Keeping a water bottle on hand to help Will work through his imposter syndrome. Like a cat. "Blah blah i have to stir up drama so i can write something worthy of my name-"
They named the sonnet format u used after u even though u weren't even the first known to use it u little shit
my parents could not get me to take my first steps until they bribed me with a biscuit. a legit actual doctor once told me I should avoid eating bread altogether and I said will it kill me if I eat it? because frankly I'd rather just die. "programmed not to seek out bread".....life is so harsh and unforgiving 😭
I should be writing to finish this assignment but instead my brain keeps trailing off to imagine myself commiserating with the residents over writing deadlines............U can't tell me any of these bitches have proper time management. U blink and whoops that thing is due like, yesterday. Imagine the writing trio being on each other's asses to remember deadlines except then they're so focused on bothering someone else that they forget their own and the cycle LOOPS
He’s never had a particularly large support system. His mother. A few friends that he’s since driven off or slighted or just generally wrecked things with who bailed on him. Family he never felt connected to.
And he wonders as he glances around the table at Midge’s extended family, if maybe...
When you drift for as long as he has, is there any coming back from it? He doesn’t know the answer to that. He’s been telling himself no since he for a long time, but now he’s not convinced it’s the right answer.
The truth is, he’s been clean since a little before Carnegie Hall, and as fucked up as he was for a few weeks, his head feels relatively clear, if a little itchy.
Not so much when Midge is around. Definitely not when Kitty is here. But...
Sometimes.
Sometimes.
Somehow, instinctively, Midge takes his hand under the table, even as she makes conversation with her family. Her thumb brushes against the back of his hand, and it makes him feel comforted in a way he’s not used to but it feels...
Good.
Right.
Dinner is delicious, and Midge excuses herself to make the coffee while Zelda clears away the plates. The housekeeper glances down at Lenny approvingly, clearly noticing his pants aren’t wrinkled.
He has passed the good pants test.
Lenny excuses himself as well, leaning into the kitchen. “Midge.”
She looks over and grins. “Hey. Having a good time?”
He nods, despite his instinct to grouse or make a joke. “Food was great.”
“Good.”
“Can I talk to you in the hallway for a moment?” he asks.
Midge gives him a curious look, but abandons the coffeemaker and follows him further down the hall, gasping when he pulls her in, kissing her deeply as he presses her gently against the wall.
There’s more gratitude behind it than desire, but there’s a little of that, too. She melts against him, her knees weakening just a little as her fingers slip to the hair at the back of his head.
When he pulls away, she’s breathing hard, her eyes still closed. “What was that for?”
Lenny kisses her again, softer this time. More tenderly before pulling away. “Thanks for dinner.”
Midge’s eyes open and she beams at him, tugging him in for one last peck before heading back for the kitchen. “I hope you like mandel bread.”
“Who the fuck doesn’t like mandel bread?” Lenny asks, looking confused as he follows her to help with the coffee.
I have too many interests, too few time, too few mental capacity and duuuh. it sucks. It would be nice to compress 72 hours into 24 hours - and only needing 1 or 2 hours of sleep time per day. Additionally it would be great to get nutrition via a power cable instead of needing to buy far too expensive food and half-heartedly composing very awful meals - the fastfood trash (a la microwave french fries or "Nudeltüten" or whatever.... )... or eating raw bread fresh outta the bread sack....
Eating is a waste of time. and buying groceries also requires far too much time Also: Buying groceries and eating is exhausting as fuck. The resulting exhaustion of these unliked activities increases the need for sleep and rest time and additionally elso reduces the time left for engaging with beloved special interests (which is a very helpful factor for actually reducing the exhaustion and "big sad" )
But sleeping and resting are awfully boring. It exhausts me mentally to be forced to rest and/or sleep. I hate laying in bed like a half-dead slice of bread.
This feels like an endless downwards spiral... duuuhhh.
maybe i am just too dumb to get my shit together and work more efficiently.
maybe I am like a sack of bread. It"s said you are what you eat. so perhaps its true i am a brain crumb crumbling into pieces of nonsense gibberish.
2 × large courgettes, cut in half and then into wonky triangles
8-10 cloves garlic
5 tbsp good quality extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
2 × 400g tins of pre cooked organic butterbeans + their stock (the water in the can)
For the cashew cream, blend:
1 cup of soaked cashews or sunflower seeds
3 tbsp nooch
Juice of one lemon
1/2 tsp salt
Ground black pepper
2 garlic cloves
Around 60-80ml of water for blending consistency
To serve:
Crunchy nutty breadcrumbs (1 slice of bread and 1 handful of almonds whizzed up in a blender, fried in olive oil, salt and garlic powder until crispy. Let rest on a plate lined with kitchen roll until ready to use)