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Not gonna lie, when I first read the title post and the flavor quotes I thought this was Shake it Off by Taylor Swift and wondered how a Swifty could be so dark. Your writing seems to have come a long way in terms of theme and tone. Admittedly, I am in this place right now and it's oddly refreshing to know that at the very least I'm not alone.

I actually do recall this December quite vividly; I was driving back from a NAGA tournament and it had stormed and poured all day. I had just bought a new camera and took a picture of my flooded backyard and thought: "I love this camera!" -- I sold it a few weeks later.

Tucked in a work donned blanket, I just watched anime (Yu-gi-oh) and ate popcorn all night; thinking nothing of it. And now as I listen to Florence and the Machine, I long for those days and that rainy mood. I hope I can look back and yearn for these days I'm in now because all I can think right now is...

SHAKE IT OUT, SHAKE IT OUT, SHAKE IT OUT, SHAKE IT OUT

OOOH WOAAAAH!

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