I forgot to pick up a 10mg gummy I dropped on the ground in my backyard last night and this morning it was covered in ants and I just can't even imagine the day those little fuckers are going to have
USA. Summer. It is 95 degrees outside, and I am shivering inside a sandwich shop.
I have discovered how Americans forge strong souls.
Outside, the sun is trying to kill everyone. Inside this small restaurant, it is winter. My breath does not fog, but it is thinking about it. A man near me is eating a cold sandwich while wearing a jacket. In summer. Indoors.
In Japan we would simply turn it down. Americans do not turn it down. And now I understand them better than they understand themselves.
This cold is not an accident. This cold is a gift.
The owner has built, inside his shop, a second season. He invites you in from the brutal heat and hands you the one thing the sun has denied you all day: a reason to be cold. To endure it is to be tempered. You walk in soft and sweating. You walk out sharp and clear, a slightly stronger person than you were.
So I did not complain. I removed my outer layer and offered it to the woman at the next table, who was hugging herself. She said, "Oh, no, I'm fine, thank you." She was not fine. Her lips were blue. But she, too, understood the training. She would not break first. I respected her deeply.
The owner asked if everything was okay.
"It is perfect," I said, through my teeth, which were chattering. "Thank you for the winter."
He said, "...I can turn the AC down if you want?"
I told him no. A man does not ask the mountain to be shorter.
I stayed two hours. I ordered a hot coffee to survive. Then a second one, to hold. By the end I could no longer feel my hands, but my spirit had never been clearer.
So now, on the hottest days, I seek out the coldest rooms. I sit. I shiver. I sharpen.
And when I finally step back out into the summer heat, and it wraps around me like a warm bath, I feel it.
Reborn.
A man who has survived the winter, in August, indoors, for the price of a sandwich.
@ChrisCillizza Yes, negative feedback should NEVER be given by subordinates to new bosses who are implementing questionable changes with no communication
Who is he to think he’s entitled to answers? What does he think m he is?
"We owe Bolles our gratitude and we owe it to him to remember his sacrifice. And we owe it to Bolles to honor his legacy and carry on his work." https://t.co/4wrBhdsA9F
am i sure the death star is going down? look at my quant. look at him! you notice anything different about him? look at his eyes. i’ll give you a hint—his name’s a fucking number!! he doesn’t even speak english—it’s all beep-boop shit!! yeah, i’m sure.
@DylanByers@AnnaBower Going to be lots of hard hitting pieces now about more of what’s under the nations buildings, how the blue reflecting pool best exemplifies Kings dream, and how Trump manages to remain so vibrant and sharp and healthy.
The ESA is horrible public policy. Let’s take public money and give it to rich people to attend private schools while we simultaneously erode our public school system. Absurd. It’s the privatization of a public good. It should be eliminated entirely, but reforms are a good start. @GovernorHobbs@AZAGMayes@votewarren #education #esa #arizona