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:/</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/84041964","date_published":"2026-02-11T13:09:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-11 13:09","date_timestamp":1770815373,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"82900463","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Nataliekayh\">@Nataliekayh</a> cuuuuute</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/82900463","date_published":"2026-01-26T14:28:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-26 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Could use some centering 😂</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/82122810","date_published":"2026-01-15T16:04:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-15 16:04","date_timestamp":1768493089,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"82122597","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Nataliekayh\">@Nataliekayh</a> I heard love means never having to say you’re sorry 😅</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/82122597","date_published":"2026-01-15T16:02:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-01-15 16:02","date_timestamp":1768492943,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"76788016","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Nataliekayh\">@Nataliekayh</a> Weirdly I guess a similar way that you are; reaching for old habits and strong community. Love you, Nat ❤️💙</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/76788016","date_published":"2025-10-28T04:25:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-28 04:25","date_timestamp":1761625531,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"25217092","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/rickcogley\">@rickcogley</a> me too! Snapped me out of my “had two hours of sleep and now I’m doing things” daze haha</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/25217092","date_published":"2023-10-20T21:47:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-10-20 21:47","date_timestamp":1697838478,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"21124681","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/joshuapsteele\">@joshuapsteele</a> a portable aircon!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/21124681","date_published":"2023-07-20T14:13:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-07-20 14:13","date_timestamp":1689862438,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"20991026","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/sjp\">@sjp</a> yes! Progress is the best</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/20991026","date_published":"2023-07-16T19:52:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-07-16 19:52","date_timestamp":1689537179,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"20495537","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/sjp\">@sjp</a> it turns out I’m more “Vlasic” than “Clausen”</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/20495537","date_published":"2023-07-03T20:55:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-07-03 20:55","date_timestamp":1688417732,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"18575394","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnPhilpin\">@JohnPhilpin</a> oh man I saw that! Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans is one of my favorites, and now I can say I share something in common with Nic!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/18575394","date_published":"2023-04-22T17:17:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-04-22 17:17","date_timestamp":1682183853,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"15990513","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/renevanbelzen\">@renevanbelzen</a> Thanks René! I believe there is an unknowable combination of luck, privilege (another kind of luck, haha), and choices me and my community make every day that amount to our good health today. I’m grateful for all of it, but in the moment I was celebrating a negative test result from that morning because I have had <em>particularly</em> bad allergies the past couple of days. I love your last question, and my answer is yes - that’s what I do on my micro.blog. I thank fate for beautiful sunrises, delicious food, good people. I am humbled and grateful for the life I get to experience for a short while in this vast universe of ours.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/15990513","date_published":"2023-01-15T22:12:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-15 22:12","date_timestamp":1673820728,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"15990007","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/pratik\">@pratik</a> <a href=\"https://micro.blog/pimoore\">@pimoore</a> yeah! I’m grateful for our collective health 😷💉⚕️</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/15990007","date_published":"2023-01-15T21:52:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-15 21:52","date_timestamp":1673819577,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"15989981","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/sylvia\">@sylvia</a> woof thanks for the backup here because it’s maddening when the people around you seem totally unaffected!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/15989981","date_published":"2023-01-15T21:51:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2023-01-15 21:51","date_timestamp":1673819511,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"13326698","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/odd\">@odd</a> ❤️❤️ thank you!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/13326698","date_published":"2022-08-30T14:14:51+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-08-30 14:14","date_timestamp":1661868891,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"13319839","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/skoobz\">@skoobz</a> Thank you!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/13319839","date_published":"2022-08-28T15:30:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-08-28 15:30","date_timestamp":1661700606,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"13278257","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/odd\">@odd</a> good question! I looked up Huun-Huur-Tu, they incorporate traditional Mongolian instrumentation and throat singing, but are from Russia (Tuva). The Hu formed over 20 years later in Ulaanbaatar, but most assuredly were helped by HHT’s presence!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/13278257","date_published":"2022-08-17T14:20:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-08-17 14:20","date_timestamp":1660746041,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"13190111","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Munish\">@Munish</a> 😅</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/13190111","date_published":"2022-07-26T12:26:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-07-26 12:26","date_timestamp":1658838390,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"12905717","content_html":"<p>@brianwolf thank you!! I’ll keep trying :)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/12905717","date_published":"2022-05-20T13:50:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-05-20 13:50","date_timestamp":1653054637,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"12853340","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/caseymhunt\">@caseymhunt</a> my fave It Girl</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/12853340","date_published":"2022-05-10T15:11:31+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-05-10 15:11","date_timestamp":1652195491,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"12531898","content_html":"<p>@Gaby you sir are a man of taste and class. One of my favorite albums!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/drewcastillo/12531898","date_published":"2022-02-27T18:20:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Drew Castillo","url":"http://drewcastillo.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fdrewcastillo%2Favatar.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"drewcastillo"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2022-02-27 18:20","date_timestamp":1645986021,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}