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Letter #149.5: Alice in Borderland

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Good morning, Erin. Bet you don’t remember recommending this to me! (Unless you do. In which case…I always knew you would! Because of course you remember. My seonbae is the best!) It was on that original list of shows you prepared for me right before you left at the end of the semester in December 2021. See? It’s right there in the middle of the page. …which you can’t tell is the middle of the page from how I’ve cropped the picture, but it is, I promise.  Point is, you recommended it, and I watched it—and I needed that bit of throwback to when things were just that little bit simpler. Plus, I thought it would be a nice surprise to tide you over as I waited to drop my obviously much-anticipated Valentine’s letter. …which went out the window when my appendix decided to explode, but, hey—you make plans, and God laughs, as the saying goes. We’ll just pretend I was typing away at this on February 7th instead of doubled over in agony as I drove myself to the emergency room at 4AM. Pr...

Pardon Our Appearance

Good morning, Erin.  So...my appendix exploded.  Well, technically, my internal organs realized my appendix was going to explode and entirely surrounded it, gripping it tight like a grenade with its pin pulled. The result was much the same, though: I was in immense pain, I had emergency surgery, I was laid up at the hospital, and now I am very slowly recovering.  As such, my carefully-timed viewing schedule has been rather decidedly delayed.  I know: you're crushed.  But we'll be back to our regular schedule soon enough. Maybe even better than ever! ...or maybe exactly the same as ever! Either way, I hope you're having the complete opposite kind of time that I am.  More soon. ..."soon." --Daryl