ok, i'm finally getting stuff done. feels, good. i'm going to continue working on stuff today, between packing and wasting time

i don't think i'll be able to get into the darkroom. i asked an ra to like, let me in, but i don't think she got that. kinda just directed me to campus safety

while i wouldn't have minded staying in principle, i'm glad to get out because being here has been similar to house arrest. they never even gave me the option to apply for their 'dining' plan, so i never got food from them. they never unlocked the swipe-access to my house, which meant that anytime i left my house, i'd have to jump back in through a window. which is annoying, especially since some faculty live within eyesight of the window i jump in through. my house has also been really cold, so waking up shivering sucks. while i liked being able to wake up whenever, and listen to music loudly, and just generally do what i want without judgement, i'm also tired of eating the same stuff everyday and kinda just want to not have to worry about when or what i'll eat

i know that sounds a bit extreme, like i'm complaining, but i just want it to be clear that my college hasn't been as helpful as you would expect and institution that has gotten money from you for four years would at least attempt to be

i hope i don't track covid into my home

a piece of my broken tooth chipped off last night. was a little funny. it had that texture that fallen teeth have. i don't know how to describe it. kinda, like, a mineral?

so, as it's well documented by this point, colleges and universities nation-wide, globally even, have suspended in person classes for the remainder of this semester

i haven't been in a classroom setting for three weeks now, starting on four. consequentially, i haven't really been able to focus on anything. even now, as i'm typing this, i've put off writing this for almost two weeks, and i'm only doing it to make me feel like i'm getting something done when i know i should be doing catch-up work from this past week of class. the whole online thing, i think it can work, but i need to be able to go somewhere. like a library. if i'm in my room i find it too easy to just start doing other things on my computer. like, i started watching 'curb your enthusiasm'. funny enough, my philosophy professor, who i owe a lot of work to, is also binging this show. he said it in an email. though i feel he is much further ahead than i am

i leave for texas tomorrow. i got my flight for about fifty-four dollars, which is a steal when you consider i'm taking two checked bags and a carry on. i wish septa were running normally so i could save money on getting to the airport, but i think i'll uber. it's faster and i guess it exposes me less to possible corona carriers

i've started my morning the same way. i get up. get a galss of water and add a shot or so of apple cider vinegar. drink that as my coffee is brewing. then drink my coffee once i finish the apple cider water. i like the routine it gives me. i'm not sure how i'm going to get it back to texas though. i can put it in my suitcase but i'm scared it'll break and all my stuff will be drenched in vinegar. and i don't want to leave it cause, as i said, i use it every morning

sold my canon af35m camera to mike. i think he'll make better use of it. he shoots more than i do. it's a cool camera. i liked how it felt, all solid and old. but i shot one, maybe two rolls with it. so it's not like i needed it. i have other point and shoots anyway

i might buy animal crossing and play that on tuesday. my brother has a switch so i just need to get home first before deciding

found la croixs under my bed. i wonder if they mix well with fernet. i need to finish that bottle within the next day

ok i have to pack

last friday i went to center city to take some pcitures for my photography project. i was well behind where i should've been at the time in terms of progress. even now, i still need to finish and develop my last roll. i think i hit all five of the categories i had to have an example of. i don't think the unfinished roll will have any pictures that i would want to include in my five, but i still need to have it done for the assignment to be complete. i shared some on instagram and my friends liked them. i realized i'm still well behind where i need to be with the blog posts so i have to take care of that later today. or tomorrow at the latest

while shooting i talked to a few people. there were two skater guys recording some trick on a vhs camera. i took pictures of that since it made it easier to fill the two rolls. there was also a guy at the train station who stopped me and asked if i was shooting film. he told me about how he used to shoot on a pentax. that was nice. like, the social aspect of this trip