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“Alex,” I said, “I will happily go to Vancouver Island with you. Especially if the other options are just watching you do more homework. We’ll go next summer.”
Alex lay back beside me. “What about Paris?”
“Paris can wait,” I said. “Also we can’t afford Paris.”
He smiled faintly. “Poppy,” he said, “we can barely afford our weekly hot dogs.”

Hot dogs?

“Silence,” I gasp, heart throbbing. “Makes. Me. Happy.”
“And?” she prompts.
“Those raspberry vanilla cream bars from Trader Joe’s,” I get out.”

I’m keeping track of all the food / drink / international cuisines mentioned in preparation for the watch-party my sister and I are hosting on Friday. so far we have:

“Miss?” she says. “Your margarita.” She spins the frosted glass down the bar toward me, and a ping of excited thirst hits the back of my throat as I catch it.” (cutwater margarita?)

(and poppyseed bagels for Poppy?)

I’ll admit Irby is talented—and even funny, in an acerbic and shocking way. Unfortunately, this collection is only charming if you enjoy the author’s particular brand of humour (or you fantasize about becoming best friends with her.) Unfortunately, I don’t think this writer and I would get along. This is theoretically what I love to read, but I’m definitely not the target demographic. DNF.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRbEg... I've been listening to this on repeat so I guess it's time for me to listen to the audiobook again before the show comes out

This was getting too campy for me — guess I'm dnf-ing it for now.