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 <h2>basically the "hidden" vent section ive seen the webtracker nobody looks at this page</h2>
 
 
+<article>
+	<h2>2025-01-05</h2>
+	<p>(18:27)<br>
+	hi again, sorry i havent updated in a bit<br>
+	to the like 2 of you who actually read this<br>
+	ive been feeling a bit crushed bc of like<br>
+	they still havent responded and im starting to<br>
+	like panic and ive barely worked on anything in the<br>
+	last couple days besides like 1 drawing and<br>
+	a couple new oddish news pages bc i have to keep<br>
+	something up to not fall further and stuff<br>
+	im writing this more to force myself to do something
+	</p>
+</article>
+
 <article>
 	<h2>2025-01-02</h2>
 	<p>(18:16)<br>