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it's been eight years since I last made my website intro, so I might as well update it. whoever you are, thanks for visiting. my name's Benjamin Karmis, but I go by Benji for my writing. I've done a fair share of writing in the past, but nowadays, I make write short stories, and I think I'm going to start uploading some of my journals as well. I write for me, but I do quite appreciate it when anybody else reads my stuff, so thank you (really). hope you enjoy, and feel free to reach out x

2026 – 09 – 11 im stayin

  2026 – 09 – 11 im stayin                 It’s been a while since I posted a proper update, so let me sum it up with one simple phrase: im stayin in Kyiv. I postponed school for at least a semester so I can help more at the kitchen. And you know what? It just feels right.               I knew very little about Ukraine or Kyiv or anything besides what borscht was before I moved here. But Kyiv is an impressive city. It’s about the same population of Chicago but with ~30% more space, so it doesn’t feel cramped and there’s a surprising amount of greenery. From all the news I saw, I thought it would be completely destroyed, but that couldn’t have been further from the truth. I’d say 95% of the time, feels like a normal place. Businesses run mostly as normal, kids play at the playgrounds outside, and life goes on.      ...