Each year, around my birthday, I allow myself one box of cereal. This year it’s wheat Chex, because I live an exciting life. Even though we break the “no-grain” rule with some regularity, simply not having specific foods (like: cereal, loaves of bread and, as of this year, tortillas) in the house has gone such a long way to prevent too-easy meals and snacks from being relied on. It creates a space where new food habits are built. A special bonus is that we’ve effectively stripped all my comfort-binging foods…
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Birthday
It’s this person’s birthday today. I’ve spent the entirety of my twenties with Chase and he only gets creepier and more hilarious as time goes on. I’m always in awe of what he can capture with a camera and the insane amount of information he’s amassed about his trade. I was going to link to this ridiculous video he made but he keeps updating his portfolio site and I can’t find anything on it. I wish he didn’t have to drive so far for work—making the same commute I did…
Today is this guy’s birthday
There is this guy I know. Dogs cross the street to get pets from him, and even the most hateful cats love him, because he exudes some sort of “nah, I just want to romp too” vibe. He will spend literally hours learning about a breed of animal and is now full of more facts about bizarre wildlife than most public television. He is a ridiculously good photographer with an even pickier sense of self-confidence than I have, which is saying a lot. He has a job in a dying…
It was somebody’s birthday today
And isn’t he the cutest? We went to a gallery show, accidentally on First Thursday. We went to this place that specialised in East Coast deli stuff, right down to the prices, but dude they have pastrami cheese fries. And we went to Gen X and I resisted getting ridiculous clothes while he had a shirt made. The man started his day by shooting a retirement party for Forest Grove’s postmaster. It was at 8:30 in the morning and they had a taco bar. A taco bar. Then he went…