ttyl

Monday, June 8, 4:11 PM

Keir: sat outside for twenty minutes. basically a tomato now

Rhyn: is this payback for that food truck taco at the fair

Keir: justice for my digestive system

Rhyn: at least Tiny Shorts Shane survived

Keir: barely. pretty sure he still goes to the gym in those shorts

Rhyn: every summer, they get smaller.

Keir: public menace

Rhyn: you would know

Keir: i hate you

Rhyn: lies

Monday, June 8, 7:53 PM

Keir: do you remember that time we tried to fry eggs on the hood of your car

Rhyn: science experiment gone wrong

Keir: the yolk slid right off

Keir: took my dignity with

Rhyn: r.i.p. that shirt

Keir: worth it for the story

Rhyn: 6/10 for science, 9/10 for chaos

Thursday, June 11, 8:09 AM

Rhyn: walked past the park, swings are still creaky

Keir: surprised that playground is still standing

Rhyn: some things just refuse to fall apart

Keir: like us

Rhyn: except we’re both a little broken

Keir: 3/10 would not recommend

Rhyn: harsh but fair

Thursday, June 11, 8:32 PM

Keir: you ever think about just driving somewhere new

Rhyn: like a spontaneous road trip?

Keir: or just like anywhere

Rhyn: sometimes

Keir: sometimes i wish i did more than just think

Rhyn: disappearing act

Keir: vibes

Rhyn: Saturday?? road trip?

Keir: i’m in

Keir: where to??

Rhyn: depends. how much time do you have? how far do we want to go?

Keir: forever and everywhere

Keir: translation: have to work Sunday. Probably just a day trip.

Rhyn: party cove? tacos? Tree Top Casino for lakeside blackjack? we can day drink and then go to the bookstore downtown.

Keir: bet.

Rhyn: house always wins. Fast Eddie is legendary

Keir: i’m driving

Keir: but i need a playlist

Rhyn: title?

Keir: “songs to run away from your problems to”

Rhyn: on it

Keir: i’ll supply the bad singing

Rhyn: you always do

Saturday, June 13, 8:02 AM

Keir: omw

Sunday, June 14, 10:47 AM

Keir: found an old notebook from forever ago

Keir: it had that list we made

Keir: “snacks to survive the apocalypse”

Rhyn: please tell me gummy worms made the cut

Keir: top of the list, obviously

Rhyn: some things never change

Tuesday, June 16, 2:18 PM

Rhyn: went swimming

Keir: jealous. was the water freezing

Rhyn: only for about 30 seconds

Keir: did you do the high dive?

Rhyn: you could say that. it was more like a controlled fall

Keir: 10/10 for effort, 2/10 for form

Rhyn: who’s judging, you?

Keir: tough but fair

Tuesday, June 16, 6:41 PM

Rhyn: you should come next time

Keir: i might

Rhyn: i’ll hold you to that

Keir: depends on the playlist

Rhyn: already making one called “pool days and questionable decisions”

Saturday, June 20, 9:56 PM

Keir: was at the grocery store and heard that song from our road trip

Keir: almost texted you right then

Keir: but i was stuck behind a lady comparing every type of bread

Rhyn: tragedy in three acts

Saturday, June 20, 10:21 PM

Rhyn: you’re forgiven

Keir: it was that song you said “sounded like summer”

Rhyn: i always say that

Keir: i know. but you meant it that time

Rhyn: want me to make you a “songs that sound like summer” playlist?

Keir: my seasonal depression depends on it

Rhyn: on it

Sunday, June 21, 11:03 AM

Keir: ice cream for breakfast day

Rhyn: that’s called being an adult

Keir: i will accept my medal now

Rhyn: i’ll make you a playlist called “bad decisions before noon”

