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open up | day 29

open up | day 29

what is the last joke you heard?

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Camille Niehenke
Jan 29, 2025
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it was last night, as i sat down to do my weekly manicure.

i went through a phase last year where i was getting my nails done religiously — a perfect chrome white, mirroring the effect of a pearl.

my nails were well manicured, yet i couldn’t help but fall into the stubborn and delusional mindset of

“i could probably figure this out myself”

getting my nails done slowly felt more like a chore than a treat, and the results were increasingly expensive and mediocre.

the end of my salon manicure phase was near

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