• 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 ❤️

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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.