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brandt in #hive-150329 • last year

Shoot.

Something's not quite right.

Let's try turning it off and then back on again.

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There we go, now we're firing on all cylinders. The guy in my nightmare last night told me it's high time for me to pull the trigger on the first piece of hack writing I've hammered out since last summer. So here's a full magazine of nonsense content locked and loaded and ready for your consumption, mostly in the form of pictures I shot with an iPhone that just decided to die on me. My target is obviously for all of this to end very badly because apparently I'm a champion when it comes to setting myself up for failure. So there I was, dreaming yet again of burning another bridge and existing in an imaginary space where I didn't have to ghost everyone who tried to get close to me when my phone started ringing:

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Hey man, what's up?

Hey. I've got some bad news.

Oh. What is it?

It's about James. He's gone man.

What?

Yeah man. He drove out to the Avalanche trailhead last night and shot himself.

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_{6-21-23. It's been a while. Anyone still alive here?}

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nineclaws last year

I'm three quarters gone, only one quarter here. Temporarily. Until I'm one quarter more gone _____________.

M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-mountains.
O M G, those photos.

So is this what an avalanche trail head looks like?

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brandt last year

Avalanche is the name of a trailhead near Buena Vista, CO. It's a good access point for the Colorado Trail and a popular 14er called Mt. Yale.

The mountains in my photos are actually a ways south of that, near the town of Westcliffe.

I think I'm permanently mostly here but not quite all there.

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nineclaws last year

What a name for a trailhead. Sounds extra dangerous.

near the town of Westcliffe.

Small town in the mountains? No matter where they are, those are stunning mountains.

I think I'm permanently mostly here but not quite all there.

Where is the part that's not mostly permanently here and is it mostly all there?

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brandt last year

Small town in the mountains?

One of the smallest in Colorado. It's wacky as hell.

Where is the part that's not mostly permanently here and is it mostly all there?

I'll get back to you on that once I figure it out.

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nineclaws last year

It's wacky as hell.

That's the vision I had.

I'll get back to you on that once I figure it out.

Avoid avalanches in the process.

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dandays last year

Has it? Seems like yesterday. What do you mean, alive? Everyone started making up their own definitions after you left.

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nineclaws last year

What do you mean, alive?

He means evil a in reverse,

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dandays last year

I edited a buncha stuff here except where it says hey! I resemble that remark.

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nineclaws last year

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brandt last year

I could get used to words having a whole bunch of different and new definitions. In fact, paperclips jumping the thunder god in order to therefore interesting.