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@susanorlean

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Writer, writer, writer. Oh, I also write.

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4 years
WHO IS SICK AND TIRED OF EVERYTHING
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4 years
The truth is, it’s not so boring being stuck at home. But it’s interesting that one bag of rice has 8,453 grains, while another has 8,462
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2 years
I honestly can’t remember if I’ve had kids with Elon Musk or not.
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5 years
Shut the fuck up
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If you waste money on coffee, it’s like "peeing $1 million down the drain," says Suze Orman. ☕️ via @CNBCMakeIt
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4 years
Fuck it, I’m having a drink.
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4 years
I am @being shunned by my family because I am drunk. Yes ok I am fine with that FUCK YOU YOU FUCKING FUCKERS
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4 years
Maybe I am drinking too much during THE FUCKING PANDEMIC
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4 years
Thinking of starting a Twitter account. Seems like you have fun here, yes?
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4 years
Having a glass of wine AS ONE DOES.
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3 years
I haven’t had a cold or even sniffles in a year. I’m going to keep wearing a mask in crowds and on planes even after I get vaccinated. They WORK.
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4 years
I’m drunk
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4 years
What prevents you from doing this?
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4 years
I have a horrible feeling I slandered fennel seeds last night.
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Susan Orlean
4 years
Ok a newborn colt rocks it totally and he thought my hand was his mom. It was not. He has tasted life’s infinite tragedy. As I mentioned Earlier I am inebriated
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Susan Orlean
2 years
I’m so confused. So many things to worry about: In what order does one worry about them?
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4 years
I am goi f to sleep. My husband has asked me five hundred rimes @if I am alright. That means it’s go to sleep o’clock
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4 years
Yeah, well, I’m hitting the sauce on a weeknight and I don’t give a fuck
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4 years
I’m falling down drunk. First time in ages. Where is my kitty? He is my drunk comfort animal.
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Susan Orlean
2 years
I once wrote a story about the Super Bowl for the New Yorker and forgot to mention who won the game.
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Susan Orlean
3 years
I’m so mad about so much that I can’t decide what to fixate on.
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3 years
Lately (or not so lately) I am having this problem where I can't keep my mind on a single thing for more than one nanosecond. I've never been more distracted/jumbled/jangled. Anybody with me?
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Susan Orlean
4 years
Drunk
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4 years
Anyone else having vivid, strange, full-of-dread dreams?
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4 years
BTW where exactly Is my fucking cat whe I need him
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4 years
I have SO NOT BEEN HACKED
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4 years
Finally
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Susan Orlean
2 years
Everyone I know is really blue. We’ve run out of resilience. The world feels small and fragile.
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4 years
Yes, I’m watching Adaptation with my 15 yo son who has never seen it. Wish me luck.
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4 years
I’ve just been nominated by Hangover Magazine to be its 2020 Spokesmodel. #proud
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4 years
And I still want candy.
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4 years
Say what you will about my Twitter feed but I have never posted gross pictures of my feet.
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4 years
By the way I am not a wine industry spokesperson I am just a normal person freaking the fuck out
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Susan Orlean
3 years
Never underestimate how much people hate women, Black people, immigrants, masks, and science.
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4 years
Hahaha very funny whoever put the stool softener right next to the Tylenol
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4 years
People with super loud laughs: Please be aware that you are terrifying.
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4 years
My neighbors have invited us over again. I see their evil ways. I will not be tempted!
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4 years
Not my fault. He sneaked into the car and came home with us.
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Susan Orlean
3 years
Everyone I know (including me) is completely at the end of their ropes. It’s the surge plus the vaccine being close yet out of reach for most of us plus too long locked down plus winter plus plus plus. Help.
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5 years
As if we give a fuck.
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Do men find women who swear unattractive?
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4 years
No one on my house is talking to me right now ok!! YeH whatever I hzte you too
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4 years
I went through my jigsaw puzzle phase. I went through my bread-baking phase. I went through my color-my-own-roots phase. The only phase left is nonstop drinking.
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4 years
Fuck the recycling. Going to look for candy which I bet doesn’t exists I. This house godd@@ Min it
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Susan Orlean
3 years
I think Gavin Newsom should be recalled for having married Kimberly Guilfoyle.
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4 years
Son’s response to Adaptation: “Mom, we have to talk.”
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4 years
You know I am currently trying to write a memoir and feel like a clown because WHO CARES ABOUR MY STUPID LIFE but maybe?
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3 years
How is this not a giant blowout for Biden? Where am I?
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4 years
Having I f the stupid fennel seed candy because I ha e no options
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4 years
I @had no idea I made yogurt today. Wow.
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3 years
I’ve been mildly drunk since March
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4 years
I mean SERIOUSLY
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4 years
This is turning me into someone who cheers when I hear certain people are sick. Not something I’ve aspired to. Another reason I hate these people.
