this summer I...

• played musical chairs to Jenny Lewis in a church basement
• grew attached to a new lake
  
• farmed
  
• swam in the frigid Potomac
• honed my Sharpie tattoo skills
  
• went to good concerts, outdoor movies, and festivals
  
• attended a Welsh poetry reading
  
• walked full-force into a screen door
• ate birthday cake on a boat
• maintained Massachusetts traditions
  
• swam with thousands of tiny minnows surrounding me
  
• checked myself into a motel for the first time
• met some people from Ace of Cakes
• house hunted
• was spontaneous
• swam in the Pacific
• surfed, one time successfully
• rolled down the hill at the Getty
  
• went to the ER with my injured dad
• moved into a beautiful house in Baltimore
• watched David Bazan perform in Becky's parents' living room
• moved Poopers into a beautiful new home at my school
• lived my life