• Cris@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    You’re very welcome, I’m glad it connected with you in some way

    Have a good one, take care ❤️

    • TokenBoomer@lemmy.worldOPM
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      1 month ago

      Reminds me of the intro to Patrick Bateman:

      I live in the American Gardens building on West 81st Street, on the 11th floor.
      My name is Patrick Bateman.
      I’m 27 years old.

      I believe in taking care of myself, in a balanced diet, in a rigorous exercise routine.
      In the morning, if my face is a little puffy, I’ll put on an icepack while doing my stomach crunches.
      I can do a thousand now.
      After I remove the icepack, I use a deep-pore cleanser lotion.
      In the shower, I use a water-activated gel cleanser.
      Then a honey-almond bodyscrub.
      And on the face, an exfoliating gel-scrub.
      Then I apply an herb mint facial masque,
      which I leave on for ten minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine.
      I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol,
      because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older.
      Then moisturizer, then an anti-aging eye balm, followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.
      There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman.
      Some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me.
      Only an entity-- something illusory.
      And though I can hide my cold gaze…
      and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours…
      and maybe you can even sense our life styles are probably comparable,
      I simply am not there.