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Continue reading →: Uni FriendsMother: “Keep in touch with your uni friends, they’re your friends for life.” Me: “Yeah, I know…” I will… … I lost touch with almost all the uni friends by now. There’s just a small handful on Instagram, keeping tabs. I don’t always view everyone’s stories. Some of them I’ve…
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Continue reading →: Facebook Friends
“Dude, nobody reads your Facebook notes. Do you know he’s the only who reads your writing?” “What?! You guys aren’t reading my notes?!” (Laughing) “We don’t have TIME… who has the time?! You’re writing like 1200 words essays! We just skim through, see the headlines, okay, it doesn’t seem like…
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Continue reading →: Lo-Fi Sunday
Apple Music Chill. My playlist for today… at the moment. … I’m just thinking, I’m not going to have this much time to write by February. Once the Lunar New Year starts, I’m back in classes… cybersecurity… Yes, it’s a new mountain to climb. Could I reach PhD this time?…
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Continue reading →: Invisible String
I heard this song arise during Shavasana today. I’m listening to it again, reading the lyrics… It’s quaint. It’s simple. It’s innocent. … I don’t know how I feel about banjos. It’s not an instrument that I’m particularly connected to. … I think I get it. … I like the…
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Continue reading →: “Where’s the scarf, Jake?!”
Mum, “Who’s scarf is this?” Me, “Oh, just a friend’s.” Mum, “Are you going to give it back?” Me, “Umm… I haven’t seen them in a while. They’re not in Australia right now.” Mum, inspecting the scarf, “It kind of looks like my scarf. The paisely pattern.” Me, “Yeah, it…
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Continue reading →: Day 3: Aad Guray Nameh
You are still on my mind, even after 31 minutes of a Kundalini mantra. This is not turning into 50 First Dates. In fact, I’m remembering more… it’s coming back in waves.
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Continue reading →: The Brute
“He just gets so jealous. It’s ridiculous. And then he’s upset when I don’t get jealous about him?!” “Maybe cos he’s an only child? You know, they’re not very good at sharing.” “I have another friend who’s an only child. She’s not like this!” “Yeah but, she’s a girl, mah……
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Continue reading →: It’s Christmas
Everyone else is having fun, catching up with their families. Having a great time. And I’m over here, alone, at home, typing on my laptop. Getting angry and heart burn about trans rights.
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Continue reading →: I can’t eat when I’m angry
I just got the worst heartburn… eating breakfast, still thinking about my last post… I can’t eat when I’m angry. I can’t eat when I’m stressed. It’s not a good habit but… that’s where I’m at.
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Continue reading →: Ethics
Supervisor, “Okay, so you want to do this research… on trans people…” Me, “Yes.” Supervisor, “But you’re not trans…?” Me, “No. But I have a friend who is. And I wanted to do this research for them.” Supervisor, “Okay but like the optics of that… because you’re not a part…
