The Time I Met James Blake
I am personally not one for waiting in the rain — not even for James Blake — and as he finished small talk with a fan, I made my way towards him. When our eyes met, I thought “Don’t fan girl out, he’s British, not God, don’t’ fan girl out.”
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Zach Stafford is currently in the beginning stages of Senior Year Anxiety and has become quite the Writing ... 
Writers Should Start Getting In Fights (Again)
For novelists to return to the spotlight, they must do one thing. No, not write better. Just fight.
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20 Ways To Scare Your Crush Away
Minimize eye contact. As a general rule, the ratio of eye contact with your crush to how much you’re crushing on your crush should be inverse. If you must acknowledge your crush, a sideways glance or indirect stare is advised.
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Holden Desalles is a chill ass bro. Contact him at holdendesalles@gmail.com. 
Best Practices For Pretending You Like Children
At some point a forlorn eight-year-old (wearing something that could only be described as ‘thrifted burlap,’ natch) sauntered up to me and asked, “What are those?” An evil smile crossed my face as I dumped a pile onto his plate and thought to myself, “You’ll never be the same!” Do things like that.
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What Your Netflix Movie Recommendations Say About You
I don’t know what it is exactly but women love anything British. If you add the words “Period Piece” in front of it then you’ve successfully found every ladies’ G-spot. Congrats!
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