I had recently been broken up with and was suffering bad about it. I had also been dog sitting for my parents which meant I had to wake up at 3 am to take care of their dogs and get to work by 5:30, but the pets were so distressed that my parents were gone that they had been keeping me up all night, so I hadn’t had more than 5 hours of sleep for the last 4 days.
My friend drove me to the airport where i met with my cousins and aunts who I hadn’t seen since I was a child because of family feud issues. They were all so bubbly and kept talking about all the things I had loved as a kid, and talking about me as if I were still 5 years old. Our plane was originally delayed by an hour, but it ended up being delayed by 6 hours. All I wanted to do was read my book and maybe rest my eyes, but everytime I put in both earbuds, someone tried to talk to me. So I’d sit and wait with only one earbud in; no one would talk to me. The SECOND I put the second earbud in, they would say something to me. They even pulled out my ear bud at one point. If that wasn’t bad enough, one of my cousins (who is a middle aged woman) threw a piece of licorice at me to get my attention. All during this, they are taking turns to go up and loudly complain to the person standing at the desk of our gate about the delays as if they have any control over plane maintenance. I finished my book way too soon and had to sit with them for another couple of hours before we even took off.
Longest delay I’ve ever had, and worst experience ever. By the time we all got to Idaho, and I saw my sisters, I broke down crying about how exhausted I was.
May 27, 2025
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Years ago I traveled to Italy. I did a full tour around the country and everything and for some reason I just wanted to go back home.
I remember spending the entire time talking to my family, worrying about what was going on and when I was going home. Before boarding the flight back, I was gagging out of nervousness because of the thought that I'd be stuck there.
Years later I'm looking back and I'm so mad at myself because why couldn't I have just enjoyed the trip like a normal person.
Jan 9, 2025
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Last year in July, I left my whole life in Paris. My parents cut me off and stopped paying for my flat in the city and I was so depressed about it all. I used to go out a lot, party in the coolest places with my friends whom I adored... I had to leave all of it behind, the glitter and the joy. I moved to a place in the middle of nowhere with my boyfriend, like literally sheeps right behind my house haha. Everything was hard, I had to do physical labor that I never experienced before and I was bored out of my mind.
Connection is not the best here so I had to pick up something to do. I went swimming a lot, I started making pearl bracelets like my mom did in the 70's in the DRC when she was a kid. It felt nice :) We adopted a stray cat and named him plantain in lingala "Makemba", his owner had left him behind. My parents and I made peace, we all grew up...
I'm moving back to Paris to resume law school after years of wandering in the abyss of my future. I'll miss the sheeps, the big tree in out backyard, coloring books and sleeping with the door open. What I thought was the worst punishment of my life grew to become bittersweet memories... Even when everything is shit, something nice can come out of it... I wish I knew that when I was crying cause I didn't want to leave 🐸
Aug 1, 2024
I went away with my dad and sister. I stayed in the pool until my fingernails turned purple, like tiny bruises. Bought a few things at a flea market that felt like a ghost town, like a place everyone had left in a hurry. In the women’s restroom, I met two grannies. They adored my shoes, told me I looked so young (I needed that) and complimented my hair. One told me to fill in my eyebrows; the other said to stay exactly as I am. They couldn’t stop laughing and teasing each other. One of them said, ‘We’re young too, we’ve just been young longer than you.’ It made me smile. They reminded me of Miss Spink and Forcible from Coraline.
Later, I had a few hallucinations, the sink water turned into blood while I was washing my hands, and I felt spiders in my hair
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Why not go through the process of blending those images yourself? Why not use process as an experiment? Why AI? What part are you playing? What makes it yours?
I think AI is impersonal. I think it is unethical when it has relied on the theft of actual people’s actual physical (and because of the nature of art, often time emotional) labor. I also think it is unnecessary in creating art. I also think the environmental impacts are atrocious. I also think AI’s biggest supporters are being maliciously ignorant because it’s a fun new toy.
Is it ease? Is it efficiency? People talk about accessibility as if children don’t use crayons and stickers! As if graffiti artists don’t use postal labels as sticker, as if sand mandalas don’t exist, as if cardboard and tape aren’t in over abundance.
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My name is Shawna. I responded “oh my god! My name is Shawn, too!” Then stuttered through saying “wait, no, that’s not my name.” and since I was so anxious I just rambled for way to long about the difference between our names.
May 19, 2025