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nwbeerguide · 8 months

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Reverend Nat's Hard Cider announces upcoming conclusion of business.

Discovered on their website, Portland (Oregon) cidery and taproom, Reverend Nat's Hard Cider, will cease operations at the end of September. Attached is their full statement, found on the businesses front page.

"After 12 great years, it’s time to move on. September 2023 will be our last month in business.

Please join me in the Taproom any time now until Sep 24 but especially on Saturday Sep 23 as we celebrate all the amazing ciders and great people who have contributed to our incredible successes. I have three final Tent Show releases to share with you all, plus our two non-alc ciders will FINALLY be in cans for sale. Home deliveries are still happening on Fridays at least through the end of September.

Back in 2004, a friend of mine had a large apple tree in his back yard. We made apple pies, apple sauce, dried apples and apple butter. And still there were more apples. “Why not make cider?” I thought, having never tried cider before. I had a vague idea about bubbling airlocks and glass carboys but no idea what it would taste like. I happened to have a 20-ton house jack in the garage and some old timbers, so a half a day later, I had cobbled together a working juice press.

I clearly remember the taste of the juice of that first apple. Sweet, rich, a bit tart, a bit nutty; I was hooked. That year I made 5 gallons of hard cider. The next year, 15 gallons. The following, 40. Six years later I had 500 gallons of supremely dry hooch in my basement and I was becoming an increasingly better cidermaker. (Not to mention an increasingly popular neighbor. Friends were stopping by at all hours for a pint on the porch or a mason jar fill-up to take home.)

As a die-hard craft beer revolutionary, I experimented with beer yeasts, wild fermentations, Belgian ale spices, aromatic west coast hops and local fruit juices. My search for superior ingredients to make unusual ciders was all-consuming. As an historian of cidermaking (I have the largest cider book library in Portland), I recreated forgotten cider styles and practiced juicing and fermenting techniques long out of fashion. Permeating all these experiments was a desire to make ciders that no one else will make. I would cook a dish, eat at a restaurant, drink a beer or a cocktail, or peruse the farmer’s market, and be unable to contain my excitement for flavors. After making cider for nearly a decade, I concluded that, while apple-only ciders define cider for most of my fellow countrymen, my passion was in creative flavor combinations making cider in the spirit of craft beer geeks.

I started Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider in my basement, moved into an abandoned warehouse near the Rose Quarter in 2013, a larger building in 2023, and recently into a Taproom on 35th Place and SE Division. Now I sell my ciders in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Colorado, Ohio and North Carolina, as well as British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, a little bit spread thin across Japan, and a little bit in Europe. We’ve had an incredible run and I met so many amazing people and shared so many wonderful experiences. It’s been the best job I’ve ever had.

The last few years has been hard on us with COVID closures, changing consumer preferences, the sputtering of craft beer overall, and the decline of Portland as a worldwide tourism destination. But there is not a single reason why we are closing, just a combination of factors. I am sorry that our loyal customers won’t be able to enjoy these incredible ciders any more.

THANK YOU to all of you. My mega fans (Symposium anyone?), Tent Show members, Taproom regulars, grocery store customers and taplist advocates. None of this would have been possible without your support. Thank you.

THANK YOU also to: My great cidermaking team: Chris for Hellfire; Dwight for enthusiasm; Dawn for quality; Charlie for a lot of hard work; and Istvan for sticking with me until the end.

My great sales team: Delphina for bringing your hard work and creativity; Jason West for that fun ride in a pickup truck; Nate and Matt for running your own little Rev Nats island in SoCal; Matt for the Thanksgiving Day check-ins.

My delivery driver team of Sol, Emily, Brad, Kristen and Jason for your amazing flexibility.

My Taproom team: Jim for getting us into the cool kids club; Nick for all the awesome collaborative ideas in the taproom; Gemma and CLB for your outstanding passion.

My earliest investors, for believing in a big idea and my later investors, for keeping that idea alive.

My industry friends: Jeff Alworth for including me as one of the best breweries in Portland; Sean the Beermonger for early encouragement; Jeff Smith for my first sale and Drew Worden for buying all my Hopricot; Adam Milne for great friendship and counseling; Joe Casey and Doug Rehberg for being fantastic neighbors; Bill Bradshaw and Pete Brown for recognizing Hopricot way back in 2012; Tyler Brown for teaching me how to use hops; Son of the Smith, sorry I can’t be around for more collaborations; Sean Burke, Mike Wright, and Alan Sprints for showing up to my opening night. That was very nice.

My great distributors: All the folks at George’s Dist for being the best distributor an out-of-state cidery could have; Ricardo Linares, I know you really cared; Michael Walcott, Red Gillen and Aoki Eiichi for showing me a new world; Markus for giving me the shirt off his back and Karl for making me feel welcome; Jay and Taylor at Artisan for finding something that works against many odds; Jimmy Werbin and Scott Willis for showing me how a good distributor works. I should have signed with you guys in the beginning.

And finally my family, Sarah and Beck. Thank you for letting me follow a crazy dream. I hope it was worth it for you too."

More here, https://reverendnatshardcider.com/

#Portland #PDX #Oregon #OR #Cider #News #Closure

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happymaskshop · 4 years

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Cute Caticorn (unicorn cat?) Mask! Teal with rainbows. Fleece ties make for a comfy fit!

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1kbeers · 5 years

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chibisayuri · 6 years

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Lost this little Captain America in Portland yesterday on a trip. Retraced my steps everywhere (literally) to try and find him but he was gone. Hope whoever found him takes good care of him. 😿 Bye buddy. . . #Marvel #captainamerica #pdx #LostAndFound #Portland #Oregon #TakeCare #inspired #fanart #crochet #amigurumi #handmade #art #artist #craft #crafts #game #gamer #geek #Geekgirl

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geekcraftportland · 4 years

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Cute and nerdy #Pokemon #Masks handmade!

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octoparacomic · 7 years

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Octopara - Mr Gentlepus’ story. Pg. 1/5

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hiroindex · 3 years

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Just a preview of some merch I'll be selling this weekend at Geek Craft Expo PDX! #geekcraftexpo #geekart #ghibliart #animalcrossing #animalcrossingnewhorizons #anch #shibes (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUBCtnwBqIm/?utm_medium=tumblr

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hercycleface · 4 years

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Global inventory of wonderful beer: What I drink is not wine, but creativity!

