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@noonewould

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In California soaking up the sun and telling everyone to lighten up.
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Trans BIPOC lives matter. Free Palestine. 🍉
owner of @woodcoffeeco

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This past year was in many ways one of the hardest in my adult life so far - but also one of the most healing. It’s funny to think I have spent 18 years now being “and adult” (18+18=36) does this mean I’m an adult at adulting? I’m not sure. But it does get harder at times but also at easier at times. You may lose your pet who completed you for the first 17 years of your adulthood and it hurts (a lot). But you also get to remind yourself of how lucky you were to have experienced a love so deep and full. You get to really build your life with intention and while it may not always go according to plan, you realize some of the joys of growing up are the unexpected hurdles that help you learn and grow. And then there are the people you meet along the way who change your life in so many ways. Some of them stay for 10, 15 and even 20+ years and others are just there for small chapters or maybe even just pages of your life. But as you learn to care for yourself and really take the time to see how grateful you are to be surrounded by so much love even when the world really feels like it’s too much and like things are only getting worse. And then when you feel overwhelmed … you zoom out and get to see the balance and duality and beauty and horrors and you keep going for that friend that family member that sweet cat you got to love and you keep forming connections with people and beyond because that’s what life is about. And you just try your best to do what you can to leave the world a little better than it was when you got there. 18 year old Nolan would be so proud of 36 year old Nolan. So, happy birthday to me. Here are some pics from 35 as a treat for reading my monologue. If you got this far, thanks. I’m an emotional cancer, I can’t help it and don’t really want to. taken in Long Beach, California by @noonewould

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Ruh roh… Wood is 4!! Every time I feel so exhausted and depleted we have incredible weekends like this past one and I’m swiftly reminded that no matter how hard and or defeating it all can feel at times it’s so worth it. Seeing all of the people who’ve been coming here since day one or maybe are newer to us and more really remind me why I did this in the first place. Words truly can’t accurately convey the gratitude I have for each and every person who’s been a part of shaping and nurturing this place in to what it’s become.

Thank you deeply,

Nolan. taken in WOOD coffee co. by @noonewould

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It’s with profound sadness I share the passing of my sweet baby boy.
Rupert “Ru” “sir waterbeard the 3rd” “Ruperto” “Rupiness” Wood I always said your birthday was the 16th. But I was never certain but I did find the emails from picking you up on October 10th just before you turned 1. October 16th 2007 - October 13th 2025. He went peacefully in my home and got to enjoy one last French fry.

The words I never wanted to type, the post I never wanted to make. My sweet Rupert boy. How much life I’ve gotten to enjoy with you in this world is such a gift I will treasure for eternity. How bright you have made my life through every heartache, hangover and anxiety ridden night. You came into my life at 18 years old in Tucson, Arizona. It wasn’t even my idea to get you, but the moment you came home with me I knew it was us until the end. I just wish the end could be forever. 17 years of loving you, annoying you , of being annoyed by you and getting to be your human is something I’ll never forget - you changed my life and I know I did everything I could to give you the best life with me. We saw the world (4 states- which is a lot for a domestic indoor house cat) - we ate so many French fries together, we cuddled endlessly and we really looked out for each other. I could go on and on but the best way to end it is with the quote of the song I pretend was written about you - “you’ve got the most unbelievable blue eyes I’ve ever seen.” I really will love you always forever. by @noonewould

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Today I’m 35. Here are some pics from 34. Some of them I took and some of them my friends took and one of them my cat took. Life is neat and also really hard sometimes. Shout out to everyone reading this and not reading this who’ve helped make it all worth it and more. by @noonewould

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Wood turned 3 this weekend.

I’m overwhelmed - with love, with gratitude, with support but also with exhaustion, with anxiety and with finances.

But I’m also so proud — and I’m thankful and I’m grateful. I truly put my entire self into this place and while it has taken so much of me… It’s also fueled me and I feel lucky that people have come and taken the chance on me and this place.

So to my family and my old friends and my new friends and my former employees and my current employees and my future all of those things. Thank you for supporting me in all of the ways and coming in to my silly gay coffee shop. I love you.

So, DO that thing you want! Just know it will not be easy, but it WILL be worth it. Not matter how long or short it lasts. Here’s to 3-100 more years… I haven’t decided yet! taken in WOOD coffee co. by @noonewould

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Rupert is 17 years old today!!! I can’t believe I’ve been so lucky and burdened to be your dad for so long. I simply can’t imagine what my adulthood would have been like without in it. So I won’t. Here’s to as many more years as I get to have you annoy me on this silly planet. Love you stinky Ruperto Robert Ru Sir Waterbeard the great Annoyer! taken in Earth by @noonewould

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And just like brat…. Summer was over. Minus the record breaking temperatures that happen every late August / early September. Does anyone think global warming’s a good thing? I love lady Gaga. I think she’s a really interesting artist. by @noonewould

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34 and counting…
A special birthday edition inside look at what goes on in local micro micro-celebrity gay coffee shop owners annoying ass adhd brain! Everything and more in this month’s issue of I’m a Cancer…. So notice me but not for too long or I’ll fall in love and or cry! Read as he shares about how life in your thirties “isn’t gay retirement like they said it would be” and what brat really means to him, Nolan Wood.

Shout to everyone reading this. Stay Bumpin’ that. 💚 #birthday #brat by @noonewould

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6.15.2024

@charli_xcx taken in Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall by @noonewould

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a post about brat but there are ten pics and it’s also about friendship so it’s not. taken in Brat by @noonewould

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2 years ago

Q1 FY24 Recap Report; Friendship at an all time high with burnout imminent. See you next quarter. taken in Long Beach, California by @noonewould

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3 years ago

Here are some 2023 pics not captured not on an iPhone. Have a great summer. taken in California by @noonewould

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