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I put my arm around her shoulders. We’ll go home, I said, but I was lying. I didn’t know where home could possibly be.

You know that Beyonce & Jay-Z song, ‘Upgrade U”? “Let me upgrade you, flip a new page and introduce you some new things.” For us, that song is always playing through our heads at this time of year.

It’s been a year since Sandy hit the Eastern coast of the United States, but there are still plenty of volunteer opportunities to be had.

Here is what I learned: maybe I cannot be fixed.

When I die, I want you to not let a rabbi near me. I want you to put my body on this bed, and I want you to push it out onto the Monongahela River and let it float. I want you to set fire to some arrows, take an archer’s bow, and aim them at me. I want you to send me to Valhalla.

Are you having an affair that you thought you could keep secret, but now, he seems to be everywhere?

Living in Crown Heights would be akin to re-entering the closet, five years after having emerged from it. “Could you do that?” my mother asked me.

“I’m not out protesting, I’m not out screaming “die cis scum!” at people. I’m just me, just trying to provide a point of view.”

There’s something oddly intriguing about a bunch of stars being associated in a group.

Today, I considered becoming a troll.

The surprise factor in many of my adventures has mostly to do with unexpected encounters. For me, the people I meet along the way are truly the best mementos.

“Hi Steve. I asked Mira if she’d be interested in Gchatting with you for the purpose of earnestly trying (with your help) to feel better about life. She said yes. What do you think?”

Tao Lin’s ‘Taipei’ will be released by Vintage on June 4, 2013.

Admit it: you’ve had a crush on your best friend’s boyfriend. Or your professor. Or, your neighbor’s mom… However it happens, we all seem to have inappropriate crushes that never work out the way we want them to. And TC wants to publish your stories about them.

It is hard to pick out scenes for this story. How to discern what’s important. How do you compartmentalize the brittle histories between two people?

The Sony Xperia Z is now available, and it’s the best of Sony in a smartphone to fulfill all of your needs.

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