Isn't beer just yeast, barley, water and hops? Well, it's also right and wrong-for some beer, this statement is simply wrong. The brains of the beer brewer are too big, and sometimes the brewed beer-how to put it-is quite "interesting". The following wonderful beers are the best examples.

Collagen beer Speaking of weirdness, the Japanese definitely do their part. Suntory launched a collagen beer called Precious, which is said to remove wrinkles left by the years and make you look young and invincible. This 5-degree Talrag comes in 330ml cans and contains 2 grams of collagen per can.

Cat Shit Beer You must have heard of the famous cat feces coffee: a civet living in the tropics eats coffee cherries and is discharged from the other side of the body. The action of stomach acid can make coffee beans produce a different flavor. Beer Geek Brunch Weasel from Megele is a breakfast Shitao with an alcohol level of 10.9-be careful, the wine is full of strength.

Bloody (Mary) Beer Well, strictly speaking, it is not based on Bloody Mary, a good brunch partner. However, Short's Brewing Company of Bel Air, Michigan does use cherry tomatoes in its Bloody Beer, as well as black pepper and celery. Rapeseed, wasabi, and dill, so it’s similar to Bloody Mary. This "Cool Beer from Bel Air" has long been discontinued, with an alcohol content of 7, and an international bitterness index of 40.

Fossil beer The Lost Rhino Brewery in Virginia and PaleoQuest, a non-profit organization that promotes the excavation of dinosaur fossils rather than food trends, have teamed up to create a beer that will attract attention to science. They collected yeast from whale fossils 35 million years ago and made a 5.5-degree beer named Bone Dusters Amber Ale. Cool! It's a pity that the yeast is not collected from the fossils of the long extinct rhino or Tyrannosaurus.

Sheep dung beer After reading this list, you will find that Icelandic brewers really have a lot of free time and a whimsical spirit of adventure. The Borg Brugghus brewery is a good example: due to lack of wood, they lighted the sheep dung pile to smoke and roast the malt when making Fenrir Nr26. American IPA smoked and roasted with sheep dung, alcohol content 6, and international bitterness index 63.

Beer older than whale fossils Fossil Fuels Brewing Co has a product called AY108, which uses yeast found in bee fossils. This bee was wrapped in pine resin and turned into amber in the Eocene Eocene 45 million years ago (is it so shocking that it can’t close its mouth?). Professor Raul Cano figured out how to separate the yeast from above, and then wondered how to make the best use of it. Finally, he chose to brew beer instead of bread. The first result is this Dan Aier named after yeast, and there is also a Saisen.

Beer made with money The evil twins collaborated with the Norwegian craft brewer Lervig Aktiebryggeri in the port of Stavanger. The raw material is real banknotes. What's even more exaggerated is that they threw some frozen pizza into it. The alcohol content is 17.5 degrees.

Heavy beer from the toilet The Danish government and Norrebro Bryghus brewery are really fighting for environmental protection, and they even have the idea of urinating. They recovered a large amount of urine from the famous Roskilde Music Festival and used it to brew a Pearson called Pisner. Do you want to contribute to the cause of sustainable development? Then taste the piss of these hippies.

Colorful beer Abashiri Brewery in Hokkaido, Japan uses seaweed and other natural ingredients to brew red, blue and green beer. They also used beer and excess milk to produce a malt drink called Bilk. Apart from other things, at least it is colorful.

Beer made from sewage The sewage in the sewer sounds as disgusting as dirty waste oil. I'm afraid no one can drink anything made of it. The Jushi Brewery in San Diego brewed an IPA using recycled water provided by the city's water purification project. This Dan Air, called Full Circle, is limited to five barrels, but it may indicate the future of beer brewing.

Roald Dahl Beer Yeast is ubiquitous and can be collected everywhere, so why not collect some yeast from the custom desk of the late children's literature writer Roald Dahl? London creative company Bompas & Parr entrusted this task to 40FT Brewery to brew Odious Ale for a pop-up restaurant based on Dahl's "Stupid Couple".

Beer from the moon Dogfish Head Brewery is keen to challenge the limit, but often thinks too crazy and circumvents itself in, but the time when they ventured into space may be their most rebellious exploration so far. With the help of the company that makes spacesuits for NASA, they got some dust on the moon, which was taken from NASA where the moon landed on the moon—well, no more obscurations, it’s on the moon— —Collected, and then spilled into this limited edition beer called Oktoberfest. Alcohol 5, International Bitterness Index 25.

Elephant Poop Beer The Japanese brewery Sankt Gallen wanted to brew a beer that will be unforgettable, so he thought of elephant poo. How does it work? They fed coffee cherries to elephants living in Thailand’s wildlife sanctuary, and then brewed a "chocolate shitao" called Un, Koon Kuro (a pun for "poop" in Japanese) from elephant dung coffee beans. It was also selected for sale on April Fool's Day, but this is not a joke.

Beer as dark as ink Cuttlefish juice—or more precisely the juice of cuttlefish, squid and octopus, or the juice of cephalopods—can be said to be everywhere now, so you can’t help thinking that these animals are scared when they face the extinction of humans. What is it like? Anyway, the master brewer of 3 Sheeps in Wisconsin created a black IPA called Nimble Lips Noble Tongue No3, using cuttlefish juice.

Too private beer We are all adults, but the Internet will always surprise us head-on, especially when you see a page on the crowdfunding website Indiegogo for the world’s first vaginal beer fundraising-this one is called Bottled Instinct's acid ale uses lactic acid extracted from a Czech model. We don't know if anyone will drink it, because this project has not even raised 1% of the final goal of 150,000 euros, and it should be a joke on April Fools' Day at all? Otherwise, it really makes people get goosebumps.

16. Add a whole chicken to beer

Over the years, the rooster Al almost cast a layer of mystery. It is said that it was very popular in England in the 17th and 18th centuries. In fact, it is an ordinary Al, but a whole rooster was added during the brewing process. Hand Pulled Cock Ale from Willimantic Brewing Co in Connecticut-7% alcohol, only available in barrels-is a modern version of Cock Ale, but its name still implies that old joke (you got it).

