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Vacation in Paris? A la poubelle. These past few weeks, I spent a lot of time telling my younger cousins all sorts of bright, fantastical lies. Yes, Santa Claus is real! Of course, I’m just as much a real adult as your parents! But, after watching Ratatouille, the kids threw me a real hardball: “Bipul, is Paris actually that amazing and beautiful?” I felt my stomach turn and my entire body wince as I mumbled, “Oh, yeah, for sure.” These kids are no older than 10; they dream of traveling around the world. They’re not ready to know the truth. But you and I are grown-ups now, and it’s time we com ..read more

Day 1: I wanted to be a Spring Breaker, but instead, my parents had to spring break me. “Let’s go to Giza,” they said. I was looking at dunes, I was reading Dune, and frankly I got a bit confused. I started sandwalking and couldn’t stop. No worms have found me! No humans either! Day 5: Today I woke up very early and climbed very high and was Christ for about half an hour. I became covered in morning dew and licked myself dry. It wasn’t enough. Later the grand armadillo entity came down to greet me, but he berated me instead. I’m crying grains of sand and the wind keeps laughing at me. Day 14 ..read more

Gwen: Jessica, hey, hi! Jessica: Gwen! It’s been forever, how was your spring break? Gwen: So insane. I went to Puerto Rico and, like, between all the parties and debriefs, the only time I saw the sun was when I was oceanside sipping on a fresh marg. #Takemeback. What about you? Jessica: I decided to go home. I had some… unfinished business in Akron.  Gwen: Oh, how cute. Well, we went out every night, stayed up until, like, 2 am, and tried out all these new clubs. Clara kissed a girl. I had a jello shot. Seriously, I still feel hungover. You should have come.  Jessica: I would have ..read more

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