Can we talk about something else?

Can we talk about something else?

Hello! Hello. So I've been out of commission when it comes to Dark Topic since around June 23rd.

That's going on a month and a half ago.

I had been eating well, exercising, smoke-free, drug-free, laying off the beers.

I was rallying to become swim fit for this summer rather than bloated on the beach as

per usual.

I'd even been counting my stupid steps on my stupid phone.

Well, my smartphone. I'd even started fasting from 9 PM to

noon the next day using an app to keep track my progress, which I'd thought silly until about the third day when I found myself

proud of the stats.

I was racking up.

Thanks, smartphone.

I really am stupid. What would I ever do without you?

Then I got the message for my brother, quote,

it's about dad, call me quick,

and my health kick stubbed a toe, lost a shoe.

I just recently found my footing over a month and a half later

and logged back into my health app, the fasting clock still running

from 6 p.m. June 23rd said I'd not eaten for just over a thousand hours.

And of course that's not true I gained 10 pounds in the last

thousand hours it's just that from the time I received said message from

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