From 3966429dae814a552a57cbe8498e72ff1dd9f338 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Frederick Yin Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 22:20:29 -0500 Subject: New post: shitpost/the_house_on_washington_hts --- .../img/the_house_on_washington_hts/house.jpg | Bin 0 -> 219100 bytes docs/shitpost/index.md | 1 + docs/shitpost/the_house_on_washington_hts.md | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 39 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/shitpost/img/the_house_on_washington_hts/house.jpg create mode 100644 docs/shitpost/the_house_on_washington_hts.md diff --git a/docs/shitpost/img/the_house_on_washington_hts/house.jpg b/docs/shitpost/img/the_house_on_washington_hts/house.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..843d765 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/shitpost/img/the_house_on_washington_hts/house.jpg differ diff --git a/docs/shitpost/index.md b/docs/shitpost/index.md index 2d21da1..b1379bc 100644 --- a/docs/shitpost/index.md +++ b/docs/shitpost/index.md @@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ precious time you could've spent more wisely elsewhere: - [If Academia Worked Like Music](if_academia_worked_like_music.md) - [Fedi Shitpost Compilation](./fedi_shitpost.md) - [Haiku collection 3](haiku_3.md) +- [The House on Washington Heights](the_house_on_washington_hts.md) diff --git a/docs/shitpost/the_house_on_washington_hts.md b/docs/shitpost/the_house_on_washington_hts.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..46f84c5 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/shitpost/the_house_on_washington_hts.md @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +# The House on Washington Heights + +2025-02-09 + +Whenever I finished my dinner at Mojo, I would walk to the bus station +and, while I text “aaata 184” to 41411, stare into the depth of Washington +Heights. There'd be a house with pointy roofs, decorated with a stream of +warm, amber light bulbs, like a beacon in a distance, a distance +I couldn't gauge. + +For some reason, in the cold, dark night, the house and the lights felt +oddly welcoming. They took my hand and brought me to a medieval Danish +village where the prince and princess lived happily ever after, +a flickering fireplace where there was hearty soup for everyone, a past +I'll never relive, and a place I was never born in. A backdrop for all +that was good, an age before tragedy was invented. A continent where snow +was sweet, an island where birds were free. + +My mind wandered down the road and into the house. They were having +a banquet and beckoned me to join, as if I was there before and always had +been. I'll forge a birth certificate with this house's address on it, just +to feel what it's like. I'll wake up to five siblings, just to feel what +it's like. I'll go to church and pray, just to feel what it's like. Under +the pointy roof with a stream of light bulbs. + +Anyway, today I found on Google Maps that the house is actually called +“Ronald McDonald House” and all my imagination is now gone. + +## Author's note + +The "Ronald McDonald House" in question is 1600 Washington Hts, Ann Arbor, +MI 48104, USA, located at 42.2803°N, 83.7273°W. It is a charity house +affiliated with McDonald's. At night, it looks like this: + +![Brick house with pointy roofs decorated with light +bulbs](img/the_house_on_washington_hts/house.jpg) + +▲ Credit: Mikki Sharp on Google Maps -- cgit v1.2.3