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The COVID Diaries: The Official Matt Dillon Attractiveness Scale

Hi Darling Ones, I have inadvertently thought about Matt Dillon a lot the last week. It’s not something I planned. It’s just something that happened, a happy accident for sure. After yesterday’s letter one of my Twitter pals asked me where “Beautiful Girls” Matt Dillon landed on the Matt Dillon Attractiveness Scale. I had to think fast, because until now, the scale had not been well documented and I had put about 39 seconds of thought into it. However, today…

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The COVID Diaries: Would Paul Westerberg text ‘I Miss You’ to your Smartphone Device?

So Darling Ones, I’ve had the song “Answering Machine” on my mind quite a bit lately. This, of course, makes perfect sense being that it’s a thirty-six-year-old song about outdated technology. Why wouldn’t I be thinking about it? Before I tell you why, let me just remind you that this song contains one of Paul Westerberg’s cleverest and most heartbreaking lines. In case you don’t know the song, here it is. I need a handful of friends, one needs a…

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The COVID Diaries: Deserving of Hype & Hyperbole

Hi Darling Ones, This morning my 23-year-old niece tweeted, “lol i’m not even trying to be happy today” and included what I believe was supposed to be a screenshot of her listening to Phoebe Bridgers’ “Emotional Motion Sickness.” And while I know our gene pool only overlaps the littlest bit, sometimes we are very much the same. Only for me that was yesterday. I was so sad yesterday I couldn’t even type things. I laid around and read sad books…

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The COVID Diaries: How Many Cat Pictures Do You Take in a Day?

Guess what, Darling Ones? Today is actually Singles’ Day, not yesterday. I thought yesterday was the 11th. I was wrong. I already fixed the error in yesterday’s post so you don’t have to correct me again. In honor of Singles’ Day, today, 11/11, I got asked out on a date. I said no, of course. We’re in the middle of a pandemic that is running amok and I’m not gonna risk my life to makeout of with some blue-eyed silver…

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The COVID Diaries: Singles’ Day

Buckle up, Darling Ones, Did you know tomorrow was Singles’ Day? I did not. I only learned of this because I read the subject line of a marketing email trying to sell me stickers. The phrase “Singles’ Day” caught my eye and I was all, this better have something to do with the mediocre Cameron Crowe film and not be some kind of bullshit, made-up shopping holiday. Guess what? It is a Chinese holiday that started out as a cool…

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The COVID Diaries: World-Record Holder in Pining

Hi Darling Ones, I don’t know about you, but my Biden/Harris victory glee was super short lived. It lasted from the time my friend EM texted me about it (I was reading the very excellent White Ivy by Susie Yang) up until Maxwell said, “I love you,” before he closed the front door last night. Last night was the last time I’ll spend in the company of another human until Thanksgiving. I sucked up every single drop of human companionship…

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