july 2 qew

"To be cringe is to be free." My friend said this today while we were speeding away to a mystery destination that I assumed was near the IKEA she and I patronize when we want to eat, catch up, and walk around a bit but what was actually a different IKEA in a different city altogether. The drive was good and the conversation was lively and for a while there I forgot about the things that were bothering me and just remembered how fun it can be to just be a guy in a passenger seat in a car going 110km down the highway The vibing and IKEA time was needed. Things have felt too tense recently. It's the world, the economy, and politics, sure, but it's also the heat and the humidity. It's oppressive, unnatural, and anthropogenic, by which I mean Mr. Guillotine is so, so hungry and he wants to do some slicey slicey and it's cruel to not feed your pets. H and I go to IKEA when we need to be the world-class yakkers we are in a free range situation. IKEA became our thing years and years ago when…