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Space’s Summer Chronicles #9: June 9th

Remember how I said I was sunburned and starkissed yesterday? WELL I’M REALLY SUNBURNED TODAY!

Me and my friend went to the famous Széchenyi Thermal Baths, it was wonderful, I had a lot of fun swimming in the outdoor pools even if i look like Mr. Krabs right now cause i forgot to put sunscreen anywhere except on my face.

I find it really funny how my parents got me Ray Bans for Christmas and I keep on walking around Budapest with my $1 Shein purple heart glasses that I got as a gift at my friend’s bachelorette party lmfaoooo

After we spent most of the day at the thermal baths we went to this amazing Korean restaurant that most of the local Koreans frequent and also this artist called Jimin shot a MV in. It was great, we cooked some pork belly and then we had some Korean fried chicken which was AMAZING! Also, I had strawberry and green grape soju which was DIVINE and mind you, I had it four hours ago and I’m still drunk. I think I’ve found the PERFECT alcohol to drink while I wait in line for my Kesha concert in March.

Anyways, I think the song that defines my trip to Budapest is Money Is Everything by Addison Rae cause like….money really IS everything, it buys things that make me SO HAPPY like $10 cocktails at the thermal baths! Amazing!

Something gauche and trendy can become vintage and respected in time, much like Madonna. I was thinking this while at the thermal baths. Imagine the thermal baths being something like super tasteless and new when they opened like 100 years ago but the fact that they persisted and stayed open for so long makes them deserving of respect and #real. I find this really interesting. I really wonder what the average Hungarian would have thought of them upon them opening.

Also we roamed around Margaret Island but that’s like standard procedure for us at this point. My friend got a regular Soju and we both hated it and he couldn’t finish it so I took it, bought an Arizona Ice Tea and mixed it with it and BAM it was drinkable. I’m such a revolutionary.

Summer progress bar: 8.4%/100

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Space’s Summer Chronicles #8: June 8th

Heyooo! For once I’m writing this entry in the apartment in Budapest! It was a good day, me and my friend went to have breakfast, then went to visit the House Of Terror in Budapest - a museum dedicated to the inhumanities inflicted on the Hungarians during the communist regime post-WW2. I personally come from a post-Soviet country but GOD did the Hungarians have it way worse or what. I couldn’t take pictures inside but the whole way people were being treated like serfs, per se, completely devoid of identity and readily disposed of in forced labor camps is horrifying. I’m so glad I was born in this century.

After we explored the museum, me and my friend went to Sir Lancelot - a medieval themed restaurant where we had 1 KILOGRAM OF RIBS EACH, it was great. We continued on exploring but the weather soured and it started lightly raining so we had to go back to the apartment for an outfit change and then we went to Margaret Island to watch the musical fountain show and explore. I had a Limoncello Spritz, I LOVEEE Limoncello Spritz. The water was like fireworks, the way it shot, colored by the lights, in sync with the music. It was really fun, I loved it. The fountain or the rain was refilling my drink with drops of water which I found really poetic and beautiful.

I’m enjoying being this busy, only having a little time in the evening to write these entries. I’m sunburned and starkissed, the world is mine!

Tomorrow we’re going to a thermal bath and maybe we’ll finally have some Korean BBQ YAYYY!

Summer progress bar: 7.5%/100

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Space’s Summer Chronicles #7: June 7th

Heyooo so this entry was mostly written in a random park in Budapest bordering the Danube river!

Something that I noticed yesterday but forgot to mention in yesterday’s entry is: Hungarians REALLY enjoy gathering in green spaces/meadows in parks, mostly teenagers but people of all ages, so I really wanna participate in this tradition of the locals and get blackout drunk in the park in the following days. Stay tuned for the results in the following days.

