So, come on.

January: Nothing on the calendar...Couldn’t honestly tell you if anything worth remembering happened. February 23-25: Went to Austin with Andrew for our 7 year anniversary. Stayed at the Hilton. Went to Bangers for dinner, like the year before. Went to the Garage Bar. Went to Perla for dinner and both got the pasta..with a scallop. Saw Black Panther. Went to Fabi + Rosi for dinner. Visited caves. March 11-March 15: Visited Allison in Chicago over a portion of Spring Break. Temperatures were cold, and it snowed one day. Walked around downtown one day. Took the train from her neighborhood into downtown. Ate dinner at a good Ramen place on the last night. Saw Annihilation by myself while Allison visited with a client. Had brunch the first morning at a place across the street from her house, then walked around the neighborhood. Don’t remember much else. March 17: Duffy’s St. Patrick’s day party. Cute dogs. March 20:  Jury duty; didn’t get selected. Case was between a law firm and someone associated with a school. March 29-April 2: I could have sworn Andrew and I went to Florida for Easter this year but it isn’t marked on the calendar. I looked it up in my email and it does seem that we went then. We visited the fish market and got shrimp for cooking and for eating. Beach was a bit chilly on some days but we had a good time. Food in FL honestly not that good; they get away with mediocre food because it’s just tourists so they’ll always have business. I hate how busy it gets there. Went out to eat in Rosemary Beach one night. Too many kids and food was meh. April 14: Chaperoned 2nd half of Prom. Pretty awkward/boring. Why do I do this? April 20: Went to play at Jesuit...Murder mystery double feature. Brannon ends up being the killer posing as a cop in one.  April 28: Andrew’s birthday. I have no memory of what I got him or what we did. Andrew said we had Marcus, Colin, Tony, the Newlands, the Duffys, and the Galichios over and we made Pobodys...Becky brought giant bottle of champagne.  May 12:  Went to Raul’s house for dinner. Matt Upton was there too. Had good tacos. Boys reminisced about Jesuit.  May 13: Mother’s day and Becky’s birthday at Sixty Vines.  May 18: Faculty banquet was at a new location by the school instead of Frontier’s of Flight Museum. Sat with McGhee, Progar, Celeste and Armstrong...and Howell (don’t sit with next year?). Todd won an award. Emily got really drunk. May 19: Kolache cooking lesson with the Newlands.  May 20: Matt Welch and his gf/fiance/wife came over and we played Sequence. May 26: Graduation. Chronically boring. Slightly less boring than normal. June 2: Department party at Max’s. June 3-16: Mom in town for two weeks. Stayed at AirBnB near Greenville. Visited FW one day. Tried to go see a soul band at the arboretum but it got rained out and we had to hide under the grotto for a while. Don’t remember much else about visit, which is weird considering how long it was. Had lunch one day with Becky at Sixty Vines. Becky talked the whole time. June 22-26?: Summerlyn visited. Celebrated Ali’s birthday...went to their house and met the puppy and then went to places in Deep Ellum, which I hated. Spent one day at Colin and Sarah’s, with Andrew giving Harper a cooking lesson.  July 7: Ben and Robyn wedding. Reception mediocre. Went to Whataburger after instead of eating the food.  July 8-20: 2 Weeks in Phoenix with Dennis. Dennis very passive, would not ask questions that would have fixed some stuff. Stayed at AirbBnB. Watched Wild’N’Out. Drove to Sedona one day; super beautiful drive. Went on hike. Went to art museum by myself one night. Two dusts storms plus torrential rain one day.  August 3: Dean passes away in the morning, JoJo passes away in the evening. Mimi comes over right as Andrew finds out about JoJo. Funeral for Dean in Shreveport...stayed at gross hotel. Funeral for Joann the week after at St. Rita.  August 12: Meat Fight 1k with Jenna and David. August 18: Gucci Gang BBQ. Andrew’s food better than other food.  September 7-9: New Orleans trip. Thought I would see Amie but then I didn’t feel good. Got overly emotional.  September 14: Tomb Raider and Bojack released.  September 15: Chili Fest. I hated this, left early.  September 21-23: Andrew at Winstead retreat.  October 2-4: Community Days. Really good time. Boys emotional. Climbed mountain with Carl, Joel, and Simon.  October 12-14:  Waco Poverty Immersion Trip. Me, Riemer, Jude, Sarah, Kevin Currier, Hector Jaurez, Jaibin Mathew, Joey Rischard, Will McKinney, Michael Steffler..etc. October 15: Beginning of Brannon problem....goes missing on October 16 after Carl calls me to tell me what he said to theater kids. Carl, Bennett, Jaibin and I super concerned.  October 27: Voted in Midterms with Mimi. November 2: Ranger Day. Stupid Dion jokes about tongs.  November 10: Lisa Dreubert party...went alone, kind of awkward.  November 16-19: New Orleans. Stayed with Sean/Meghan and Antonio/Tom.  November 20-24: Thanksgiving in Georgia. z

