no i haven’t read her but i always like to get a reccommendation from you.

i was trying to figure out why her name was so familiar to me in this backwards province and it’s because she’s steve job’s sister.

omg

estela made a mistake <3

are you referring to backwards because that was deliberate, this place is too sunny and sky blue and beachy for backwoods.

or are you querying how we spell recommendation around here<3

or is mona simpson not really steve job’s sister.

???

steve jobs’

or is it steve jobs’s

i forgot that she is his sister!

i’m almost finished with it, it’s quite bleak, sort of like richard yates but without the actual hardships i suppose? idk i have quite enjoyed it so far. it’s a funny sort of novel, though—it’s more like a series of short stories that are about the same group of people, but it took me like 3/4 of the book to to get a grip on who is who.

lol job’s is a(nother) mistake, i am being a disaster. also i jist spelt lol as lot but i caught it in time.

just

i like linked stories.

I am reading this book about the Dust Bowl, and it is horrifying and amazing and completely engrossing.

Hey Estela guess what

I gave some marmite to my american friend and she LOVES it

i would never have guessed that.

at our grocery store there’s a sad little sign next to the vegemite apologising that marmite is presently unavailable due to earthquake damage at the christchurch factory and i always laugh and think of you when i see it, it’s the only lol i’ve had from that whole terrible ongoing nightmare.

there’s an alley near me named christ church

did i tell you already that i had 3 stupid jars of marmite and now i (technically) have none??

- i lost the first through airport security

- i checked the BB date of the other 2 for lolz and one expires this month and the other already expired LAST YEAR

i gave the least-fucked one to my friend so now i’m down to one expired jar. still tastes normal.

aw if i see any anywhere i’ll grab you some, nz ran out far quicker than australia did because the crisis got a lot more publicity over there.

oh i’m just gonna keep eating my expired jar—it’s actually a ‘best before’ date, not a ‘use by’ date, so it’s fine. and a small jar lasts me years!

next time you’re in wellington you can check to see if the jar we left at the top of the cable car is still there

lol u <3

i love that photo, i have a clear memory of standing at that exact spot and looking at that exact view while someone told me a long not very good joke with a pun-ish song lyric punchline (but now i can’t remember the song because it was a long time ago but it was something old but well-known like for example the night has a thousand eyes) (which always makes me think of possums in trees illuminated by car headlights)

margaret mahy died ;_;

estela

estela!

estela!!

estela!!!

ESTELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLA!!!!

HI my boss brought me two packs of CHOCOADE biscuits from nz, do you remember them? do you like them?

also 2 pixie{lxy} caramels and 2 perky nanas

and a “souvenir” tea towel (??)

hrmph

happy birthday mookie!

really??!!! well then, this is a day to celebrate and be joyful!!

happy birthday dear mookie (if it is)

yay ruby, that is a good haul. i haven’t had any revived chocoades yet but my sister sent me some mackintosh toffees this week which are my current favourite thing from there.

nz seems to have gone souvenir tea towel mad in recent times, i have received a few (and given none).

macintosh toffees!!!!!!!!!!!

estela i am reading “summer of hate” by chris kraus. i think i might actually finish this. it’s good!

aw thx <3

estela, i made FIVE rice/bean/veg salads from that cookbook tonight, for ytth’s lunches this week... hope they taste good!!

aw<3 so do i, it would be woeful if you effed them up.

ruby, so, so glad to hear your sis is doing better <3

i am too, it is a great relief. <3 you.

thank you, my dear<3s

she is hello-kitty diehard so i ordered a bunch of hk junk off amazon for her, to cheer her up

it is truly amazing, the weird selection of objects in the hello kitty theme (including a dehumidifier)

hugs to you, j and glad to know your sis is improving. There’s no object that can’t be upped a notch by some hello kitty and you are a wonderful sister.

apparently my sister is convinced that ytth and i visited her already?!? and that she also went for a ride in a helicopter.

aw<3 lol, the wee darling.

justin3, i know you don’t especially care about rugby but tonight i am going to an all blacks/wallabies game in brisbane and i am so looking forward to it, the haka kills when i see it over here, and at games in brisbane half the fans are kiwis so it’s like going home for a couple of hours.