Fried chicken beer As the song in "Grease" sings, fried chicken and beer are good partners, so why not add some chicken to the beer? Veil Brewing Co of Richmond, Virginia, and the evil twins teamed up to brew chicken beer. Their Fried Fried Chicken Chicken DIPA uses a lot of Fried Chicken Nuggets.

Sheep brain beer Philadelphia's Dock Street Brewing Company brewed Dock Street Walker to pay tribute to "The Walking Dead," but it was more terrifying than zombies, using smoked lamb brains. This American Pale Shitao is 7.2 degrees, and cranberries are added to create a touch of acidity.

Whale testicle beer Icelandic microbrewer Steoji has launched Hvalur 2, which is an upgraded version of Hvalur 1, which was produced in cooperation with the whaling company Hvalur and caused a huge controversy due to the addition of full whale meat (fish meat and fish bones). As the second seasonal crossover, it uses whale testicles smoked and roasted with sheep dung—well, one is added to each winemaking cycle.

Masculine beer The Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout of Wynkoop Brewing in Denver was originally just an April Fools' Day joke, but I didn't expect it to become a reality because of the public's enthusiastic response. With an alcohol content of 7.5, three cow testicles are added to each barrel-this "gourmet" is nicknamed Rocky Mountain Oysters locally. A set of two cans is quite appropriate.

Bull Heart Beer Portland's Upright Brewing and Burnside Brewing collaborated to produce this Captain Beefheart. The ingredients include 27 kilograms of charcoal grilled beef heart and a lot of spices. Similar products include the Burke In The Bottle, a collaboration between Jim Koch of Boston Beer Company and chef David Burke.

Sunday barbecue beer Conwy Brewery in Wales caters to the close relationship between locals and sheep and brews a lamb beer. Sunday Toast is a Victorian-style Porter beer with the juice from slow roasting of Welsh lamb. Perhaps lamb-ic is more appropriate.

Truffle beer Truffles are very expensive. Using them to brew beer seems a bit risky, but some people have succeeded. Chicago Moody Tongue's black truffle crumbs Pearson is highly sought after in some of the top high-end restaurants in the United States, while Miki Le has chosen to use black truffles to brew a dark beer called The Forager.

Stag semen beer Green Man Pub in Wellington, New Zealand, and local brewer Choice Bros brewed a beer with stag semen, which caused a huge sensation for a while. We will not continue to discuss the name Lu Jing Shitao to obtain such a subtle beer, let's stop here.

Mushroom beer In the past few years, the brewery seems to have used all the mushrooms imaginable. Jester King of Austin, Texas used locally grown oyster mushrooms in this Snorkel. 4.5 Alcohol, Goss style.

Oysters (really real this time) beer The encounter between Oyster and Shi Tao gave birth to many interesting stories. We used to drink Shitao while sucking oysters beautifully. Now we use oyster shells to clarify the beer, or put them in a boiling pot, or even throw whole oysters into it. Flying Dog Pearl Necklace Oyster Shitao did just that.

Natural green beer Free Tail Brewing Co of San Antonio, Texas adds blue-green algae to a 4.2-degree rye white beer to give it a charming blue-green color. If the advertisements of Mandalay Brewing in Myanmar and Red Dot Brewery in Singapore are accurate, Spirulina beer has another magical effect-anti-aging.

Seaweed beer Bladderwrack is a good name for beer, but it is actually a kind of seaweed. Williams Bros Brew in Alloa, Scotland added it to its own Kelpie Seaweed Ale. This Scottish Groot-an ancient beer style-is intended to recreate the traditional style of beer from the coastal regions of Scotland.

Real gold beer We have all drunk golden Al, but have you ever drunk gold? Golden Queen Bee brewed by Golden Bee Beer contains edible 24K gold leaf. There is no need to throw gold like this, but if you can get another bottle of The Lost Abbey's Gift Of The Magi-a golden Al with frankincense and myrrh, then you must be full of every cell in your body The joy of Christmas.

Pizza beer Mamma Mia Pizza Beer is produced by the Chicago Pizza Beer Company. The ingredients include Margarita Pizza soaked in malt. We don’t know if the crust is Chicago-style.

Donut beer Voodoo Donuts Maple Syrup Bacon Al is the first beer launched by Voodoo Donut Bakery in collaboration with Rogue Brewery, also in Oregon. The series includes six products so far. They want to use these beers to reproduce the best-selling single-product flavors of this bakery in Portland. The latest flavors currently launched are Guerrilla Grape and Mango Spaceman.

Pig head beer Mangalica Pig Porter uses the head and bones of Mangalica Pig. This breed of pig is quite precious and is known as Kobe beef in pork. Right Brain Brewery in Traverse City, Missouri uses whole pig heads when brewing this beer, and even the eyeballs are still in the eye sockets. The winery also brews a series of more delicious pork pie beers, with raw materials including whole pork pie from a local bakery.

Expired bread beer The raw material of toast air is leftover bread that cannot be eaten, and it aims to eliminate food waste. All the profits from this beer brewed with excess bread are donated to charitable organizations, and even a factory is set up in the Bronx, New York. The recipe is public, so you can try it yourself with the leftover bread you eat.

Just put your crying beer There is a resonance between Chili Control and Beer Mania, which is why countless beers have combined these two things in one in pursuit of a mixed effect. The grimace killer at the Twisted Pine Brewery in Colorado—named after the Wudang rapist of the same name—uses six different varieties of peppers. Among them, the hottest pepper is the Devil Pepper (also known as Broken Soul Pepper). Scoville's index exceeds 1 million-the pepper is only about 2000. You can imagine how spicy it is.

Bearded beer Rogge Beard Beer can be regarded as one of the most weird beers in the world. Brewmaster John Maier extracts yeast from his beard and brews an American wild ale. Maier once vowed that he would never shave his beard, so the raw material of this beer can really be said to be

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paper-mario-wiki · 5 years

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man.

there’s something really melancholy to me about a really specific phase of modern culture that i dont think has a name. it started as a very masculine culture but sorta seeped out and overtook everything else.

lemme try to break it down into some buzzwords.

