Hello all.
After a couple months or weeks or whatever of radio silence I have graduated from college and been airlifted to the safe ground that is not having any exams or homework to worry about.
Fittingly enough, I did have an exam related stress dream last night, something that I ironically did not experience at all while I was actually in school. Much to learn about post-education life.
Anyhow, now I will post one or two blogs a week again. Yippee! First though, here are a number of different ideas I had but did not execute on during my study period.
- Discontented Solitude
There was a period of time towards the end of the semester wherein I expended energy on one of four activities: taking walks while talking to people in different cities or continents on the phone, working out, or studying. This came about due to the intense discontent that sprung up within me during the twilight period of my education, where the homework became more unbearable and the tests all the more impossible-seeming.
The only solace I found beyond the general satisfaction that emerges from working out all the time, was in watching Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation (2003). The movie helped me reframe the whole situation into something that at least felt beautiful. Lots of time to appreciate the beauty around you when you have not much else going on. I didn't even have to have an affair.
Anyhow... the school situation worked out fine and wasn't too hard once I took some deep breaths.
- Flip Flops
For many years I was vehemently anti-flip flop. In high school, I felt that the flop was a bridge too far into slobbishness. Everything has changed. It is a havaiana summer.If you guys read the menswear takedown that was going around on Twitter a couple weeks ago, you might recall this line: "The platonic menswear outfit is meant to look like it was picked off the floor in a hurry because you woke up late but still feel expensive," a fun pull quote and sort of the only thing I took away from piece since it is in alignment with my current beliefs. The flip flop, of course fits right at home in this rushed outfit scenario. When I leave the house with the flop on I am on vacation no matter what happens to me.
They fit right into my current ethos which is that if I'm going somewhere that isn't formal, I will put on clothes, glance in the mirror to make sure I'm avoiding an "emperor's new groove" style situation, and then leave the house without changing. Slip into the flop and then dash. Living and dying by one's choices and all that.
Anyhow I'm hoping that flip flops come back so strongly that I can wear them to the office, although that seems like a pipe dream. - New Slang Word that I Hate
I hate the word "Yap," and I hate the community which surrounds the group of people that have sprung up on the various short form video platforms who are beloved for their abilities in the realm of talking at length about an exhaustive list of topics, most often humorously touching on vaping (lamer by the day) and ones consumptive habits. Many of these people are actually funny, but the fans are ridiculously insufferable.
The comments resemble a performance of either chronically-online-I-can-so-relate or please-teach-me-your-ways-you're-so-awesome, which both fall flat because either A. being chronically online should probably not be something that any of us aspire towards or B. the rich guy on TikTok telling you he works in commercial real estate and underplaying his family wealth is not dropping any knowledge on you that is going to be meaningful.
Go outside and have a conversation. Stop using "Bro," as a noun. Get a job.
I like Will Mahoney though. - Hiding Things on the Web
Not too much to say here... I'm just intrigued by the prospects of putting information onto the internet without the intention of having it be viewed. As search engines continue to fall apart this feels more and more possible. I'm into the idea of doing some online archeology trying to uncover a lost website.
Finally, look at this cool poster I got.
Ok, bye. See you soon.
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