this is all i ever write about

gabrielle, dana, dana's mom, and i all went to trivia night last night at the argonaut on h street. it was so awesome. we're so intense about it. while other teams were making a ruckus and socializing between questions, we were concentrating and shooshing. i've never felt competitive about sports in my life, but i am passionate about trivia (see: my semester foray into college quizbowl). anyway, this is going to be a weekly thing now and i am really excited.

completely unrelated:
i read this article in my theory of the novel class about war fiction, and the author was describing the summer in britain before the first world war. he put everything in these completely idyllic terms. it was sunny, perfect, people were swinging under the trees during the day and sitting on porches in the evening. he wrote something about people leaving their books outside at night without fear of rain, which is just a ridiculous thing to say when generalizing a country's attitude.

anyway, i realized last night, when i start mythologizing times in my life (so i guess now?), that is how i will probably describe this past summer. it was the end of something great and the beginning of something entirely different and new. i just felt so fulfilled and content all summer, and i feel like it's been a long time since i felt so good about myself and so comfortable in my own skin. i'll talk about this summer like it was the culmination of everything else, like the weather was consistently lovely, like i never once had a bad feeling, like i was perpetually surrounded by friends and fireflies and warm feelings. life will never be like that again. it can still be good, even great, but not in the same way. i can't lounge all day or take late-night bike rides to fall asleep in colonial williamsburg. i have to wake up early, i have to pay my rent, i have to wear something other than cut-offs to work, i have to be responsible. i'll never feel so free, i guess. what a beautiful feeling!

but now on to real life! to adulthood! to trivia nights and track changes! to all songs considered podcasts! to bills! to new people in new places! to the metro! to professional clothes! to new things!

anyway, things are good. we move into our house in EIGHT days! happy happy.