Got a haircut today
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Yesterday I woke up, had breakfast, wrote my journal, then called Alex.
hey Alex it's me
It's always nice to catch up with Alex, he's one of my closest friends and our conversations always feel enriching and enjoyable. I feel like I can speak communicate things well when we talk, and I feel like I'm being understood. I don't often feel like I'm tripping on my words, and he allows me to really thoroughly go into ideas. Maybe I should pretend I'm talking to him when I write these entries? Overcome the feelings of frustration when my words don't match the feeling
From the Tank magazine podcast, episode 2 of a conversation between two literary translators
"Everything is a false cognate if you think about it. We're destined to fail, if you think about it literature is destined to fail ... You're not going to be able to realise that beautiful, perfect, platonic ideal of a story that is in your head in the very material language, the very profane language, that is necessary for publication"
This by Laura Anne
sour the dough, sweet the dream
A couple of days before I'd made my first sourdough dough and left it to rise for a long time then popped it in the fridge. Even from the rise I could tell I'd made a mistake - the starter wasn't active enough when I put it in to get a good result. I soldiered on as I wanted to see the outcome, see what I could learn.
Yesterday I finally baked it after leaving it for it's second ferment in the fridge for 48 hours. It didn't rise at all and produced a very dense loaf of doughy bread. There were some small bubbles inside, so we didn't miss out entirely on yeast, but it's definitely not one to brag about. All up though I'm happy; The first pancake always turns out bad, and I learnt a lot in the process.
My starter taunted me the day after I made the dough, increasing in size and bubbling lots.
What else?
- Can't shake the feeling that I'm "wasting" my time off. A foolish feeling. A useless thought.
- I've injured a pulley in my finger so I didn't go bouldering, but I did do some calisthenic exercise on an outdoor gym near the wall and the weather was beautiful.
- There's the Hallozeen zinefest coming up, I think I'll apply and make a thing or two for it
listening to
questions
- What am I putting off?
- Why can't I keep my room tidy