and specifically i’m grateful for:
1) coming home and sliding into my jammies and onto the couch for a soothing gilmore girls set. that safe, warm home feeling that says, “shh, everything’s ok.”
2) seeing footloose with the raspberry brothers (i.e., my friend j. and his friends). it’s like mystery science theater 2000 but with men. and the movie. itself–delightful. richly homoerotic. such nice juicy wet man ass. you just don’t get that anymore in the straight teen films.
3) seeing j. after all these years
4) the planet platter at souen last night. oh and the ginger cookies. macro treats, yum.
5) that i’m obsessing less
6) my cute tree
7) gathering with lovely friends
8) acknowledging the thought habits that bring me down the most. e.g.: “man, I really need to call X.” A week passes. “Oh my god I can’t beleive I haven’t called X. I am such a bad person, I’m such a terrible friend. She’ll hate me forever.” But now that it’s been this long how can i possibly call…. etc. a set-up for self-loathing.
9) that some dentists still use nitrous, baby. man, that’s good. and actually extremely helpful for a pain-sensitive nelly like me.
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re: 9) never used the stuff. but that’s because my dentist was a magician when it came to the application of novocaine. my dentist died suddenly on thanksgiving night at the age of 61. i’m grateful to have had him cracking jokes while fixing my teeth for 25 years. thanks for the gold crowns, dr. l. also for meeting me at the office that saturday morning a couple months ago when i broke a tooth eating grape-nuts. you were the best.