OPE!: Writing Diary 004
Aug 3-9: Submitting drafts and immediately regretting it; Diet Pepsi; the bad kind of boredom; hate-listening to podcasts; Spider-Man; The National; Costco; an updated theory on NYC vs LA vs CHI
OPE! by Brady Gerber
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