exactly this

this whole thing is such a frustrating mess — from the ny times article “Kennedy and Trump Paint Bleak Picture of Chronic Disease in U.S. Children”:

this was a dumb book

no offense

goal: fun, funny, chill?

from saipua (bolding my own) — all i wanted in high school was to go to keg parties and be a pretty, light-hearted girl, and my eternal quest to be chill and fun:

Such calculations seem related to professional imposter syndrome and also linked to my formative years as an overweight kid who circled around the popular kids at school, desperate to fit in. All I wanted was to be thin like the jCrew catalog models of the mid-90’s and have a lacrosse boyfriend.  …

Anyway, grateful to be an adult and have a vacation, full of seafood and seed oils, old Gregg, and to be reminded that there is a world beyond the vortex of worlds end and that I should go visit there more often and work on my personality. (Goal: fun, funny, chill?)

and lives by breaking

my phone is too stuffed so deleting photos and found this good one (where from, who knows).

charles barkley

just gotta give a shoutout to charles on inside the nba, i love kenny, ernie, shaq — but chuck is #1.

If I had invented pasta salads I would hide

pete wells on the charm of chef and cookbook writer marcella hazan:

“That voice — brusque, solidly accented, cured in cigarette smoke, marinated in Jack Daniels — comes to me all the time. Seeing cold pasta at a deli, I’ll hear her [Hazan] saying, “If I had invented pasta salads I would hide.”

see more of my love for marcella here and kinda here. also this is extremely up my alley for many reasons (have only tried tomato sauce #2, but hope to try #1 this weekend, yes, this very weekend).

we still got it?

should I be concerned

that ross sometimes talks to me like he’s talking to the dogs 🤔

everyday miracles

our new rose bush (as yet unplanted)

chirping, looks

some stuff:

• new drink: flat white! it’s a cappuccino without the foam, I guess? I’m interested
• however I need like — 18 of them
• Andor forever and ever (even if I didn’t love bix’s storyline)
• also have watched some of your friends and neighbors and jon hamm is so compelling (and Olivia munn, too, surprisingly?) but ugh it makes me feel terrible, so: it’s banned
• my whole new goal in life is to smell good and have a million things that aid this
• basketball, oh ! lately it’s like my most reliable, most cumbersome, friend
• all my pants are so tight and yet — appetite remains robust!
• also check out these looks from Alexa Chung, strong vibes, approve