Sometimes the only thing between you and total desolation is a fortune cookie

My first week here has been nice. Hard sometimes, mostly because I’ve been sick a lot. I had that flu then later in the week I started vomiting bile. We drank ocho tequila in a little bar and it started to rain and we had to run inside and it was a lovely afternoon. We went shopping for clothes and that was a lovely day. We keep coming home with the intention of getting drunk and having a big fun night but then we just curl up in bed and immediately fall asleep.

I made a chili con carne tonight. It’s delicious.

I looked everywhere in el supermercado for cumin and oregano and couldn’t find any.

i bought some chili powder, the only kind there was. when i got home, i learned that in fact the chili powder had cumin and oregano and sweet paprika and pimento jajaja

it’s chili con carne powder‼️ jajaja

There’s been thunder and lightning all week and rain and medium temps. It’s been lovely. Back in London the heat seems crazy. I hope everyone is keeping safe.

I’ve been enjoying the storms, I’ve recently started a new job and it’s been going good mostly though I feel frustrated that I don’t understand the data and I don’t know how to understand the data and I think everything would be a lot easier if it was easier to understand the data but I don’t know if I can change anything.

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nothing much to report! just been recovering and occasionally shopping! ate some good barbacoa!!! good days, good nights, been good. been learning some Zig too! great language! really excited about it!!!

• Thursday was fucking long
• Friday was fucking hard
• Saturday was really big.
• ngl… on Friday there were moments when i wasn’t sure we were gonna make it

Over the weekend I started to develop some flu symptoms. Got real bad Monday night after many hours of meetings. Tuesday woke up dead. Almost couldn’t believe it, flying in 3 days and dead today. My throat, my head, my fever. I get sick a lot these days, and it’s mostly pretty OK, but this flu gosh almighty. Took 3 covid tests when i was at my sickest, all said no, so when the fever broke on Wed i figured I would still be OK to fly 36 hours later on Thursday night. The flight was OK. aeromexico’s a very different experience. I was dehydrated a lot, couldn’t get a hold of a flight attendant. Still now my voice is fucked and hurts, my nasal passage is dry and painful. my sinuses are so blocked, but i’ve been steaming myself dirty. every few hours i can breathe for a few minutes and it’s second to none.

it’s strange how Luke Vibert’s best album Big Soup is not available on any of the streaming platforms.

since i’ve been here we’ve mostly just hung around the apartamento and worked on stuff and stuff. at the risk of sounding incredibly gay it truly is, like, the light of my life just to be here with her. in the same room. eating maruchan, watching her work.

the apartment i’m staying in, I have to talk to security every time i leave. i don’t like that.

i slept well last night. i’ll have to remember to take notes this week, because today i’ve only been here two days and so much has happened. Saturday was weeks long.

this mind bending optical illusion is hiding two animals.

my big ambition for the next week: empty sinuses and a clear mind.