Rec | OVERBOOKING

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did i buy tickets to three different out of town shows scheduled for this week? this, the last week of the semester when i have no fewer than THIRTY-FIVE pages worth of papers to write and four final exams to take and i‘m still working at my job full time? yes. yes i did. although my ill-advised confidence is likely due to the caffeine and hastily-purchased adderall that is coursing through my veins, i think i can do it. and if nothing else, goddammit, i‘m going to sleep like a carefree baby when this is all said and done. here’s to the foolhardy plans of overachievers. 🍻

@ktrnaa

Apr 23, 2024

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