03/04/2025
Tuesday, March 4th, 2025 - My living room - 8:23 pm I have always hated spring, consistently been my least favourite season since i was a child. However, i had class today in the basement of one of my favourite buildings on campus, walking up the stairs to the ground floor im hit with such a comforting distinct smell. its what i know to be the smell of spring, its so fragrant for something that really just smells like defrost, like mulch and plant matter. Something about instantly releases dopamine in my body, it's so cold and fresh but somehow dense and thick you can perfectly smell it when visiting any basement around this time of year. Actually that reminds me of something, buildings to me have always felt sentient. Always felt alive, not in any cliche haunted house trope, rather in a way thats filled with feeling, feelings much deeper than human ones. way more complex and less forgiving, not as simple as sadness, joy,...