036 ☼ Elegy to a museum location

once my thriving third space, soon to be an events location on Kumeyaay land

I worked at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego—specifically the downtown location—from 2014 to 2015, from one spring to a fall. I was there 2-5 times a week. I was spectacularly broke and singularly hot as I was in my mid to late 20s and had the face of a baby. I was struggling to finish college. I had bad skin and low self-esteem, but I was deter…