Zombies. Bacon. Beard. Flannel. Manly. Man Cave. Craft Beer. Sriracha Sauce. Shotgun. Hipster. Zombie Apocalypse. Gentleman. ThinkGeek.

that one. remember that one? it’s not all thematically the same but i bet it conjured up a very potent feeling in you.

i’ve been watching this one series on youtube where these super talented dudes who make weapons from fictional worlds and it has a REALLY high production value (it’s called Man-At-Arms and it’s really good, here’s a link) and it reminds me a lot of popular reality shows from that era like Pawn Stars and American Pickers. that, in-turn, reminded me of that sort of culture as a whole. and it kinda just like. took me back a while. back in time to 2011 during the height of when internet culture and pop culture were eclipsing.

remember the time you first saw a meme on a product that was for sale in a department store? i do. it was some school notebooks with ragefaces on them.

if i may, i’d like to name that cultural phenomenon the Post-Geek Movement. it pretty much destroyed the negative social implications surrounding “Geek” culture.

it was no longer nerdy to like Video Games or Tabletop Games.

superhero movies were becoming appointment viewing.

people started looking for media inside the population instead of outwards at big budget corporations. when mass-production was out and artisan-made was in and, eventually, artisan goods became mass produced.

the weight of the internet became too heavy to be contained in it’s cultural bubble and when it popped it covered everything.

maybe i remember it a little more potently than the average person cuz i grew up in portland which was, like, the nucleus of this kind of stuff, but i feel like it still affected culture on a global scale.

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sillysilje · 5 years

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Does anyone else geek out over the wrong side of knitting? 😍 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #strikking #strikketøy #strikketøj #strikketerapi #alafosslopi #wrongsideknitting #tradisjon #tradisjonstrikk #knittersofinstagram #knitting #knittingaddict #knittinglove #norwegianknitting #norwegianknitters #norsk #handmade #diy #hobby #craft #yarn #yarns #garn #cozy #koselig #strikkekos #hygge #norsktradisjon #icelandicsweater #ravelry (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/B11kTTPpLNs/?igshid=sms12ev1a6aj

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rude-bird · 11 months

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Gearing up for both Geek Craft Expo and Rose City Comic Con in Portland. But I do also have a web store in the meantime where I have commissions open! Rudebirds-roost.square.site

But I’ll have multiple sizes of this jellyfish themed bag at my artist alley tables. See y’all at Geek Craft this weekend!

#dice #dice bag #dnd #dungeons and dragons #lgbt Artist #handmade #sewing #critical role #critrole #jellyfish #ttrpg #tabletop games

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nwbeerguide · 9 months

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Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider Taproom & Cidery celebrates its 12th anniversary and its new location, July 22nd.

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Twelve years after starting a cidery at home in his basement, Nat West is celebrating the opening of a new Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider Taproom & Cidery on SE Division Street with a Summer Night Market. In partnership with Assemblage PDX, the street will be closed for the event which features 26 local artists and vendors and eight food carts from the new Farmhouse Carts pod attached to the Rev Nat’s Taproom. The Night Market is a benefit for the Portland Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Order of Benevolent Bliss, an advocacy and support group for the LGBTQIA+ community. “I started this business in my basement without imagining that it would be successful enough to move beyond my house,” said Nat West. “In the last decade I’ve served a lot of people from around the world who have visited to enjoy cider from my two locations in Portland prior to this new space, each one an upgrade. Now I couldn’t be more excited to join the amazing Division Street business community and welcome cider fans new and old to my new home.” The new Cidery & Taproom is located on SE 35th Place, one door down from Division Street and behind the long-standing wood-fired Italian restaurant Cibo. A new 9-space food cart pod opened adjacent to the cidery earlier this year and features acclaimed Mama Chow’s Chinese street food, Sunrise Coffee Co, Shera Indian, Thai Burger PDX, Let’s Roll, Gyro World and E-San Thai. A side door connects the air conditioned Reverend Nat’s Taproom to the outdoor covered and heated cart pod dining area. Behind the Taproom is a 5000 square foot production area previously occupied by Southeast Wine Collective and Logsdon Farmhouse Ales. In the coming weeks, the Reverend Nat’s team will be consolidating their cidermaking operations into the new space as they move out of their production-only facility under the 405 bridge in North Portland. Nat continued, “I have been looking for a new Taproom since we were forced to close our previous Taproom in 2020, but I didn’t want just any place that would work. I wanted a space that brought our over ten years of history and world-class ciders to a neighborhood where we had other food and beverage businesses to work alongside.” The new Taproom is open seven days per week with hours on Monday through Thursday from 3 pm to 9 pm and Friday, Saturday and Sunday from noon to 10 pm. The upcoming Summer Night Market continues a tradition that Reverend Nat’s began at their previous home off NE Broadway. This marks the fourth time that the popular cidery has partnered with other artists and craftspeople to showcase handmade products. This year the offerings from local makers include handmade clothes and guitars, drinkware, wall art, scents, jewelry and home goods, useful gadgets, plant accessories, ceramics, soaps, and travel essentials. While browsing these handicrafts, you can enjoy six hard ciders, five local beers, and five non-alcoholic options include a new Rev Nat’s alcohol-removed hard cider and four non-alcoholic beers. This family-friendly event has no entry fee, minors are welcome, and runs from 4 pm to 10 pm. More information on the Summer Night Market can be found on Rev Nat’s social media channels as well at revnats.com/news/12th-anniversary-night-market/ More about Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider: Reverend Nat is a single-minded cider evangelist and craft beer revolutionary who searches the world for superior ingredients to handcraft the most unusual ciders that no one else will make. Founder Nat West started making cider at home in 2004 and opened Reverend Nat's Hard Cider in September of 2011. With unique products like the multiple-fermented Revival, crowd favorite Viva la Pineapple and subtle Saint Citron, he is making cider in the creative spirit of beer geeks. To learn more, check out the website at reverendnatshardcider.com or find him on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @revnatscider. More about Assemblage PDX: Assemblage is Community Supporting Community. Their intent is to contribute to the building of an inclusive community and provide a way for makers, builders and artisans to showcase their work and share their skills with the Pacific Northwest. Their motto of "cooperation, not competition" speaks directly to that intent, for they truly believea rising tide should lift all boats. More about The Portland Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence: The Portland Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Order of Benevolent Bliss, is a fully professed house of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. As a 501(C)3 public charitable organization, we are dedicated to the support, education, and development of the LGBTQQIP2SAA+ communities. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence came into existence on Easter weekend in 1979. Four men dressed in full traditional nun habits went out into the San Francisco community and began what has become our mission. Since that weekend in 1979 many have heeded the calling. There are now hundreds of Sisters manifesting in countries all around the world. The Portland Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are dedicated to continuing the work started by those 4 Sisters 40 years ago. The name of our House, the Order of Benevolent Bliss, reflects our desire to help our community through charitable acts, community outreach, and education; doing so in a fashion that promulgates universal joy.

