I am still haunted by the ick of someone I dated 25 years ago, and you're right, the ick was there from the very start and I'm icked out at myself for not just leaving him at that Denny's and never looking back.
Now that I've started straightening my hair again I get to spend my days wondering whether I unplugged my flat iron and whether my house is burning down.
(Reader, I DID read a biography of Louis Armstrong, but it was a long time ago and I don’t remember the answer.)
Answers:
Wait, what? What the fuck are you talking about?
Please go to bed.
You should read a biography of him and find out.
Things I asked my long-suffering husband tonight:
What if you only love me because I love you, and vice versa?
Would it be weirder if I married your mom or your dad?
Do you think Louis Armstrong was a nice person?
The couple who bought my house a few years ago invited me to said house’s 100th birthday party and I am so delighted by this whole situation.
Also, receiving a lit mag rejection the day I returned from AWP would feel like a discouraging sign from the universe if I believed in such things. Fortunately I only listen to the universe when it’s hyping me up.
One of the highlights of AWP for me was hearing Aishvarya Arora read this poem, which I had just read in Poetry maybe a week before and loved very much. What an absolute delight. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
I don’t work with couples, and I also try to remain neutral in the matter of clients staying in or leaving their relationships, but I will say that breakups are often the best things that can happen to people.
I can believe it!
I haven’t used Instagram in months but I redownloaded it last night to see some info about an event I wanted to attend. Oof! Nothing but ads and AI slop. How are so many people still using it?
I’ve found it to be cleaner than the average hotel room.
Oh, that’s great news! Is it Dr. Assi?
Go! Alone or with a friend who you don’t mind sharing a bed with! No one has to know you’re not a couple. It’s a blast!
Am I going to go to a reading tonight or am I going to sit in the giant suite the Marriott inexplicably gave me and eat Chipotle in my sweatpants? 🤔
No, I agree, it definitely shares that same kind of weirdness. Thanks for the rec!
Just watched the first ep thanks to this post. You had me at The Chair Company vibes. Loved it!
Hey, it’s my first time, too! DM me if you want to try to connect!
Life w/ an anxiety disorder:
1. Decide to do a big thing. Get real excited.
2. At some point as the big thing approaches, cross an imaginary line & start dreading the thing. Watch the dread intensify as the thing gets closer.
3. Do the big thing and have a great time.
Yes, this is about AWP.
Honestly, I wish Jesus WOULD come back. I’d love to see his reaction. It would be so satisfying.
This is also the most accessible option for care for a big part of Kentucky. I’ve had several clients who have had top surgery there and a client right now who was supposed to but can’t get a straight answer about it.
Absolutely infuriating.
I was talking to my therapist yesterday about (in)consistency in writing and said "there were times I went years without writing" and then realized that's not true, that I've probably never gone an entire year of my life since the mid-1990s without writing at least one poem. A nice thing to realize!
I assumed it was!
(I'm not just saying all this because I have a crush on her, but that's totally true too. Makes it hard for the MA to get an accurate blood pressure reading!)
Louisville, if you need a new PCP go see Dr. Colby Loew at Baptist. If you want to be listened to and to feel like your dr is actually partnering with you to manage your health, she's the one. If you're queer and/or trans, she's got you. She is a literal angel in our current healthcare hellscape.
Yup. I buy peaches somewhere local during peach season and that's it. The rest aren't even worth bothering with.
This sounds like the first line of a poem.
In competitive authoritarianism (US right now) there's often a "loyal opposition" that's essential to the regime. They are so wedded to "decorum," they go along with rites & rituals that help regime prop up veneer of normalcy, undermining clear view of regimes actions & aims.
I have made my schedule but I also didn’t include any time for meals or rest or tourism, so I’m trying to hold it lightly. 😬
I watched the first episode last night. Both Ebony's and Shandi's experiences broke my heart.
