Sometimes things are too fresh, too dark or maybe too deep to talk about.
In some of these cases we use metaphors. To say the things that can’t be said.
Whenever you hear the following in pop-culture, it can be applied to my life story, in the context of ‘The Zeitgeist’:
June/14/85 – when I was born.
Hedgehog – spiky hair and the way I dress (jeans/jean-jacket), one of my favorite games growing up was sonic.
Mario – red, mustache, Peach, Japanese.
Bear – kind heart.
Bitch/women – meek and unwilling to engage with some provocateurs.
Trains/trans/trinity – my last name.
Vampire – first name, the bringer of change, sucking the life/transforming everyone that comes into contact with me.
Hamas-Israel: my ex was raped in October 2024.
Red/blue/orange – Red = Canada, Vietnam, Redit (my dog) – Blue = my best childhood friend Vu – Orange – my ex’s favorite color.
3/4/5/6/7/8 = 3 (last name), 4 (my ex might’ve been raped by 4 men), 5 (year in the decade I was born, and something to do with China and the middle way) – 6 (Vu’s family home (beyond 5)), 7 (my ex almost had a baby in July). 8 (85).
45 – the length of the rape video
-Van, August 27, 2025
