July 2010

Summertime in the City

July 27, 2010

in Personal

me, actually up at dawn

I‘ve hit my mid-summer blues. It’s that time of year where I am generally feeling a bit slow, uninspired, and hence this entry where I randomly insert youtube videos to keep me entertained (see below). This is what summer in Austin does to me. I feel as if I lose intelligence points by the day.

It is due to utter extrovertedness of summer. And I am an introvert. The cicadas are so loud I can barely hear my own thoughts. The afternoon is the hardest time of day–I must avoid the sweltering heat by napping or sitting on the porch under the fan, looking generally listless. I could be reading but no, I instead spend hours on Facebook and flipping through magazines. The rest of the day is passed with lovely gatherings of friends, and I shouldn’t be complaining. I’ve so far had ice cream in Berlin with a dear friend, late night backyard cinema in Prague with my friends, sitting around a fire in Austin listening to friends playing their songs–all in the last two weeks. It’s wonderful and social and very easy going.

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