a. king george's park. used to sit on this bench after finishing runs in 2020-21. would call my grandma. i moved, so my 5k route changed. happened on it today since i'm walking to work again. i thought about the journey i've been on in those five years and where i might be in 2030. i got promoted today. dumbified my phone also -- to escape the lights & algo's. this involves downloading mp3s again. want to acquaint myself with music like me in the pre-smartphone era. started with arcologies. no doubt will prefer this to last year's spotify-nuking with the apple music & gospel-tunes-only bomb...

p.s. pocket notebooks ordered to journal about algorithms, nostalgia, unplugging // marathon training planned // french trip to be booked.

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a. g-man. music project revival & our coming up with the GOAT anniversary gift idea: 90/4 -- i.e., dubbing a 4-minute love song to tape every year for 22 years.

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a. noughties indie singalong.

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