The First Step

Rummaging through the 100 thoughts in my brain.

Jun 10, 2025

Hi? Hello? Hola?
I’ve written this introduction a hundred times already. I don’t really know what people are supposed to write in their first newsletter, but I’ll try nonetheless.

So, hi again.
I’m Summer, and this summer, I decided that I get way too many random thoughts and too many thoughts = too much time pass. One of those random thoughts was to start a newsletter, and another was to share those “thoughts.”

I love reading, writing, drawing, painting, watching shows and movies, and appreciating a good sense of humor. So, as a potential jack of all trades, master of none, here are some things I enjoyed this week:

Poetry:

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When we think about animals’ instincts like ours,
They seem like wild, untamed beasts.
But when we weigh human cruelty by animal instincts,
It all seems … natural.
Sometimes we forget to tell ourselves:
We are animals too.

I wrote this poem while reflecting on my own uncultured actions. Lines like these spill onto paper when I think about everything that went wrong - and when I need a constant reminder that nobody is perfect.

Book:

My book of the week is going to stay a Roman Empire of mine for months to come - I'm sure of it. It was written around 200 years ago, and there I was in my living room, completely catatonic after I finished it. Because wow. I mean, just amazing.

I read Crime and Punishment last week, and it resonated with me so strongly. Call me crazy, but I really understood Raskolnikov. His article? It felt like he’d taken my jumbled ideas and turned them into clarity. But at the same time, I knew what he did was wrong, that Sonya and Razumikhin were right in their ideals.

The book’s selling point wasn’t just the ideas it laid on the table, it was the plot, the pacing, the character relationships. The whole time I read it, I found myself comparing it to Dickens (I’m an anti-Dickensian), wondering how both authors fall under the same umbrella of literary greatness (no hate to Dickens lovers).

After finishing it, I obviously went fanart-hunting and found a completely unexpected goldmine of mini-comics that I have to share. You’ll find them at the bottom of this post.

Credit: creantzy on Tumblr and morriganduska on DeviantArt (Please support their amazing art and talent)

TV Show:

Let’s see, just a few days ago, Ginny and Georgia came out with its new season. After leaving season 2 on a cliffhanger for two years, they had the audacity to leave this season on another one.

One of the reasons I loved Ginny and Georgia was Georgia herself, and how cringey and unhinged the show could get. Season 3 flipped the whole table. Let me just say - it felt like an emotional rollercoaster. I overly related to, but also hated, many characters. But let’s just say it finally brought the “us against the world” energy to life.

After watching it, I don’t think I’ll ever find another series with that many twists in one season. It was the show of my week, and I think it’s going to haunt me for a while, especially since every other Instagram reel I scroll past is still about Ginny and Georgia. The show refuses to leave me alone.

Now I’ll probably have to wait another two years for season 4, just to find out it’s either over or hits me with another damn cliffhanger.