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       Stardate: 20251230.1153
       Location: In vehicle on residential side street
       Input Device: cybah DeX rig
       Audio: The Cure - Head On The Door
       Visual: FMD + nano + transparent background of residential side 
               street traffic in meatspace.
       Emotional: starting to settle down.
                                                                                       
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       I have discovered that the 7-ELEVEn drops a lot of merch that 
       I seem to keep picking up, which I have phlogged about previously 
       [1]  Their merch makes it convenient to have both 7 and 11 
       represented simultaneously.
       
       7 and 11 seems to have become some kind of personal number for me.  
       Some people have spirit animals...I seem to have spirit numbers.  I 
       have heard that these numbers have some kind of woo-woo spiritual 
       significance...which there might be something there, but I think I 
       need to look into that idea.  I'm just aware that they follow me.  
       
       They are also prime numbers.  7 is a prime number.  1 is a prime 
       number and so is 11.  711 is not a prime number, it is divisible by 
       3.  Same with 171 and 117.
       
       Lately the 7-ELEVEn stores have been conducting grand re-opening 
       events.  I have attended some in my area.  They give out free 
       7-ELEVEn swag, junk food, and energy drinks.  Some of the swag is 
       pretty neat and helps me to be in compliance.  
       
       At the last event I attended, some of the branding team recognized 
       me from previous events.  As usual, I was decked out in 7-ELEVEn 
       gear, which I usually wear at these things.  Not hard to miss.  One 
       of them called out, "Hey, our #1 fan!  Get this man some swag!  Get 
       him all the swag!"  They quickly put together this reusable 
       7-ELEVEn bag full o'swag and gave it to me.  I had at least one of 
       each of what they were giving away.  7-ELEVEn-branded notepads, 
       pens, drink cozy, stickers, key chains, pins, tshirt, hats, etc. 
        Quite a haul.  Some of them thought that I was there working for 
       the event.  I told them I had imposter syndrome.
       
       6-7s...err...7-11s
       
 (DIR) [1] 7 ELEVEn
       
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