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already october. that'd freak me out if any year since 2019 had been real. luckily they haven't

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It's hard making friends as an adult. When I was in elementary school, I went table to table at the cafeteria asking every person there if they liked Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time for the Nintendo DS, and no one knew what the fuck I was talking about aside from one kid, and then we became friends for 7 years

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Eunice De Souza

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Past Lives, Future Bodies, K-Ming Chang

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Eunice De Souza

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one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself is experience

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from The Crown Ain’t Worth Much by Hanif Abdurraqib

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lisa brice, "untitled," 2023-2024, oil on trace

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to the desert by benjamin alire sáenz

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Ko: Yad (Manju Borah, 2012)

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sometimes the tragedy of distance is very simple. i want to get groceries with you

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joan didion’s belongings

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Adam Zagajewski

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"Sometimes while I ride the subway I try to look at each person and imagine what they look like to someone who is totally in love with them. I think everyone has had someone look at them that way, whether it was a lover, or a parent, or a friend, whether they know it or not. It's a wonderful thing, to look at someone to whom I would never be attracted and think about what looking at them feels like to someone who is devouring every part of their image, who has invisible strings that are connected to this person tied to every part of their body. I think this fun pastime is a way of cultivating compassion. It feels good to think about people that way, and to use that part of my mind that I think is traditionally reserved for a tiny portion of people I'll meet in my life to appreciate the general public. I wish I thought about people like this more often. I think it's the opposite of what our culture teaches us to do. We prefer to pick people apart to find their flaws. Cultivating these feelings of love or appreciation for random people, and even for people I don't like, makes me a more forgiving and appreciative person toward myself and people I love. Also, it's just a really excellent pastime."

— Dean Spade, from his essay For Lovers and Fighters

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slowly settling in! and wishing for fall ☕️

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Near Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon. Iceland, June 2017.