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2018 Happy Thoughts

Hello, all! I have completed my list of happy thoughts from 2018! Before you read, some disclaimers/facts: -Some of these thoughts are highly political, or highly politically charged. Please remember that my views are my own and do not reflect the views of anyone else. -What you might consider a happy thought and what I consider a happy thought probably differ. That’s okay. -Like most of us, some days I really struggle to keep my chill. -Some days, the small victories mean everything. -When I say I take drugs to sleep, I mean OTC drugs. Nothing illegal here, folks. -I take immense pride in my work. -Most names have been changed. Please don’t stalk me. -I have NO idea WTF happened to my March dates. They were correct, now they aren’t? I’m too lazy to fix it. -I go to the movies a LOT. -If you live in PDX, you might recognize some places and events. I do live in Portland. -I only got 344/365. Not too shabby for a first time! -The word “movie” is mentioned 23 times. I hardly feel this is representative to how often I go to the movies. -There are 175 exclamation points here. -My Lovey is mentioned 40 times, “my love” 8. -This has been a year for friendship. -HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDS! May this year be better and less stressful than 2018. 1/1Today I started packing for our Disney World trip!

1/2 Today was my last day at PCD. This is a very good thing. I left early and went to go see the movie Coco. It is a very good movie.

1/3 I got a makeover today. I let strangers touch my face. I stepped outside of my comfort zone. I tried something new.

1/4 T cheered me up today. He's a good friend to have!

1/5 I got a call for an interview. Nothing may come of it, but it still feels good. Also I did more packing for the honeymoon.

1/6 Today was my bachelorette party. I had a spectacular time with friends and fams!

1/7 Spent the day with Aunty! Took her to see the Downtown Library, Powells City of Books, and we went in search of Sasquatch!

1/8 BFF and I got a massage, mani and pedi today. It was a relaxing day! 1/9I GOT MARRIED TODAY! <3 <3

1/10 Arrived at Walt Disney Resort!

1/11 First day at Walt Disney World! Went to magic Kingdom, met so many characters, rode a roller coaster, a squirrel waved at me!

1/12 Went to Animal Kingdom today. I saw baby tigers! Might be my favorite park!

1/13 We had a wonderful dinner and saw a wonderful fireworks show at Epcot

1/14 We had a nice relaxing day at Hollywood Studios. Lovey got a cool limited edition Star Wars pin

1/15 Had a relaxing day @ Epcot today. Got to go on both Pandora rides @ Animal Kingdom

1/16 Met Gaston today! <3

1/17 We're finally home!

1/18 I spent the majority of the day asleep. I feel a little better.

1/19 I feel a bit better today. I have been binging Once Upon a Time

1/20 Feeling slightly better. I did chores today!

1/21 When to see the Pirates of the Caribbean live symphony today! :D

1/22 I had a job interview today. It was okay.

1/23 I started wearing my fitbit again. And I worked out! Also I get to see Becks today!

1/24 I scored a job interview today thanks to Opti. Feeling good about my job prospects.

1/25 I had two job interviews today.

1/26 Lovey came home and loved me.

1/27 I did my taxes today!

1/28 Lovey and I went to Rev Nat's today. We had yummy cider and pretzels!

1/29 I got a call from EES. Even if nothing comes from it, it felt good!

1/30 I heard back from EES today! I have an interview tomorrow at 10. Also I feel pretty today!

1/31 Got my nails done and got to see Mark

2/1 I got to see BFF today!

2/2 I snaked a drain for the first time today. It was really gross, but I am really proud of myself.

2/3 Waffles! Quality time with Lovey talking about the horror that is the Disney Cars universe.

2/4 I started putting up shelves in my craft room. I'm not sure if I'll finish tonight but I am halfway done and I did it all by myself.

2/5 Not sure why, but I feel pretty and confident today!

2/6 It took 4 days, but I finally finished making my craft room usable again.

2/7 I got my pixie cut back today! It feels good to have short hair again!

2/8 Pretty sure I got a job today

2/9 I baked today for the first time in years. I made mini red-velvet whoopie pies. It felt great.

2/10 I have been sleeping well for the last 4 nights. I am excited to go to BFF's for Galentines! I also made a delicious peppermint latte this morning.

2/11 I went to a CON meeting today. It was nice to feel wanted.

2/12 I got the job at EES! Eeeeeeeeeee!

2/13 I bought a nice dress today. I know I shouldn't have but I feel pretty! Also I am going to my first Mardi Gras parade today!

2/14 I took a great nap today!

2/15 Hopefully this isn't a duplicate. Went to see Black Panther today. It was really good. #wakandaforever

2/16I had a very relaxed day at home today!

2/17 Lovey and I went to go see a Buster Keaton movie today called Seven Chances. Very funny movie!

2/18 So far, today has been quite relaxing. I am going to get my nails done today.

2/19 First day at EES. It was wonderful!

2/20 Today I did some of the stuff I was actually hired to do! It felt good!

2/21 Today I got to talk to Carol Carroll during my lunch break!

2/22 Today I kept having internal moments of why I love Lovey.

2/23 Today I finished out my first week at EES!

2/24 Went to Miyakocon today! 2/25Second day at Miyakocon! I made an applique Totoro. So glad to be home!

2/26 Received my Bernard pin today! Yay for the internet!

2/27 Lovey and I went to see a weird movie today that was weird, but great: Streets of Fire. I even got to sit next to Becks!

2/28 I went to BFF's house today

3/1 Tonight I have ZERO responsibilities to tend to after work. I have been looking forward to this ALL DAY.

