So I just saw this gif in another post, and someone compared it to the Aerial Faith Plates in Portal 2. So I played that song against the background while watching.

IT’S SUPER EFFECTIVE.

When I got up today, I couldn’t breathe, couldn’t speak, couldn’t swallow, and felt just as miserable as I have for the past 3 days. This stupid illness STILL hadn’t passed. When I do get sick, it’s never this severe, and it never lasts this long. I admit it, I was crushed to discover that I would have to endure yet another day of this. Another day of having coughing fits that give me headaches and make me pee my pants and rip my throat to shreds, only to be followed by yet another fit just a few seconds later. Another day of having to rely on gestures and exaggerated mouthing to make myself understood when around others. Another day of constantly feeling hot and sweaty because being overheated makes my body more ‘humid’, which helps my throat, but makes the rest of me feel disgusting. It was not a day I was looking forward to.

So I put on my Aperture Science tank top.

This is going to sound ridiculous and immature, but I always wear this shirt when I’m feeling weak. It’s basically the equivalent of a little kid putting on a Superman cape. It’s me dressing up as Chell, because I want to make myself feel stronger and more powerful and more motivated. Even though I know it’s silly, I really do feel more capable whenever I put this tank top on. It’s my version of dressing up like a superhero, because Chell can pull through any type of hardship and accomplish anything.

I’m still wearing it. I’m still sick, I still can’t talk, and I still went through a couple of pairs of underwear today. But somehow, just because of a plain white tank top with a little logo on it, everything else doesn’t bother me quite so much.

…ARE THEY HIDING IN A POST-FURNACE COMPANION CUBE??

OH GOD, MY CHILDHOOD.

I NEED THESE SOCKS IN MY LIFE!!