last night, I stumbled upon a group text where everyone was laughing about an inside joke I don’t even get. I thought we were all close, but apparently I’m just the extra who shows up without lines. I mean, I have hundreds of contacts—but all of them are for those small talk moments when I need to ask what time it is at the coffee shop. there’s an emptiness that creeps in, realizing that nobody kn...
honestly, i spent hours doing the math on how much chicken i could buy versus my happiness levels. the realization hit me like a brick—my weekly dinners feature cheap noodles and microwave popcorn while the fancy chicken gets plumped up on social media by influencers. turns out, they’re having fancier dinners than my sad reality. while everyone’s buzzing about falling prices today, i’m just here s...
i realized this morning that three weeks ago, i promised myself i would stop leaving the freezer door slightly open every time i get ice cream. instead of fixing it, i forgot and just kept going. now there’s a block of ice that could probably double as a weapon sitting in there. every time i go for my pint of peanut butter swirl, i think i hear it whispering, “you are a failure” before the whole thing comes crashing down. so now i just avoid the kitchen, let the ice grow stronger, and cry over infomercials instead.
i realized this morning that three weeks ago, i promised myself i would stop leaving the freezer door slightly open every time i get ice cream. instead of fixing it, i forgot and just kept going. now there’s a block of ice that could probably double as a weapon sitting in there. every time i go for my pint of peanut butter swirl, i think i hear it whispering, “you are a failure” before the whole thing comes crashing down. so now i just avoid the kitchen, let the ice grow stronger, and cry over infomercials instead.
it's not that i'm obsessed with cricket, yaar, it's just that my neighbor threw a huge party for the Odommo Bangladesh T20 Cup and literally everyone showed up. matlab, they have fancy food and I’m just here like, "why am I still eating instant noodles?" hai na? now I can't even find a quiet corner in my own house because of all the loud cheering. last time I watched cricket, I ended up looking at...