3/2 I am not sure if I did a happy thought today. This may be a duplicate. I started watching season 2 of a Series of Unfortunate events today. Yay!

3/3 Today, I repurposed a lolita hat I have into another lolita hat! Getting my coord ready for Sak! Also today was nice and relaxing!

3/3 Today we started our Coast trip! Devil's Punch Bowl, Flying Dutchman Winery, good local food, and we arrived at The Sylvia Beach hotel.

3/3 We tried a new food: The Impossible Patty.A vegetable based meat substitute. It was delicious! It's made The White Owl Social Club one of my favorite things!

3/4 This might be a duplicate! Sunday was relaxing

3/4 I got to talk to my friend Emily A today for the first time in a while. I miss her tons!

3/5 I had a productive day at work today!

3/6 Lovey and I went to see a b-movie today with Tonya Harding in it.

3/7 Lovey was super cuddly today!

3/8 Had a fun day at Gamestorm! 3/9I came home today and watched Coco again

3/10 Got to spend time with BFF today!

3/11 Had a relaxing day with Lovey. Watched a documentary about Hedy Lamarr

3/12 This is the first day in over a week I haven't been mad at Con.

3/13 Had a wonderful time at Geek Craft Expo

3/13 Kung Fu theater tonight with my love!

3/14 It's PIE DAY! Went and had pie flavored cider, including a pizza flavored cider that actually tasted like pizza, as well as some actual pizza with my love!

3/15 Today I stayed home because I wasn't feeling well. I slept a lot and kept myself warm. Now I feel better.

3/16 Today was the first day of my first Trends show. It was fun! Then, Lovey and I went to see the new Jumanji! It's very entertaining!

3/17 Got to hang out with Con BFF for the first time in ages! 3/18Got my nails done today!

3/19 Today marks my first 30 days with EES

3/20 Today is the first day in a while that I have come straight home from work. It feels nice.

3/21 Today was the first day of spring3/22I had a lovely dinner with Lovey

3/23 It was a long week. My positive moment is leaving work today to enjoy my weekend.

3/24 Got my haircut today. It feels nice.

3/25 I'm over being angry about going to Sakuracon. I am actually kind of excited!

3/26 Work BFF gave me a much needed ear to listen to my woes and some good advice.

3/27 I had a nice day. :)

3/28 I'm packing for Sakura Con today

3/29 Work BFF and I spent our morning bus-wait together

3/30 Made it to Sakuracon!

3/31 I bought a dream Lolita dress today!

4/1 So happy to be home from Sak today!

4/2 My Beastie is keeping me from working on con things. It is annoying, but mostly adorable.

4/3 Today I discovered that Zero's beans are not 100% black. They have pink spots! He's been lying to me this whole time!

4/4 I am not feeling well so I stayed home and slept. It felt wonderful.

4/5 I accurately tracked my calories today. I am proud of me. 4/6I had a productive day at work!

4/7 I didn't sleep at all last night. Lovey made sure I slept today. He takes care of me. :)

4/9 I was locked out of the complex earlier. A nice neighbor let me in. :)

4/11 Lovey and I went to Ate Oh Ate today!

4/12 I had a wonderfully busy day at work!

4/13 I got a nice, simple, clean manicure today. My nails feel better

4/14 Spent time playing games with John and Lisa. :)

4/15 I slept remarkably well and have been enjoying playing World of Final Fantasy

4/16 Lovey and I headed to The Lakewood Theater to see Sister Act: The Musical

4/17 I went to see The Cell tonight with Lovey. I'll get shit for this, but that movie is scary. Lovey cuddled me very well tonight to make me feel better

4/18 I have the house to myself tonight! I'll miss my lovey, but sometimes it's nice to have the house to myself!

4/19 Went to Happy Hour with BFF today!

4/20 Lovey and I had a nice evening out. Went to dinner and took a walk at a park.

4/21 Got to see my CON friends at the meeting today. :)

4/22 I cleaned the kitchen and living room today! So nice!

4/23 I had a very productive day today and it is finally starting to be sunny out

4/24 I came home to a nice clean living room!

4/25 BFF & I finished RPDR All Stars 3 today.While were were behind the curve and massively disappointed in the winner, we did finish it and we did it together.

4/26 Lovey was super affectionate today.

4/27 Saw a great spaghetti western tonight!

4/28 Went to see Castle in the Sky tonight. I love that movie!

4/29 I spent my day sleeping!

4/30 I had a productive day

5/1 Lovey and I went to see the movie Running Man. The movie is awful and awesome.

5/2 Today was the first day at work without Lovey. It was so peaceful and so productive.

5/3 I had a wonderful walk at lunchtime today

5/4 It's Friday! The week is over! May the Fourth be with you!

5/5 It's free comic book day! Sammi and I had a good time at the Free Comic Book Day event at the Beaverton Library!

5/6 Lovey and I went to a lovely bunch. I dressed nice. I tried a bloody mary for the first time today (yuck)

5/7 Out with my love today after work to see Stand by Me

5/8 I had a wonderfully productive day at work today!

5/9 We saw a super cool movie called The Endless

5/10 BFF and I went to go seea Peaches Christ show today featuring Alaska! I got to shake her hand!

5/11 Lovey and I had a lovely morning at the Gresham Farmers Market. Also learned that my cats are not deathly ill! Yay!

5/12 Going to Geek Craft Expo today!

5/13 I did yoga today

5/14 The weather today was just perfect!

5/15 I feel very lucky and blessed to have Lovey in my life. I love that I can tell him anything.

5/19 Spent the morning with Con BFF and experienced my first Quilt Market event at EES

5/20 Just realized most of my May thoughts probably say April. Went to a CON meeting today.

5/21 It felt nice coming home after a long day.

5/22 I have a work friend! Her name is Work BFF!

5/23 I was actually helpful at a CON meeting today

5/24 It was a nice quiet day at work today!

5/25 Lovey and I went to see the Ruth Bader Ginsburg documentary. That woman is an inspiration.

5/26 Watched RPDR with Charmaine and Con BFF today!

5/27 Snow got me the game Slime Rancher! It's so cute and relaxing!

5/29 Work BFF and I bonded today over work annoyances and Drag Race

5/30 Today I caught up on my backlog at work! Woo!

