"I'm a peacock, you gotta let me fly" - Maverick Journal 2023

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The following is to poke comedic fun at the way Maverick was presented then and now. Again, this is a simple joke.

Duke in October 2022:

• "Such subliminal. Much smooth. Very wow. No headaches"
  
• "Check out these business moguls and titans of industry who are also Mavericks"
  
• "You'll be stripped down to your core, and get sprinkled in diamonds and gold (sprinkle sprinkle)"
  
• "I gave up drinking and copying witty lines from movies"
  
• "My prestigious job and three side hustles are doing EPIC!"
  
• "Asian threesomes"
  

Duke in August 2023:

• "Wait, what did you expect, a walk in the park?"
  
• "We all die; deal with it."
  
• "Maverick will repeatedly kick you in the balls, and you will smile"
  
• "Oh yeah, those life plans you made? You might just drop them today."
  

In sum, Maverick:

• Provoked enough despair and anguish to make me consider taking up drinking, but actualized me enough to not take up drinking.
  
• Provided an itemized list confronting me with my past failures and current inadequacies.
  
• In spite of this, I wouldn't change it for what I feel that it's unlocking within me.