Today would have been my brother’s 29th birthday. Happy Birthday, Russell! I miss you more than anything else in my life, and I love you. I found myself thinking about you a lot today, and the rest of my family. Love you all, too.
Today…was also totally and completely hijacked! Uuuughhh. But…I just had a little mini writing session wherein I put down my best thoughts from the day while I was away from my keyboard and not able to write…and it produced a nearly perfect scene. It’s a scene that I know gets to stay in whatever final form this book takes.
And, with that, I look forward to tomorrow writing-wise. Today may have been sucked away by things beyond my control–I could have fit in little fits of writing here and there, but honestly, it really was wall-to-wall obligations that needed my immediate and constant attention–but tomorrow can be on point. So, here’s to a good work day tomorrow.
After the building work all died down–that was what took me away today–the Ho and I drove out to Glendale and got Halal Guys, and holy crap do I love that shit. It’s. So. Freaking. Good.
I was talking with Liz about that, actually; good “ethnic” or “foreign” food, and how she really opened up that world to me. Humboldt was not known, particularly, for being all that diverse in its food options…or, at the very least, my family didn’t really partake of it all that much. The reason for that is really, really simple: we didn’t eat out much. We had a family of six people. We simply couldn’t afford to. The result of which was that I grew up eating what my parents grew up eating, for the most part.
But, coming down to LA, the big diverse city, and dating Liz who grew up in SF, another great food city…that was an education in how much good food there is from so many different parts of the world. This is all a long way to say: I really, really love that about our relationship. I would never have known the joys of Taiwanese soup dumplings, or Halal, or Soon Tofu, or Pho, or Zankouh Chicken without her. And that’s just out favorite go-tos. There are so many other restaurants and “types” of food beyond that I’ve tasted and enjoyed because of her.
So…here’s to you, bear. I love you! And I love your food! 🙂
That’s all for tonight. Love you all…I hope you had a nice day.