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4 years
I’ve been “in a mood” for six months now and I’m kind of done
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Susan Orlean
3 years
Everything, everything, is just fucking HARD. I spent 99% of today trying to convince my 15 yo that Zoom school was awesome. IT IS NOT. Trying to work: Can’t focus. Bored, restless, terrified. I don’t want to get Covid but I’m so fucking sick of being at home. Going insane.
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4 years
A giant tree just fell on my street and knocked the power out. I feel it is urgent that I drink all the white wine in my refrigerator ASAP so it doesn’t spoil
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Susan Orlean
3 years
I’m worried about Rudy Giuliani. KIDDING I AM SO NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT SHITBAG
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Susan Orlean
2 years
Roberts complaining about the leak is like reading your husband’s journal and discovering he’s cheating and having the conversation pivot to how terrible you are for reading his journal.
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4 years
We do ha e so @e weird candy coated fennel seeds. Is that fucking candy?
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4 years
Life is so uncertain, but you can count on this: Whichever direction you first try to plug in a USB connector will be the wrong one.
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4 years
Best boy dog names? Asking for me in case the puppy I’m checking out tomorrow sneaks into the car and comes home with me just in case because that shit does happen sometimes
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4 years
Thank you for your support duri t this difficult time all misspellings are mine totally
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4 years
I would like some candy
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4 years
Welp I had a wholesome day, and tonight I eschewed my customary Cucumber Mule because I’m, you know, cleansing my soul.
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4 years
I’m amazed by everyone who says they will get tons of work done during this lockdown. I can’t begin to focus! Am just obsessively reading the news, listening to the news, watching the news, spreading the news. No work.
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2 years
We may all end up leaving Twitter, honestly who knows, but I will forever cherish the memory of getting drunk on here with you lovely people
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3 years
The fatigue I feel these days is unlike any other I've ever felt. I end each day just WRUNG out. After doing very little, btw. It's a kind of weariness that is new to me.
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2 years
I will be forever glad that I wrote a book about libraries because libraries are truly great.
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4 years
I am not someone who prays but I am going to change my ways and start praying for Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I mean, pray really, really hard.
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2 years
I have my next book:
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For days, snow has trapped dozens of people at a pub in Yorkshire, including an Oasis cover band who have been performing for the captive audience
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4 years
I’m at it again with the fennel seeds but I want you to know I am stone cold sober
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4 years
I AM GOING TO VOTE SO HARD
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Proud fo day my husband is super embarrassed by me
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Going to @go check on our recycling bin because
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Would you folks read a book about writing if I wrote it?
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4 years
Just for the hell of it, tried on my wedding dress. Whatever the dentist gave me is obviously working
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3 years
I really don’t understand why Michael Barbaro can’t say “Here’s what else you need to know today” in a normal way.
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4 years
You guys. Do you tho k my neighbors think 🤔 I’m a. never mind I’m going f to bed
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4 years
I am simultaneously tired ALL THE TIME and jittery-awake all the time HELP
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Getting edited is a privilege, not a punishment.
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2 years
Just boarded a flight and am assessing which passenger we will have to duct-tape to his seat.
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Susan Orlean
4 years
I am so addicted to semi-colons; is this because I can't ever finish a thought?
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3 years
I honestly can't think of a reason not to have a drink
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4 years
I’m sure my neighbors did not notice AT ALL that I was stumbling drunk leaving f the casual neighborhood get together fuck yeah
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3 years
Just a gentle reminder that my birthday is Saturday and I would like an incontestable landslide victory and also jewelry.
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3 years
Fuck Dry January
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3 years
Guys. Tonight is my last night ever in a house I built. My son was a baby here. I have had a million sweet memories here. I’m kind of overwhelmed.
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4 years
When this is all over, are we going to even WANT to go out anymore? I personally am devolving into someone who doesn't move beyond a six-foot radius.
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4 years
Burned my tongue on my dinner so I get extra wine. My rules
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In my humble opinion, the weekend has begun
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3 years
What does Ted Cruz think he’s achieving with that beard?
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3 years
FALSE ALARM I AM PLANNING TO KEEP DRINKING
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4 years
I have a controversial opinion: THIS PANDEMIC SUCKS
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4 years
Seriously we went to my neighbors to see their newborn colt who was born like five mi utes ago and we had some wine
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4 years
COFFEE
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Booked the fly for my podcast
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Being able to write requires quieting your brain. These days, my brain is very, very noisy.
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I fucked off all day because... well, no excuse except once in a while it seems the right choice. Now I'm dipping my toe into a short tumbler of Sauvignon Blanc and singing the blues
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4 years
Already semi-drunk and the debate hasn’t started
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4 years
I just read this and shuddered
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4 years
Let us praise the lord for decent screwtop wines hallelujah
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Susan Orlean
3 years
Recovering 👍👍🤞👍🤞
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4 years
I do declare I’ve been overserved.
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