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Day
- Being in the Sahara Desert (specifically the part with soft sand), watching the sunrise.
- Painting something while the sun comes up and listening to the Mamma Mia! soundtrack (though the Grease soundtrack or any other musical works just as well).
- Summer morning: you’ve just woken up and the birds are chirping (bonus points if you’re in the countryside), or waking up to the sound of the ocean and the rustling palm trees in the mild breeze.
- Staying at the Sunwing Waterworld Makadi hotel (I told you it’s oddly specific) and going out on the balcony to draw—especially magical as a kid.
- On a train, listening to music with some colorful headphones you own (even better if they have stickers on them), gazing out the windows (extra points if the windows are huge).
Evening
- You're at home, watching your favorite childhood shows (trust me, it’s crucial to the vibe), preferably in spring or summer, while the sun slowly sets.
- You're somewhere in the countryside, the woods, or near the mountains, just chilling or walking around (bonus points if there's a lake, a pool, or animals nearby—even if you're more of a city or beach person, just like me, it's a cool experience).
- You're at a festival, playing with a yo-yo or just chilling and having fun with face paint on. Again, better experienced as a kid—but honestly, most of these probably are.
Night
- You're on a road trip, sitting in the passenger seat or backseat while someone else drives. It’s a late winter night, you’re listening to summer hits, and it’s snowing af outside (bonus points if you stop somewhere with tons of snow, a few parked cars and the only light comes from one or two orange-lit streetlamps).
- You’re staying at a hotel or Airbnb in the desert (somewhere remote, with no other buildings around), swimming in a pool under a sky full of stars.
- Picnic by the beach somewhere in Greece (even better if it’s Mykonos or a fancy island) and you’re eating bread with some kind of spread, maybe a few veggies, and drinking chocolate milk—plant-based or regular, your choice.
- Inside a hotel, near the reception or bar, or any lounge space where people are sitting on their phones, laptops, playing cards, or chatting. Everyone’s in their own little worlds, but still together—and I don’t know, that’s just cute to me. (But it has to be at night. It doesn’t hit the same during the day.) Or: walking near your hotel, ideally somewhere with a beach. You can hear the waves, the wind in the palm trees, and crickets.
- Walking around München/Munich as a kid, teen, or student in the 2010s. (It’s probably still cool now, but there was just something in the 2010s air that made it special.)
- Going to a big concert in a fancy, big black car (you're in the backseat).
May 13, 2025
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- solo camping trip spent driving, hiking, eating snacks and good food, talking to randoms, finding cool shops and good coffee (usually in sequoia/sierra/yosemite)
- a nice date with a beautiful girl + stimulating conversation
- posting up on a random corner for hours chatting about dumb shit with my childhood friend
- rewatching a favorite movie (mostly My Night at Maud’s by Eric Rohmer)
- chocolate croissant and a cortado
- outdoor workout at my favorite canyon view calisthenics park in Laguna Beach
Nov 10, 2024
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People you haven’t seen in years, wounds healed by time, affordable food and drink, family, watching TV.
If you’re as lucky as me there‘ll be seaside and countryside too. Maybe it wasn’t about the destination, but the friends we made along the way?
Dec 28, 2023
It’s like Christmas, remembering the trip all over again. The canals in Amsterdam, the big market in Munich and those oranges. The picnic we had on the overnight train between the two cities. Seeing one of my oldest and dearest friends in his adopted city.
May 30, 2025
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I literally have no idea why I only started posting on here today and not back on September 3rd, 2024, when I signed up—because it’s honestly such a nice place to be on the internet.
Also, if you’ve read this, I’m just gonna say you’re hot.
Xoxo, Gossip Girl (ifkyk)
May 12, 2025
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I really want to befriend crows (maybe even ravens, but they aren't really present where I live), and those two wild hedgehogs I recently discovered living in a garden near me.
And to be honest, I’d befriend any animal ever. I'm the type of person who’d want to be friends even with a fricking tiger or a shark or something like that.
May 13, 2025
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So, one of my all-time favorite apps is (or at least was) Pinterest. But now, because of the mass (and ridiculous) account bans, I chose to log out of it—on both my phone and laptop—until the issue is fixed (which doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen anytime soon).
So, I did some research, and here are a few apps and websites you can use instead of Pinterest:
1) www.refern.app
2) www.cosmos.so
2.5) Public Work by Cosmos
3) www.same.energy
4) www.are.na
5) Savee
6) Eyecandy - Visual Technique Library
May 12, 2025