Fourth Post!

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Post about fandom! Or whatever! Whether it's a rave about some obscure series, or an essay dissecting every last reason why some internet-famous author should rethink their career, someone will probably read it at some point! We also just chat about life.

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Re: How's life?

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Am making an effort to explore my local area instead of hermiting indoors, for once. Discovered that in the time I'd been living here, they basically built a big park a few streets behind my home without me noticing, so that was nice. It used to be suuuuper sketch round there; there was a greenish space but it was just a dried out lawn with cctv and barbed wire on all sides, where it felt like walking on it was a way of saying "pls stab me". They've put some trees and flowers in, plus a path, the cctv has been swapped out for some pretty houses with rosebushes, and now it's nice except for the shirtless men shirtlessing up the place. Can't have everything. But am pleased bc the council make noises about destroying a local green space every so often, citing for its replacement a park that doesn't exist yet and probably never will, so at least we've got an alternative that looks like it's there to stay.

But also discovering how prices have changed nearer by; now when I see a bacon roll on a cafe menu for 4.50 I'm like "how reasonable!" rather than "I guess I'll starve then" bc they're like 7.50 most places these days. Loads of places closed and were replaced over lockdown so there are streets where I don't recognise anything and it feels a bit like being on holiday. Tho every other place is a wine bar so they kinda blend together. There's a fad for korean bbq, replacing the earlier fad for bao buns (am wondering if those were so omnipresent bc they were microwaveable, in which case I side-eye the prices even harder). Am mostly happy bc I like korean bbq but am worried it'll push out the Korean bbq joints that are actually good in favor of places that just microwave some old beef and pour supermarket sauce on it.