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You’ll outgrow your stuffed animals, but you’ll never outgrow hugging your pillows like the warm body your bed’s been missing. Finally finding someone who genuinely interests and excites you makes it abundantly clear why you haven’t pursued others that you’ve been on the fence about. Once in a while, it just feels right. This is …
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It’s like you’re standing outside your home, watching it and everything you’ve filled it with burn to the ground before your very eyes. Everything you’ve worked so hard for all these years—all those memories and all those dreams—swiftly incinerating into smoldering soot, and all you can do is wait and see. Maybe, if you’re lucky, …
…four in the morning, listening to the same sad song on repeat for the past hour or so, when I begin to question my sanity once again. I guess it’s the true mark of a pessimist to not give any weight to the phrase: “It could be a lot worse.” Sure, it could be, but …
For my own reference: The first rule of Write Club is: never, ever use names. The second rule of Write Club is: never, ever use names! The third rule of Write Club is: if you’re going to write about someone you know, make sure it’s something they wouldn’t mind other people reading. The obvious reason …
I like to think I am a person who speaks his mind and keeps his word. You’d like to think that this would be a positive character trait. Unfortunately, you’d be wrong. Because in the world of social poker faces, nobody really wants to see your hand, so you had better be damn good at …
Tonight, as I drive past flocks of sky-gazing spectators, it strikes me: this is the closest most of us ever get to war, this choreographed sequence of colorful chemical combustion. Meanwhile, North Korea launches its seventh ballistic missile of the day into the Sea of Japan, and NORAD security alert climbs to “Bravo-Plus” status. One …
Last night I stumbled across a shocking revelation that blew my fucking mind. It was an ordinary evening, just like any other, and once again I found myself wondering, as I do from time to time, about a certain special someone. Yes, I must confess… I was reflecting upon the life and times of Billy …
In this world,you get what you settle for,and you settle for what you think you deserve.And so in the end,you get what you deserve,until you decide you deserve better.
If you have been rejected many times in your life, then one more rejection isn’t going to make much difference. If you’re rejected, don’t automatically assume it’s your fault. The other person may have several reasons for not doing what you are asking her to do: none of it may have anything to do with …
All fashion is just glorified pattern recognition—skills you should have picked up back in grade school. Just like technology, fashion has no place for loyalty—don’t be caught wearing the equivalent of the horse-and-buggy. Don’t reinvent the wheel—you don’t have to work hard at fashion as long as you pay attention to people who do.