my fave part of Instagram today is the people saying Black Friday is made up and don’t need to buy anything except obviously the essential oils from my MLM which are on sale for Black Friday. PERFECTION.

@whittlejac.bsky.social

I had a friend over for lunch yesterday & then we sat outside with tea and talked for hours. 10/10, would do again. The previous tenants of our house relocated to Bulgaria and we got several things from them, there’s zero chance we’d have ever bought this patio furniture otherwise but it’s fantastic

We had a huge rainstorm last night and we’re having another now and it’s been a bit much for my rose bushes so two are sheltering on the front porch and two are in the vestibule.

a note on illness in pregnancy: it’s very likely that I was born with a huge heart defect bc my mom had rubella when she was carrying me. She was never vaccinated against rubella because the vaccine didn’t exist when she was a kid. After the vax, rubella was considered eliminated in the US in 2004.

I loved the book Hamnet SO much and it’s been adapted into a movie w/a release date of Nov 27 but v conveniently is playing at TIFF in Toronto in September so I’m like maybe I can see it early! and that’s when I learned tickets are $250 each. I don’t know what I expected but it was less than that.

my little brother is turning 18 next week, and it’s the end of an era: my mom has been parenting a child under the age of 18 continuously since 1978. NINETEEN SEVENTY EIGHT.

my friend Rav died in January, her daughter was six. Jenny died in January too, with a 9 and 7 year old. Why the fuck does this camp drop off sign even EXIST? I know most little kids have moms that aren’t absent or dead. But I also hate this so much. They could say loved ones! Or people!

I can’t remember what we were discussing or why I sent jenny this selfie, but I do remember her responding immediately with WAIT ARE WE WEARING MATCHING OUTFITS and obviously yes of course we were

Post-election day vibe in Canada: gently setting your Tim Hortons cups atop the ash and ruins of a garbage can that burned to the ground

[if Chuck Schumer replaced Liam Neeson in Taken]

CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter

Jenny’s service was beautiful and brutal and really perfect. It honored her and remembered her with so much love. The next day I drove over the golden gate bridge and into the woods, and that was really perfect too. Hiked for four hours, cried for three, slept deeply, saw the sun rise.

If I could go back in time and get myself in the room with Hitler, my plan would be to wear a certain color so he’d know I don’t like him.

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I am going to need some kind of whole-man disposal service for this guy www.askamanager.org/2024/02/i-wa...