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As I am reminded of what I once wanted to be as a child, I throw my phone against the wall. I grit my teeth in anger and groan as my face turns red.
"It's not fair! It should be me! I should be the robot hero with a robot girlfriend! I wasted my entire life as a teenager, and nothing came true! Fuck God for making me this way! Life shouldn't be this hard, but well... here I am! Struggling!"
I look down at myself, seeing my inadequate body while sighing to myself.
"Maybe all this whining isn't gonna get me anywhere."
I walk toward my computer, but because my room is dark, I stumble on the cable connecting my fan. I spread my arms to gain balance, but I bring down the fan with me, falling onto the ground. My body makes a loud thud. I get up and see my fan on the ground, broken.
"Oh goddammit…"
My room's lights are turned on as I hear someone stepping down; I probably woke up my parents.
"What happened!?"
It was my mom. She entered my room and saw me next to my broken fan.
"Goddammit, Ari, it's 3 AM! This is like the third time this year! For God’s sake, stop ordering so much takeaway food! Why are you always up at night!? Go to sleep already!"
As a bleeping sound in my ear gets louder, her ranting is drowned out until a few words come out.
"WHY CAN'T YOU BE NORMAL AND GET A JOB ALREADY!"
"JOB"
"JOB"
"JOB"
This word echoes in my head as I open my eyes wide.
“God fucking dammit!”
I hate it so much, but… the very foundation of existence is to keep being active. To be active means you must put in effort.
Effort means struggle.
Struggle implies duality.
Duality means conflict.
It's a part of life and what it means to be a human or something… AND I STILL HATE IT! CONFLICT MADDENS ME!
"Okay! I'm working on It!"