Hi, walrus tusks! (Too real?) Welcome to this week’s edition of the Friday Open Thread, a no-holds-barred taco-making competition judged on the merits of effort, flavor, and number of ingredients used which double as lesbian jokes. (To those of you who order fish tacos without shame: I respect your game.) JK! This is our weekly space to share pictures of pets and partners, regale each other with tales of our lives that double as queer sitcomes, and tell each other how good-looking we are. I’m really glad you’re here! It’s a beautiful day in this gayborhood, which is my way of telling you how good-looking you are. Nice hair, girl.
Here’s what I propose for this virtual sleepover: Let’s be happy campers!
Like, maybe you could post your biggest accomplishment from the week here and me and twenty other people can send you celebratory emoji in response. Or you could share a sweet story from the week and a bunch of us could melt. Or maybe you could post your gratitude list and we could all suddenly be inspired to look at the world around us and dig around for the hidden gems in every moment! Or, even better, you could just post photos of your dogs. I love when y’all post photos of your dogs. Cats are cute, too! So are hamsters and rats, you guys are really into rats right. Why do so many of my friends have rats in their present lives or their pasts and why do even more of them probably, let’s be real, have a rat in their future. We’ll never know! Feel free to post links about how good of a pet a rat can be, though, or to come over and read me that book about giving a mouse a cookie.
To start us off with a bang, I’ll go first! That’s only fair, right. Um, let’s see.
My biggest accomplishment this week? Waking up at 6 or 6:30 every single day so I can try out a new schedule at work that lets me leave super early, for sure. I’m terrible at sleep and I’m terrible at mornings, but I’m really good at ordering a large iced coffee with two shots in it without worrying about the barista judging me. That’s what I learned this week. Oh, and I survived a SoulCycle class! Even better, I liked a SoulCycle class! I consider this a massive accomplishment on my part, TBH. Last but not least, I’ve finally achieved my dream of going to the same place for coffee so often that when I walk in they just start up the espresso maker and some of the folks there know me by name. Bless it.
My sweet story? Um, well I celebrated my one-year anniversary of arriving in LA this week and got to take Eli to In-N-Out which was pretty ace, he’s really into it. Me, too. Also, Los Angeles is a fucking dream. Like, if anyone in the world actually wanted to just talk to me about LA all day for the rest of my days I’d be okay with it because it gives me all of the emotions. There’s some other stories I could put here but like, let’s be real, gotta save something for my secret Tumblr.
My gratitude list right now: espresso, grilled cheeses animal style with fries and strawberry shakes, and my secret Tumblr. Also you! Also Eli! Also everyone I know and love, especially my grandma! Also my new, much bigger mattress which has already spoiled me rotten. Oh, and did I mention espresso? And maybe sleep, but don’t tell anyone.
Here’s a photo of Eli in my new bed, too.
See, wasn’t that fun? Don’t you feel light as a balloon or maybe a feather or maybe stiff as a board, I don’t know your life let’s be real. Come on down and join the positivity party, guys. I really need you to indulge me in this right now. Plus, I heard being happy is like, important or something.
And of course, all this aside, it goes without saying that this space is still a safe space for all of your feelings. I love feelings, didn’t you know? It’s kind of my brand. Even ones that aren’t peaceful or easy! Talking about them is even more fun, I heard. So come on down with all of your realness and jump in wherever you’re at. I wanna know everything, and I’ll love you deeply even if you don’t tell me your gratitude list. I respect your air of mystery and I respect you.
Let’s go, seagulls. C’mon down!
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