Keir: finally, representation

Monday, June 22, 10:05 AM

Keir: forgot to set my alarm, woke up in a panic

Keir: pretty sure i brushed my teeth with hand soap

Keir: made it tho. talk to you after work

Monday, June 22, 8:17 PM

Rhyn: hope you survived the day

Keir: barely

Rhyn: legendary

Wednesday, June 24, 4:58 PM

Rhyn: ran into someone who looked a little like you

Rhyn: not the same though

Keir: yeah, i’m one of a kind

Rhyn: this is true. thank god

Keir: brutal

Rhyn: but honest

Keir: jealous much. lol

Friday, June 26, 9:11 PM

Keir: my mom found that photo from the fair

Keir: your hair was wild

Rhyn: you’re just jealous

Keir: absolutely

Rhyn: add it to the legendary summer list

Friday, June 26, 11:29 PM

Rhyn: i still have that wristband somewhere

Keir: i have mine in a box

Rhyn: why do we keep stuff like that

Keir: i guess it feels important

Rhyn: next summer goal: find a bookstore so weird they won’t let us back

Keir: and a bar with a weird theme

Rhyn: pool first, it’s like living on the surface of the sun

Keir: sunscreen challenge: failed

Rhyn: rate your burn

Keir: 6/10, could be crispier

Rhyn: keep trying

Sunday, June 28, 3:03 PM

Rhyn: got ditched for movie night

Keir: savage

Rhyn: wanna fill in

Keir: only if you have popcorn

Rhyn: obviously

Keir: pick me up at 7

Monday, June 29, 1:44 AM

Keir: thanks for tonight

Keir: needed that

Rhyn: me too

Keir: you got a playlist for “late night after good movies”?

Rhyn: check your email

Keir: you’re a menace

Rhyn: you’re welcome

Wednesday, July 1, 8:42 AM

Keir: dropped my lunch in the parking lot

Keir: moment of silence for the sandwich

Rhyn: your pain is a 7/10 for drama, but only a 2 for originality

Keir: tough crowd

Thursday, July 2, 12:01 PM

Keir: got invited to a wedding

Rhyn: you going

Keir: not sure. you?

Rhyn: only if you do

Keir: deal

Saturday, July 4, 8:37 PM

Keir: you up for fireworks?

Rhyn: only if you promise not to set anything on fire

Keir: can’t promise

Rhyn: lolz

Saturday, July 4, 10:04 PM

Keir: remember last year?

Rhyn: how could i forget

Keir: we’re lucky we didn’t get banned from the park

Rhyn: legendary. not as legendary as your pool dive last week

Keir: 7/10 for splash, 3/10 for style

Rhyn: i’m a tough judge

Monday, July 6, 12:39 AM

Rhyn: can’t sleep

Keir: why

Rhyn: just thinking

Keir: about?

Rhyn: us

Keir: oh

Rhyn: do you ever

Keir: yeah

Rhyn: i don’t know what i’m doing

Keir: welcome to the club

Rhyn: if i make you a “songs for overthinking at midnight” playlist, will you actually listen

Keir: obviously

Rhyn: sending it

Keir: send snacks too

Monday, July 6, 9:17 AM

Keir: coffee?

Rhyn: always

Tuesday, July 7, 2:20 PM

Rhyn: survived my morning meeting, barely

Keir: proud of you

Rhyn: gonna need caffeine to recover

Keir: i’m sending coffee vibes

Rhyn: it’s not working

Keir: maybe you need the real thing

Rhyn: you offering?

Keir: name the place

Tuesday, July 7, 5:44 PM

Rhyn: coffee was a good call

Keir: told you

Rhyn: i should listen to you more often

Keir: that’s true for most people

Rhyn: don’t get a big head

Keir: impossible

Rhyn: debatable

Friday, July 10, 8:13 AM

Keir: couldn’t sleep, went for a walk

Keir: the sky was weirdly clear

Rhyn: those are the best nights

Keir: feels like something’s about to change

Rhyn: is it?

Keir: maybe

Keir: can you make me a playlist for “walking around at 3am and pretending i have my life together”?

Rhyn: i’ll call it “main character syndrome”

Keir: if i see Tiny Shorts Shane jogging by my window again, i’m moving

Rhyn: would pay to see that

Friday, July 10, 8:57 AM

Rhyn: let me know if you figure it out

Keir: deal

Saturday, July 11, 2:11 AM

Rhyn: you up?

Keir: unfortunately. why?

Rhyn: want to do laundry?

Keir: it’s 2am

Rhyn: exactly

Keir: you’re a menace

Rhyn: meet at Sudz City in 10?

Keir: only if the vending machine is working this time

Rhyn: famous last words

Saturday, July 11, 2:54 AM

Keir: i’m staring at a sad bag of Funyuns stuck in the vending machine

Rhyn: Blaze is working tonight

Keir: Blaze with the lazy eye?

Rhyn: the one and only

Keir: didn’t you lose it last time when you couldn’t get your Reeses?

Rhyn: i’m still emotionally recovering

Keir: should we bail

Rhyn: gas station run. i want Swedish Fish

Keir: Blaze will judge us

Rhyn: Blaze is too busy making direct eye contact with both of us at once

Keir: i am haunted

Rhyn: worth it for the sugar

Saturday, July 11, 4:07 AM

Keir: next time we do this, we’re bringing snacks in advance

Rhyn: and going to Tree Top Casino afterwards. 3am blackjack, you and me

Keir: loser buys breakfast

Rhyn: you’re on

Saturday, July 11, 3:11 PM

Rhyn: grocery shopping is the worst

Keir: that’s because you refuse to make a list

Rhyn: lists are for people who have their lives together

Keir: lol true

Rhyn: so what’s for dinner?

