectedly it snowed (i mean other people expected it but i leave my house like once a week in winter and have stopped even really...

five laughter emojis

January 25, 2023

i realized why i couldn't do the underwear thing yesterday which is that it's not an underwear thing it's a sock thing and it's that when i'm putting on my...

how to access state stored in a context

January 24, 2023

the sensation of typing on my bluetooth keyboard and waiting for it to register the input on the blank white page and then the moment when the characters...

capers

January 22, 2023

instance of [german word] feeling when you're at the grocery store and you can't remember if you have an ingredient that you need for a few nights of the...

internet writing legend

January 13, 2023

internet writing legend emily gould has a new newsletter starting soon!!!

reaffirmed

January 10, 2023

the knowledge, reaffirmed every time i ever use social media, that i have much better taste than so many people

blog past

January 8, 2023

ended the work week really happy with the work i'd done and feel like i'm going into the next work week with much less dread and not even feeling like i'll...

i accidentally screenshared my slack DMs on a zoom

January 6, 2023

i'm thankful that though i accidentally screenshared my slack DMs on a zoom for backlog refinement (trying to be helpful and display the meeting agenda doc...

i am the firestarter

January 5, 2023

recently told deborah (and now you i guess) that every morning after i go to the bathroom, i light a match and stand in front of the bathroom mirror waiting...