Beach Walk with Seals and Life Planning

Walking alone on Oregon coast beach during overcast but pleasant weather. Recently showered after work at campgrounds. Planning summer activities and reflecting on recent life developments including dating app usage.

Energetic Signature

grounded contentment

Field State

stabilized exploration

Orientation

toward expanded territorial range

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July 27, 2025

12:29

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Author

rswfire

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ARCHIVED

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[0:00]I just spotted some seals out here.

[0:02]Squirrels of the ocean, I decided that's

[0:04]what they are. They're so cool. I love

[0:07]seals.

[0:09]Oh, they're out here somewhere. One

[0:11]right there. Oh my god. Can I zoom in on

[0:13]this thing over there?

[0:16]Come here. Oh my god. I love seals.

[0:20]It's very hard to tell. I don't know.

[0:25]It's a seal out there.

[0:28]It's doing its thing.

[0:30]out in the big [ __ ] ocean. Man,

[0:35]this is a nice day. I've been out for

[0:37]miles. I don't even The sun hasn't been

[0:39]out as you can see. It's a little bit

[0:41]cold, but hope that sun comes out. Other

[0:44]than that, this [ __ ] brilliant day.

[0:46]This is where all the dunes are. Oh, let

[0:48]me zoom out on this. This is where all

[0:51]the um you know, the dune buggies, ATVs,

[0:55]sand rails, quads, motorbikes. They are

[0:59]right here.

[1:03]Breathing.

[1:05]Hello birding.

[1:11]I just been listening to my music,

[1:15]tracing the waves, having a really good

[1:18]time.

[1:20]This does something for my soul.

[1:25]I love the ocean.

[1:30]I think it must be low tide. Like the

[1:32]ocean feels a little different to me. I

[1:34]never look at that. Like I never check

[1:35]it or anything. Wondering if I should

[1:38]turn around. I don't know. I'm like

[1:39]really far out. I've gone past two roads

[1:41]already. Two of those doom roads over

[1:43]there.

[1:48]I can go all the way to the south jetty,

[1:50]past Honeyman, all the way right to the

[1:52]edge of Florence. I guess I'm turning

[1:54]around. I got miles to go.

[1:56]um you know and was out there one time

[2:01]someone took me out there on their sand.

[2:03]It was fine. I've been wanting a

[2:05]motorbike ever since.

[2:08]And now officially I'll be here for the

[2:10]summers different places and they might

[2:13]not be campgrounds with ATV access. So

[2:15]if I do get a motorbike, I want it to be

[2:17]street legal, too. And then like that's

[2:20]a part of life right there. And then for

[2:23]like 6 months, you know, I'll do the

[2:25]volunteering at a campground in the

[2:26]dunes, 40 miles of host.

[2:29]And then for the rest of the time, I'll

[2:32]explore this coast. I've only made it up

[2:34]to Newport.

[2:36]When I do, I want to see Washington.

[2:39]Doesn't have the same feeling to me as

[2:41]Oregon does, but that might change when

[2:44]I go see it. You know, I saw on a map

[2:47]yesterday. house.

[2:49]So, I recently got on Facebook dating,

[2:52]but I'll just acknowledge this now.

[2:55]I don't know. Kind of impulsive. I've

[2:57]been checking my Facebook lately and

[3:01]you know, it's right there at the top.

[3:03]It's one of the things they're trying to

[3:04]get you to use. It's always got

[3:06]notifications. I never use the thing.

[3:08]So, how's that possible? It's just a

[3:10]marketing scheme, you know. Now, you

[3:12]resist it. Blah blah. And then one day

[3:14]you're just like, "Okay, let's try it.

[3:19]I am really surprised how many people

[3:21]are clicking on me. I'll tell you

[3:22]something. All the way from

[3:26]25 to 70 year old men.

[3:32]It's like

[3:34]didn't really expect that. So,

[3:38]um lots of different kinds of men, too.