Life is more than the memetic version You see on Reddit We all know about the mitochondria How it’s the powerhouse of the cell (Ignoring that this is grammatically incorrect; Mitochondria is plural.) But do we know about fractal reproduction Endless replication But never duplication Polymerase making error after error Typo after typo Not catching her mistakes.

If you fancy: Commander’s Palace

If you Jewish: Shaya

If you just got here and wanna know what it’s all about: Parasol’s

If you have 7 dollars and are immortal: Cajun Seafood

If you have 3 dollars and don’t care if you die: Hank’s

If you have a salaried position and like things with shells: Superior Seafood

If your mom’s here and she’s Middle Eastern and an amazing cook with high standards: 1000 Figs

If tacos are important to you: Rum House

If you’re a cool vegan: Siberia

If you’re a bougie vegan and/or ”in it for the gram”: Carmo

If you want Indian (there’s only one): Nirvana

If your favorite part of baseball games was the food: Dat Dog

If you like Gordon Ramsey but have never eaten a bug: Fharmacy

If your friend is leaving town and you want to cry in public but don’t want anyone to stare at you: Chill Out Café

If you’ve never had Tunisian food: Jamila’s

If you've never had Ethiopian food: Nile

If your brother lived in Asia for two years and wants Chinese: Red’s Chinese

If you want to not move for three days: Company Burger

If you want to not move for two days: Willie Mae’s Scotch House

If Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was real to you: MidCity Pizza

If it’s important to you to eat salad while you eat pizza: Pizza Delicious

If decisions are hard for you but you like fries: Kebab

If you’ve ever said the word “flatbread”: Salu (which actually now I'm seeing is permanently closed!! No flatbread for you!!)

If someone else is paying: Jacque-Imo’s

If you want Vietnamese: Pho Noi Viet

If you want Vietnamese: Lost Love Lounge

If you want Vietnamese: Mint

If you want Vietnamese: Lilly’s

If you want a side of Fuck You with your bagel: Stein’s

If you’re having a bad day and the only thing that will make you feel better is eating sushi immediately: Rouses

If you want to feel rich at 3:00pm: Domenica

If you have laundry: Babylon

If you’re going out with your friend’s parents: Oxalis

If you’re going out with your improv troupe/book club/salsa class/trivia team: Twelve Mile Limit

If vegetables are not important to you: The Big Cheezy

If you’ve ever made a sandwich with Brie on it: Satsuma

If you’re currently in the middle of a blackout: Gene’s

If you don’t have Enochlophobia: The Joint

If you want to see Kirsten Dunst while you’re eating tapas: Bacchanal

If you specifically don’t want to see Kirtsten Dunst while you’re eating tapas: Mimi’s

If you want to have a crush on every person in a 5 mile radius: Pagoda Café