i really love that chiblee is the exact same age as me because knowing that we would have the same generational touchstones and have probably experienced them at the same time makes me feel like i have a connection with him. also thinking about how at the same time as i was experiencing my mundane childhood, at the same age as him, he was experiencing so many traumatic things, while i on the other side of the world did not even know who he was... idk it creates a strange feeling thinking about how i was going through my life not even knowing that someone i would grow to care about is suffering and not even being able to do anything about it... i guess i also think about that with joel sometimes but in a different way, just the fact that he was also having traumatic experiences while i was a child 5 years younger than him...












