june was a bad month. not that anything devastating happened, but just two incidents kinda soured it for me. i got rearended on my bike. the damage is minor but it's still something that i have to worry about now. and the guy is being difficult. he didn't want to go through insurance so i gave him the option of paying me what i was quoted for the damages. he tried to pull a fast one and have his friend source the parts, but i stopped that and told him to either do the estimate or insurance. if he doesn't get back to me by like firday morning, i'm filing that claim

i also lost my wallet. didn't have anything too important in there. thirty dollars in cash, library card, metro card, healthcare card, id, and a credit card. noticed within an hour of when i last saw it but no clue where it coudl've been dropped. wasn't at the shop i pulled it out. that shop was in one of the most cursed parts of town i'd ever had the misfortune of being in. it was like a fake shopping district full of luxury brands behind a target. felt so out of place and was grossed out by the people there. i knew it was cursed but i didn't expect to lose my wallet cause of it. already replacing stuff. this sucks

i did buy an amtrak rail pass that i intend to use some time in october. current vague itenerary is to ride out west to la, up to sf, over to chicago (maybe stop in slc), on to nyc, then home again. depending on where i decide to stop, i could fit in a trip to boston or the pnw. not sure if either are particularly worth it. maybe the pnw. i think i want to be in philly for a little, but that's easy. woudl just be a bus from nyc. regardless, plenty of time to think about it and get times right

i have got to get out of texas

i seem to have pretty strong opinions about which establishments in the city are not worth the time and energy being in. like, definitley have a strong distaste for a lot of the trendy bars i come across, but they deserve it. they're tacky and i would never willingly choose to go to one unless i had some ulterior motive that would be advanced by me going. like cidercade. jfc i would never go there for personal fun. some i have to draw a hard line on, like the present company. can't associate with anyone that goes there willingly. maybe i'm just a hater, don't care

went to some 'rave' on saturday. it was fun. saw some people i'd seen before, mostly tangentially, but one was a friend's sister so talked to her a bit. also briefly stopped this other person to be like, 'oh were you at this thing a few weeks ago?' and then say nothing else cause i had nothing else i wanted to talk about. just like confirming how good my facial recognition abilities are. knocked back beers. got drunk. drove home when i was feeling fine, but who knows. it never got quite as crowded as i initially thought it would. they had an open bar out of a uhaul truck. my gin and tonic was kinda gross. they played quince music for a bit. was kinda hungover the next day. not in a "i feel ill" way but more of a mental state...

need to stop listening to '4am' by kaskade...

not sure if i put it on here but last month, may, at the beginning i decided that i was going to try doing different things, all some sort of outlet. i wanted to make kombucha, vinegar, cyanotypes, patched, and go to utah

i went to utah in the second week. i saw ariel and hung out with him for the first time in years. i had seen him during covid, last may, when dropping something off to him before heading home from grabbing my stuff from college. i don't think we did nearly as much as i had envisioned, but that didn't matter much to me. we ate good. saw the salt flats. got his car's oil changed. saw bryce canyon. went to a dispensary in vegas. that's a lot for ~four days.

i'll write up more details later

i'm going to pick up a bass amp this week. possibly today. a friend is lending me her bass and i'm going to learn to play a few songs before my birthday one month from now

being gaslit by my keyboard. the 'p' and 'k' backlights went out for two days and the 'k' came back last night and not the 'p' came back today as well. after i've already contacted the manufacturer about it. got evidence before the 'p' came back so i'll still send them that...