Just Good Shit: 08.11.19
Image: Kiyana Salkeld / Just Good Shit
I’ve never really been a birthday person because pretty much everyone takes a vacation during the first week of August (seriously, it’s been this way my entire life), and also I just…don’t care that much! I usually just go to work on my birthday and, like, order my favorite takeout for dinner.
But I’m now dating a Birthday Person™, so this year, I had my first bona fide birthday week. It included breakfast at Miriam (my favorite), a manicure and pedicure at Paintbucket, a trip to Greenlight and Target, dinner at Allswell, McLeod Farms peaches with pals, an Instax camera and Catbird necklace, Good Genes (a gift from my mom that so far absolutely lives up to the hype), and birthday drinks with friends at The Springs. It was truly lovely and also I’m exhausted.
At Miriam on my birthday
My goals/hopes/dreams for my upcoming year are learning to use lay and lie properly in all writing and conversation, and visiting a national park!
Here’s what else I had going on this week…
On the blog
Reading
I, like every other self-respecting Brooklyn millennial, am currently reading Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino.
Also:
The Media Erased Latinos From the Story, The Atlantic.
A mother died shielding her infant in El Paso. The father died shielding them both, family says., Washington Post.
The End of Straight, GQ.
Make sure you read this one all the way to the end.
I Gained 20 Pounds Before My Wedding and It Was Still Perfect, Glamour.
How to Plan a Wedding. (Or, You Could Just Elope.), The New York Times.
Our girl Terri made her NYT debut!!!
My In-Laws Are Careless About My Deadly Food Allergy!, Ask Polly.
Why are there so many new books about time-travelling lesbians?, The Guardian.
Bad summer, Grief Bacon.
Everything We Learned About Women’s Anatomy from Male Authors, Electric Lit.
Great tweets
“Potatoes in literally any form”
“The full scene with sound is just the greatest scene I’ve ever watched.”
Have a great Sunday! 🦁
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