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And then it is suddenly winter, with the moon high above and the chimes in the steeple ringing and a sonorous choir of trombones rendering a Christmas carol; and over all is a quietness and an ache as though all the world were loneliness.

—Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

#reading list #ralph ellison #invisible man #literature #prose

hey all,

i have been thinking of starting a brand new blog for a while and i think it is time :) thanks 4 reading my writing and stuff, if you've ever taken the time, it has always meant a lot to me <3

I have a lot of Tinder red flags and one of them is Drake

entering my high femme* era

*glitter eyeshadow

existential-celestial

“October in the Chair,” Neil Gaiman, featured in M is for Magic

#prose #neil gaiman #october #november

orphanedsource

since moving here ive noticed europeans have no concept of how few americans ever leave USA. every american tourist youve met is of an economic crust that is vastly unobtainable to the other like. 85% generously. no matter what you have believed i can guarantee this. even getting to canada isnt really a possibility and the mexico-US border is highly controlled and militarized.

to put it into perspective. a ~2 hour flight from london to warsaw is like. 30 to 45 USD?

and a 2 hour flight from one US city to another would be about 130 USD

it was very cheap to fly here. i make over 100k USD now and i dont know if ill ever be able to afford leaving. if that gives you an idea of how prohibitive travel is here. i havent even touched on how the US has Zero guaranteed holidays by the govt. many people here go years without ever having an entire week off of work

this has had a like. massive impact on American Brain and they dont even know it because travel isnt even a consideration economically. they dont even know how much more vacation time european countries have guaranteed

#i regularly spend $500 dollars to get from one American city to another #it’s absurd

we are all much stupider than our ancestors

being young in the city, belief, and saying something 😔🤙