. fugue state

[naima bell]

Nai who do you look like and take after more? roommates to lovers, oops. 😅 at least it wasn't the opposite i guesss.

[river hawkins]

R I V E R My mom, though would you believe me if I told you she was 5'0"? Oh fuck. I dunno, that sounds way too intense, the other way round would at least be a deescalation.

[naima bell]

Nai no i would not! your dad must be a giant sequoia then. depends how it went! if it was amicable, being roomies would be a bad idea but survivable. if it was a bad breakup, that mightt be a new layer of hell.

[river hawkins]

R I V E R Ha, not even! I mean he's tall, but not like, noticeably? Maybe my mom cheated. So you left on okay terms? Very grown up of you.

[naima bell]

Nai that's crazy. is it from somewhere in the family, like a grandparent then? what's your heritage? mostly, yeah. do you think people can fall for each other mostly out of convenience or proximity?

[river hawkins]

R I V E R Norwegian and Irish, both distantly. Yours? Yeah absolutely, I'd argue it's almost the default condition. We live in a culture of convenience.

[naima bell]

Nai my mom's side is dutch, english, french, also distantly. dad's side is ghanaian and jamaican, he's first gen. agreed. i think that's kind of what happened with that ex! we're still friends though.

[river hawkins]

R I V E R Wow that's a serious mix, I'm jealous. How many of those countries have you been to? That's good. Do you think you could keep it civil because you're so chill? Or did they just feel the same way about it coming to an end?

[naima bell]

Nai i've been to england and germany. mexico once. jamaica during a cruise, embarrassing. idk it was more like coming out of a trance, we were both like "what are we doing?!" she's a little more even-keeled than me, it's something we laugh about now.

[river hawkins]

R I V E R You're well travelled, huh? Favorite place you've been? Also covid, right? We were all kinda crazy then.

[naima bell]

Nai are you kidding, i wish i was better traveled! i know people who backpacked europe or south america, that's pretty cool. england was a cool vibe. japan is a big goal of mine. it feels like it's been 1 year and also 11 years. ugh.

[river hawkins]

R I V E R How old are you again? That seems like a lot of places to me, so give yourself some credit. What's stopping you from going backpacking if that's what you wanna do? Insane isn't it. Think it fucked you up at all?

[naima bell]

Nai 24. ok fair because i don't actually want to backpack. at least i probably get treated a little better abroad since i'm canadian hahah. absolutely, it was the middle of college for me. being in a major metro area, classes going online, everything social dissolving? it feels like a fever dream. where were you?

[river hawkins]

R I V E R Haha you think? I've been to Ireland and Italy, people were really nice. I was living back home, Leon and I were brewing beer and it kinda gave us the space we needed to start the business properly so I was lucky.

[naima bell]

Nai that's what i hear usually from my american peeps. do you like traveling? probably a weirdly lucky break for that. everyone was making bread, you were making bread soda. :p