Shimmy XACTO

queer disaster. occasional writer. lover of forget-me-nots.

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we are who we are–
deservers of good things and happy days–
and one day they will write of how we stood tall after every fall from grace.

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Progress isn't linear.

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Did you know? People are made of stardust and stars are made of people-dust. So maybe depression is like sun poisoning. Maybe people get sad because they hold in their light instead of letting themselves shine bright.

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Tweet #1000: thank you to my 20 followers for not giving up on me. Love you.

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Tweet #999: hey, you. Yeah you. We haven't talked in a while. I miss you. Hmu.

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Tweet #998: idk why I left my Twitter name as Shimmy XACTO bc the person who named me that forgot I exist, but. I didn't forget her so I guess its it's ok.

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Tweet #997: I just got home from attending @JedWhistle's wedding and tbh I had so much fun like I didn't realize how much I missed my family

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Tweet #996: pls hire me to do ur freelance projects

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Tweet #995:

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Tweet #994: follow ur dreams kids, u'll end up getting paid $300/wk 😑

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Tweet #993: I get paid tomorrow and will immediately Spend That Money On Bills™️

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This is my 992nd tweet. Am I going to tweet 8 more times just to get to 1k?
Stay tuned to find out.

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Friendly reminder to myself that I deserve good things.
I deserve good things.

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How about: I'm constantly reminded of you but it doesn't hurt like it used to.

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I dreamt last night that you called me up, saying you didn't know how to name the feelings you had for me. I said, call them nostalgia. Call them anything but love.

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Aaaand again

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YA BOI GOT A JOB

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@mercedstratton hmu boo boo and we'll make it a date

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In our medical opinion, just about anything can be cured through the power of chanting and dream journaling. Our medical opinion is super wrong, but hey, it's free.

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The fault is not in our stars, but in the moon. That idiot rock ruins everything.

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@laynesworld I dreamt that we went out for pho with @meg_falls and it was the best pho of my life

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@baumanelise Probably late to the party but you can talk to me about pronouns. I think just as long as the story is written with trans consultation as to the realistic-ness of certain things it's fine?