#348: Gabi Abrão

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Aug 15, 2023 BY

@gabi-abrao

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Deep pectoral massages

The average masseuse will not go deep into your chest muscles if you’re a woman, as to avoid catching a sexual misconduct case. But those muscles , especially the part above your heart, are so sensitive. You have to have someone go in and around your tittie to access it. A lover, a hippie, someone under the table. Your own hands if you have to. The release is psychedelic and will often make you cry immediately.

Aug 15, 2023

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Posting up outside and observing the neighborhood daily is a mission inherited from my father and his father. Every day offers something different , or , new information to an unfolding story. You find out who’s dating who and who’s driving what, or you’ll see two twins jump out of a mini van doing cartwheels in unison. The other day, an ex-boyfriend I hadn’t seen in 5 years (we’re both blocked on everything !!!) just strolled on by. I couldn’t believe it. I was like Damn, I am never leaving this watchtower.

Aug 15, 2023

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Mochi is the perfect ice cream portion. With a pint, you can accidentally eat the whole thing. With Mochi you have one and you’re like, oh, great, done. Mochi has boundaries. I need to get better at boundaries. I keep crossing them - with people, love, food, promises, staying up late. I tell myself that truth is found in extremes and often act upon this belief. I do get results, yes, which is why it’s hard to change… I guess it’s not so bad. There’s a lot to gain. Just be ready for the clean-up job.

Aug 15, 2023

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When you cross the mind of the love of your life (who could be so lucky!), they can click open their phone and in two seconds see you doing a stupid little dance for your followers. Or worse, a performance designed for them to see, veering you far from your duties as a poster. Way too fussy. No thanks.

Aug 15, 2023

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I adore the leisure of a beautiful bed tray. I especially go for large, circular ones that can become cluttered with all the beverages and notes from a whole day. You can get a great snapshot of your work sessions and lounge sessions this way, too. It’s important to honor your madness after communing with it.

Aug 15, 2023

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Green tea and coffee serve different purposes. Coffee is felt in the nerves and digestive system, and it gets you up and going in all directions. I love throwing myself into that feeling. Green tea opens the heart and throat, great for making connections and speaking. I always drink it before doing a podcast, having a meeting, or going out to socialize. And, there’s never any come down. Just a steady high of giving alertness.

Aug 15, 2023

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These have saved me from losing sleep on my travels so many times. First, finding myself in a hotel nextdoor to a synagogue that hosted loud children in their yard at 7am singing dreidel songs at full volume. And now, this moment, finding myself at a boarding school where my dorm mate is a 55-year old woman from Norway, our beds two feet apart. I adore her, we squeeze hands goodnight before bed, but she listens to loud podcasts while she sleeps and snores abundantly. I almost stopped loving her. But then, I just click on the noise-cancel feature and everything disappears.

Aug 15, 2023

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Witch house in big headphones is a wonderful way to channel rage but still feel ethereal. It’s best on walks or if you’re feeling super obsessive or when you don’t want to do errands but have to. I collect my favorite witch house songs on a playlist called “cleanse me” because it really does. I think witch house also calls spirits closer to you, with all of that spooky quest-like aliveness it creates.

Aug 15, 2023

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There is a mysterious, two-story, dark-wood library open only on Fridays with out-of-print esoteric books behind glass that you can handle, three at a time. You get a form to list which books you want, and the librarian comes over with a cluttered ring of keys to unlock each one  for you. It’s located at Philosophical Research Society in Los Feliz.

Aug 15, 2023

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Wabi-Sabi agrees with Paul Virilio’s philosophy that progress is a fruitless illusion that goes against nature, but it is way less heavy-handed and meticulous than Virilio’s Administration of Fear. You can read it in 30 minutes and everything feels better. I have given away my copy six times.

Aug 15, 2023

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