- Not having to show up at school before 1pm. Getting Spotify Premium that morning. Having a private dance party in front of the mirror.
- Lena's new apartment. I envy her garden. But we had a nice afternoon playing board games, eating my salty peanut cookies and going for a walk. Side note: the flower bouquet on the table; full red tulips and freesias with purple accents.
- Small books that actually fit into my handbag. I usually have one of these at hand so I can always take a book with me even when I don't want to bring my backpack.
- Sarah Andersen's comic Fangs. The werewolf is exactly my type...
- Strawberries with coconut yoghurt, hemp seeds and cacao nibs.
- Astor lip butter in Dewy Plum. Cherry red nails.
- Getting Spotify premium. Listening to David Bowie and Frank Zappa (also I just got Zappa's Baby Snakes T-shirt). Tuning out the noise. Dancing at the bus stop.
- These unreal, elevated experiences I keep having. Sometimes it feels a bit like synesthia but mostly it's quick thinking, associations, a flow of ideas or stream of consciousness. Sinking deep into memories and feelings.
- Coming up with a really nice topic for art class (metamorphosis/composite beings). Working on a wooden bowl. Making, creating, sketching.
- Motivation and excellent mood on a Monday morning.
- When the lady sold me a buttered pretzel for 60ct instead of €1.50.
- Actually having some kind of conversation in Spanish! At least Lorena was able to guess what I was trying to say. So proud.
- Sunny Saturdays in bed surrounded by books.
- A really nice sunset in lilac, yellow, rosy pink and blue shades; making rooftops glow.
- New woodworking tools. Working on my large limewood bowl and the tiny bird sculpture.
- Meeting Merlin at Pub Quiz for the first time. Bonding over our mutual love for woodworking. Geeking out over my new projects and tools.
- Reading a graphic novel about Alexander von Humboldt's journey through South America. Being fascinated by his report of the 1899 Leonids and the corresponding illustrations.
- Nice words: parsimonious, persnickety, askance, obstreperous (the last one courtesy of Frank who is currently rereading Moby Dick; the word evokes a mental image of the Moomin character Little My).
- A very Taurean Tuesday: deciding to make the best of a 3,5 hour waiting time. Spontaneously deciding to get a massage. Having a snack from Hofpfisterei across the street. Treating myself to a new headband and perfume oil from &otherstories. Onigiri from the little Japanese store in the street behind Isartor. Meeting Manu at the library. Finding really old volumes of the Brockhaus dictionary. Filming a creepy video at the drugstore, spontaneously deciding to make pancakes. Then he gave me weed and put VR goggles on my head. I played Beat Saber for the first time. Mind blown.
- The next day we ended up lying in a nest swing together (at the playground near my house) and I showed him some constellations with Sky Map.
- Watching an episode of Sailor Moon with hooker-bassist (an evil nickname for Alex); realising the show isn't actually half-bad. We watched dozens of clips of our favourite series from our childhood that evening and ate weird candy like Center Shock and those little cookie koalas that are sold in a hexagonal box.
- Actually giggling upon waking up just because the smell of sun-dried bedclothes is THAT awesome.
- Reading about nihilism. Deciding that this could be my thing. Watching The Big Lebowski because it features a trio of nihilists.
- Some plants I had already declared dead are actually budding right now. I already forgot what some of them are so I'm in for a surprise.
- A very green apartment in São Paulo.
- Blooming flowers in time lapse. Gorgeous.
- Related: my Alocasia Dragonscale and the Anthurium Clavinervium keep producing beautiful new leaves and blossoms.
- Playing Drawful 2 with the pub quiz gang and Manu. Margit made me realise that I do have in fact a very specific type when it comes to my taste in men when she saw Manu's photo...
- Manu introducing me to Erik. Kitten videos, delivery, happy me.
- Making a pub quiz for the others - quarantine edition so we played via Discord. I got really drunk on a leftover bottle of red wine from lena's and Christian's wedding which made the Cards Against Humanity round we played afterwards so much more hilarious. Nice references: The Great Cornholio from Beavis and Butthead. And the original video of the Escape Song (Rupert Holmes looks like a middle school biology teacher).
- A very easy recipe for vegan apple cake. I also adapted it to raspberry mango cake. Yum!
- Chocolate covered pretzels. I love my snacks sweet AND savoury at the same time.
- A spontaneous little yoga mat picnic with Manu on the grass behind the St. Andreas church. We practised the cup song and recorded it but after an hour we were asked to leave by the police. Apparently it isn't allowed to sit down anymore. Oh but we managed to amuse a little girl who was chasing our soap bubbles.
- A very decadent first breakfast course: a skewer with strawberries dipped in milk chocolate. Poking constellations into the styrofoam with the tip of the wooden stick.
mar 2 2020 ∞
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