The BLUGH: January 4, 2023
“I always entertain the notion that I’m wrong, or that I’ll have to revise my opinion. Most of the time that feels good; sometimes it really hurts and is embarrassing.”
First BLUGH of 2023 WHATS UP!!!! If that wasn’t exciting enough, it’s also another…Birthday BLUGH!!!!! Saturday is Caprice’s (my youngest sister’s) birthday and so today is her BLUGHday. It’s a “milestone” birthday in that it is her 30th but every birthday, nay, every DAY should be celebrated (remember that).
Caprice. Cap Rice. Caprisun. Capričè. Cappy Dappy Doo Dah. These (except the last) are but a few nicknames of Caprice.
Caprice is a HARD worker. She has worked in many places, including primarily restaurants doing various jobs from cook to kitchen manager. She also knows how to relax. She’s a brunch queen, a hiking/running/biking queen, and a sleeping queen. As with all our family, she loves dogs and currently is mother to Franny the pitbull with an underbite. She has also made significant contributions to the English language by popularizing some untraditional terms. Caprice vernacular includes some of the following and more:
Bet, verb - Verbal verification of your ability to complete a task to completion and perfection.
Example: Question: “Could you please water the dahlias? Grandmama so loved her dahlias.” Response: “Bet”
Krunk, adjective - Pumped and turned up; ready to go.
Example: “I am krunk to go rent a good book from the library later this afternoon.”
Crème fraîche, adjective - Fancy and sophisticated; very cool and the best of its category. Disclaimer: Caprice is the originator of this particular use of this term. Let that be known.
Example: “The BLUGH is the most crème fraîche weekly email a person can get.”
Finally, a poem. Bryton (middle sister) got an acrostic poem for her birthday BLUGH; Caprice gets a haiku:
Caprice sneezes, “squeak!”
She cooks, reads, must pet the dogs
She laughs so loud, why?
💻 LEARNING FROM THIS WEEK: There is a new(ish) AI out there! Chat GPT can do anything. Cool! Impressive!! Scary!!! I’m into it actually, but Chat GPT will never write the BLUGH don’t you worry. 💻
PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION
Caprice LOVES a lipstick and she thinks you would too. She has had many excellent brands and colors but the latest craze are these Clinique Pop options. They are so crème fraîche that she bought them as gifts for people and decided to keep them for herself. If that’s not an endorsement, I don’t know what is.
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BOOK RECOMMENDATION
As established, Caprice reads so many books! She probably has a recommendation for every genre, but for now, let’s go with anything by Taylor Jenkins Reid. You know her! She’s written gems such as Daisy Jones and The Six, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, as well as One True Loves. I haven’t yet read any TJR yet but I’m like, “Seven Husbands? Pop off, Evelyn!!”.
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REDDIT!!?
A week in which I skip TikToks - can you believe? While Caprice is definitely a TikTok consumer, her preferred social media platform of choice is Reddit. It took me 9 years to figure out how to use Reddit but I can confirm it is a cool place to be. Some of Caprice’s favorite subreddits include:
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January 2023
POLAROID.
Here Caprice is seen holding a cookbook she wrote when she was 18 or 19. The introduction is HILARIOUS. If and WHEN this gets published for the masses, believe me, the BLUGH will let you know.