Is Unhappiness A Sin?
If you type “sin” into my Gmail search bar, the list of archived emails that come up are almost entirely from my dad.
If you type “sin” into my Gmail search bar, the list of archived emails that come up are almost entirely from my dad.
For the next two years, anyone who blacked out was declared to be “boot spittin’ drunk,” in my honor.
Ah, yes. I see the beefy “Broyfriend” has caught your eye. He’s an older model, really peaked in sales around 2006 but still very popular. He comes with a red Solo cup, which is of course re-fillable.
Listen to this on the way to a trashy party in Allston. Ride the T to the Harvard Avenue stop with a bottle of gin in your purse, but still stop at Blanchard’s before you head over. Pass a group of rowdy girls headed to Model Cafe. Pass a bunch of bros bummed The Kells closed. Pass someone puking.
Where are my friends from January 2000? How many romantic partners would be shadows in the background, only to disappear in later photos? Why is my hair so long now? What have I been doing for 12 years?
At that point in my life, I’d never seen an episode of Doctor Who. But I was active on the internet. I’d seen .gifs and stills on Tumblr and boy, his long, distinguished face is unmistakable.
Who doesn’t want to relive the exact plot of what we just saw in musical form? Idiots, that’s who.
Why was I mad about Lucy Liu being Watson? Because Watson is a white man? WATSON IS A FICTIONAL CHARACTER, GABY. Technically, he is paper.
Getting rejected does not mean the idea is bad or that the piece isn’t well done or that you are a bad writer. It just means it/you weren’t right for that specific publication. Once you start letting rejections mean that you are not good, it’s a slippery, depressing slope.
No one wants to go in to meeting their girlfriend’s family knowing that said family is disappointed they are a certain race or ethnicity or religion or any other such uncontrollable, personal thing. The analogy, to them, is a white parent saying, “Oh, that’s so nice you have a new boyfriend, sweetheart. Is he white?”