upon reflection i think estela is too good to be real

she talks a good game, vin scully and all, but i demand to meet her in person

we haven’t even gotten doggy pictures!

i can vouch that our estela is even better irl.

xp i don’t much care about rugby, but i enjoy a big-deal all blacks game if the situation arises.

we are at a restaurant near the stadium surrounded by hordes of black-clad kiwis, all cheerful because we have already won every trophy going for this year: )

we by chance saw a haka on tv in nz. it was utterly thrilling.

mookieprof, our estela is too good AND she is true. another reason to move west: she will surely visit again some day (i hope!!!!).

ps. amazon is hiring.

i met a hologram of estela that insisted on calling me “sug”

maybe it wasn’t really my hologram ;)

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our busy hotel keeper looks like ruby. she’s spent the morning rushing around helping people with coffee and wifi, which always concludes with an “et, voilá.” kinda funny since we’re in spain.

does that mean she looks young, fun and awesome? or frumpy, boring and grumpy?

pretty, sweet, helpful, smart, funny, young, fun and awesome <3

look who’s smoove, now!! <3

ruby there’s a woman ranting outside my office window who looks just like you. are you here?

i am a bit of a ranter but unfortunately (or fortunately??) it wasn’t me!

i dedicated the cadbury caramello egg i just wolfed down to you, dearest ruby, if you had been outside my window i would have gladly handed it over.

hey estela guess what i heard about georgette

that i love her, is my guess. i was having a very sad weekend and then she suddenly appeared in my thoughts so then f. and i looked at some pictures of her (including a couple with ted) and they were a genuinely cheering sight. i like how when you look at her face you can recall her voice and also her ridiculous fluffy hairdos.

estela, we were in portland on saturday and we stayed at the inn at northrup station<3

yay, i <3 that place, i hope it was wonderful.

hey estela guess what

there is now jelly tip chocolate and biscuits!! my sis got me one of each, i get to try them out in 3 days

I would think that the mound at Dodger Stadium right now is the loneliest place in the world.

http://www.salon.com/1999/10/12/scully_koufax

miss u

otm

congratulations to the brisbane bandits for claiming the claxton shield

hey

cheers to the good guys

the other day i was walking to the wine store and a little white dog was on the sidewalk running away from its owner and she said “can you catch her?” and i picked her up and she said she’s 14 years old and going deaf whenever i call her she goes away from me and i gave her the dog and it reminded me of harry because it was small and white and a rotter

also i was like 1 foot taller than the owner

aw, harry is small and white and a rotter and also he is 14 and a little bit deaf now too:( but he is in good and sturdy spirits and he still runs around a lot and is greedy and cheerful so that is as much as we could wish for. i can’t even imagine what sorrow lies ahead so i hardly ever let myself think about it.

some dog advice given to me by a dog lover:

when your dog is elderly, that’s the time to bring a young pup home; sometimes having that youthful energy around will give more energy to the older dog and extend its life. and when your beloved eventually passes, you’ll have another little creature that needs all that same love and care from you and will help you move on.

that is good advice, it must be very quiet and lonely to suddenly be living in a house with no noisy little animal charging around.

i Double Dog Dare estela to post a poll of her 50 favourite albums

mookie

sorry i cherish you and everything but you’ve been double dog dared

i am pretending to be very disappointed

but even so

i’m working on this at my own pace, having noted on dare day that no deadline was provided. any postdated changes end this dare immediately and disqualify any new ones. sorry i do make the rules

i am extremely patient, and indeed stipulated no deadline, and am certain that you are posting this interim notice in the best of faith(s) <3

hi dear. i may have messed up your phone number in my contacts. did you get my whatsapp message? if not, will you please email me at laknoop @ gmail?

<3

i Double Dog Dare estela to post a poll of her 50 favourite albums

― mookieproof, Thursday, August 24, 2023 12:21 AM (one year ago)

i sneakingly suspect that no good-faith effort has been made

xp<3

chicken butt

― jergins, Wednesday, July 1, 2009 11:30 PM (sixteen years ago)