nicole @nicole@myna.social

@Terra@chaosfem.tw Been thinking about this one pretty much nonstop since you shared it. 🙇‍♀️

It’s a lifelong art project, being a bad Japanese student. I’m really good at it.

Back in California, where the food isn’t quite as sumptuous, but there’s a little dō who jumps for joy when she sees me.

I may or may not have basically danced all the way from the bar back to my airbnb last night while listening to Future Nostalgia. I blame the sport peppers in my Vesper.

Tonight is my last night in Chicago. I’ve avoided it for two weeks, but, if only for old times’ sake, I think I have to have a PBR.

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Also, a weak michelada. 😩

Today’s Chicago lunch was sourced from Big Star, a fairly well-regarded local institution.

I’m an absolute snob when it comes to Mexican food. Color me Not Impressed. I’ve had better; I’ve had better in Chicago; I’ve had better in Chicago on this trip.

@EmilyEnough Oh, this happens to me all the time. 😂

Okay, time to shower, walk to the panaderia, buy some coffee and marranitos (Mexican gingerbread pigs—a favorite), turn my phone off, and commit to a day of overwhelmingly difficult work. 🥳

@JenWojcik Did they ball the sport points? Or is it scoring the point balls? Or maybe pointing the ball scores?

Had a lovely day of walking ten miles, eating three breakfasts, and doing the irl reenactment of my coming out for friends I could only reach by text two years ago.

Also, my company’s performance cycle, but that didn’t fit in the fun-shaped hole.

@rooster@chaosfem.tw @nerdybutcute And this was the reminder I needed to go poke my company’s benefits person to ask my insurer why I’m on my third month of waiting for them to process a pre-approved FFS claim. Thank you!

Today’s Chicago dinner was a spicy minced pork pie that I carried out from Chiya-Chai. Oh my goddess, I could eat this every week.

@Natasha_Jay 💕 Fabulous dress; fabulous fit! You look amaze!

Today’s Chicago fast-breaker is Bang Bang Pie and Biscuits. Very much a yum.

@SleepyCatten Very upset to hear this. Watching now as so many states here try to roll everything back to where it was, I can’t be surprised that it might never have changed elsewhere.

I find these practices horrific and degrading. And I am always surprised at how desperately a super-majority wants to gate access to services that literally have nothing to do with them, and, at their core, are fundamentally about affirmation—a core human kindness.