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please be cruel

an open dialogue with myself

By alex

· Launched 2 years ago

the clairvoyant

May 20 • alex

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that is not my dog

Benji is not my dog.

Apr 6 • alex

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On writing

As someone who always secretly wrote and always felt some sort of shame around it.

Apr 4 • alex

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an unintentional hiatus

I haven’t written a post in a while.

Mar 9 • alex

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recent thoughts

the abridged version

Dec 15, 2025 • alex

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coffee stains and cinnamon rolls

i keep eating the cinnamon roll from intelligentsia for breakfast.

Oct 18, 2025 • alex

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having the rug pulled out from under you

(from last week as i can’t finish anything in a timely manner)

Sep 12, 2025 • alex

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overstimulated

i am prescribed a low dose of adderall and before this month, i would rarely take it.

Sep 6, 2025 • alex

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confusion in the summer

notes from july

Aug 10, 2025 • alex

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how to be spiritual when you want to stab people

woke up at 8:26 this morning to a text from Julia saying the world is our oyster.

Jul 9, 2025 • alex

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pissy little girl in the cactus garden

it was a big piss day, a drive to Orange to pick up a new (used) couch to replace our previously piss-stained couch, only to find that the new (used…

Jun 28, 2025 • alex

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2020 diaries: the last time i thought the world was ending

i’ve just begun a romantic entanglement with a guy that i’ve known since i was five.

Jun 22, 2025 • alex

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