Matt Powers

When people feel threatened by your confidence, they’ll do anything and everything to knock you down a peg. This was never clearer to me than it was last weekend, when my former best friend Kevin threw his 26th birthday party….

My grandpa and his 10 siblings are first-generation Americans who grew up dirt-poor on a farm in Torrance, California. His parents came from Mexico legally.

I needed to see their pain and sorrow, feel them clutching to their humanity so I could forgive them, but — unfortunately — I never gave myself that chance.

2. Don’t let her establish an inside joke.

“Damn, this song slaps.”

A group of rogue hackers have – once again – exposed one of America’s most beloved celebrities: Kim Kardashian.


This is surface-level attraction and lust.

It’s lyrical and lovable, the kind of music your party drinks and dances to while losing themselves in intimate moments of whatever life is.

And as we said goodbye, I felt my stomach twist in knots for the first time since I said goodbye to my ex. It was a self-reflecting break from reality, like an alcoholic staring at a pile of empty bottles and wondering what they’ve missed out on.