29
Jan
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I have this joke with my bff S. that comes up pretty regularly nowadays. It all started the morning of January 1, 2009. She’d had a party at her apartment and I’d stayed over to avoid having to fight for a cab home at 4 am. I was lying in bed rather hungover/groggy, and she was reading the New York Times—in particular, a story on people found guilty of the torture and sex trafficking of young girls.
“Can you believe it?” she said. “Horrible!”
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Tags: AOL, deal with the devil, layoff story, mean nasty commenters, new york times, people are weird, strunk and white, website comments, weird people
2
Dec
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Moms rock. Even when you’re a bratty teenaged girl and they won’t let you borrow that appliqued sweatshirt with the puffy moon and stars and you just about think it’s the end of your world because now how in heavens will TK notice you?—moms rock.
Because only a mom would do you the favor of telling you that you can’t borrow that heinous creation. Only a mom would keep that sweatshirt all to herself, no matter how much you beg and plead, because that’s how much you mean to her.
Moms are all-knowing (‘member the time she sniffed out the bathtub vodka on your breath when you came home from your first makeout party?), all-powerful (she could ground you with her eyes, punish your brother for smoking pot in the garage, vacuum the living room, and never even leave the kitchen), and, it turns out, totally awesome career placement specialists.
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Tags: balloon boy, getting a job, hunter s. thompson, Job Search, judd marcello, layoff story, mom as career placement specialist, momma's boy, mother knows best, yuddites, yup
