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Ihaveapi e c eofpl as t i ci ns i deofmet hatr e mi ndsmet hatI ’ m goi ngt oc ont i nuet ol i vemyl i f ef oranot he rf i veye ar s . Api e c eofpl as t i ct hatt he y’ l lr e movef r om mei nf i veye ar s ,orwhe nt he yc utmeope nf r om s t e r num t owomb t he y’ l lf i ndt hepl as t i ct hel e ngt hofmyt humbt hatt ol dmeIhaves ome t hi nggoi ngoni nf i v eye ar s . So me t hi ngl e f tt odoi nf i veye ar s .IknowIt al ke ndl e s s l yabouthowIne ve re xpe c t e dt ol i vet hi sl ongand e ve r ydayIwakeupi sanot he rdayIdi dn’ tpl an,butt hi st i mei ti ss obi z ar r ot hatImadeal ongt e r mc hoi c e t hatIwi l lwakeupwi t he ve r ydayf ort hene xtf i veye ar s .



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Iwonde rhowmuc hpl as t i ct he y’ l lf i ndi nmybodywhe nt he yc utmeope n. Re s e ar c he r shavef oundt hathumanse ate noughpl as t i ct hr oughoutt he i rl i ve st omakeaBar bi edr e am hous e . Imadet hi sup,ofc our s e ,butIbe l i e vet hes e nt i me nti st he r e . Butc anyoui magi ne ? Awhol eBar bi edr e am hous e ? Pe opl ewhoac t ual l ywe ntt os c hools ayi t ’ sac t ual l ys ome t hi ngl i keaGoDi e goGopl a ys e t ,butwhat e ve r . I fyouwantt oge tf ol ksr e al l yc onc e r ne d,s ayt hatawhol e as sBar bi edr e am hous e i sc ur r e nt l yi nt he i rl ar gei nt e s t i ne . Thatwoul dge tpe opl ec onc e r ne daboutt hee nvi r onme nt . Anyways ,I ’ vegott hi si nc hofpl as t i ci nmyut eandi t ’ st heonl yt hi ngke e pi ngmegoi ng. I s n’ tt ha tc aus ef orc onc e r n? Pl as t i c ! I nmyut e r us ? I st hate ve nhe al t hyl ongt e r m?



CuzThe yHaveAl lTheMone yAndThe y’ l lGe tAl lTheGi r l s …( I tJus tDoe s n’ tMat t e r ) Theot he rque e rwhophot os hopswe i r dt hi ngsont ot he i ri ns t agr am pi c t ur e sl i ke dmys l oppi l yc ur at e d Cat hol i cae s t he t i ci mages e tt hi smor ni ngandIf e l tt hef ai nt e s tvi c t or ywhe nIc he c ke dmynot i f i c at i ons . I ’ mc he c ki ngmyphoneal otl at e l y .I ’ m dat i ngt hr e edi f f e r e ntpe opl eandye tIbar e l yhe arf r om anyone , myf r i e ndsar enotdi f f e r e nt .Ic al lmybe s tf r i e ndt wi c eadayandwet al kaboutno t hi ngande ve r yt hi ng. I t ’ sawe l c omebr e akf r om myownt wi s t i ngt hought st hats wi r li nmybr ai n,f r e ef r om t i meandc ons e que nc e . So me t i me sI ’ l lc at c hmys e l fs t ar i ngatt hes amebi tofwal lf oranhour ,j us tt hi nki ngaboutmyf ai l i ngsi nr e l at i ons hi ps de s pi t enotbe i ngi nar e l at i ons hi pf orf i veye ar s .Ihaveat he r apyappoi nt me ntt odaywhe r e Iwi l ldi s c us st hi sal lwi t hps e udoapat hy . Not hi ngi swor t hc ar i ngabout . Iwi s hIc ar e dmor e .



Hoe i ng So me t i me st hes e e dsofi de asar epl ant e di nmel ongbe f or et he ygr ow. Ii gnor et hee ar t ht he y’ r epl ant e di nunt i ls o me onec o me sal ongandas ks“what ’ r eyougr owi ngt he r e ?” AndIr e pl yi ni gnor anc e ,“Idon’ tknow. ” Wewal koutt ot hepat c h,he f t yt i nwat e r i ngc answe i ghi ngdownourar ms , andwes pr i nkl et hec ont e nt sove rt hel ot . If or gotIpl ant e dt r ut hst hi ss umme r .



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Ar et he s er e df l agsac t ual l yr e df l agsori smybr ai ndoi ngt hatt hi ngwhe r ei tf i l l si nac ol or de s pi t ei tac t ual l ybe i nggr ay?I ’ ves pe ntal otoft i mel ayi ngont hef l oori nt hevar i ousbac kdr opsofmyhous e , t hi nki ngandt hi nki ngandt hi nki ngandc r e at i ngt he s enar r at i ve swhe r eI ’ m outandI ’ mf r e e andI ’ m maki ngc hoi c e sf ormys e l ft hatdon’ thur t .



Thr e eGodsPar abl e Youdr ownatyourc ous i n’ sl ame14t hbi r t hdaypar t y .I twas n’ te ve napoolpar t y ,you’ r ej us ts of uc ki nga wkwar d andwe i r dandyourmom want syout ogot al kt oyourUnc l ePhi lwho’ shavi ngahar dt i mewi t ht hedi vor c e andne e ds“awi n”andyouhave“s uc hagoodat t i t udeaboutyous we e t i e ,hec oul dr e al l yus et hec ompany” butl i t t l edoe ss heknowyou’ r ej us tt oowor r i e daboutt hewayyouhol dyourmout handdoe st hewayyoupos i t i on yourl e gsmakeyoul ookl i kef uc ki ngChi c ke nLi t t l e ?Anyways ,youdi dn’ tgot al kt oUnc l ePhi lor anyonef ort hatmat t e randyouwe ntout s i det os t ar eatt hepoolf orl i ket wohour sbe c aus e you’ r es uc haf uc ki ngs paz . Yourauntwasal waysc ompl ai ni ngaboutt hepoolde c kne e di ngt ober e s ur f ac e d andyougue s ss hewasr i ghtbe c aus eyourdumbas st r i ppe dove ral oos et i l eandhi tyourhe adont hee dgeoft hepool . Asyou’ r es i nki ngt ot hebot t om,youl os ec ons c i ous ne s sf orl i keane i ght hofas e c ondbutyouf e e lyour s e l f hi tt hebot t om as sf i r s t .Mor t i f yi ng.Soi nanune xpe c t e dt ur nofe ve nt syouc anbr e at heyourhe avi ng, t ot al l youtofs hapebr e at hsandi t ’ ss ur pr i s i ngl ybr i ghtde s pi t et hel e ave sands qui r r e lc ar c as s e s l i t t e r i ngt hes ur f ac eoft hewat e r .



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