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Birthday

Aging intensifies the flavor.

Heather Havrilesky
Jun 02, 2023
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Presencia Inquietante (1959) by Remedios Varo

It’s my birthday so I’m celebrating by sitting around feeling sorry for myself. It’s not about my age, who cares about that? I’m Age-Is-Just-A-Number years old. What’s upsetting is that I need every single tiny thing to go perfectly on my birthday. Even though I am not five or fifteen or twenty-five, I still …

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