fluf·fing, 8

Manifesting:

• Unpanicked hospitality

• Confident humility

• Fulfilling diligence

• Curious and complete rest

It's jarring to realize how highly I value beauty as relative to worth, both my own and others'. Reductive, disappointing, enlightening?

Months later, I begin reading The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray, which touts the merit of beauty above all - at least I'm not alone in my vanity (or should I rephrase to "my perspective"?).

stang

April 2, 2023. A momentous day for my stang power's track record:

1. Fed a friend's cat

2. Crossroads Consignment - neon vest, lime green pants, chunky shoes

3. Mt. Sinai Resale - purchased bossypants

4. Lunch at Wow Bao

5. Boba from Tea Ninja

6. Nike Store - Air Max acquisition

7. New Converse for Kim at Nordstrom

8. Sister drop-off at Union Station

9. Athenaeum: saw Matilda with Will

10. Brown Elephant during intermission - bangles for costume party

11. Power Yoga at home

12. Fed that cat again

13. Showered

14. CVS with Jonas - bought a lighter

15. Ramen date at Musashiya

16. VR Bar for Shakespeare (Twelfth Night)

17. Hosted Jonas

crafts

Craft Night, January 26, 2023: "if you're into that type of stuff: what've you been watching, reading, listening to?" "Now that's value; now that's science; now that's an inside joke" "I love when something really gets people; unless it's a monster And then I don't like when it gets it, I really don't" "So I was going to Wear Moi…" "Do you guys do free smells again?" "I've never bought a ringtone; I should invest" "This downward dog is gonna make me FREAK." "Baby stock them shelves and turn the lights down low" "Spell it out; we're gonna ruin her I'm gonna ruin Deb's vibe" "I was working some product one day…" "That's how the rebellion will start, with petty acts of bit" "We're all replaceable in our work lives but not in our personal lives" "Do you do top chef, Lucia?" "I don't do top chef" "I'm gonna be a bouncer at a karaoke bar: 'Hit a C for me - *sings* - you're right, get out'" "Quit your job! Quit it, right now quit it! Quit it tomorrow!" "it's really straightforward, ding dong lady" "When I think 'Eat the rich', this is the woman I'm eating first"