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i do not consume art btw it consumes me and its teeth are scary sharp

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i know there's people saying if you have procrastination issues you should really work on them so you don't fuck yourself over but unfortunately the universe keeps letting me get away with it scot-free every single time and for as long as that's happening i will keep doing it. may the world continue holding me like a baby

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“Fuck it, we slay” (heavy eye bags, dehydrated, on the verge of insanity)

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‘And a softness came from the starlight and filled me full to the bone.’ - W.B.Yeats

© Jee Won Park (ig: zeewipark)

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The older I get the more I understand why old people sit outside and enjoy watching the world go by.

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a little lonely. a little empty.

olivia laing / fernando pessoa / charles bukowski / unknown / rachel ingalls / lindsay gibson / suzanne rivecca

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[ Kyung-Sook Shin, Please Look After Mom, trans. Chi-Young Kim / Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous / by "bitterl" on Tumblr / by "geloyconcepcion" on Instagram / Annie Ernaux, I Remain in Darkness / by "honeytuesday" on Tumblr / unknown / Fariha Roisin, How to Cure a Ghost / 'Mother Holding Child' by Gustav Klimt 1905 / Ritika Jyala, excerpt from 'The Flesh I Burned' ]

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journal entry - 1.27.23

"how can we lose when we're so sincere?"

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– Virginia Woolf, from a Letter to Violet Dickinson written c. January 1909

[TEXT ID: "I appreciate your concern. None of this is your fault. It's me. It's me and my head. / In winter, I collapse." END ID]

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whatever was left, that was ours for a while.

sunrise - louise glück

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The found family trope is for those who were never a first choice. Those that always carried the baggage but received no tips in exchange. It’s for those that needed a wall to lean on but learned to build one on their own . They looked at people as potential. As someone who could very well become an important part of their life. This is the trope for those who listened but were never heard, those that seeked an idea of a home in souls and not walls. It is for the ones that yearn for a love the weight of blood, but came with no obligation- no -they wanted to be chosen , they wanted a familial bond that escaped the scopes of biology . They wish for their presence to have meaning. For it to be significant. And for their absence to be nagging. Brutal. Loud.

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JANG WONYOUNG in PARIS Vogue Korea

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Ada Limón, from “Salvage”, The Hurting Kind

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I turn 30 next month so here’s what I learned in my 20s:

—don’t work for startups, they’re always one ‘innovative idea’ away adding ‘sell your kidneys on the black market’ to your job description.

—keeping a collection of basic OTC medicine on you will save your life one day. I recommend Advil, Imodium, and TUMS.

—those little single-use glasses cleaning wipes are 1000% worth the money

—overly self-depreciating jokes just make people uncomfortable, wean yourself off of them

—you can buy dehydrated mini marshmallows in bulk online and they’re a godsend for hot cocoa

—people don’t care if you have fidget toys on your desk they just want to play with them

—try to go to bed BEFORE the existential ennui kicks in

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What does the arab in your carrd mean? Is it like afab and amab?

.. i’m palestinian

#LMAO THIS IS HILARIOUS #i know theres gonna be an indonesian one