Keir: chips and questionable decisions

Rhyn: classic

Keir: my roommate just tried to make nachos in the toaster oven again

Rhyn: how’d that go

Keir: fire alarm count: 3

Rhyn: solid 9/10 on the chaos scale

Saturday, July 11, 11:49 PM

Keir: you ever think about just leaving everything for a week

Rhyn: like, just go?

Keir: yeah

Rhyn: where would we go

Keir: anywhere

Rhyn: sometimes i want that

Keir: same

Rhyn: burn it all down besides us

Keir: i’ve got matches

Rhyn: add it to the summer list

Monday, July 13, 6:32 AM

Keir: woke up before my alarm

Rhyn: are you okay

Keir: not sure

Rhyn: want to talk

Keir: just tired

Rhyn: you can call me, you know

Keir: maybe later

Tuesday, July 14, 12:03 PM

Rhyn: did you ever RSVP to that wedding

Keir: not yet

Rhyn: are we going

Keir: we should

Rhyn: okay

Keir: i’ll wear something slightly less embarrassing this time

Rhyn: no promises on my end

Tuesday, July 14, 4:11 PM

Keir: found a new bar with a tiki theme and a mounted moose head

Rhyn: how is that even legal

Keir: it’s this town. there are no rules

Rhyn: add it to the legendary list

Keir: next up: bookstore that only stocks conspiracy theory books

Rhyn: only if we get slushies after

Keir: pool first

Rhyn: pool always

Wednesday, July 15, 4:59 PM

Keir: i got a weird email about a job in another city

Rhyn: are you applying

Keir: i don’t know

Rhyn: do you want to

Keir: not sure what i want

Rhyn: story of the year

Wednesday, July 15 11:56 PM

Rhyn: apply

Thursday, July 16, 9:17 PM

Rhyn: i think we’re both stuck

Keir: maybe

Rhyn: but not in a terrible way

Keir: just paused

Rhyn: exactly

Thursday, July 16, 11:32 AM

Rhyn: got stuck in traffic behind a garbage truck

Rhyn: windows open

Keir: truly living the dream

Rhyn: i’d rather be at the pool

Keir: that’s the goal

Friday, July 17, 11:48 PM

Keir: you up?

Rhyn: barely. why

Keir: got a dumb idea

Rhyn: those are my favorite kind

Keir: meet me at the old library in 10

Rhyn: what are we doing

Keir: dress for climbing fences

Rhyn: i’ll bring snacks

Keir: i’ll bring questionable decisions

Saturday, July 18, 1:09 AM

Rhyn: did you know the swings are even squeakier at night

Keir: my hands smell like old metal and bad choices

Keir: so many grass stains

Rhyn: at least we didn’t get caught

Keir: legendary

Rhyn: found your wristband under the slide

Keir: thought i lost that

Rhyn: you almost did.

Keir: everything looks different at night

Rhyn: us included

Keir: we should do this more

Rhyn: agreed

Sunday, July 19, 3:17 PM

Keir: i have eaten nothing but cereal today

Rhyn: proud of you

Keir: adulting at its finest

Rhyn: i’m considering mac & cheese for dinner

Keir: do it

Rhyn: i might add peas

Keir: wild

Rhyn: or broke lol. mostly broke

Keir: feel that

Keir: i can bring over baguettes. we can toast them

Rhyn: might take you up on that

Sunday, July 19, 11:27 PM

Keir: this summer is moving too fast

Rhyn: don’t remind me

Keir: i wish i could freeze it

Rhyn: not just you

Keir: should we just dip?

Keir: run away to the ocean?

Rhyn: or we could climb that parking garage and watch the city lights like weirdos

Keir: rooftop moment, huh?

Rhyn: it’s the only place in town where you can see all the fake stars

Keir: real ones too, sometimes

Rhyn: meet me there?

