>> young, dumb, stung

E L I   O ' D E M P S E Y,  2 2 it's disgusting how little that you try, the existential equivalent of pink eye. we can do better, you could be the greatest man in the world.

[indiffcrncs]

“ it makes me sound like a teletubby, dude. well of course it won’t, not with that attitude at least. gotta let the cool flow through you. ”

[elicisms]

“only like a tiny bit, and it’s an adorable nickname. ellie just makes me sound... i don’t know, like a rich girl. listen, i’m trying to be optimistic here, but i don’t see it. look at me, then look at a cool person. you have a lot of work to do.”

[bluoakley]

“I think… When you allow anything to rule your life, it’s a problem. Enjoyment of something is fine, but obsession or addiction, aren’t.”

[elicisms]

“...yeah. and then, i guess, that’s kind of where i failed.”

[areumbby-deactivated20191213]

Areum giggled as she began reciting the joke she heard only a few minutes earlier. “Okay, knock knock?”

[elicisms]

“who’s there?”

[medicbethany]

“Both, just moved in and I’ve already got work to do.”

[elicisms]

“hey, doesn’t everybody when they first move somewhere?”

[indiffcrncs]

“ if you stop calling me lala, i’ll stop calling you ellie, it’s simple. yikes, i never said i could make you hip, young padawan, that has to come from you ”

[elicisms]

“----- aw, what? i thought you liked ‘lala.’ damn. well, i’m never gonna stop, so. fuck, i’m not ready for that. the cool, hipness can’t come from me.”

[semiautomaticemilia-blog]

“ are you sure? i don’t wanna cause a disturbance or something. i know some people don’t like this stuff.“

[elicisms]

“no, it’s fine —- really. good on for, though, for being… uh, y’know,considerate.”

[msaintpost-blog]

“It hurts a bit… Mom used to say if I really wanted the pain to go away I should just cut it off… Do you know someone who cuts off arms….?”

[elicisms]

“----- whoa! jesus, don’t cut off your arm. your mom was so ill-advised.”

[semiautomaticemilia-blog]

“Sorry, what’d you want again? I’m a bit busy.”

[elicisms]

“----- um, nothing. i’m good. you’re good.”

[medicbethany]

“First day at my new location. This should be interesting.”

[elicisms]

“like... at work? or an ---- or like an apartment?”

[msaintpost-blog]

“I mean, I don’t know about you but I tend to get random bruises and i’m not so sure how…”

[elicisms]

“happens to me all the damn time. ----- that one looks pretty serious, though. you okay?”

[melaninproud-deactivated2018070]

“when you have a bad attitude about the world you can make everything sound like shit. — ‘don’t do this you can get sick. don’t do that it costs too much.’ — they don’t know how to do the whole living thing. i think people are too scared of the consequences.”

[elicisms]

“but when does it become living, you know? like, whose definition are we following? ---- what if that getting married and having kids is really living for that individual person?”

[bluoakley]

“Good point. But sometimes, we all need an escape, even when it’s not a healthy one.”

[elicisms]

“true. it’s escaping for a reason, i guess, so... the more different the better. but, honestly, it’s when it becomes your reality that there’s a problem.”

[levi-lei]

“Life here… life in general. I feel like I have been on the outside of everything lately, which is kind of ironic, really.”

[elicisms]

“----- oh. yeah. i get that way, too. how is it ironic?”

[indiffcrncs]

“ but you don’t have to go shopping to be in a store? you know what, whatever, i’ll just let you be behind on music, ellie. ”

[elicisms]

“i fucking hate that nickname more than lite itself. ---- wait, listen. wait. teach me your ways, yoda. i need to be hip.”

[areumbby-deactivated20191213]

Oh my goodness, I heard the funniest joke earlier. Like I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time. You wanna hear it?

[elicisms]

“lay it on me.”

[melaninproud-deactivated2018070]

“y’know what i don’t understand, “ oh there he goes. with digits circling the rim of his glass, the motor on his mouth is already running like crazy. he’s only ever been back for a few hours, this is a new record. “how people can be born, go to school, do that for fifteen, sixteen, some-odd years. they graduate, get a job. then what? live in a nursing home until they die? what kind of life is that. i’m BITTER thinking about it. not me. not i. nope.”

[elicisms]

“i’ve always felt that same way, man. like, that can’t be all there is to life. what’s the fucking point if that’s it? but everything seems done already, right? like... everybody’s already made everything sound so shit.”

[levi-lei]

“It’s okay! Don’t worry about it. Generally, I bring moods down. Sort of trying to readjust, it’s uh… not easy.”

[elicisms]

“trying to readjust to what? not bringing moods down? yeah, me, too.”