After my brain surgery, life was heightened. Food not tasting rotten was a gift. I looked out the window, and it was a painting. I felt the sun on my arm and cried.
left my laptop at LGA security (space cadet city, didn’t even notice until my layover, wow). BUT they found it and are mailing it back to me!!! an actual miracle. I tried to send them thank you bagels from russ and daughters, but they had to refuse (government!) and so the door dash guy made out like a bandit (not really) (delivering to LGA seems like a stress nightmare)
saw a bunch of plays and musicals in nyc and would be cool to give that experience to everyone (if they don’t hate theater). it makes me think about life and art and meaning in ways I don’t every day.
also marisa tomei was at our anna christie performance (!) and I didn’t recognize her but I DID think oh man that woman has STYLE. style icon 4 rill.
my mouth/ear problems have returned full force, was it the root canal? which I thought had fixed it? I guess it’s back to regimented water drinking, daily neck stretching, occasional acupuncture and massage? (Ok ok doesn’t sound so bad on paper)
been thinking bunches about my mom and how I could have been better and was talking to this guy whose mom passed away last year and he was like, “you can’t do assisted living from afar.” and that’s the real truth. But I don’t know how I could have made it work without quitting my job? so just — there was no good solution. so now —- just a little agony and hoping she knows I did my best.
my New Year’s resolution this year — decided to do an actual one, and not the away/toward list — is to make actual food once a week. (as opposed to never making anything, like a rat.) anyhow I made this soup yesterday and it was great. only 51 weeks left!!!!
Posted: December 31st, 2025 | Tags:Uncategorized | No Comments »marty reisman, photo by donald f. holman for the New York Times
I will be teaching my nieces and nephews this exact move, stolen from marty reisman, the table tennis hustler who inspired marty supreme:
He bought three-piece suits for his kindergarten-age grandsons, coaching them to repeat a favored line to waiters at fancy restaurants: “The food is exquisite. Compliments to the chef.”
“It’s hard work, a lot of people don’t want to do this,” said Anthony Gianfrancesco, 46, who supervises the Transportation Department bricklayers. “It’s all day, every day, just resetting cobblestones.”
Gil Gerard in the mid-1980s in Los Angeles.Credit…Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives, via Getty Images
from the obituary of gil gerard, the lead in Buck Rogers:
When announcing his death, Ms. Gerard also posted a note that Mr. Gerard had recently written on social media.
“If you are reading this, then Janet has posted it as I asked her to,” it read. “My life has been an amazing journey. The opportunities I’ve had, the people I’ve met and the love I have given and received have made my 82 years on the planet deeply satisfying.”
“Don’t waste your time on anything that doesn’t thrill you or bring you love,” he added. “See you out somewhere in the cosmos.”
