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#LifeUnderTheDoom, Day 22: Cosplay And Compromise

FACTS (the largest geek convention in the Benelux) was last weekend, and I had a whole scheme worked out with Experiment No.7 and a couple other co-conspirators to get me there, in cosplay, without my parents knowing. It was a … Continue reading

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When You Realize Your Friend Resembles A Homicidal Robot

Remember my scientist friend V? I wrote about her here and here. Despite all my intentions to remain friends with her, I still broke contact eventually. Not because anything had changed about our situation, but rather because nothing ever changed at … Continue reading

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Doubts… An Inquiry Into My Relationship With Experiment No.7

I don’t know how to write about this, yet I feel I have to. This is a call for advice to people more experienced than me. I don’t know what to do anymore. I’m having relationship doubts. When I met Experiment … Continue reading

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Weaponizing Kindness

Or, how to make a strength out of a (perceived) weakness.  If you read my past post about my gifted scientist friend V., you know that I was pretty miffed when she named kindness and patience as my most admirable qualities. It … Continue reading

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We Lesser Beings… Thoughts On Physics And Grief

Shit has a funny way of creeping back up on you just when you think you’re done with it…  I thought I had accepted my failures. I thought I had gone crazy, recovered to a certain extent, mourned lost chances, and … Continue reading

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A Writer’s Lament…

I hesitate to call myself a writer, because the only things I write are poetry and fanfic. And poetry -especially my poetry- doesn’t really count, in my opinion. Yet I can’t deny that I write, and that this writing is an … Continue reading

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Experiment No.7’s Dark Thoughts

I want to tell you some things about Experiment No.7, my current partner. Call it an experiment in itself; I am looking for advice. No.7 has been through a lot in his life, and this summary doesn’t do the whole … Continue reading

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Blunt Truth, Brought To You By Philip Larkin

This Be The Verse They fuck you up, your mom and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. But they were fucked up … Continue reading

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Mental Illness Is Everywhere

I had this classmate in high school. She was the hot artsy chick, the type that doesn’t only have a Pinterest page full of cool ideas, but actually tries them out. She had cute nail art, a Leica camera, and … Continue reading

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The Magnets Of Doom, AKA My Family Members

Trouble is my middle name? It might just as well be my last name, because I’m apparently not the only one in my family who has a penchant for causing it. My little bro has managed to do the only … Continue reading

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