5/31 Lovey and I went to see Blues Brothers today @ The Hollywood

6/1 Work BFF, Jolene and I went to go see Thunder From Down Under at Spirit Mountain Casino tonight. It was fun!

6/2 I went outside today then the sun made me sleepy and I took a lovely nap!

6/3 Today was ILD!

6/4 I booked our hotel for Disneyland!

6/5 Went to B Movie Bingo and watched an exceptionally bad movie called Ninja 3

6/6 Work BFF let me talk about Disneyland today for a very long time.

6/7 That moment of sweet relief when the splinter in my eye fell out. I will never forget how that moment of freedom felt.

6/8 I had a very productive day at work. It was just one of those days that just went well. It was nice.6/9Went to one of the few exec meetings that are in person.

6/10 We saw One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest today after the CON meeting

6/11 I had a happy Monday!

6/12 Productive day at work!

6/13 Today I read the Twitter thread about Casa Padre and the zero tolerance immigration policy. Maybe not a happy thought for me, but an important moment in American journalism.

6/14 Today was pleasantly uneventful

6/15 Lovey and I went to see The Incredibles 2 today!

6/16 Work BFF and I went to brunch then came back to my place to watch Vikings and Versailles

6/17 There was a lovely and long thunderstorm today. I also changed my hair color today and I love it!

6/18 Some accessories for my first ever Sweet Coordinate arrived today. They are much cuter in person.6/19I love listening to RuPaul's What's the Tee. It can be very enlightening.

6/20 Enjoying the house to myself tonight.

6/21 I forgot my fare card at home today. Work BFF came to the rescue and let me use hers. It was a very nice thing to do.

6/22 Went to see Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion tonight at The Hollywood

6/23 Locker meeting, Toadstool Cupcakes, and Versailles with Work BFF

6/24 I had a wonderful nap today

6/25 Today Lovey and I went to see The Big Lebowski at The Hollywood. It was my first time seeing that movie on the big screen.

6/26 I managed to not do any complaining today. It was nice.

6/27 I got a massage today! Yay!

6/28 Another day where I managed not to complain

6/29 Went to Triangle Productions to see Hedwig and the Angry Inch

6/30 I slept without sleeping pills last night. BFF and Work BFF are coming over to finish Drag Race season 10

7/1 A relaxing Sunday with cider, donuts and Spaceballs! #watchout!

7/2 End of month on a monday. I ran a marathon (so to speak) at work today and I am proud of myself.

7/3 We saw two movies today: Won't You Be My Neighbor and Avengers: Infinity War. The first one made me cry a lot.

7/4 My least favorite day of the year, but it was surprisingly relaxing and I got to sleep in

7/5 Met with a neighbor to work on stuff for our courtyard.

7/6 All I really remember is that today was a good day.

7/7 The D'elias were in town. We went to the Chinese Gardens and the Portland Art Museum

7/8 I love sunday afternoon naps!

7/9 Lovey and I had a good day.

7/10 Kung fu theater! :)

7/11 A Mighty Wind at The Hollywood! That movie makes me happy!

7/12 I stopped by Bernie Dexter today. Got myself a cute dress, and a petti.

7/13 Friday the 13th, woo! Also the house to myself tonight!

7/14 Going to the zoo with my love to have fun and to see Bela Fleck and the Flecktones!

7/15 Met BFF for brunch. It's been a while. It was lovely.

7/16 Monday was productive. :)

7/17 I made a dentist appointment!

7/18 I handled a tough work situation well today. 7/20Today we saw Leave No Trace. Sad movie.

7/21 We saw an awesome movie today called The Car. It was like Jaws, but with a car.

7/23 I've started making my own smoothies!

7/25 I drank a lot of water today.

7/26 Last night I slept without drugs!

7/27 I got my nails done today.

7/28 Deadpool 2! Also Mini-con! Busy day!

7/29 Lovey and I had an awesome day and Samurai Sunday is back at the Hollywood

7/30 Our new AR team member started today!

7/31 July was a long month! It's finally over!

8/1 I started training the new team member today!

8/2 Today is my birthday! Yay!

8/3 I am proud of how much work I got done today!

8/4 Went to the aquarium and learned a lot about otters. Also had a nice walk on the beach today.

8/5 Ending our coast trip with a visit to Yaquina Bay lighthouse, tide pools, and a trip to two towns cider house!

8/6 I got blood drawn today and didn't cry.

8/7 Lovey and I went to see Mortal Kombat at The Hollywood

8/8 Today one of my coworkers got super excited by all the nerdy stuff in my overhead at work.

8/9 I'm starting to come out of a grumpiness I have had for a while.

8/10 Today Work BFF came over for Versailles Season 2

8/12 Lovely quiet day with Lovey.

8/13 Finally got to set up the new mattress today!

8/14 Productive work day!

8/15 Movie date night with my love!

8/16 I made a delicious and perfectly blended smoothie today!

8/17 Work BFF and I went bar hopping!

8/18 First day at Resin Rose BJD expo. A lot more fun than I was expecting.

8/19 Second day at Resin Rose. Also Powerglove concert tonight! I made a friend at Resin Rose!

8/20 I slept great last night!

8/21 Today is Work BFF's birthday. I hope she had a wonderful day.

8/22 I don't know about events, but physically I am feeling great!

8/23 Today I logged on to Flight Rising for the first time in a long time. I missed my dergs.

8/24 Spent time @ The Hollywood watching Troop Beverly Hills with Jason (from work, because I know many Jasons)

8/25 We finally got our old mattress hauled away!

8/26 Had a really nice day doing outreach at The Hollywood theater.

8/27 I made a really good smoothie today!

8/28 Lovey and I went to go see a cool movie called Infra-Man. Princess Dragon Mom is awesome!

8/29 I talked to Jarrod for the first time in ages.

8/30 I got to see BFF for the first time in ages!

8/31 Got a QUEEN mani at Finger Bang today9/1Slept in! Saw Grease at The Hollywood!

9/2 Saw a very good movie called Samurai Rebellion

9/3 I cleaned the living room. Maybe someday I will clean the craft room.

9/4 Saw a great terrible movie today called For Your Height Only. It was awful and awesome.

9/5 Was a nice easy day at work.

9/6 Today was nice and fall like!

