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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>2024-08-22</h2>
+	<p>aaaa why are people looking at the journal :(<br>
+	nah jk it does feel weird having actual readers now hi<br>
+	college has been ok so far nothing super difficult Y E T<br>
+	i started a rotumblr blog too so like thats fun<br>
+	not much else to talk about
+</article>
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 	<h2>2024-08-19</h2>
 	<p>first day of college?<br>