#figuring

August 1st Yesterday was not the first day of August. Today is. A free day. Bill and I tried to collaborate this morning but it didn’t work out. [...]

Aug. 3rd Actually I am not sure if today is the 3rd or not. It might be the 4th or the 5th. It really doesn’t matter. [...]

1. The poem present only in a letter Dickinson had sent to Higginson in August 1877, that Popova imagines to have been possibly written having witnessed the eclipse on September 29, 1875:

It sounded as if the streets were running— /And then—the streets stood still—/ Eclipse was all we could see at the Window/ And Awe—was all we could feel. / By and by—the boldest stole out of his Covert/ To see if Time was there/ Nature was in her Opal Apron—/ Mixing fresher Air.

2. Asaph Hall was about to give up his frustrating search for a Martian moon one August night in 1877, but his wife Angelina urged him on. He discovered Deimos (pic 1 below) the next night, and Phobos (pic 2 below) six nights after that. (x)

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i honestly think there's like a parallel album between the first and last three?? like, VLV and P.O. are both, (while very different), classic rock inspired albums coming right before a split that seem uncharacteristic for the band to release, DOAB and AFYCSO were both like, breakouts? except for AFYCSO is like, band breakout and Doab is solo artist breakout. also AFYCSO has lyrics about "one bad woman" (direct quote from the he band btw), and DOAB is about one bad man (Brendon, or "the bachelor") and V&V and PFTW are both made of songs primarily written by other people, and drew in more fans (this one is the most of a stretch)

and then like, TWTLTRTD is the middle ground? idk where it goes yet. but you see my vision!! and to tie this into ryden. Seven albums. Seven for a secret never to be told. ryden was obviously real, and he wrote two albums about it because he had a grand plan. or something

seven is also a biblical number btw. seven sins, seven virtues, seven days of creation and rest etc. seven is also a pretty common number of albums for an artist/s to sign on for contractually (idk if u saw the tiktok of that person in their car talkin about it).

also yeah v&v did have more of a pop punk feel but idk

the albums very much do parallel each other but I'm almost tempted to say they're also continuations??? not musically but possibly thematically and lyrically?

VLV is a bastardisation. or maybe false replica.

DOAB & fever were chart toppers and sellers. beloved. magic moments if you will were things went right. they both have the similarity in topics of discussion. DOAB being about the mourning of the single status into a relationship while fever sort of celebrates and criticizes said relationship (or its aspects) in a macabre pantomime.

v&v was written in large by dallon, pete and brendon roughly in that order. pftw, was written mostly by ghost writers if im not mistaken then brendon. so i get u on that.

and yea TWTLTRTD is the middle ground cause thats the last album i remember me or the bando, enjoying the majority of.