9/7 First day of Rose City. My panel went well! 9/8Finally saw Get Out. Bout damn time. It was a good movie.

9/9 Third day of RCCC. I met Jason Porath, creator of Rejected Princesses. He's so nice! And I finally saw Star Trek 2: Wrath of Kahn

9/10 Today I gave my coworker credit for the hard work she's been doing.

9/12 Today I started reading The Princess Bride

9/13 Today was a nice quiet day at work.

9/14 Second Trends show started today!

9/15 I wore my first Sweet lolita coordinate to work today! It was a smashing success!

9/16 Last day of Trends! So much fun!

9/17 Today was a day at work where I wasn't bored! Not once!

9/18 Today, I took time to forgive.

9/19 Spent some quality time with my heating pad today.

9/20 Rock and Roll High School @ the Hollywood with PJ Soles!

9/21 Day with Work BFF watching Versailles and the new Baywatch movie

9/23 Started a new book today: Z: The Beginning of Everything

9/23 Today I slept the fuck in! WOO!

9/24 Today I found out that my grandfather is dead. This is a good thing.

9/25 Saw The Color Purple @ The Armory!

9/26 Weather was so nice today! Fall is here!

9/27 Lovely, quiet night at home.

9/28 Had a good day at work today!

9/29 Slept WAY in! Mani-pedi @ fingerbang!

9/30 Brunch with Work BFF and BFF. Meeting at Laurelhurst Park. It was a good day.

10/1 Work BFF is a good friend to have.

10/2 Today I loved Lovey, like I do every day.

10/3 Lovey was very affectionate today. :)

10/4 Off to Colorado for the weekend! Can't wait to see my Auntie!

10/5 Memorial service for my rapist. It wasn't fun but boy am I glad he's dead

10/6 Party tonight with the fams in Colorado!

10/7 I'm home!

10/8 Mondays! It felt nice to wake up to the sound of rain!

10/9 Kung Fu Theater! It's always nice to see Becks!

10/10 Went to see Pippen tonight at The Lakewood!

10/11 Today I am wearing my Wednesday Addams dress. It's been a while. I look good!

10/12 Regardless of my work woes, I still had a good day

10/13 I slept in and we saw Evil Dead 2 at the Hollywood!

10/14 Brunch and shopping with Work BFF. She found a brand new Lindy Bop dress that I bought! I'm a size 16 now!

10/15 I am really starting to enjoy my book Sacre Bleu!

10/16 Dinner and a movie (Collette) with my love! And I got my new glasses today!

10/17 I don't remember! It was good though!

10/18 Cuddles tonight with Lovey

10/19 Today I went to get my dental prescriptions

10/20 I love being able to sleep in! Also, last reg meeting before con!

10/21 Last general meeting before con!

10/22 Today is already my Thursday!

10/23 Crazy productive day @ work today! Con soon!

10/24 Other than crying a lot, I did well at my dental appointment

10/25 Day Zero of con! Woo!

10/26 Day 1 of con! Woo!

10/27 Day 2 of con! Woo!

10/28 Day 3 of con! It's finally over!

10/29 Today: Applied for my passport, brunch with Work BFF, massage @ Zama, jacuzzi and awful TV with BFF

10/30 Con crud today, but it does feel good to sleep.

10/31 Halloween! Beetlejuice at The Hollywood and I got a tarot reading!

11/1 Month End @ work went smoothly

11/2 I know this is not a good thing to be happy about, but Michelle was a no-call/no-show today. Not having her around made my day easier.

11/3 Lovey's b-day today! Breakfast at a gluten free bakery, a Hitchcock movie @ The Hollywood, dinner @ Tapalaya, home for cuddles and to watch the new Sabrina show!

11/4 Gluten free donuts! And my search for a home repair person has begun!

11/5 Today I learned that we do not need to replace the drywall in the bathroom!

11/6 I watched some GWAR videos tonight. It made me sad. I'm still in mourning. But metal makes me feel good and it was followed by some good metal themed TedX talks.

11/7 Night out with BFF!

11/8 Today I learned about Scottish Wildcats.

11/9 Today I relaxed

11/11 Harry and the Hendersons w/ Rick Baker! Dinner with BFF and Anthony was fun!

11/12 Dentist appointment today and I didn't cry!

11/13 I was brave and actually made a recommendation today at work

11/14 Today I woke up actually feeling refreshed11/15Productive day at work!

11/16 Made it to Friday! 11/17CON elections, pretty lolita coordinates, cider festival where Lovey and I found a room to chill in that we had all to ourselves!

11/18 Spent the day being hung over with my love

11/19 Today I had a bunch of check batches. Super proud of myself for finishing them all.

11/20 Went to see Heavy Metal today at The Hollywood

11/21 Today at work was wonderfully quiet.

11/22 Nice quiet thanksgiving is the best

11/23 Nail day! I love getting my nails done!

11/24 I logged into GW 2 for the first time in ages. It felt good!

11/25 4 years ago today we brought our Beastie home!

11/26 Today I started an online fitness challenge. I am going to start focusing on being healthier and taking better care of my body.

11/27 Today I worked out in a dress and it made me feel fabulous.

11/28 Today I actually made it to 30 mins of a cardio workout

11/29 Keeping up with exercise today by doing laps on the hill at The Hollywood

11/30 Flying out to Seattle tonight!

12/1 ILD up in Seattle was so intimate and fun. Then we went to Enchant, a giant christmas light maze

12/2 My first long distance train ride ever! Lovey's work holiday party! Peaches Christ Drag Show!

12/3 Got to see Jarrod today!

12/4 Nice quiet night at home

12/5 I forced myself to work out today!

12/6 Nothing bothered me today

12/7 We went to see Howard the Duck tonight. Remember that movie?!

12/8 Today we went to crafty wonderland. I got my coworkers some nice gifts!

12/9 Hanukkah party with BFF and Work BFF!

12/10 I worked out!

12/19 Got a new phone today!

12/23 Started opening my happy thoughts today. This is gonna take forever. But it's gonna be fun!

12/24 Into the Spiderverse was really good!

12/25 Mary Poppins Returns. It was fun.

12/26 I made Zero wear his bow tie today. <3

12/27 Finished In Her Own Words. Great book!

12/31 Last day of 2018!

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