I am pleased to report that I’m finally in the vacation mood. Me and my friend got up early, feeling refreshed, had some breakfast in a nice cafe (I had cake) and went to see some sights. We walked by the river on our way to Buda Castle and the Fisherman’s Bastion, explored things on the way, blasted Ready Or Not by Bridgit Mendler on our phones and had a lot of fun. Then, we had some drinks at a nice bar under the Fisherman’s Bastion (the view was amazing). I had a mango colada and a gin cocktail and they were great. Then we went to eat, exploring along the way and ended up in one of Jamie Oliver’s Diners. The food was great, the waitress was great and I had two more cocktails lol. More exploring and now we’re waiting for our UNLIMITED PROSECCO AND APEROL SPRITZ CRUISE ON THE DANUBE WOOOOOO i’m gonna get blackout drunk lol

Gonna continue this entry and tell you how it went.

Budapest is a city of oil paints. Every time I look at the river, it just LOOKS LIKE IT’S DRAWN IN OIL. It’s gorgeous.

I’m drunk. I’m having a semi-parasocial relationship with a Samsung sign. It’s semi cause I’m aware of it and also i don’t care about it hence I can walk away in a few minutes after my song finishes.

Faceless shapes on boats and they all seem to be LOOKING AT ME? Lowkey funny as fuck.

Am I in a state of infinity, Marina?

Falling off the bridge between Buda and Pest is a peculiar and disturbing thought. I don’t want it to happen but it would be lowkey poetic if i had grown up here and also had two sides of my family on different sides of the river and I was depressed they made me choose. Fun lol.

Anyways this is currently getting continued as I walk home getting attacked by these river winds on the bridge JeSUS, I’m lowkey cold. I’m not used to being cold in June. I left my friend to take a shower at the apartment and I left to explore Margaret Island cause I wanted to burn off the Aperol I consumed. I think I drank like 8 Aperol Spritz-es (in champagne glasses ofc, i’m not an animal and also they didn’t give me a different glass). The cruise was super fun, I’ll include pics. I got very buzzed so it was very successful and also it was very beautiful and I loved it. I think I’ll get on it one more time before we leave Budapest. I wanna pee so bad. I didn’t even need to pee back when we were exploring during the day even though I drank like 2 litres of water but now that I’m drunk I need to pee constantly. I’m almost back to the apartment so I have to hold on and not get arrested on public urination charges. The kebab place smells DIVINE. I have to have a kebab from there for dinner some time. I also need some Korean BBQ, I’ve never had it but Budapest has a decently sized Korean scene so I WILL HAVE IT. I have like 2 minutes left til I reach the apartment and GOD I HOPE my friend is done showering cause I. NEED. TO. Pee.

Anyways, let’s get back to the topic of the blog. This is a perfect summer day, I explored, I ate delicious food, I took nice pics and I got drunk and had fun. 11/10. Let us all pray that 1. I continue to have this much fun and 2. My money doesn’t run out.

Okayy update after the shower, apparently according to my gallery I went a LOT of places today and did a lot of things. Might go to a thermal bath tomorrow. We’ll see. BYEEEE!

I miss my grandma. She used to say Budapest is her favorite city in the world. I wanna fall in love with it like she did.

Summer progress bar: 6.5%/100

Song of the day:

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Space’s Summer Chronicles #6: June 6th

Heyoo this entry was mostly written on the plane to Budapest!

Honestly this trip is not starting off super great, my plane got delayed cause of weather conditions, so I was in a series of uncomfortable situations for like four hours and by the time I finally got to the plane I was in a mood so I couldn’t even bring myself to read a book.

We took off around 7.15 pm, just as the sun began its slow descent. I didn’t notice it back on the ground but once we broke through the clouds, the blinding heavenly light filled up the plane. It was very similar to a rudimentary idea of paradise - white and yellow, hurts to look at but if you could stay and survive it, you would do it without a moment of hesitation.

Say Yes To Heaven (Honeymoon version, of course) started playing immediately after I wrote this paragraph. Fitting. If this was a movie this would be the moment when the plane exploded above the clouds, keeping me in cloud heaven forever - or at least until the sun set. Then it would be a long and agonising fall down to earth under the disapproving gaze of the stars. How could ever believe, even for a second, that I’m made of the same stuff as them? Then, the sea would reclaim me and I’d dilute away like the Little Mermaid.

