REID #46

Aug 17, 2021

SHORT:

My girlfriend and I have arrived in Tahoe :)

This morning, my mother told us to: “watch how the garbage truck backs down the driveway here because it’s actually very cool”

We might have to evacuate down to the great land of Silicon Valley because of two large forest fires

Instead of hiking beautiful mountains, my gf will get to see the place where I vomited gin after I drank a whole Nalgene of it after prom! :)

THINGS ARE AWESOME!

MEDIUM:

Since the last newsletter, I hiked 9 miles straight uphill to see my gf’s favorite mountain called “the diamond” (pictured up top) which sits above a freezing body of water called Chasm Lake.

We saw a guy strip down to his underwear and jump into the ice liquid. He seemed to immediately regret his decision. BUT! He inspired ME to strip down in the middle of the mountain and take a photo for Thinx period underwear because I am an ambassador and forgot to post my monthly photo.

I said I was going off social media but that lasted like… two days! Everyone saw that coming :) I’m ill :)

My computer right now is mostly REI tabs because Boulder inspired me to “get into REI fashion”. I am modeling some incredible REI pants in the photo at the top.

CAN’T SPELL REID WITHOUT REI!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LONG:

The day after my gf and I went on our big hike, we went to breakfast with her dad.

I got the “pancake flight” - three different delicious flavors of flapjack! Only FLIGHT I want in my LIFE! Don’t put me back on a plane ever again! (I fly back to NY Friday)

After breakfast, my gf and I did a day of catch-up-work* at a coffee shop in Boulder (because vacation can’t ever rly be vacation and nothing is sacred!)

*By work, I of course mean, my gf did actual work and I sat and booked people to be on my interactive Bar Mitzvah show that will be happening at the end of the month for which I will be receiving zero money but hopefully much acclaim (or… at the very least… a piece of challah after I bomb onstage).

Right now my brother, gf, and mom are yelling about some furry who is on Bachelor In Paradise. There’s a man playing guitar on the show. Men over the age of 13 should not play guitar unless they are paid to do it. Another man on Bachelor In Paradise just said “the douchebags are on their way” so… watch out, I guess!

Last night everyone in my family watched as I tried and failed to make an Oreo milkshake.

My mom told my gf to “hang on” and that I “actually have some capabilities” – it’s true! They just choose to appear on their own terms and at random times!

Speaking of, I am not good at Bocce ball. We played as a family and my gf and I lost. So much for dykey sports juju or whatever.

We did, however, go to a gymnastics gym in Boulder and my gf flipped all over the place even though she hasn’t worked out in a year. It took me an hour, but I finally convinced myself to do a backflip on the “low tramp” (my nickname before I met my gf… JUST KIDDING!??? AM I?)

MOVING ON.

When the air quality was “less bad” in Tahoe, we did a short hike & ate s’mores (I had 4 and had a terrible stomach ache after… nobody could’ve seen that coming!)

The next day, we paddle boarded on a lake surrounded by smoke. I felt like I was in an avant-garde production of Jesus Christ Superstar.

After, I had an It's-It Ice Cream (talk about BIBLICAL SHIT! If you haven’t had one, order one online right now. I used to get them at the gas station when I was little.)

God I love food.

I couldn’t have a lot of it today because I had another “incident” where I almost yakked/passed out in downtown Truckee.

My family thinks it’s either “the air”, “the heat”, “the altitude”, or “[I] need glasses”.

Comment below what you think it is!

Despite it all, I am very happy. Which feels dumb. It’s so dumb to feel happy.

Put that on my tombstone.

Gotta honor the happiness while it lasts cuz, THE DOUCHEBAGS ARE ON THEIR WAY!!

c u next week