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disclaimer: i myself change rapidly—think of this as a snapshot instead of a north star. no refunds when in a year i dont agree with half of what is written here. i am continuously experimenting with how i lossily project myself onto other people in the form of words. also this has been most successful in sf which is weird asf so idk how well it would generalize to another city during one of the first times i did this last year, i wrote two poems about it. what i think was the most resonant line in the entire two poems was "it's liberating." for the first time in my life i didnt have a constant cloud over my head following me around and criticizing me. for a brief second i saw the sun. 1 shake it off - ok just like the first pop song ive ever liked now coming back and being so real?? life is so funny sometimes. another day of sun - the realism and imperfection of life in pursing one's dreams packaged into one song that is so catchy at the same time—love! la la land 🫠 i love it: 🔥 I t