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Soaked In Jazz | Meet Kiki
Soaked In Jazz Meet Kiki

She hands me the spliff and I take a long drag, the fragrant White Widow smoke filling my lungs. I love this weed, relaxing me all over, but not dulling my mind. Or my libido.
by Martyn V. Halm
3 min
HEARTBREAK MILES DAVIS CANNABIS
The Good Lies We Tell | A Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. guide for a spiritual existence
The Good Lies We Tell A Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. guide for a spiritual existence

If Santa isn’t real, there really is no point in trying to believe in God anymore.
by Eric Turner
4 min
KURT VONNEGUT CAT'S CRADLE RELIGION
Stranger Things & Summer Nights | The art of compromise
Stranger Things & Summer Nights The art of compromise

Mark was the one who had recommended "Summer of Night" in the first place. “You’re gonna enjoy it, I’m sure. It’s so Stephen King-ish,” he said to me during one of our summer chitchats. The book fell into oblivion then, mostly because we were too busy making out.
by Milena Kojović
3 min
STRANGER THINGS SUMMER OF NIGHT RELATIONSHIPS
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Soaked In Jazz | Meet Kiki
Soaked In Jazz
Meet Kiki

She hands me the spliff and I take a long drag, the fragrant White Widow smoke filling my lungs. I love this weed, relaxing me all over, but not dulling my mind. Or my libido.

by Martyn V. Halm
3 min
Heartbreak Miles Davis Cannabis
The Good Lies We Tell | A Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. guide for a spiritual existence
The Good Lies We Tell
A Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. guide for a spiritual existence

If Santa isn’t real, there really is no point in trying to believe in God anymore.

by Eric Turner
4 min
Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle Religion
Stranger Things & Summer Nights | The art of compromise
Stranger Things & Summer Nights
The art of compromise

Mark was the one who had recommended "Summer of Night" in the first place. “You’re gonna enjoy it, I’m sure. It’s so Stephen King-ish,” he said to me during one of our summer chitchats. The book fell into oblivion then, mostly because we were too busy making out.

by Milena Kojović
3 min
Stranger Things Summer of Night Relationships
Max Level 50 | How to regenerate IRL
Max Level 50
How to regenerate IRL

Sanctuary. For now. There’s something about a 20-foot robotic tank with a sniper cannon and tracer missiles that lets you breathe a sigh of relief.

by B.E. Howard
3 min
Titanfall 2 Gaming Inspiration
Just My Type | The hardest thing in this world is to love in it
Just My Type
The hardest thing in this world is to love in it

Spike is my greatest weakness. He's my fandom and first fictional boyfriend. He also paved the way for all of the blonde, blue-eyed boyfriends I would ever have.

by Catherine Rector
4 min
Celebrity Crushes Buffy The Vampire Slayer Unrequited Love
Life Is Strange | Did high school always feel this intense?
Life Is Strange
Did high school always feel this intense?

I’m a 31-year-old man on my third glass of whiskey, and a game where you play as a high school girl is bringing me to tears.

by Ben Bagamery
3 min
Life Is Strange Decisions Introspection
Our Love In 68 Lines | Meet Joe
Our Love In 68 Lines
Meet Joe

... his breath tickled my ear. My pulse quickened, and I felt my face go hot. Something new began to stir inside me.

by Tonya Smith
5 min
Gender Transition Indigo Girls Love
The Blues Sound Better Drunk & Naked | A proper salute to Abner Jay and the South
The Blues Sound Better Drunk & Naked
A proper salute to Abner Jay and the South

Music is Dorothy's heel-click. It's a pinch of Harry’s Floo Powder. It's the rocket ship in which Calvin becomes Spaceman Spiff.

by Asa Beal
5 min
Abner Jay Blues Bourbon
Man On The Shoulder | Death is a half-mile stretch away
Man On The Shoulder
Death is a half-mile stretch away

We could see black smoke rising high into the air before we even got close to the interstate. I knew this was going to be bad.

by Jennifer Nye
6 min
Coping Jack Daniel's Fear
The Man Who Would Be Kanye | Someday I’m gonna buy me a spaceship
The Man Who Would Be Kanye
Someday I’m gonna buy me a spaceship

It’s 2 am on a school night and I’m getting high, scrolling through Reddit. r/HipHopHeads has become my internet home, the place where I get away from my problems.

by Eric Turner
3 min
Kanye West Self-Improvement Growing Up
Shattered Vinyl | 100 yellow ribbons is all I need
Shattered Vinyl
100 yellow ribbons is all I need

They loved Frank Sinatra and cigarettes and bell-bottoms and platform shoes and sneaking out in the middle of the night and being all kinds of Dazed & Confused. Absolutely brilliant.

by Julie Townsend Maigret
4 min
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Positive Change Tony Orlando and Dawn
Real Sex | What HBO learn'd generations of boys
Real Sex
What HBO learn'd generations of boys

What’s Real Sex? Real Sex is a real-life documentary series about real people DOING IT, featuring real dicks and real vaginas and real boobies!

by Nick Rallo
4 min
Real Sex Adolescence HBO
X-Men: Age Of Atheism | The Book of Marvel
X-Men: Age Of Atheism
The Book of Marvel

Without even intending it, I start to walk away from my religion. It is not a pleasant journey. I feel alone. I can’t tell anyone because everyone I know believes in God. I am an outcast. I am an X-Man.

by Josh Fingerhut
3 min
X-Men Religion Coming Of Age
Decisions Of Space & Time | When life is Life Is Strange
Decisions Of Space & Time
When life is Life Is Strange

There’s that disorienting feeling again, and Dane and I are walking home from school. I remember this day well. The school bully, Mike, is following us. I know what happens next.

by Randy Wilson
3 min
Life Is Strange Gaming Best Friends
Death Of My Bronze Age | Batman and I were changed forever
Death Of My Bronze Age
Batman and I were changed forever

Don’t they care that Robin is dead?!

by Josh Fingerhut
3 min
DC Comics Batman Robin
No Match For Her | The Queen of confidence
No Match For Her
The Queen of confidence

She takes hold of her ebony Queen. I can’t help but admire the piece, its intricate details standing out against the contrasting background of her pale skin. “I can’t believe you gave up your advantage,” she says. She knew what I was going to do before I did it. It’s like she can see my future. But I can’t see hers.

by César Montesinos
4 min
Friendship House of Staunton Grief