Keir: omw

Monday, July 20, 1:17 AM

Rhyn: this view is so fake it’s almost beautiful

Keir: traffic sounds like the ocean from up here

Rhyn: you ever think the city is just pretending

Keir: pretty sure we all are

Rhyn: wish i could pause everything

Keir: you, me, and the world’s worst skyline

Rhyn: add it to the list: places to remember

Keir: you’re already on it

Tuesday, July 21, 6:21 PM

Rhyn: how are you

Keir: fine

Rhyn: liar

Keir: i’m okay

Rhyn: i believe you, kind of

Keir: it’s just one of those days

Rhyn: want to do something dumb

Keir: always

Rhyn: be there in 10

Tuesday, July 21, 8:12 PM

Keir: thanks for today

Rhyn: anytime

Keir: seriously

Rhyn: same

Wednesday, July 22, 11:12 AM

Keir: dropped my lunch in the parking lot

Keir: moment of silence for the sandwich

Wednesday, July 22, 2:50 PM

Rhyn: tragic

Keir: i almost went back for it

Rhyn: make like Elsa

Rhyn: let it go

Keir: my pain is now a meme

Friday, July 24, 9:09 AM

Keir: what would you do if you had a week off and no responsibilities

Rhyn: sleep

Keir: okay, after that

Rhyn: i’d drive until i found somewhere new

Keir: take me with you

Rhyn: always

Saturday, July 25, 10:56 AM

Rhyn: laundry mountain achieved

Keir: medal for you

Rhyn: just call me the laundry overlord

Keir: your reign is legendary

Rhyn: bow before me, peasant

Keir: only if you fold my socks

Monday, July 27, 11:18 PM

Rhyn: i miss summer nights from when we were younger

Keir: less responsibility

Rhyn: less pressure

Keir: more stars

Rhyn: i used to count them

Keir: i used to count on you

Rhyn: you still can

Keir: good

Wednesday, July 29, 6:38 PM

Keir: summer’s almost over

Rhyn: can’t believe it

Keir: i can

Rhyn: do you think we’ll do this again next year

Keir: i want to

Rhyn: me too

Keir: rate your summer

Rhyn: 9/10, minus 1 for sunburns and that food truck

Keir: i give it an 11/10, but would do again

Rhyn: dramatic as always

Keir: swimming, coffee and bookstores. hold the tiny shorts

Rhyn: as long as you bring Swedish Fish

Friday, July 31, 8:55 AM

Rhyn: you up

Keir: barely

Rhyn: coffee?

Keir: you read my mind

Saturday, August 1 11:01 AM

Rhyn: did you ever hear back from that job

Keir: yeah

Rhyn: good yeah???

Keir: depends on how you look at it

Monday, August 3, 10:43 PM

Keir: if you ever decide to leave, you’ll text me, right

Rhyn: of course

Keir: even if you’re far

Rhyn: especially then

Keir: just making sure

Thursday, August 6, 6:21 PM

Keir: i don’t want this to end

Rhyn: me neither

Keir: but it has to, doesn’t it

Rhyn: maybe just for now

Keir: that’s something

Sunday, August 9, 3:01 PM

Rhyn: you okay

Keir: yeah

Rhyn: liar

Keir: i will be

Rhyn: i know

Monday, August 10, 4:06 PM

Keir: i almost told you how i felt the other night

Rhyn: i was waiting for you to

Keir: why didn’t you say anything

Rhyn: sometimes fear of losing you beats hope of keeping you

Keir: so we say nothing?

Rhyn: for now. i guess.

Keir: lips sealed

Rhyn: making you a playlist called “things we don’t say”

Keir: just send me the tracklist

Rhyn: maybe i’ll burn you a CD

Keir: retro

Rhyn: just for you

Thursday, August 13, 7:34 PM

Keir: guess this is my way of saying goodbye, even if i don’t know how

Rhyn: i’ll still think of you when the sun burns too bright and the days run too long

Rhyn: when i smell sunscreen

Keir: and i’ll hope you’re somewhere making trouble, remembering me

Rhyn: that’s what summer’s for

Keir: saw Tiny Shorts Shane on a date with your old friend Veronica

Rhyn: golf club Veronica or Pizza Hair Veronica

Keir: Pizza Hair Veronica, obviously

Rhyn: legends only

Thursday, August 13 10:02 PM

Keir: (unsent: “i just miss you. and your gummy worms.”)

Thursday, August 13 11:55 PM

Rhyn: (playlist: “things we don’t say.” track 1: ‘1979’ — Smashing Pumpkins. track 2: ‘Island in the Sun’ — Weezer. track 3: ‘Wake Up’ — Arcade Fire. track 4: ‘The Middle’ — Jimmy Eat World. track 5: ‘Mr. Brightside’ — The Killers. track 6: ‘All the Small Things’ — blink-182. track 7: ‘Ocean Avenue’ — Yellowcard. track 8: ‘MMMbop’ — Hanson. track 9: [redacted])

Friday, August 14 8:07 PM

Keir: (photo: Tiny Shorts Shane and Pizza Hair Veronica holding hands, grinning under the lights at Tree Top Casino.)

Keir: 10/10. would bet it all