Trans Megathread from January 13th, 2024 to January 19th, 2024
"Nearly every social event I have attended with [communists] has inevitably had some conversation about linux, furry culture, obscure leftist history, tabletop games, or other equally nerdy subjects"
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I was watching her sleep
I was watching her breathe
I was watching her dream
I hoped she was dreaming of me...
The room was stale and sodden
It's 85 in Autumn
I thought it was hot in here
But it's hot outside
And I thought about my problems
Everybody wants to solve them
But problems are problems
And these problems are mine
Then I think about time...
I have time, right? Right? Right?
Ben crossed the street just a little too late
So he's gone and I accept that it's fate
It's just fate, what's so great about fate?
Don't get me started on fate.
I saw Ben
In a dream last night
I asked about heaven and he said "Heaven's alright."
Of course it is man
You're still sharp as a knife!
I asked about heaven
And he said "Heaven's just fine."
That's the tyranny,
That's the identity
Of time as a body fifteen feet in the air
All that concrete
Versus timing
What about destiny and Hollywood endings?
I'm not smashing any mirrors
I'm not walking under ladders
I'm not opening umbrellas
I'm not sparking with white lighters
It's just every time we try to meet
Liz was far away from me
In essence or by space
It took Ben
It took death
It took time
Yeah it took time.
I exhale my smoke towards the rotating fan
Liz wakes from her dream and she squeezes my hand
She says "Good morning."
Good morning!
You look so precious just dreaming of me!
She blinks and laughs me off...
She says "Boy if you knew I wasn't dreaming of you...
You are dreaming of me.
Still right now you imagine me say
These words right back at yourself."
Then I woke myself shaking from deja vu.
I saw Ben
I saw Her
I've got Luck
I've got Fate
I've got Time...
sad blogposting
I had a childhood friend named Ben
He was a naturally really smart kid with a bad home life and a little brother that was a lil shit and got into a lot of trouble but as we got into highschool age, he became a real misfit punk dude and we caught up on our early/mid 20s but I worry about him and hope he's well, he was a good dude despite all the angsty crusty greasy hardcore scene bullshit. Last I saw him, he was going steady with a mutual friend gf living together, but it was kinda a mess and their roommate that was also a childhood friend turned out to be a real POS and did some real irredeemable shit to them and I hope Ben (and Maddie) are well
He was smart enough to make a lot of trouble for himself in creative ways but not smart enough to avoid trouble altogether, and those are the kinds of people I really worry about when we lose contact for years