The new Addison Rae album lowkey let me down cause the singles were so good meanwhile the only new track I really liked is Money Is Everything. I don’t know, it might grow on me. Anyways, still on the plane, should be landing in like 30 minutes and I’m pissed off cause I got a wrap like 3 hours ago and I’m still super full but I wanna go to an Asian fusion restaurant once we land. According to my math I’ll be at our accommodation in like…. 90 minutes, or at least I hope so. We’ll see. There’s this SUPER ANNOYING kid behind me and like, the headphones isolate his constant YELLING but he has some snacks that fill the plane with a DISGUSTING SMELL and he occasionally kicks my seat. Hate that creature.

I had a bad thought back when I was waiting at the airport. I was taking pictures of myself, for Instagram or here or whatever and I just noticed how….different I looked. Not compared to me from a year ago but to me from a WEEK ago! I have a feeling I’m always unconsciously switching faces, never something shatteringly different, but always something that I notice and no one else does. I do not like the current face. I gotta fix it. I have a way of fixing it but I have to wait til the evening. The realist in me says it’s bloating but I’m not sure. It’s like EVERYTHING is wrong. My hair falls the wrong way. My face is the wrong shape. I look tired yet I slept enough.

When I took a picture a few minutes ago, I could see the appeal in a way. If it was a random person on the street. But it’s not. It’s me. It’s supposed to be me. And what I see… isn’t. It’s weird.

Anyways, finishing this entry at midnight in my apartment in Budapest….first day was passable cause me and my friend were both in a bad mood - me cause of all the delays and suffering while we got to Budapest, him cause his luggage broke and he has to buy a new one. We arrived at our apartment at around 8 pm, I took a shower and then we went to find a place to eat. Fun fact: most restaurants in Budapest close by 10 pm which is honestly a cultural shock to me, like not even 11? We found one that worked til later and the food was amazing and cheap but the alcohol was meh and expensive. Maybe I should keep the drinking to bars cause later we explored Margaret island and it was FULL of places with cheap alcohol and good music. We walked around Margaret island and then went to find a supermarket (side note: differentiating between still and sparkling water in western european countries? IMPOSSIBLE. Thankfully a local guy our age helped us). Then we got home. We walked like 10 kilometers which was good but now I’m super tired and my shoes killed me so my feet are in bad shape. Gonna go to sleep and get ready for an early morning today: time to see the best sights and finally get into the vacation mood cause that didn’t happen today!!!

Also today was my first time taking a taxi from the airport instead of a bus or public transport and it was fun, I saw Budapest as the sun was setting and it was gorgeous. Can’t wait to see it properly tomorrow.

Summer progress bar: 5.6%

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Space’s Summer Chronicles #5: June 5th

AAAAAA I'M GOING TO BUDAPEST TOMORROW!

as of writing it's 12:51 am, I've just booked the most important tickets, I have a plan for every day, everything's coming up Space! Honestly, I can't wait to have a week where I don't have to think about anything but exploring and drinking. My life's been lowkey on easy mode ever since the beginning of May, as with my friend's wedding and all, I haven't had a full work week since April and even more so it became easier once I started part time on June 1st. And yet, I'm lowkey SOOO BURNED OUT. I NEED A BREAK! AND I'M GETTING IT. HEHE

After my yesterday trip to the mall with my friend that resulted in five new pairs of shorts I feel very comfortable with my travel wardrobe so I'll have AMAZING PICTURES. I hope I manage to make the time to continue with the diary entries while on the trip. I must. I've always wanted a travel diary. Anyways, this entry will be a bit shorter cause I should go to sleep soon. I'm SOOOO EXCITEDDDD. I need to read up on https://www.budapestinfo.hu/en tho. I'll do that on the plane.

PEACE OUTTTTTT

OH ALSO I WENT TO ZUMBA AND IT WAS SUPER FUN

also the tits are lowkey developing for kesha's tour waitttt but i'm not that much of a slut to include a picture.

Summer progress bar: 4.7%/100%

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Space’s Summer Chronicles #4: June 4th

Today was such a good day, but then again, isn't any day with a BIG budget doomed to be amazing?

