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February
RIYL: Waking up on Sunday morning, making pancakes for breakfast, rolling a blunt, and talking to the big guy one-on-one
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RIYL: Reconnecting with your favorite college professor and having a long, profound discussion about aging, Chekhov, and gun violence over coffee and cigarettes
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RIYL: Drinking a martini unbothered as you ignore the advances of the imbecile trying to buy you another; acknowledging the lonely beast inside of you; phone dial tones; drum’n’bass; warped R&B; late-night calls from your sneaky link
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RIYL: Limerence; The White Lotus; the Blumarine Fall Winter 2021 campaign; ancient European folklore and mythology; The Lizzie McGuire Movie; Madonna’s Ray of Light; Kate Bush’s The Sensual World; the collected works of theorist Lauren Berlant
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RIYL: Standing at the base of a waterfall; reaching flow-state at the club; soft rave music; LSDXOXO, Bambii, and Kaytranada; consciousness-raising reading lists and cultivating intentional community
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RIYL: Road trips; parties in basements; long walks late at night; long-term relationships; group hugs; amplifier noise
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RIYL: Listening to 2000s indie-rock comfort food as loud as possible in wired earbuds while going for a run on a snowy day
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January
RIYL: Extending the length of a deep-tissue massage both because it feels so good and because you might be on the verge of an epiphany
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RIYL: Land art; gentle ombre; walking through an endless hallway of books and looking for the one that will teach you to build a piano by hand
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December
RIYL: Getting mad at your man for cheating on you in your dreams; being “wifey” even if you’re not a girlfriend; R&B with both harp and 808s; Hannah Montana; immaculate and conversational melodies; running up your therapy bill
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