Sorry About My Face
Your encouraging words (“Can I get a smile?”) and concern (“Cheer up! It’ll be okay!”) have not fallen on deaf ears. You saw the malaise posted up on my grill and you reacted the way any Good Samaritan would and for that, I’d like to thank you.
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How To Not Say No To Drinking
Drinks are good. Real good. And as a girl, drinks are also often free. How can you say no to good and free? You can only accept. And that decency/ common sense is, after all, what separates us from the animals. Also, opposable thumbs, which are necessary for tending bar.
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CJ Hallman writes fiction and facts she wishes were fiction. She is 24, and in the past three years has lived in ... 
Why I Don’t Own A Smart Phone
Smart phones ruin lives. Or perhaps more accurately, they ruin social lives. You want to know where I got my phone? Radio Shack. For ten bucks. Don’t you just love it? Oh, the irony!
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5 Social Faux Pas That Make Me Want to Crawl Into A Bottomless Hole
There are some things I do that I feel like only loud, clumsy me stumbles into — and never the sexy, composed people who stare with a mixture of disdain and pity. Perhaps I am alone in this, or perhaps these things are shared, but either way, I wish I knew how to stop committing these sins.
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Chelsea Fagan is a writer living in Paris. It's less pretentious than it sounds. 
An Awkward Letter To My Best Friend(?)
My best friends have always changed over time. There was Madison in second grade. I helped her plaster her bedroom walls in ‘Teen Beat’ Jonathan Taylor Thomas posters. She and I lost touch when I changed schools. Then, there was Matthew in fourth grade.
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She is an editor at Thought Catalog and a ... 