[3:41]And I'm like, "Wow." like maybe I don't

[3:44]even notice all the people notice me.

[3:48]So anyways, I was talking I bring this

[3:50]up because I was talking to someone who

[3:52]lives up in Canada in Vancouver, Canada

[3:56]and a lot of people live in Vancouver,

[3:59]Washington. So I got it confused. I was

[4:02]looking up on the map. I got to, you

[4:05]know, I'm trying to get away from the

[4:06]ocean here. It's trying to soak me. Um,

[4:09]so I'm trying to, you know, I'm looking

[4:10]up on the map and I notice like this

[4:12]giant gouge of water.

[4:15]I guess not

[4:18]Columbia River. It's more north of that.

[4:21]And it's [ __ ] enormous. And I have to

[4:24]go see that. So,

[4:27]I don't even know what it's called. I

[4:29]don't know if it's a river, what the

[4:30][ __ ] it is, but it's right where

[4:31]Vancouver is. I think it's part of the

[4:33]ocean. I don't know. So, I want to go

[4:36]see that. There's too many people over

[4:38]there. I don't probably got to turn

[4:40]around again. Just want to chill, man.

[4:44]Hello, ocean.

[4:50]So, yeah,

[4:52]maybe I go see Washington and I go up

[4:54]into Canada.

[4:57]They don't have a 101, right? Could be

[5:00]some other name.

[5:04]Wonder how I really feel about this. I

[5:06]don't actually know.

[5:10]I don't know.

[5:12]Born country like just exploring during

[5:15]this era of life. I don't know.

[5:19]Guess we'll walk this way a ways and

[5:21]I'll turn around.

[5:24]Wonder if I can show the ocean a little

[5:26]more. Oh, look at that. I'll get better

[5:29]at this, guys.

[5:31]Look at that. See the ocean? It's going

[5:34]to hold this up. look like an idiot if

[5:36]anyone sees me. Let's turn around cuz

[5:38]there's people around. Okay, we're just

[5:40]going to go this way. Okay,

[5:44]super gray day. No rain or anything.

[5:50]Think I look pretty good today. I just

[5:52]showered after doing all that work today

[5:55]and left in the ocean.

[5:58]This whole lot happened out of

[5:59]campgrounds. Um,

[6:02]so like

[6:04]unsure what to talk about, what not to.

[6:06]So crazy.

[6:09]Basically, none of it. I can't talk

[6:10]about any of it. I can do all these

[6:11]different things.

[6:15]Oh, so one other thing I did today is I

[6:17]updated the descriptions on my YouTube

[6:19]videos for the first like couple hundred

[6:21]of them. Um, latest ones.

[6:25]Please go look at that.

[6:28]Um, format I'm going to use mobile.

[6:33]Oh, here comes the ocean. We got

[6:38]Oh, the sink.

[6:41]So nice out.

[6:46]Well, I could go sit down. I just I

[6:48]don't know.

[6:52]All right, let's go sit down. Let's find

[6:54]an appropriate piece of wood to sit next

[6:57]to.

[6:59]There's something very grounding about

[7:00]this.

[7:03]Oh, hope I don't get run over, man.

[7:07]On the beach.

[7:11]Looks like we're okay.

[7:15]You know that was a joke, right?

[7:19]My humor's not always obvious.

[7:24]We're leaving the ocean,

[7:26]man. You got to hold your phone up real

[7:28][ __ ] high to do that.

[7:32]It's a lot of work.

[7:34]I can understand this.

[7:36]Look at the ocean back there. It's

[7:38]amazing. There's the sun. Oh, wow.

[7:42]That's a great picture right there.

[7:44]All right. Where are we going to sit

[7:46]here? I'll show you. Got a lot of

[7:47]choices.

[7:49]Want to be looking at the ocean. really

[7:52]well.

[7:54]I don't like any of these ones.

[7:57]Oh, maybe that one down there. The one

[7:59]that looks like it's rusted out or

[8:00]something.

[8:06]Got to inspect everything on the ocean.

