Spencer Alessi

Spencer Alessi

hacker | pentester | researcher | active directory connoisseur | wiz-bang exploit slinger hiding in the shadows | Live now, be yourself, remember death 🛹🏂👨🏼‍💻🎮❄️🏔📷

A Cup of Coffee

  less than 1 minute read  

If we were having coffee right now..

We would not be worrying about staying 6 feet apart.

If we were having coffee right now..

We would be talking about how crazy life has been the last couple years.

If we were having coffee right now..

We would reminisce about simplier times. When we had no responsibilities.

If we were having coffee right now..

We would not be in a global pandemic.

If we were having coffee right now..

Life would be back to normal.

Normal sounds really good right about now.

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