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you’d think all people from Paris were Charlize Theron the way Americans prepare you for their supposed rudeness and heir of superiority. But the notion that the French are turds is completely false. whether it’s because we have a euro sign on our forehead, or because they’re genuinely nice, who cares. at least, in the [...]

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I failed to mention the purpose of the asterisk in one of my recent entries. A statement was made by Samantha (my girlfriend) that I apparently was too stingy to send her a text that cost a mere dollar and fifty cents. What she didn’t know at the time is that I’d in fact lost [...]

Packing for Life

Yet, in spite of the fact that I am taking more possessions than many third-world citizens own, when I wake up and head out to the airport, my suitcase will close easily.

I am a hermit crab and it is my shell, chosen because it’s the biggest I can carry even if it isn’t the brightest.

Finding Empty Sanctuary

The Blessed Virgin presides over a lace-draped alter in another corner. Her figure barely smiles, a Mona Lisa too holy to be happy.