i haven't exactly shyed away from talking about this to anyone in real life, so i figured i'd take a crack at writing about it in my shielded bubble of a blog. if you're reading this, thank you for stopping by, even if the space seems small and subsequently intimate. sometimes, i feel like i'm indulgent. maybe incredibly so. my heightened emotional subjection clearly supports this claim, where little wins become triumphs and reality checks become devastations. despite the actual mundanity of my life, i tend to see the world as this grand, beautiful place where so much good is to be given and discovered and cherished. i look for the best in people and places and experiences. i'm rarely disappointed, but when it inevitably happens, it crushes me. not because something bad happened, but because i come to believe i deserved it. a moment where i spoke or held my tongue between my teeth has now cost me the right to give good and be good and receive good. i'm devastate...
so, i've been playing a lot of animal crossing: new leaf. i actually consider the hours i've racked up on this game recently as the most frequent form of social contact i've had in a while, because frankly, my family doesn't count at all. i went through something...tragic? traumatic? something with the prefix tra very recently. it was the fastest dissolution i've ever seen occur with my own two eyes. it was the first time in a very long time where i was forced to look at myself in the mirror and consider who i really was, even if my previous perceptions had gotten me by so far. i haven't come up with a conclusion yet, by the way. i think the stress of everything materialized itself into something tangible, real, and never to be ignored by my body. i got pretty sick and haven't quite recovered from it yet. i imagine it to look a lot like a koffing or a weezing pokemon, all gross and evil and purple and swirling around my insides. here's to hoping for hea...
a hallmark of chicago lives a double life in new york. i remember discovering it for the first time, on a cold winter's night, with a wonderful companion. though it's not a timed tradition, i frequent my reflection from time to time, intrigued by the way it's changed right in front of me. today, it felt cold. but i tried my best to stay warm.