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A place to jot down the random stuff that pops in my head. Tadaima is Japanese for "I'm home!" or "I'm here!". It's also a great album by Akiko Yano. ✉️ C...

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85 from 28 Jun 2023 to 30 Oct 2026
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2026 31

  1. 30-year-old grandmas
  2. Innocence is kind of beautiful actually
  3. PTSD and the workplace
  4. I tried Pedro Almodovar's recipe for creative energy
  5. The folly of first impressions
  6. Maybe Jesus was a demon
  7. Now entering Hobbit Mode
  8. It's a wrap
  9. I bought a ceramic coffee dripper
  10. My favorite Spanish words/phrases
  11. Do it for the story
  12. The most American thing about me is the coffee
  13. Being pampered always comes at a price
  14. Too many temples
  15. No one told me you can add multiple cards to Libby
  16. Leave your house or die
  17. The 2-Year Apartment Rule
  18. Some ramblings on trains
  19. Being the spokesperson for someone else's life
  20. Accidentally learning things about myself through my hatred of TV characters
  21. Just some boring advice on consistency
  22. Here, take this chemical lobotomy
  23. On being passive aggressive
  24. Why couples love board games
  25. Are they a jerk or just going through something?
  26. A shitty dream
  27. Hospitals are weird
  28. The world isn't ending
  29. Privilege is bad grammar
  30. Everyone has been lying about cats
  31. Driving culture is the worst

2025 30

  1. Stuff I liked this year
  2. If no one remembers it, then did it really happen?
  3. $75 down the toilet (literally)
  4. Learning Spanish Update
  5. All Hail Gravy
  6. "Let people enjoy things!!"
  7. How do people lie so easily?
  8. We're all old or young to someone
  9. "Clearing space" won't fix productivity
  10. Agreeing on things is love
  11. How I'm reading more books (and faster)
  12. Bye bye, em dash (—) 👋
  13. Everyone should have a "gym show"
  14. Being difficult to please (and why I hate 'A Little Life')
  15. Anime does not age well 😬
  16. Some thoughts on normality
  17. Comments my dad made after watching "Superman"
  18. Tapas? In this economy??
  19. Being nostalgic for the past isn't the answer
  20. How much is your worth?
  21. Cozy sci-fi and why we can't have nice things
  22. How is public karaoke still a thing?
  23. Learning Spanish Through Comprehensible Input
  24. Anonymity Is Fun 🤷‍♀️
  25. If nothing is curated, how do we find things?
  26. Trapped in a Costa Rican Forest
  27. I Bought An Ugly, Old Word Processor to Start Writing More
  28. The Subtle Sabotage of Wasting People's Time
  29. Make the Internet Weird Again
  30. Liberals, stop waiting for schadenfreude

2024 2

  1. 'I Saw the TV Glow' Is True Horror
  2. From the Vault (My Version)

2023 17

  1. I'm sorry your life is a dumpster fire
  2. Introverted Dance Music
  3. But it comes with fruit!!
  4. When You're Always Catching Up
  5. A Breakup Letter to My Apartment
  6. My Life Is a Cliché
  7. Saying Goodbye One Last Time
  8. Mental Health as #Content
  9. Pet Loss and the Afterlife
  10. Grateful Lola Thoughts
  11. My Comfort Faves
  12. Things I Miss About the Dog
  13. Random Thoughts I Had After Losing My Dog
  14. Bjork's "Debut" and the Age 27
  15. Dead Petz and Other Thoughts
  16. Kids! Don't you know that all this shit is fantassyyy
  17. 9 Worst Etsy Customers

Undated 5

  1. I hate shopping
  2. Old parents second childhood
  3. Starting a new shared reality
  4. Always read the fine print
  5. Life as an average american right now