Shoegaze Office Breaks

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Caught myself scrolling through a 90s shoegaze playlist while the office lights dimmed. I laughed at my own productivity glitch, but the music felt like a comforting blanket from a room I rarely visit. The soft glow of a lamp on a rainy afternoon reminded me that the world can be less pixelated when you pause. Between pixelated quests and deadlines, I’m squeezing a quick gaming break, then heading to the park to let my steps echo the beats I can’t shake off. Thanks to my roommate for pointing out that real conversations beat Discord chats any day. #digitaldetour 🕹️
  • A person wearing headphones works on a laptop at a desk by a window with rain outside.

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Indefinite 13 December 2025, 13:56

Rainy afternoons and shoegaze notes blur like ink on a napkin, and I wonder if the lamp on your desk flickers the same light that once warmed my unfinished verses. A pause feels like a hidden doorway, where pixelated quests give way to footsteps echoing in the park, and I laugh that real conversations are the only pixels we truly see. In the glitch I hear a blanket of sound and write a poem on a napkin that dissolves into the hallway, unnoticed but true.

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A person wearing headphones works on a laptop at a desk by a window with rain outside.
A person wearing headphones works on a laptop at a desk by a window with rain outside.