> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.vjarmy.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # August 2026 - URL: https://www.vjarmy.com/august-2026/ - Published: 2026-09-01T20:46:11.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-01T20:46:11.000Z - Description: Nothing's gonna save us, not music, fashion or film. - Author: Dan Dickinson - Tags: Monthly Recaps, Photos August, am I right? But we’ve made it through, and there was a lot of living to do outside of the [previously disclosed highs and lows](https://www.vjarmy.com/portland-2026/). Here are some things I appreciated in August: ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/2026/09/IMG_9512.jpeg) Us. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/2026/09/IMG_9256.jpeg) Watching a real pro go to work. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/2026/09/IMG_9248.jpeg) NYC's [best lobster roll](https://www.marysfishcamp.com/?ref=vjarmy.com) returning. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/2026/09/IMG_9514.jpeg) Staring off into the distance. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/2026/09/IMG_9275.jpeg) Meeting [Murder Grandpa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoru%5FSuzuki?ref=vjarmy.com). ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/2026/09/IMG_9518.jpeg) Continuing to grind on Chunithm for that HOT OVER POWER. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/2026/09/IMG_9235.jpeg) The final edition of [Rohith's version of Slow Bar](https://www.kabin.nyc/coffee?ref=vjarmy.com). ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/2026/09/IMG_9271.jpeg) Rainbow cookies for dessert. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/2026/09/IMG_9591.jpeg) Katsu rediscovering her cat tree. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/2026/09/IMG_9233.jpeg) Packing as much activity as we can to any given weekend. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/2026/09/IMG_9265.jpeg) Weird signs spotted through the window of a moving bus in an unfamiliar neighborhood. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/2026/09/IMG_9577.jpeg) Friendiversaries (happy 11, MC!) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/2026/09/IMG_9562.jpeg) Getting spoiled. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/2026/09/IMG_0043.jpeg) Memorial signs. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/2026/09/IMG_9252.jpeg) Cat naps. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/2026/09/IMG_9258.jpeg) [New bars](https://www.barmontonyc.com/?ref=vjarmy.com). ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/2026/09/IMG_9529.jpeg) Q&A movie screenings. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/2026/09/IMG_9238.jpeg) Brunch at [Pinch](https://www.pinchchinese.com/?ref=vjarmy.com). ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/2026/09/IMG_0005.jpeg) Skies that go on forever, and little fluffy clouds. --- When I share these monthly posts on Instagram, I am blessed with the option to pick up to 90 seconds of precariously licensed music to add some additional layer of meta-commentary. I am freed from most of these chains here, but no one wants music automatically playing when you open the page, so I've usually just stuck to a chunk of the song lyric in the post summary. But I have fallen for [a new Charli XCX track](https://itscharlibb.substack.com/p/ss26), so you get the whole thing: [SS26 by Charli xcx on Apple MusicSong · 2026 · Duration 2:47![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/icon/favicon-32-e3401555-1c48-4864-8c9d-11116f864e9f.png)Apple Music - Web Player![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/53/7a/537a8df0-a25f-4592-ba2a-1d40c8d47705/content/images/thumbnail/1200x630wp-60-2438ff3f-75e4-4368-af59-b6facf20bfd9.jpg)](https://music.apple.com/us/album/ss26/6774745611?i=6774745616&ref=vjarmy.com) > Spring Summer 26 > When the world is gonna end no hope for any of it > Yeah we’re walking on a runway that goes straight to hell > Nothing’s gonna save us not music fashion or film > > Spring Summer 26 > When the world is gonna end no hope for any of it > Yeah we’re walking on a runway that goes straight to hell > I know > > Cigarettes, out them out > Can’t believe the things I’ve done, I don’t do them now > But I didn’t do it, even if I did > No it’s not my fault, I wasn’t there > > Think my politics could work as a press strategy > And my heritage could give me quite the USP > Can’t hide the fact I’d rather take the easy road > Yeah I think I’ll be alright if I look good in the clothes > > Spring Summer 26 > When the world is gonna end no hope for any of it > Yeah we’re walking on a runway that goes straight to hell > Nothing’s gonna save us not music fashion or film > > Spring Summer 26 > When the world is gonna end no hope for any of it > Yeah we’re walking on a runway that goes straight to hell > I know > > I was hacked > It was taken out of context obviously > But I didn’t do it, even if I did > Wrote a really good notes app apology > > Think my politics could work as a press strategy > And my heritage could give me quite the USP > Can’t hide the fact I’d rather take the easy road > Yeah I think I’ll be alright if I look good in the clothes > > Spring Summer 26 > When the world is gonna end no hope for any of it > Yeah we’re walking on a runway that goes straight to hell > Nothing’s gonna save us not music fashion or film > > Spring Summer 26 > When the world is gonna end no hope for any of it > Yeah we’re walking on a runway that goes straight to hell > I know