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Cormac Smith's avatar

I’d managed to forget about the hampster dance. Badger badger badger mushROOM mushROOM

Man, I was really sick at the time that hit my campus. Couldn’t get it out of my head!

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Amelia Adams's avatar

Fuck— sorry, man. Singing the theme to I Dream of Jeannie always helped me with earworms; maybe it’ll help you if you can’t shake it.

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Ned Reckoning's avatar

Wonderfully, irritating read! The split, stereo-style, soundtrack/jingle interlacing (Grace,Rufus/The King,Folgers) forced me to ruffle, as one would a newspaper, my read to keep it straight.

So much better than if you had jump-cut in and out, it felt like - here's my song and yes, there are two different tunes coming out of left and right speakers, but no buddy, there's no soundboard to modulate, you listen to composition as a whole, or not at all.

My favorite line: "His clown hides deeper than mine"

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Amelia Adams's avatar

I’m glad you enjoyed it— thanks for reading. I just write how my mind works so the narrator is unreliable and the entire series is peppered with music I used to hallucinate before medication. And when I started taking it, that world collapsed. No more music. No more voices. Just the noise of everyday life. (In the psych ward.) I hope you keep reading. There’s more to come.

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Ishmael Hodges's avatar

I DENY THE HOLY SPIRIT! That made me laugh. Commit the “sin unto death”, burn that bridge and get it out the way so you don’t have to worry about it anymore.

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Amelia Adams's avatar

Haha- yeah. That's not the first or last time you'll see that in this series.

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Darkstar's avatar

If there is any good from that style of therapy, it's learning how to resist being focused into compliance.

Thanks,Amelia ❤️

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Amelia Adams's avatar

Thanks. It was like that the whole time I was there.

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Doug's avatar

No words except… awesome!

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Amelia Adams's avatar

Thanks.

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