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Diary Snippets

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Diary Snippets

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This is one of many reflective exercises I’ve had to do regarding the pandemic experience. At this point, I've nearly run out of creative ways to spin my quarantine (and post lock down) stories. Instead, I'll just share little bits of the first reflections I chronicled; I kept a journal for about a year and a half. I began writing on the 25th day of total isolation. Here are seven tidbits:

Day 25
My mood: anxious and grouchy
My music: BEYONCE, random 80’s stuff (thanks, dad), Lottery by KCamp
We ate an orange! A single orange segment for each of us. Because nobody is risking their life to restock fresh fruit.

Day 30:
I cracked today. My brain cells shattered from the excessive screen time.
My music: Eteko by Mestre Dangui ft. Fabregas, Raggamuffin by Koffee
My attitude: crap
My parents and I share a mutual dislike of each other and also of vacuums

Day 57:
I’m very concerned that I don’t feel a need to go outside at all. Everyone is freaking out about the lack of outdoor time and socialization, but I’m doing okay. And so, for that reason, I feel guilty and worried. I’m a mutant, I can survive two months indoors without respite. S [my sister] is surprised I’m not a video gamer. I’m surprised I’m not dead from the lack of fresh air, exercise and vitamin D. Never mind that, E [my little brother] is my vitamin D, my sunshine.

Day 104:
I BROKE QUARANTINE (kinda). I WENT IN THE CAR FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MARCH 9th (Today it’s June 15th). I ALSO WENT INSIDE TRADER JOE’S. I wore two masks and one glove. Mom and I waited in a line with yellow markers for distancing. I was afraid. We were only allowed one wagon, but we filled it up with lots of stuff. Historic Day.

***After Day #130, I abandoned my system of marking the days and just wrote the date.

10/8/2020
My dad got corona. Sweet lord in heaven if one cough escapes my throat... Still thinking about how Elon Musk’s baby’s name is a bunch of numbers. Weird to think that in ten years this will all be in the history books. Why would I need to learn history if I am history dang it. My friend and I are watching “Avatar the Last Airbender.” We chat via Netflix Party and face time simultaneously to see each other's reactions and expressions #quarantinestyle

11/7/2020
BIDEN WON!
*chaos ensues*
Majoring in Health and Nutrition Sciences

Date (Dublin Core)

2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

I am sole creator

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HNSC2100

Partner (Dublin Core)

Brooklyn College

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text

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Biography
English Emotion
English Home & Family Life

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diary
emotion
family
grocery
mask
Biden

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family
journal
quarantine
music

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Brooklyn College HNSC Prompt

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

02/22/2023

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

03/01/2023
10/20/2023

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