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Let the Veepstakes begin!

July 21, 2024

Summer, South Street Seaport

We’re halfway through the year.

The last week alone has been a hell of a plot twist: assassination attempts, global Microsoft meltdown, Biden out. It’s JOEVER.

Walking around the neighborhood this evening- you could feel the vibe shift in the air. Thick sweltering heat replaced with an airy coolness.

Like we could breathe for a second to laugh again.

Waiting… just waiting.

@alienreeseKamaa Harris Just Waiting for.. ya know #KamalaHarris #impression #joebiden #presidency #comedy #skit #fyp #foryou #viral #alienreese #allisonreese

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Reading

Color coordinated library finds: teal and yellow

I Found This Funny - a collection of humor essays edited by Judd Apatow.

A Career in Books: A Novel about Friends, Money, and the Occasional Duck Bun by Kate Gavino. Three Asian-American friends are roommates and aspirational writers in this early 2000’s memoir of trying to make it in NYC publishing. One of the characters, Shirin, is a queer Filipina. Stumbled upon this in the graphic novel stacks. This book found me.

Dope Stuff for Your Desk

Samsung Music Frame - digital photo frame, art gallery, and hi-fi speaker all in one. ($399)

@gee_derrickCheck this out: Samsung Music Frame. Thoughts??? #hifi

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Watching 

Two tales of a city.

Owning Manhattan. I stopped watching Selling Sunset when Crishelle ran off with G-Flip (the more interesting storyline). Instead of petty catfights, the real drama in Owning Manhattan is the actual business & warfare of real estate in NYC’s cutthroat market: the hiring, the firing, the competition, the billion dollar sales, and at the center of it all, a consummately entertaining and oft quotable Ryan Serhant:

“Sales, at the end of the day, is just a transfer of enthusiasm.”

Homicide: New York. In a completely different line of work, homicide, this true crime series by “Law and Order” creator Dick Wolf dives into some of New York City's most notorious crimes. This series was a cut above your everyday TV procedural, and loved the way they used the subway as a visual metaphor connecting all 5 episodes and their people and stories to each other.

Listening

Slowing down and savoring summer with Clairo’s 70’s vibes.

Cheers friends