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It's been a while, hasn't it? I'm afraid things are really quite busy here, and unfortunately our liaison has been compromised. Well...so have a lot of people, actually.

Are you still yourself if you're not the self you were? It's the kind of conversation we've had a lot of times, around here. I've always only been myself, but if I woke up tomorrow as someone else, would I still be me even if I wasn't?

I think rather than worrying about that the best thing I can do is focus on trying to sort things out as best I can. I'm a little worried, actually, but I think I can manage to give everyone a shot even if I can't fix things on my own or even with everyone's help.

But you can help! Or at least I think it will help if you think about what it means to be "you". It's okay if that answer changes or doesn't. Just hold onto that concept and don't let it go. And maybe tell other people what you think it means? Not like I'm saying you have to talk about that. I think usually you all just talk about anything, and I think that is also a good way to hold onto who you are and who you want to be. Sometimes I think it'd be fun, all those parties or little plans. I've never spent much time outside of these walls, did you know?

I don't have time to really ramble, though. Those of you who know what I mean, we're doing our best. Those of you who don't, you do your best too. Pay attention to the things you tell yourself, and I'll try to fix what I can fix.

Please take care.

Joanne Wiseman
Technician 2nd class
Retr

spec Incorporated

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i’m seeing that every one of my app brothers and bitches be getting all philoslothical so thought i’d give my own shoutout: love yourself and you’ll do you, ain’t no better loyalty. this could-be paradise mirth planet deserves you the way you are 🙏

one love, hermanos. this one’s for you. if you click play, gracias for the listen and support you independent artists today. Carnival Kush is back in business. (honk honk)

[ there is a link to carnival kush’s supposed soundcloud with a phone recorded song (that we can pretend is not from soja). tagged to the message is a selfie of gamzee in calavera facepaint, in a hammock, with a bass guitar in his lap and an

actual bab sloth hanging from his neck

that the zoo has recently said was missing ]

it's you
IT'S YOU
YOU took the sloth?
jesus christ, man. how did you even...you know what nvm
my mom works at the zoo you stole it from and she's freaking out, could you give it back and restore the serenity of my weekly sunday dinner with my parents?

hold up who stole what?

the sloth?
around your neck?

ohhhh
ohhh sister, no :o(
no i didn’t steal this motherfucker i was tryna get him back home! when the zoo got loose.
me and my buddy yoyo were putting them back and when i got home
lil despacito was chillin in my hood
so thought i’d show him my crib since he wanted to come home with me so bad.

Edited 2018-07-05 02:42 (UTC)

[lil despacito....... ]

fine, i guess i can buy that
can you return him? he's a wild animal. they don't tend to be friend material

sure thing mamacita. i bet he’s missin his other slothies too, i know i would.
but yo lil despacito’s like the epiphany of all friendly relationships . . . i wish i could be just like him.
all he does is smile with me and eat greens, and parks himself right into cuddle factory. you ever made friends with sloths?

i can't say i have. i know them to be pretty calm animals, though
probably why lil....despacito hasn't freaked out on you yet

i dig that so much . . . it’s like he’s naturally lit.
i wish i can always be lit.

tbh you sound lit right now

how did you know?

just a wild guess

yo you should take your joker guessing and play, like . . . the lottery
you’d totally win every motherfuckin time

Oh, look at the buddy!!

bass be my all time buddy yeah, like that noise

[ your user name says one thing but your profile pic says something else . . . ]

jd has a twin bro?

Oh I meant the sloth.
But "Bass" would be an interesting name for a sloth, I guess.

?
Maybe?
Who's JD?

i was callin him lil despacito but bass sounds frosty too

uhhhahsha
brother pulling my leg, look at this. you gotta take my nose too, man.
jd’s you homie :o) jamie dope?

Hey, I know you probably heard this from someone else, but it's gonna be ridiculously hot this week. Are you gonna be okay out there?

seafoam is my ticket to salvation amiga, I’m chiller than glaciers. had any plans?

If you mean in the immediate future, I've got a match tonight, the curtain jerker, and then it's off to Felicia's bar. If you mean for the summer, I plan to get back to figuring out how to get the Mayship moving.

hahah
you got beef with your curtains homegirl?

It's jargon for being in the opening match.

match of what?

Dude. Do you remember what I do for a living?

overflow!