Friday :: 19 July 2024

• Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things

  

  Seattle, WA
  15 May 2024 :: iPhone 14 Pro Max :: f/2.2 1/1037s :: ISO-40

  Dear Stranger;

  It's interesting to see of all the things I'm a fan of, and lately there's one that really gets my friends poking fun, and it's oddly at one of the kindest and generous celebrities these days with a massive fan base that is by far the most inclusive and supportive I've seen–as if because they are a friend, it gives them licence to do so. Sure, but consistently? There's so much more to me, but there seems to be a fixation on this one person.

  Sure one can argue that this comes with the territory of being a fan of this artist, but this also has me thinking about things a bit more consciously, checking myself on one end so that I don't end up being the kind of person I hate, but also being more mindful of the interesting responses I get when I do respond. I think it tells me things that may be hard to accept about folks I considered friends, and it also tells me right now, there isn't really anything holding me back from charting a course away from what is no longer suiting me, or maybe adding a little more distance by heading toward the things that still do. I can't control how people treat me, but I can control where I can go to be treated with a little more kindness.

  Or at least go somewhere to take a bit of a break.

  I don't know, it's something that's got me thinking lately.

  Magically,
  -j

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