how can i pretend? - by kel - the (un)comfy corner
It’s been a whole quarter since my last update, which has thrown me into a familiar cycle of feeling like I can’t get an update out because the thoughts I had are no longer timely, despite knowing every time I read one my old posts they will still resonate. I like transporting to those moments in time, to all those moments that I was feeling. I wonder if I should go back in time to rewrite those moments and what they meant to me, or if the fact they went undocumented is part of the memory. It doesn’t feel quite right to post backlogged content that I don’t currently feel a certain way about, but I also don’t want to lose traces of the very real thoughts and feelings I had. Inspired by “If I love you, it’s because in some way we are the same type of bastard”, I’ve compiled some of my inner thoughts from the last 4 months on a variety of topics, lightly edited for privacy/clarity. Take it as my compromise for this feeling. A word of warning though that this piece doesn’t really go anywh
It’s been a whole quarter since my last update, which has thrown me into a familiar cycle of feeling like I can’t get an update out because the thoughts I had are no longer timely, despite knowing every time I read one my old posts they will still resonate. I like transporting to those moments in time, to all those moments that I was feeling. I wonder if I should go back in time to rewrite those moments and what they meant to me, or if the fact they went undocumented is part of the memory. It doesn’t feel quite right to post backlogged content that I don’t currently feel a certain way…
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