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nuclearsalad
@nuclearsalad Feb 5, 2019, 7:32 AM UTC

Young

1. That feeling when you saw on TV a street that you used to cross when you were in college. You remember the heat of the air, the colors of the surroundings: the barbecue grills, fishballs deep-frie…

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nuclearsalad
@nuclearsalad Nov 14, 2018, 12:53 PM UTC

Disrupt-it-Yourself: Vaporwave as Counterculture

Introduction If you have been digging / living in the internet for a long time, you may have encountered this phenomenon / movement in-passing. Usually accompanied by images appropriated with early 8…

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nuclearsalad
@nuclearsalad Nov 10, 2018, 5:16 AM UTC

Sappho

1. There is a different kind of sadness gripping my heart these past few days. I probably got this from listening to too much lo-fi hiphop beats, or to the latest videos of Levni Yilmaz (I’ve always…

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nuclearsalad
@nuclearsalad Nov 9, 2018, 10:33 AM UTC

Fool

1. It’s more convenient to look at the mess and point at a different person. Ask them to clean it up, pick up the pieces, probably even scrutinize the way they fix it. Laugh at mistakes, spit out har…

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nuclearsalad
@nuclearsalad Mar 7, 2018, 4:49 AM UTC

A Rose

Crimson stains on toilet paper Spilling from the wastebasket Swept with yester-years of grief, the longing of the mouse for the cat that moved away, the previous owner of the house packing items in l…

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@nuclearsalad Feb 17, 2018, 1:30 PM UTC

what does it mean to touch?

what does it mean to touch when our hands only know how to let go? what language do our arms speak when we pretend we are embracing each other? Deep within my skin are cells, deep within those cells…

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nuclearsalad
@nuclearsalad Feb 5, 2018, 9:21 AM UTC

The Girlfriends I had (an old journal entry)

Looking at the stuff I wrote these past few years, I noticed that I mostly talked about the girls I wished for but never had, and not about the girls I actually had. For the record, I really didn’t k…

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nuclearsalad
@nuclearsalad Feb 2, 2018, 2:25 AM UTC

Still life with certain things

A. Shoes The dirt on your shoes show where you've been. The scent from your socks show how careless you've been. B. Smart Phone The tool you use to post/create/curate symbols--emojis and figures of s…

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@nuclearsalad Feb 2, 2018, 2:04 AM UTC

Best Friend

Jericho Rivero oftentimes regards his roommate, Nathan Lopez as his best friend. He found Nathan’s company buoying his own life in the city, considering that he came from a not-so-wealthy family, rel…

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nuclearsalad
@nuclearsalad Jan 19, 2018, 11:49 AM UTC

She Smokes Now

Liz started smoking when Nathan Lopez, the basketball player, decided to end his relationship with her. The reason I know was that Liz confided to me—sometimes in tears—the course of their affair. I…

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