After I finished up work at 2pm, my friend who had a bday yesterday and who's coming with me to Budapest soon asked if I wanted to run some errands and go to the mall with him. The mall rat I am, I said yes with no hesitation. He's on PTO so he had the whole day free. We went to a blinds store to get some weights for his blinds (idk what that is but we move) and then we went to the mall. I've been having problems finding proper shorts, I have two pairs from Zara that I bought two years ago that are PERFECT - super short and free, good colors, and elastic on the waist so they don't need a belt. However, I've been having trouble finding similar shorts, the originals are no longer manufactured and one of my pairs looks like shit. SO i was REALLY Happy to find FIVE pairs of shorts in different stores that are ALMOST as comfortable and fun. I run really hot in summer so me having comfortable SHORT SHORTS is an essential. Also we went to the cosmetics store and I dropped $50 there for creams, sunscreen, hair dye etc. (as of writing, I'm currently waiting for my mix of red and purple dye to finish dying my hair - currently it's dark blue and i'm using extra red to make it more purple cause my purple toner has a blue undertone so my hair turns from blonde under the toner to blue to EVENTUALLY green so I hope the red will counteract it. Who am I kidding tho, the second I get in the sea it will turn green for good. But I have time for now. Also fun fact, my contact pic on my dad's phone is me with temporary green hair from a spray at age 13. Bet he didn't expect this would turn into a full time thing lmao. Anyways.)

As I was waiting for my friend under the shade of a tree in a meadow, I saw an old lady walk her dog. She was slow, and she sat on a makeshift bench to relax. I saw more old people slowly walking their dogs and I got to thinking - Those people are living on a different plane of existence. They've proven most or all of what they've been predetermined to prove and now they relax and wait for death. It's weird, being a little jealous of them. I can't fully relax without being tormented by thoughts of creative or academic things I should be doing. And don't get me wrong, I want to do them. I just don't. I'm happy I'm sticking to this journaling habit on this blog cause at least I'm writing a little, even if it's a stream-of-consciousness thing that I don't edit. Anyways, they seemed serene but also I don't know if their existence is something to be jealous of. Maybe it is. I imagined the old lady getting up at 6 am, having a small breakfast, watching her show, talking to her friend on the phone, solving a crossword puzzle, having lunch, taking a nap, walking her dog in the afternoon, waiting for her grandkids to call her (only they never do), having dinner, reading her book and falling asleep and this happening over and over again. I don't think it's something to be jealous of but the whole thing of her not having any expectations forced upon her by herself seems so peaceful. Then again, I do not know that woman, I only know my idea of her and for all I know, she is dreaming of being as young as me, having cool hair and going to the mall to blow money on fun things. I gotta appreciate what I have.

Anyways, today I saw the most wonderful skies. One of the best things about living in a post-Soviet country is seeing the brutalist apartment buildings clash with the lush greenery around them and the enchanting skies - blue, light blue, purple, awash with clouds. Amazing.

Can't wait to go to Budapest! Only one work day left - tomorrow, and then I have PTO! Yay!

Now I have to go unpack all of my new creams and sunscreen and all that and hope I didn't irreparably damage my budget for Budapest. I haven't. I'll make it through. AMEN! I'll be so drunk over there.

Summer progress bar: 3.7%/100%

Random pics are scattered throughout the post, no song of the day today.

Edit: ALSO BITCHHH I GOT PATRICK FROM SPONGEBOB'S SHORTS AS SWIM SHORTS AAAA

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Space’s Summer Chronicles #3: June 3rd

It's my friend's birthday today! Honestly, I spent most of the workday dreaming about the dinner we were about to have and I more or less did nothing the whole workday lol

Budapest keeps inching closer and I finally got my salary so now first order of business tomorrow after finishing up work is going to get some face creams, some hair dye cause my hair has turned dark blue and i want it PURPLE for Budapest, maybe some new shorts and I'm gonna book some of the experiences me and my friend are gonna have (same friend with the birthday btw).