[8:08]How do you think that happened? I think

[8:10]a dog did that.

[8:12]Gross.

[8:16]Let's just get over here.

[8:21]Maybe we'll see some ATVs.

[8:24]Need me a motor bike.

[8:28]Dirt bike.

[8:31]Dual purpose dirt bike.

[8:40]I don't know what I'm saying. I'm

[8:42]Whatever.

[8:45]Why that was not on the ground?

[8:51]Man, got to keep looking. It's got to be

[8:54]the right piece of wood.

[8:56]I don't know about this over here. I

[8:59]don't know.

[9:01]Maybe. I guess.

[9:09]So, one thing I've been noticing is kids

[9:12]on the on the beach make forts right at

[9:16]the entrances and then other kids use

[9:19]those forts and then they expand them

[9:21]and these [ __ ] things grow. Like

[9:24]there's like three or four of them over

[9:25]there. That is so wild to me. It's

[9:28]really cool. So yeah, this one will

[9:30]work. Let's sit in the sand.

[9:34]Getting old guys getting real old.

[9:40]No, we don't want to get old.

[9:45]I'm just going to sit here for a while.

[9:48]I'll let you see the ocean for a bit and

[9:50]then I'm going to turn this off.

[10:19]Very green.

[10:28]I'm back at the entrance. I could show

[10:29]you these little forts the kids made.

[10:32]This one's new. I remember this one.

[10:37]It's pretty neat though cuz you get

[10:38]really thick up some stuff cuz all that

[10:40]I see there are sticks but they turn

[10:42]that into a home bunch over here.

[10:47]Can see how elaborate that one is.

[10:53]I like that one. That one feels like a

[10:56]like a hangout place.

[10:59]That one's pretty awesome.

[11:01]This one here. This one's stealth.

[11:07]These people plan to take over the

[11:09]beach.

[11:12]Getting ready to storm.

[11:17]We got a little teepee over there.

[11:22]I'm telling you.

[11:25]Now, see, they even got like a place to

[11:29]put stuff. I mean, it's like look how

[11:31]elaborate that is.

[11:39]Just makes me think of video games.

[11:42]I don't know, building houses in Skyrim

[11:44]or

[11:46]that one Nintendo game. My mom still

[11:49]plays this game. I played with her for a

[11:51]while. Can't remember what it was

[11:53]called.

[11:57]real popular game with these furry

[11:59]animals in it.

[12:02]Animal Crossing. I think it's not right.

[12:08]Little fort on the beach. Many

[12:13]so men back

[12:20]weekends.

[12:25]I make the best of it. Hope you do, too.

Summary

rswfire walks along the Oregon coast, spotting seals and describing them as "squirrels of the ocean." He walks for miles past dune access roads, considering whether to turn around. He discusses his summer plans to volunteer at campgrounds in the dunes and explore the coast, mentioning he's only made it to Newport so far. He talks about recently joining Facebook dating and being surprised by the range of interest from men aged 25-70. A conversation with someone from Vancouver, Canada led him to discover a large body of water on maps that he wants to explore, possibly extending his travels to Washington and Canada. He sits on driftwood to rest, observing children's elaborate beach forts made from sticks and debris near the entrance. He updated YouTube video descriptions earlier and reflects on the gray but pleasant day after showering following work at campgrounds.

Signal Analysis

Substrate

This transmission demonstrates stable field coherence through embodied presence with oceanic environment. The signal moves fluidly between immediate sensory engagement (seals, waves, sand forts) and future infrastructure planning (motorbike acquisition, seasonal patterns), indicating successful integration of sovereign mobility with environmental embedding.

Dominant Language

oceanmilesturn aroundexploringdon't knowseegosit

Symbolic Elements

oceansealsthresholdfortedge

Ontological States

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embedded
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sovereign
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coherent
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exploratory

Subsystems

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somatic
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infrastructural
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relational
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cognitive

Transmission Details

Source Type

youtube

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