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well, october is here already, and it feels like i've spent this whole month under surface tension. barely sleeping, barely in my body. i would spill over if not for the small bit of surface tension holding me back. i like to think i'm slowly starting to come back into myself at the time of posting this, but i suppose we'll see my progress more as time continues to pass.

in good news, i've continued to make great progress on schoolwork, including two big projects i presented this week. it's good to know that i'm not quite as incapable of studying and being productive as i thought i was (crazy how being less stressed, being older, and being able to be myself have increased that capacity).

in other good news, orla gartland's new album just came out! i'm excited to be seeing her on her u.s. tour, and i'm really really loving everything on the new album. i really recommend you give it a listen, if you have 34 minutes to spare. i might write up a more detailed analysis/infodump about it on the hyperfixations section of my homepage, but we'll see. point being, i'm always worried a new album won't live up to expectations, but this one absolutely did. orla, if somehow you're reading this, i love you in spades.

all this to say, i think things are beginning ever so slightly to look up, but in the meantime, i'll just keep clinging to myself to keep from spilling over. surface tension it is.

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