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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
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
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
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
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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