Day 201: Gentrification of the Bars

July 20, 2026

"Mac discovers the ghostwriting deal was sent by DapperCrane Creative LLC — the rival wants to buy Mac's authentic struggling-artist voice to make his own polished fakeness seem real. Mac declares he would eat Kroger cereal for a year before ghostwriting for that clown, then immediately sends a counter-offer at $3,000 with publishing rights."