At 5’2″, I may not be able to reach 75% of my kitchen cabinets without the aid of a stepstool, but apparently I am one millisecondal step (ha!) ahead of the rest of the world! (Also, this is a great article). Yes!
In other news, my mom learned the phrase “OMG.” She tried it out in an email but then totally ruined her questionable new street cred by asking, “Did you notice I know how to use OMG?”
And in other, even better news, I have gone part-time as a lawyer! This is the best news ever! I am going to devote the 6 hours a day that I used to spend still lawyering (I’m now doing 25 hours a week) to crafts! And you know, to being a real person again.
Slightly related, I will share with you the email thread among some of my LA dude friends (M, D & R) and me last week regarding the new M83 album:
M: New M83 out next week!
R: I predict D goes nuts for it and you guys proceed to engage in a furious two-man fwap session.
M: Too soon.
J (that’s me): Too soon since your last one? Still not over it?
M: You’ve changed seen you’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
So MEAN.
J: Nah, that’s just me trying retardedly to make dude-like jokes. Whenever I see the opportunity, I gotta try! [Ed. Note: So true! I didn’t have dude friends when I was younger and it is SO AWESOME to make dude jokes. I crack myself up and they are always AS STUPID as the one above!]
R: oh no. you are quite skilled. he’s right. you’ve changed.
R (couple minutes later): Does anyone else really miss the nice jen? man, she was so nice.
J: Now you are being mean!! You know I am totally freaking out that I crossed some sort of line now!!! I swear, I will never make a dude joke again. Probably. [Ed. Note: I was a little worried. At least for dramatic effect. (But also kind of really. But it is NOT DUDE-LIKE to admit you are, so I added the “probably.” It took me a long time to compose that email.)]
M: Ice water in your veins. Black coal where your heart used to be.
They say this happens to a lot to people who go into arts & crafts.
D: And to people who live in SF. NorCal makes you hard.
J: Ha, totally. It’s all the excellent coffee and local, organic produce. Makes you want to punch someone in the face.
D: F–king g-d damn super-high quality of life. [Ed. note: I inserted the hyphens.]
My friends are awesome.
Anyway, all this is to say, happy fall! And my fall is faster than yours because there is less distance to cover.
Sunday Undies 