life
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New Years and human optimism…
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! It is 2026 already, and the past year went by so quick; it ended before I got accustomed to writing 2025. I won’t write about my resolutions or reflections, because that’s too cliché. But then, breaking a… Continue reading
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Learning French and other frivolous activities
The green owl is back in my life, and I’m trying to learn French for the nth time. I wont boast about my 18-day streak with only 1 freeze. I have tried everything I can to free myself of the… Continue reading
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Fathers that show up and pierced ears
When I was 2, I got my ears pierced; that’s how we do it where I come from. A rather short story shorter, it was fricking painful. I was crying (as my parents told me), and the piercing in my… Continue reading
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Songs I have on repeat and other modes of comfort <3
These days, I listen to the same 10 songs on loop and seem to eat the same 5 foods every day. I repeat my outfits too much and watch the same rotten shows. There is so much I want to… Continue reading
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a letter i cant send ~
I think about not posting today. Skip the routine. But I cannot do that. I will stop posting and go completely off the grid if I don’t post. What chains bind me, are those the same chains binding you? What… Continue reading
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Living life on the edge…
Living life on the edge; I think about it a lot, in daydreams and letters that never get sent. About living life on the edge. With no shits given and a camper van for a home. Maybe a cat that… Continue reading
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The one where we change <3
I am finally 14 and this blog is almost two. I have not posted as much I should, but I have procrastinated a lot less than I could. In the time that I have spent writing for this blog over… Continue reading
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What I was up to during my exile…And a welcome back <3
Hi! So… *awkward silence* *Silence intensifies* To address the elephant in the room; yes, I was on a break; no, it was not intentional. A while ago I started the first year of junior high school, the navigation of which… Continue reading
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Media Recommendations
I love spending my time online. And I thought; after all that preaching about media consumption, why don’t I suggest some good media? From books to music, here is a short list of, if not enriching, simply not negatively influential… Continue reading
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Romanticizing Toxicity: A Look at Young Adult Fiction
“A burnt child loves the fire.”— Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray In The Picture of Dorian Gray, Wilde says this to imply that whatever environment one is brought up in, one grows to be fond of it —… Continue reading
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Gen z angst
They don’t like it, When we raise our voice, They ridicule us, For trying to maintain ourselves. They find it funny To comment about young love Or bring a youth down, For believing in love. They make a laughing stock… Continue reading
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failures of trial
A bird flies off, Starting at the branch, It lifts its wings, Bends its feet; And jumps- Flying off to clouds we cannot see, Alas one can only hope so, For it drops: Like the apple once did, On the… Continue reading
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What’s in my bag?
Decoding My Bag: Items That Define Me ❤ We all have that one bag that goes with us wherever we go. Be it a purse, a backpack, a wallet or even a pocket. That thing carries our entire life in… Continue reading
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