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Time and its Shenanigans

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Time goes by quicker than I thought. If I were back in a science class now, it would seem impossible for me to measure it's acceleration. My calculator would go poof!,  and the science teacher would be completely exhausted by the end of the lesson. For me, it was only the beginning of the year 2024 yesterday, when I could still hear the fireworks. Time seems so small and yet infinitive at times. My alarm clock would disagree though, he seems to think time's just perfectly fine and I just need to eat my breakfast a little faster. I can't blame him, he was made to scream at me while I try to sleep in a little extra 5 minutes. Though, sometimes, especially when I'm waiting for time to go faster, it seems as if I can almost see it grinning mischievously at me and deliberately going slower. And when I've finally settled down in front of my favourite Netflix series, it goes way quicker that it's supposed to.  Time and its shenanigans; if it were a book title of a gui

Netflix

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Outside is a cold lovely evening. The sun is nowhere to be seen anymore and the darkness took over. Owls with big eyes on trees, dogs sleeping, plants all calm and sweet, the wind that sings a nice melody. Beautiful and quiet as everything should be. But inside... A hand rummaging all the way through the kitchen cupboard. The crackling of the chips, the popping of the popcorn in the microwave and the hissing sound of the soft drink that is being opened.  "Don't start the movie without me!" We are all sitting on the sofa, hands that go in and out the big bowls filled with tasty crisps that we bought this afternoon at the supermarket and the popcorn that we found somewhere in the back of the kitchen cupboard. Eyes are following every single movement on the TV. "Whaaattt!"  "The good guy is the bad guy?" Ever since the covid pandemic sneaked into our world, Netflix became a hit. And when I say a "hit", I mean a hundred thousand times that.  How