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ADN Fear Files #1: Balloons
Okay, let’s just say it: balloons are terrifying. Not “silly scary” like a haunted house you secretly enjoy. I mean genuinely fear-inducing. Heart racing, hiding behind chairs at birthday parties, scanning the room for an escape route the second someone brings out the helium. My relationship with balloons? It’s complicated, chaotic, and dates back to Read more
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Goosebumps, Guitars, and Girlhood: My Body Remembers the Disney Channel Era
You know that moment when you’re just vibing, minding your business, and then an old Disney Channel bop hits different — and suddenly you’ve got goosebumps on your arms and tears threatening to form because WHY does this slap so hard? Yeah. That. I got goosebumps the other day from a song that used to Read more
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Was Basil Brush Actually My First Crush? (Spoiler: Yes)
I think I always knew my first crush was… unconventional. While other kids were swooning over boyband posters or teen heartthrobs in Disney Channel movies, I was tuning into CBBC and feeling a weird flutter in my chest when a certain puppet fox appeared on screen. Yep. Basil Brush.That silly, mischievous, chaotic little fox with Read more
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💿 LimeWire: The Glorious, Virus-Filled Chaos We Called Music
Before Spotify. Before YouTube. Before anyone paid for music unless it was on CD from Woolies… there was LimeWire. LimeWire wasn’t just a program. It was a lifestyle. A glitchy green portal where you could download your favourite songs… and also accidentally murder your computer. 🎧 The Vibe All you wanted was to download Year Read more
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🖥️ Dial-Up Internet: A Love Letter to the Screech That Raised Us
Before broadband. Before WiFi. Before TikTok on your phone while you’re on the toilet. There was… dial-up internet — the chaotic, screeching, painfully slow gateway to online magic. And if you grew up in the 90s/00s, it was part of your personality. So let’s rewind. Literally. Because back then, everything took 14 minutes to load Read more
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