thank you notes

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

July 6, 2022

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.

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a summer cocktail of a playlist

July 4, 2022

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...

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drowning practice

July 3, 2022

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)...

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plums, peaches, and nectarines

July 2, 2022

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...

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my feet didn’t hurt

June 29, 2022

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

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valium

June 28, 2022

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...

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air conditioning on the hottest day of summer so far

June 27, 2022

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...

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a piece of fancy chocolate

June 25, 2022

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.

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i don’t have to get up early tomorrow

June 24, 2022

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.

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blueberry muffins

June 23, 2022

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...

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

June 22, 2022

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...

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enough to count as something

June 21, 2022

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...

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fluxus breakfast

June 19, 2022

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...

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still ten minutes left

June 18, 2022

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

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insomnia

June 17, 2022

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...

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she audibly laughs

June 16, 2022

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.

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i'm thankful for my scorpio horoscope

June 15, 2022

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...

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the last few parts of this larger machine

June 14, 2022

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...

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haim concert

June 13, 2022

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...

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instagram picture

June 12, 2022

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

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