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 <h2>basically the "hidden" vent section ive seen the webtracker nobody looks at this page</h2>
 
 
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+	<h2>2024-12-05</h2>
+	<p>i think/hope that bench doesnt find me annoying<br>
+	uh so its almost the end of the semester which is nice<br>
+	and im going to have to find some excuse of a thing to do<br>
+	so my parents dont complain about me "doing nothing" for<br>
+	a month which isnt nice<br>
+	struggling to keep up with my personal projects<br>
+	(the comic and working on new stuff for this site)<br>
+	so idk id do pretty bad at a job<br>
+	that last final is still looming though</p>
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 	<h2>2024-12-04</h2>
 	<p>well things are finally going the other way with that group<br>