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Stardate: 20250804.1214
Location: The Lab
Input Device: tetsujin28 -> booji
Audio: Neck fan
Visual: nano, terminal clock
Emotional: sad.
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Today I was in the park with some friends and we were talking
underneath a sycamore tree, about what, I do not remember. What I
do remember was hearing something over head, feeling something
brush the brim of my camo 7-Eleven meshback trucker hat, and then
hearing a dull thud on the pavement where I was standing. I looked
down and there was a squirrel lying spread-eagle on its belly on
the ground right by my hiking boot. Poor little guy had fallen
from the tree and was not moving much at all. He was still
breathing some, but eventually twitched a couple times and then was
gone, eyes open. I said a quiet pray to myself for the squirrel.
My friend got a small box from the trash and tried to gently scoop
the squirrel in the box. We took the squirrel to the nearby creek
so he would be off the walking path.
Witnessing death today brought me to the here and now, but also had
me reflecting on death in the past and in the future. I still do
not know what to think of it but it always seems to accompany
difficult emotions. Today there was sadness.
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