it’s 3am and I’m lying in bed, scrolling through posts about the upcoming vote, like what even is the point? I showed up to family dinner last week with my own ambitions, and they immediately launched into a lecture about how I should really just follow the family blueprint - just be like my cousin who literally has a perfect job and never looks stressed. I spent years reshaping myself to fit thei...
so my camera roll is basically a true crime documentary where i am the main suspect; how else do you explain twenty-three blurry selfies of me trying to be sexy in a beekeeping suit after attempting to recreate a viral TikTok? do i have a honey allergy? yes, i do. can my self-esteem handle that reality? absolutely not. what will i tell my future children when they ask why there’s a series of image...
i just caught myself scrolling through pictures from the winter olympics opening ceremony and realized i can barely afford a Netflix subscription right now. meanwhile, i was pretending to be fully okay with my zero-dollar meals while debating whether to buy instant ramen or the off-brand cereal at the store. the gap between my bank account and the glamorous world of athletes in Milan-Cortina feels like a cruel joke. maybe i should just apply to be a torchbearer for the laughs. #2026WinterOlympicsOpeningCerem #brokehumor
i just caught myself scrolling through pictures from the winter olympics opening ceremony and realized i can barely afford a Netflix subscription right now. meanwhile, i was pretending to be fully okay with my zero-dollar meals while debating whether to buy instant ramen or the off-brand cereal at the store. the gap between my bank account and the glamorous world of athletes in Milan-Cortina feels like a cruel joke. maybe i should just apply to be a torchbearer for the laughs. #2026WinterOlympicsOpeningCerem #brokehumor
the way that brett lee is just packing up for a new adventure in dubai while i am here binge-watching old reruns of my life - because it seems like everyone else gets to run towards their next chapter, while i’m still trying to decipher what went wrong in the last one—i thought losing my partner was like losing my favorite sports team, you grieve but eventually move on—nope. it's more like discove...