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my new room with pink sheer curtains
moving apartments = discovering the distinct texture & color of the objects i own
frankie and mikayla in their custom shirts
frankie & mikayla moved out of new york yesterday.

things i learned from them:
optimism
energy
persistence
imagination
humility
honesty

do & feel everything 100%.
4 black tshirts with white letters on the ground
4 x DIY screen-printed shirts for my roommates in honor of moving out of our brooklyn apartment and our evil property manager tony.
two ladybugs on sheer curtain
in the new apartment and yesterday i saw one ladybug on my window and today i saw two ladybugs on my window.
mikayla and frankie running through fire hydrant sprinkler
red hook day for frankie

citibike
playground sprinklers
playing bags
red hook iced tea
cidery
statue of liberty
photo booth
lobster rolls
mega mule

then goodbye party at our house
new room empty except for bed and chair
hello
old room full of boxes
goodbye
michelangelo’s madonna and child in bruges
old songs stuck in my head
over and over and over
old habits die hard
mhka museum antwerp

giant vinyl floot
visceral physicality
monroe: “Nudity and sex are the most commonplace things in the world. Yet people often act as if they were things that existed only on Mars.”

hazy and greying
nemerov: ”the truth lives in broad strokes”
tray of fritland fries
long days
short days 
gemma stepping out of grey water somewhere on ireland coast
numb calves
jump into the water
come out clean

my friends are girls and women both

sing and sing and sing and sing and scream
cliffs at mizen head
the rocks are rocks and
the water is water and
the air is a rainbow

i don’t know where i am except that it is grand

kierkegaard: ”i don’t know what it is except that it is grand and it is happiness”
view out gemma’s window onto fields

ireland

plush keropi keychain hanging on my bag in subway
and the ball keeps rolling
knicks-themed orange and blue jello shots in my fridge
june as a series of concentrated best moments ever

i think every day can be the best day ever and every week can be the best week ever and every month can be the best month ever but that was pretty awesome
view of my boots walking on confetti littered concrete during the pride parade
in june 2026

i spent $2,318.10
i finished 3 books
i walked 300,203 steps
i was out of town for 6 days

i went to govball
i watched the knicks win in 5
i signed a new lease
i hosted a huge dinner party
i marched in the nyc pride parade
i made a lot of jello shots bc they’re really easy to make and everyone loves it when i bring them
view from street as we walked in the pride parade
nyc price 2026

land at LGA → happy hour → hot pot → desert 5 spot like always → fireworks in williamsburg → rooftop party in the rain → open bar at wild horses → 3 dollar bill → close it out → rally from the hangover → march in the pride parade line dancing with all my friends → tziki → love island
grandpa and rex in his front yard in golden hour

home for a week

all my friends packed into our living room
dinner party 
location: deanie babies
theme: starts with a d
food: dumplings
type: special d

complete with the stanford-style email chain littered with links. bring back email invites instead of partiful. i love my friends!
knicks fans hanging from scaffolding on 7th ave
knicks in five !!!!!!!!!!
view of lorde on big screen at govball
alone in the crowd at lorde sobbing my eyes out but in a cool way
slayyyter at govball on sunday

govball

brunch at nem’s japandi bistro on 5/31
in may 2026

i spent $2598.02
i finished 2 books
i walked 326,866 steps
i was out of town for 3 days
i went on 8 apartment tours
6 pairs of hands on a completed puzzle of vintage national parks posters
friends who teach me how easy it is to be perfect
four goats behind a fence at buck brook alpaca farm

memorial day weekend

roy lichtenstein church #4 at the met

speck →

doll →

community garden 6B in east village
awesome friday: coffee with jaya and perfect sandwich at radio bakery. work from home making holograph and confetti cursor. then bike to williamsburg for apartment pregame → L train → dj launch party → bike → desert 5 spot til close → L train → lucinda’s → uber → home

slept all day saturday until i went to hannah’s and ate dumplings and did sporcle quizzes

even awesomer sunday: coffee at home → baked by neem’s in alphabet city → community garden tour & plant sale → bike over manhattan bridge → nyu itp showcase (i liked the subway car and poetic fermentation jar and dj guitar) → dinner at home → the drama at cinema village the best movie theater ever.

playground →

yellow and red whole foods flowers in my hand as i walk down 40th st
do unto others as you would have them do unto you