flying really is a miracle

respect to don nelson

i was thinking about steph curry and how he’s only played for golden state and was like, i wonder who his first coach there was? not thinking, clearly. because it was my man don nelson!!!! gerard and i made him our spirit animal while i lived in SF (this was his vibe at the time) — one of the top 10 coaches in nba history! never got a ring (as a coach)! here he is in his retirement hawaii-marijuana glory.

saturday things

• trying to work on a cover letter (inching there)
• listening to seductive reasoning by maggie and terre roche — someone suggested if you like the roches (we do) and so far it’s hitting the spot.
• staring at the see’s website
• what is a more intense word for STARING
• thinking about andor
• also this haim song is pretty great
• already cried about kind best friends doing kind things

we want you to take that shot

this article about steph curry, “Why one simple word defines Steph Curry’s leadership with the Warriors,” is so inspiring:

Quinn Cook, Warriors guard: Game 7 of the Western Conference finals against the (Houston) Rockets. 2018. I had missed a big shot in Game 5 and had sent Steph, Kevin (Durant), Klay (Thompson) and Draymond (Green) a message after the game in the middle of the night like: “My bad.” All those guys were like: “Don’t worry about it. We want you to take that shot.” We won Game 6 and Game 7, and me and Steph were walking back from the trophy presentation on the court to the locker room and I was crying. I know it was just going to the finals; usually you cry when you win the finals. But I’d been through a lot to get to that point. He put his arm around me and was like: “Man, it’s good to see that guys really care.”

🥹

Jim Fox, Davidson assistant coach: He wants to be the best player in the world but also wants to be the best teammate in the world.

the best teammate in the world — that’s almost enough (see this award)

ps

andor remains ~the best~ — the world making, the ethics, the cruelty of war, what happens when you continue to lose everything.

I’ve always thought this

from jessica defino’s great newsletter — bolding my own:

Another theory: after a decade of algorithm-approved flawlessness, the beauty standard has gone flawsome, a term coined by Tyra Banks on America’s Next Top Model. Banks encouraged up-and-coming models to see a physical “flaw” – a large forehead, wide-set eyes or, yes, gapped teeth – as an asset, something to set them apart in a sea of homogeneously beautiful women. Crucially, this quirk could only function as beauty capital if the model embodied the beauty standard in every other way: thin, young, smooth and taut, with otherwise symmetrical and/or desirable features.

I always thought about it in regard to pj harvey — her thinness allowed her so much latitude in terms of her looks.

pope francis

something about this photo is so moving — just seeing pope francis as a real person who rode the subway (or bus?)

MORE perfect things

• my no 6 shirt and vans
• rewatching muppets take manhattan, which we had on VHS and watched so often with my brother and sisters (this scene) (dabney coleman)
• cappuccinos, as previously mentioned
• three-day weekends
• two play-in basketball games on tonight
• bakeries
• ross planting a meadow
• veggie sandwiches
• my new mini trampoline
• BEST FRIENDS FOREVER AS MENTIONED

perfect things

• cappuccinos
• dogs on beds
• mint
• best friends
• “healthy” gel pedicures with best friends

Patricia Iglesias Peco