My senior honors thesis class, for a reason neither the students nor the professor can fathom, is in the building that houses the Tufts Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development — in the same room my sports videography internship with the IARYD held trainings in summer 2016. Very weird.
Just past this graffiti, they’ve been building a retaining wall all summer. When I passed it on the last day of my internship recently, the wall was done and a restaurant had set up bicycle-themed lighting. It’s been cool seeing the facade slowly shape up all summer — it started with a patch of dirt…
Content warning: stylized images of guns and execution by electric chair. More from the archive: here are my photos of the dress rehearsal of Tufts Torn Ticket II’s production of Assassins. You can see some of the promotional headshots I did for the show here. I loved the lighting design they chose for this show!
My friend Eliza and I went to Nahant Beach. Since it’s New England, the sun was way too hot and the water way too cold. We had a fun time anyway and left with beachy waves in our hair!
“Wait,” you say, “Ray, didn’t you already write about the Arlington Reservoir?” Yes, I did. But there are actually two Arlington Reservoirs in Arlington. This is the other one.
I’d never been to see fireworks on the Esplanade, so this year on the 4th of July some friends and I went to watch them. The fireworks were pretty, but something about the whole situation felt ominous.
In my experience, week 1 of hiding from COVID-19 is about panic and anxiety, week 2 is about dread and making adjustments, and week 3 is about settling in. I’m still scared, frustrated, and fed up, but I’ve relied on the tactics I suggested in my cabin fever zine, and although I’m far from happy…