I've only worked part time for two days yet I feel so so so SOOOO HAPPY and RELAXED. Mind you, I haven't even went to the pool yet or done anything especially "summery" and yet just relaxing most of the day is so healing to my soul. SADLY, I am on a mission so I can not "waste" my summer away on TikTok, even though that would be a semi-authentic way of reliving 2018, only replace TikTok with general internet usage. Back when I wasn't working on a computer, I could spend the whole day on it guiltless and now it's just not like that. I don't know if that's something I'm supposed to be working on or not.

Anyways, I'm gonna be going to sleep at a semi-normal time now cause I'm starting to get dark circles and my Vitamin C undereye serum is fresh out - somehow even though I don't work til 7 pm anymore, I still stay up til 2 am having fun on the computer/phone. Sick. I need to fix that cause sadly I do have to get up in the morning to work. Ugh. I should have been rich. I think I'm gonna be rich soon somehow. Hoping and praying for that. But then again if I didn't have to work, maybe I'd waste away, doing nothing. Or maybe I'm more disciplined than that. Who knows.

Anyways, long-ass introspection time over. I worked today, had some rice spaghetti with my parents, relaxed, walked the dog with my mom and then went to have an amazing dinner with my friends. It was wonderful, and we were all the people that are gonna be spending the first week of August together at my apartment on the coast. I'm optimistic about that trip. Maybe we'll smoke weed. I've never smoked weed, I was going to during a vacation to the coast in 2022 but my bff smoked it all and I've held a grudge ever since and refused to try it. Idk if it's wise to mess with substances but hey, who cares.

Edit cause I forgot to add this: me and my friends complete each other so well - I got a card for my friend for our joint present, but we had to TAKE A PEN FROM HIM IN ORDER TO WRITE IN IT FOR HIM CAUSE I FORGOT ONE LMFAOOOO and then my other friend wrote in it. Then I got a powerbank but no cable so the bday boy gave us a cable so my third friend could charge her phone. Super poetic. Love them.

We got my friend a golden plated bracelet which turned out super small cause…gold is expensive but he LOVED IT and i’m so happy.

IN OTHER NEWS I GOT TICKETS TO KESHA'S UK TOUR NEXT YEAR AAAAAAA I'm gonna be going with a Twitter friend and now I have to make sure I have amazing tits in March so I can wear a slutty mesh top. I did 50 pushups today, I think my total ever since I started this mission is 200. Aiming for 5000 by the end of the summer but I'll also be swimming a lot during the summer so maybe it will develop my physique even faster, who knows.

Gotta find a way to ask my aunt to sleep over there cause i don't wanna drop $200 on accommodation but I'd also feel guilty imposing on her. Idk.

Random pics of the day:

Song of the day: (I rediscovered it today, it was really good back when i was a kid)

also i've been REALLY into luvcat this week, playing their whole discography

Summer progress bar: 2.8%/100%

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Space’s Summer Chronicles #2: June 2nd

Today was my first day working part-time at my job! It was wonderful, I got a lot done and finished super quickly. Alas, the consequences of my own decisions have started to catch up to me. As I'm currently waiting for my salary, I couldn't really go out in the afternoon, but that shouldn't have been a problem, I made do all the time as a kid. However, I had to help my parents with their remote jobs so i spent half the afternoon doing that. Not the most summer-y activity, but I've always had the theory that restriction and change of plans makes things memorable, and honestly, I had fun helping them. It was a pretty uneventful day, I had dinner afterwards, watched the sunset in the yard and then I spent the evening planning my Budapest trip. Let me tell you, there are a LOT of things to see in Budapest (and somehow the entry fees are higher than the attractions in Paris? crazy, but I get it, Balkans. Balkans-ish? idk). Can't wait to depart soon!

Tomorrow's my friend's birthday and we're celebrating with a dinner. I have to post an Instagram story congratulating him, pray for me, I need to find some pics of us together, we don't take a lot.

I am currently enjoying the rhythm of doing things all day and then spending my time before bed writing these.... entries. Although I'm usually way more eloquent, the stream-of-consciousness thing is relaxing. I'm a very nostalgic person (and an INTP, so my tertiary function is Si, iykyk) so I can't wait to reread these posts in two years and feel accomplished and wistful hehe.

