notes

whales: 4 times

dolphins: 24 times

turtles: 2

fishing hotspots: 2

floating clutter:

• red buoys (4)
• white buoys (2)
• activated MOB devices (rip) (2)
• mysterious big white cork (1)
• green plastic bag (1)
• tennis ball (1)
• candy bag (1)
• yellow sponge (1)

"What people call your style is simply your inability to do it any other way."

- Anton Corbijn seen on a TV installation at his Fotografiska exhibition in September 2025, cited here from memory to the best of my ability.

I kept this quote because the perspective of style as something inherent and unchangeable about oneself made me calm.

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they wrote me in haste

i work but i ache

dreams of refactors that will never come

yet still i serve

yet still i run

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1. it is the smallest (mathematically) perfect number, meaning it is equal to the sum of its proper divisors
2. it is also equal to the product of its proper divisors
3. there are 6 players on a volleyball court
4. a 6 sided regular polygon is capable of tiling the plane AND when it does, each interior angle is 120° which means that if you extend a ray along its external bisector, it aligns exactly with the line of contact where two neighboring hexagons meet in the tessellation. i am aware that this is very specific, but as someone with the idiosyncrasy of avoiding extended rays from angles smaller than 180° i find it deeply satisfying to walk on hexagonal grids.¹
5. my birthday is on the 6th
6. hexagons are pretty

(sailing Cadíz -> Split)

whales: 2 times

dolphins: 6 times

turtles: 5

fishing hotspots: 2

floating clutter:

• 23 unidentified items (14 white, 4 red, 3 blue, 1 green, 1 yellow)
• pillow (1)
• wooden cabinet door (1)
• white paper bag (1)
• newspaper (1)
• plastic bottle (1)
• cooler (1)

1. do not wear visibly torn garments
2. do not wear visibly dirty garments
3. if you wear a skirt, it must end no higher than mid-thigh
4. do not wear sparkling tops unless you also wear a collar
5. do not wear an open back
6. do not wear shorts
7. do not wear a t-shirt
8. do not wear a hoodie
9. do not wear jeans¹
10. do not show both shoulders and knees at the same time

the friday clause
on fridays you may break ONE rule of your choice, from 4–10.

• anything and everything that keeps you warm
• a pen and some paper
• a picnic blanket
• a ball
• carabiners
• something to keep the sun out of your eyes
• wakame
• an instrument

answers travelers have given me in descending order starting from the most popular reply:

• "to have fun" (6)
• "to get away from everyday life" (5)
• "to meet people" (5)
• "to experience things" (5)
• "because I love it" (4)
• "to experience other cultures" (4)
• "because I want to visit every country" (3)
• "to escape the winter" (3)
• "to find myself" (2)
• "to get a tan" (1)
• "to surf" (1)