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Jan 21
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Geri

2020: The recipe

This is a piece that I wrote during Writing with Alex and Reuben. So much fun!! I highly recommend. 

1. Preheat the oven to Dumpster Fire. 

2. Gather ingredients, you will need: 

- 2 cups of N95 masks (use old, overused ones for best flavor) 

- 2 cups of hand sanitizer 

- 3 cups of loneliness acquired from staring at your friends through your phone 

- ½ cup of awkward zoom meetings, (add the ones where no one turns on their camera for extra flavor)

- ½ cup of election stress 

- ¼ cup of Netflix 

- ⅓ cup of elbow handshakes 

- ⅓ cup of toilet paper shortages 

- And finally a dash of giant cicadas 

3. Grab a dented, misshapen bowl and mix masks, hand sanitizer, loneliness, and zoom meetings together. 

4. Next, add in election stress, Netflix, elbow handshakes, and toilet paper shortages. 

5. Mix all the ingredients together. 

6. Let the mixture sit long enough to become stale and dry. 

7. Scoop the mixture into a pan and set in the oven. 

8. Leave the mixture in the oven for what seems like forever and only when you don’t think it could possibly last any longer, take it out. 

Ta da!! There you have it. 2020, ready to be enjoyed. 
 
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Posted: 01.21.22
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  1. GreyBean
    Jan 21, 2022

    Haha, I love this!

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  1. Geri
    Jan 22, 2022

    Thanks!

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  1. EvaPrinceCharming
    Jan 23, 2022

    This is awesome and hilarious. You captured the exact mixture of 2020. I was smiling so much when I read it.

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  1. Geri
    Feb 06, 2022

    Aw thank you! I'm glad it made you smile :)

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  1. Penelope
    Jan 23, 2022

    Haha I love this, I was laughing the whole time I read it!

    -Penelope

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  1. Geri
    Feb 06, 2022

    Thanks!

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