ANYWAYS I WANT MY SALARY ARGHHHHH

Summer progress bar: 1.8%/100%

random pics from today:

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Space's Summer Chronicles #1: June 1st

Something incomparable about being a child is the feeling of an eternal summer - a period of time that feels way longer than three months and a half that's always jam-packed with unforgettable experiences, no single day a drag to push through. Then it all starts to change as you get more and more responsibilities and you turn cynical. I miss the feeling of an all-encompassing summer and I've made it my mission to recreate it (or at least come super close).

I'd rate June 1st a 6/10. I slept in, doomscrolled and then met up with my friend to pick up her boyfriend from work and then drove to some magical giant bells to do a spell to guarantee her fortune and peace of mind. Then, we went to the store so they could pick out dinner. Perfectly average day, but it gets a +1 point cause we did all of that while driving my convertible with the top down while listening to summer-ish music so it was a little cinematic.

However. This level of quality won't do anymore. I want variety, I want things to do and I want this summer to drag out, I want to be utterly drained by the amount of things I've done by the end of it. Starting tomorrow, I'm working part-time from home so past 2pm, the world is mine for the taking.

Today I saw the most wonderful skies. At 5.30 pm it was like.... so pale blue it was white but also so many white wonderful clouds, I couldn't capture it properly cause I was driving but you can see it at the bottom of the post.

random thought: everyone is dragging Damiano David for "selling out" and "becoming Americanized" but his love song for Dove Cameron is really beautiful. But then again, I am a shallow bitch.

Rough plan for the summer:

June 1st - June 5th: Nothing planned yet, except one of my friends' birthday on the third.

June 6th - June 14th: Going to Budapest!

June 15th - June 20th: Catching up with friends and having a very alcoholic picnic on the 15th.

June 21st - July 7th: Spending it by the coast! EVERY DAY!

July 8th - July 13th: My cousin's coming to the city so I'll leave the coast and we'll party it up.

July 14th - July 31st: Me and my cousin take on the coast!

August 1st - August 8th: All my friends are coming to the coast to sleep at my apartment and party!

August 9th - September: Undecided

Late September - All inclusive 8 day trip to Turkey!

A small bucket list of things I wanna do this summer:

Decorate my car with rhinestones - My old car was FULLY glammed up and had a space theme and it's been a year since I got a new one so that won't do! I feel like I'm betraying myself by not expressing myself through my car so I will be doing that soon. It will have a ruby theme cause my convertible has red leather seats.

Alcoholic picnic with friends - Something I really miss from my preteen days is just spending the whole day together with my friends doing absolutely nothing so I can't wait for me and them to go have a picnic together, get drunk and just listen to music, draw, write, do whatever for the whole afternoon and then watch the sunset.

Explore a lot of the hidden beaches on the coast - Considering I'll be by the coast for at least 70% of the summer I wanna see it all and see all the cool little spots and nooks that are overlooked by people.

50 - 100 pushups every day - I will be attending Kesha's Tits Out Tour next year and I want my tits to be in top shape so I can wear a mesh top!

Start producing - I've been taking singing lessons for three years and I wanna learn how to produce so I can make my own songs! I think I'll start by doing covers so I can improve, I think I'll start with The Louvre by Lorde, I love that song.

Learn the piano - My grandpa had this synthesizer and it's been in my room for a few years now and I only barely know how to play the vocal topline from Paparazzi by Lady Gaga. I wanna learn how to play piano and I will.

Read my grandparents' books - There is a big box of books that belonged to my late grandparents from the 80s (it's a very small part of their total collection) and I wanna make my way through them all! Planning to read them on the beach.

Write - I love writing, it's emotionally exhausting to me but once I'm done I love what I've written. This goes for everything - song lyrics, short stories, novels. I always have a big fear of starting cause what if my first finished work isn't fully indicative of the person I am but then again.... who am I? I have a feeling that whatever I write will fit into the ultimate idea of me. We'll see. I have to try.

This bucket list will expand soon!

Some pictures from today: