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I’m weaning myself off the immediate gratification that comes with sharing thoughts online the moment I have them, but I still find it hard to shut the fuck up. Journaling satisfies my urge to never shut the fuck up and also is supposed to be good for you or whatever. I love the Pigma Micron .005 Pen. These pens are so fine point it's borderline erotic. So scratchy and satisfying. I look at my entries like fuck that's not even handwriting, that's calligraphy. Uniball Jetstream Stick Pen 1.0mm is when I am in the thick of it and I need to get the ideas off QUICK. Smooth and glide-y and wet feeling.
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It scratches an itch in my brain. This is coming from a micron pen girlie. Also no more smudge.
Feb 9, 2024
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Having something pleasurable to use encourages me to use it! Though it’s hard to be consistent in journaling, I have found that nice things encourage a niceness in return.
Feb 1, 2024
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the way the ink sinks into paper scratches an itch in my brain (and erasable because i’m bad at sketching)
Aug 24, 2024
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Some of his songs are so atonal and chaotic you kind of have to just give up and experience it. First listen, I remember hearing a wall of autotune, blown-out 808s & distorted hi-hats until a clear-as-day 2011 Chief Keef reference emerged like the sun breaking through storm clouds. Some of his music sounds like he’s pulling from every microgenre of rap from 2007 until now, at once. It’s so overwhelming it’s palette cleansing. I listen to his music the same way perfume shops keep a cup of coffee beans.
Feb 8, 2024
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I’m very anti-free-will-pilled rn. This new book Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will, argues all the baseline variables that precede action (our past, our current mood, our biology, our culture, etc) have an inescapable effect on our choices. To me, this is isn’t hopeless–it’s humanist! The alchemy of what motivates us is crazy! There is a traceable, individually justified reason for why we all do what we do. It’s helped me approach myself and others with openness and curiosity, instead of judgment. Like, think about the confluence of influences that drives one to goon. The world is magical place.
Feb 8, 2024
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Natalie and Charlie can excavate the funny yet human truth out of literally anything. For a lack of better words: Seinfeldian. I’ve done the pod (twice!) and did their live show at the Bellhouse not too long ago. Had a blast. They’re both very smart & very silly people, and the audience they’ve cultivated reflects that.
Feb 8, 2024