a book i could not tear myself away from
molly by blake butler a book i could not tear myself away from in order to write these notes "on time" yesterday, my strongest possible recommendation if you...
making pasta the right way
my previous job is having their company retreat and because of watching on instagram i had a dream about it and as someone who has worked fully remotely for...
my plot memory fades very quickly
i'm thankful that i put miso's little dog bed beside my desk chair and that she sleeps there for large parts of the day (deborah and i say it is her office...
the official embarrassment of being represented abroad by short people
i'm thankful that e, who i have deep spiritual overlap with in so many respects, pointed out a new york fascination era that is absolutely central to my...
a charming way to process the anxiety of feeling late
i'm thankful we got an unexpected christmas package from my brother and his wife (which included among other things: an otamatone, chocolate truffles,...
compliment sandwich artist
friday after getting design approval 😎 and the QA engineer who had been working on my PR being laid off 🙃, i thought i was going to be finally done with it...
curtsying and lunging
i'm thankful for the internet archive, which performs a number of serious essential services but i am particularly thankful because last night we used it to...
my san junipero
i'm thankful that a designer who is known for being very picky about pixels (somewhat unfairly, i think) DMed me to ask if i wanted only part of his feedback...
freeze-dried sour skittles
hanging out at k and t's on friday night, smoking a bloint outside their house (and it not being dark yet because the days are getting longer), margaritas...
finishing the curse
finishing the curse after leaving the last two episodes unwatched for weeks because it was so deeply (intentionally) cringe that as the season went on, i...
miso says free palestine
e told me she's coming back to visit portland in the fall, the best local news of 2024 so far. on saturday we went to din tai fung for lunch with k, t, ec,...
à la American Pie
for valentine's day charcuterie board, deborah made focaccia for the first time (from this recipe, minus the garlic butter, which (somehow i am saying this...
haim's valentine
haim's "valentine", their best work which i will never get tired of watching my favorite valentine's day candy to get as a child which were the little pink...
a correction
this is embarrassing and normally i like to think of myself as a thoughtful person who carefully sources and checks my facts and who does the reading before...
two recipes deborah made for dinner
we were talking about the phrases used to describe sunshine while it's raining in different languages (i heard "the devil is beating his wife" so much...
my favorite recent book
my favorite recent book is love in a time of hate: art and passion in the shadow of war by florian illies, an anecdotal fragmentary gossipy cultural history...
teslas are the subaru of LA
i'm thankful we could afford to take a brief vacation to LA last weekend to get out of endless rainy portland winter, even though as it turned out it rained,...
bulldozing for content
here's an erasure i did of the New York Times article "What Israeli Soldiers’ Videos Reveal: Cheering Destruction and Mocking Gazans" (you can hear me...
no more dying
years ago i recorded a musical setting of frank o'hara reading his poem "ode to joy" and last night i cut a video from "third avenue el", a short film that...
on fridays we don't have meetings
i'm thankful that last night we were watching a particularly beautiful episode of terrace house where yusuke, a sweet shy sad boy who is very good at playing...