Issue No. 22︱Monday, August 5, 2024

What do I need to do?

Ah, liminal spaces. Everyone has heard of them and seen them. Some might think they’ve seen them too much. I mean, how many years have people been talking about them? But don’t get me wrong, I’m not disrespecting the backrooms. No, this whole read is going to be me praising them.

Besides all those extremely entertaining videos online, we’ve gotten a lot out of the backrooms. It seems it has become its own art genre. Now, I do want to have some overlap here. I’m also a big fan of the dreamcore/weirdcore "aesthetic." which again may be overdone, but there’s something so appealing about it to me; it’s comforting, as many others would probably agree.

Liminal spaces, the backrooms, the weird/dreamcore shit—all of it, I could be entertained by for probably the rest of my life. All the images people photoshop together, the music that ties it all—I can’t get enough. There’s something about seeing someone photoshop an eyeball onto a mushroom that inspires me.

I think it all feeds into my love for surreal media. Anything that makes me think, “What in the fuck was even that?” immediately impresses me. I don’t know what that says about me; that’s just how I am. Most of these aesthetics have that effect on me. They make me want to create something of my own. Whether it is something I throw together in photoshop or clips I record and mash together with weird sound effects and visuals, I just love how it makes me feel connected to the weirder things I know I love to make.

Now it might sound silly of me to spill my heart out about my unconditional love for something like the backrooms. It’s just that no other thing online has had such a creative affect on me. There probably are some other things that have, but for dramatic effect and the sake of my sanity, I’m not going to think too much about what else has inspired me.

I remember when they invented the backrooms. The first time I saw that infamous image, it made me feel strange inside. Once I learned the background behind it, I felt even stranger, but I was hooked. Now I will admit I don’t actually know the entire “backrooms lore”. I just appreciated the images and thought it was becoming a little too much once people kept adding more elaborate things to it. I listened to a video explaining it all when I was cleaning a couple of years back, but the only thing I remember is how annoying I thought the narrator was.

I guess I want to no-clip because even though the backrooms do seem terrifying, there’s something comforting about them. The ability to walk around a dream/weirdcore space would be a dream for me, no matter how pathetic that sounds… So, how do I no-clip?

We’re All Clones

“Everyone I meet seems the same.”

Why does it seem like every new person I meet reminds me of someone I already know? I’m not trying to scrutinize anyone and say no one is unique or that people need to get some better personalities; it’s just an observation I’ve made. When ever I meet someone new, it seems I can immediately tell the type of person they are, which then usually lines up with someone I’ve already known. So in about 10 seconds, this strange has now become someone I’ve known for 5 years.

And yeah, I probably am judging a book by its cover. I mean, I just met the person; give them a break, me. This is a whole new individual. Who knows what other things they're hiding inside that head of theirs? How could they possibly be just like someone else? I wish I knew, and I wish I could stop doing this every time I meet someone.

It has me judging based on the 10 seconds I’ve talked to them whether or not I have any interest in speaking to them ever again. But really, is that such a bad thing? It seems rude to do that, but if you don’t feel a little of a connection with someone immediately, is it even worth trying to get to know them? Or maybe you’re missing out on some great people because you judge them so fast.

Should you judge someone immediately or give them a chance? I guess it really depends on the person. And hopefully the other person you’re meeting clicks with the same decision you have made. Does any of this even make any sense? Oh, all of these thoughts are killing me…

The Back of the Store

There’s something strange about the back of that store. I don’t know what it is, but it seems like there’s something there. Yes, it is just a little rest area with some bathrooms, but there’s something else there. Why is this area even here at the back of the store? Maybe it’s just because the only other bathrooms are at the front, but what if it serves another purpose?

So many memories and so many dreams have been made at this place. Why is it so persistent in my head? Years have passed since I’ve been to this store, yet it’s still so fresh on my mind. Was it the breaks spent there in between long shopping sprees? Was it the hum of the dimly lit vending machines? The ones I used to stare at—how the bottle of soda looked so refreshingly cold. With the drops of condensation running down it. The advertisement worked on me.

Why has this place become a core memory? What is back there? Do I need to return and see for myself exactly what this place was? Does this place really even exist? Sometimes I question whether or not the place is just something I dreamed up and believed it to be real. I’ve been there so many times it seems… how could it not be real? I worry if I go seeking the truth and discover it all to be fiction, I may never recover. How can something so real be fake?

DO YOU HATE BEING AWARE THAT YOU ARE ALIVE? DOES THE SOUND OF YOUR OWN HEARTBEAT AND BREATHING MAKE YOU CRINGE? HAVE YOU LOOKED AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR AND BECAME ULTRA AWARE THAT YOU’RE LOOKING AT YOUR OWN FACE AND BODY AND FELT IN A BIT OF A DAZED STATE, UNSURE EXACTLY HOW YOU COULD BE ALIVE? HAVE YOU EVER STARED AT STRANDS OF YOUR HAIR AND THOUGHT, “WOW, THIS CONTAINS MY DNA,” THEN FELT LIKE YOU COULD FAINT?

You Are Not Alone!

hard cheese

interjection

1. Expressed to someone suffering misfortune.

noun

1. Bad luck.

Let Me Inside

I aspire to enter every home on earth, so if you see me at your doorstep, please let me inside. I will not bring you any harm. I will simply take a look around, then be on my way.

DON’T LET THEM SEE YOU BREATHE

Are you crazy?! You can’t let them know you are alive. If they see you breathing, they’ll know you are a living being just like them. You need to hold your breath when you walk past them. You can’t let them see.

Lighthouse Day

Lighthouse Day is August 7th. I don’t have much to say about lighthouses other than you should never go ghost hunting in them. You’ll be running up and down that spiral staircase trying to get any kind of activity. Then you’ll wonder: is this place even haunted?

Sea Serpent Day

August 7th

Mochi Day

It's Mochi Day is August 8th. A perfect day to eat some gelatin balls filled with various different cakes and other little surprises.

Update Your Bio Day

August 10th

Experience

Glop Shop 2019-2022

• Stirred glop until it was at the perfect consistency

• Tasted the glop to make sure it had that perfect tang

• Gave the glop plenty of kisses

Skills

• Can swim extremely far distances

• Forehead kisses

• Can tell the difference between two colors close to the same shade

• Love glop

A garage for sale? No. It’s simply the items people no longer need that are for sale. You best purchase something, or else it will all continue to be stored in their garage, where unwanted items go.

Thank you for reading the blugg newspaper.