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hi friends—
the thing about removing social media is that I immediately got TONS of time back! so have fun with this letter-from-summer-camp-feeling missive.
yesterday, I went to pick up a pizza in full gremlin mode—M and I had just showered and, frankly, the general public is lucky I didn’t go out with my terry cloth hairwrap on!!! but still, I wanted to not be perceived and pick up our delicious dinner as quickly and with as little interaction as possible.
as I was parking my car, a man in green bay packers regalia was crossing the street on his electric scooter, towing a grill behind him. he couldn’t quite make it up the ramp, though, and I watched him and the scooter fall backwards in slow motion. no one else was round, so I knew that my wish to fly under the radar would go unfulfilled.
I ran over to make sure he was okay, and helped him pick up his stuff; the wheeled legs of the grill got oil all over my hands. besides the grill, the other items the man had with him were specific and memorable:
> 2 packs of cigarettes
> 1 inhaler
> 1 piece of mail
> 1 yeti thermos
> 1 bottle of pills
> cash & coins
> 2 identical ceramic trio-of-kittens figurines
>>>> 1 black kitten
>>>> 1 white kitten
>>>> 1 ginger kitten
the man seemed dazed that anyone was helping him (he might also have been intoxicated :\ ). he was ultimately okay—as I had to tell 3 different people who asked me while I waited for our pizza (none of whom came outside to check at any point in time).
in other news, this has been a STRETCH. in april, my job went crazy at the same time as my mother-in-law was hospitalized. we went somewhere for a week before all of that happened where the trees were truly mesmerizing (even though we went there so that work could be done on our house, none of which got done).
may and june were a blur of working too much. but then I got a new job! started in july and it’s already much better than my old one, thank the lizard overlords. I also got a dope tattoo in june—see my ANTISOCIALS page for a pic!
lastly, back in GRAD SCHOOL (~2017), I submitted a piece of writing and had it accepted into what was supposed to be a print anthology featuring maxine hong kingston, but when they could not secure funding for it, they turned it into a “digital anthology” aka a blog, lol. anyway, I got a hilarious email from them yesterday that it had finally been “published.” if you want to read, you can find it at:
https://aroomofherownfoundation.org/manifest-destiny-by-kirin-mccrory
LATELIES
🎵 “Hats” (1989) - The Blue Nile
📗 Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree
📺 The X-Files
📽️ The Lighthouse
no one ever responds to these, but I want to hear from
YOU, YES, YOU*
xoxokm
*shoutout to you if you get this dated reference