SHORT:
I am on vacation and off social media. Like a hero.
MEDIUM:
I flew out of LaGuardia and took some amazing notes as I moved through the airport and got onto the plane:
LONG:
I am staying at my gf’s mom’s house in Boulder and we went out to breakfast the first day, and I projectile vomited in the middle of the downtown even though I never do that and am scared of throwing up.
I wasn’t hungover or carsick or anything. It just happened.
Great start 2 the trip.
Today we went to Garden Of The Gods (named after me and Martha Stewart). It was pretty. The whole time I was like “what if you randomly throw up again…” But everyone (Jess and her mom) assured me that it wouldn’t happen.
A little boy walked by us and said “all we’re doing is walking and looking at rocks” and we were like, “so true”.
We didn’t have time to explain to him that when you’re little, it’s boring to walk and look at rocks, but when you grow up, life becomes busy and hellish and full of things like “admin” and sometimes all you want to do is drive 3 hours on a weekend to look at some rocks and then when you get there and get to do it, it feels incredible. Because it’s not life. It’s nature.
And the difference between life and nature is monumental.
Nature calms the system.
Life makes you feel like you’re going to shit and throw up and cry and scream all at the same time.
People often confuse the two.
Anyway, now we’re having Vegan Chinese food, and I am writing this and my gf’s mom is showing me baby pictures of my gf.
Because I’m off social media, I haven’t been able to tweet some things that I’ve been thinking about.
#1 - The first person I kissed had a Monty Python themed bar mitzvah.
#2 - There’s a sign in my neighborhood that says “cherish kinship” and I keep stopping what I’m doing in the middle of my day and being like, “fuck, I should be cherishing kinship right now”
#3 - There’s nothing. Quite like. A Bean and Cheese Burrito. Simple. Elegant. Filling. Makes you feel young again and doesn’t completely wreck your system.
#4 - I listened to an episode of a podcast with Cyndi Lauper and she’s awesome.
#5 - I was keyboardist in my middle school band and we played Time After Time by Cyndi and I just laugh thinking about my parents sitting and having to listen to 15 young Jews playing a bastardized version of that song.
#6 - There should be drag queens or kings called:
Ihavto P.
Drunk N. TheUber
Imma Jew
…
Is any of this good or interesting? I’m on vacation. Did I say that already? We got free dessert the other night because the food took so long. Strawberry Balsamic crisp. It was good. It was me and my gf’s 1 year anniversary dinner.
I’m now going 2 attach some pictures of some of the things we’ve seen since arriving in Colorado.
Awesome.
Goodbye.
If this is your first time reading the newsletter, read the archives. Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes it’s not – it’s very much like when people slip on ice.
Sincerely,
Reid
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oh yeah also I started watching gossip girl ^ can anyone explain this line and most of the lines in the show? ^ i love it but also it makes my head spin…
thank god 4 Tavi Gevinson in the show… <3 & Tavi Gevinson in life <3 One time I sat behind her at high holiday services <3
