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(Summer Study Challenge) 8/1/2020: Worst thing about the beach? 

The sand! Hehehe... sometimes it’s nice, but not when it sticks to you! Also that feeling of when you’re trying to sleep at the hotel later that night but your body still feels like it’s out on the waves, like you’re bobbing up and down. Could do without those... 

Made an incredibly cheeky run to B&N today - and I think I audibly said “Oh my God they have it” when I saw This is Shakespeare. This one’s been on my list for a while. I’ve been needing something to read before bed, so I think the Carroll or the More will do nicely. Those have also been on my list for a while! I added that Middle Ages book because I’ve been needing to get a refresher on my medieval history. Hopefully I’ll learn a few things when reading too! 

Oh, yeah, it’s also August! Where did all that time go? We made it eight months in this wild year and I love you all. 

monday, 03 august

wrote back to my penpal today; the second pic is a postcard from the first letter i sent him back in july.

thursday, 30th july

tuesday, 20th october

(Summer Study Challenge) 7/31/2020: What do you like most about the beach?

There was a moment from James Graham’s play This House that summed it up so well, in such a haunting way, but it’s all I can think of whenever I go to the beach: (I can’t find the exact quote but it was something to the effect of) the sound of the waves is the sound of breathing. In and out. Inhale and exhale. It’s the sound of our own mortality. Being swept out to sea. 

I think I feel this way particularly when I’m somewhere along the Pacific Ocean, looking out onto the blue, it feels a bit like I’m at the end of the earth. As eerie as that might sound, it’s actually one of my favorite feelings in the world. 

Poetic feelings aside, I’ve decided to be a bit cheeky and pick up some dinner tonight because it’s Friday and I didn’t feel like cooking. I’ve also gotta finish writing this RPG campaign episode - my friend @somthingcleveridk introduced @punk-isnt-dead and me to Monster of the Week and after playing one episode, I decided that I wanted to try writing my own. It may be brilliant. It may be a disaster. We’ll see on Sunday, won’t we? Regardless of the result, it’s been a great way to get me back into the writing spirit. It involves piecing a lot of popular culture into something that makes coherent sense, which is actually a great way to write something, I’ve learned. 

tuesday 25th august

so, i’m back! results day was a whirlwind, in a good way, of friends and drinks and late nights. i say nights because it’s been nearly two weeks and i am just now starting to get a grip again on routines that don’t involve coming home in the morning.

sunday, 02 august