My favourite episode is the one where Bart and Lenny help Homer gain weight
The wind rustles the trees outside. This month has been colder than the last. Frigid air seeps through the cracks in the window frame and kisses my skin. I raise a hand to my cheek and recall warmer days.
Another sleepless night. How many have there been now?... I start counting...
...just one... it was the first one in a while.
I check my analytics on YouTube dot com. The algorithm has picked up another one of my Simpsons Shitposts. Every new subscriber brings with it a twinge of panic. A fear that they may see the rest of my content and be scared off by the real me (or, the version of me that I play on the Internet).
I take a sip of water and mutter to myself, "one video for them, one video for me". A lightbulb goes off. "One video for them, one video for me!" I say again, louder than before. I repeat it once more: "one video for them, one video for me!"
The sound, as usual, reverberates in the empty halls of my apartment.
However, there is a warmth the was not present in the past. A warmth that even the cold air seeping through the windows cannot take away.
Healing.
With renewed confidence, I hit the "upload" button on YouTube dot com.