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1. The "Because I'm Hormonal" Breakdown I just want to run away. I just want to sit alone in my room, fist deep in a pint of ice cream, scream-singing Avril Lavigne. Honestly, I just miss the Backstreet Boys. Those were better times. Why can’t I go back to those? Why am I crying? I…

I never thought this would happen to me so soon. I’ve only been out of college about as long as I was in college, and I’m starting to pick up “dad” mannerisms. Now when I say "dad," I don’t mean literally a biological or adoptive father with a wife raising children. I mean dad-like behaviors…

It's actually not that hard.

I'm in my late twenties. I never thought I'd date someone who is significantly younger than I am. My girlfriend is five years (technically four and a half) younger than I am. In the past, I generally went for women who were my age or older, as they gave off the impression that they were…

I had put on a solid 40 pounds by the time I graduated college, and it wasn’t from flipping tires and eating chicken boobs. Essentially, I had a malnourished second-grader distributed evenly between my gut, thighs, and double chin. It was a good look...for a diabetes commercial. As you can imagine, I got sick of…

“If you could do it all over again, would you?” Different people have asked me this question at least four times in the last month, including younger friends at homecoming, who are still in school, and my little brother, who is considering which college to pick. After borrowing $100,000 dollars to purchase a piece of…

Bitchiness happens to all of us. Sometimes you are too tired or too hungry to be emotionally appropriate. Sometimes you are stressed and upset and you don’t think before you speak. You say something hurtful or you overreact to something that would not ordinarily be upsetting. Episodes like those are primarily situational and they don’t…

Dinner. PGP.

Section I: Reading (200-800 points) 1. Tara and Jamie have been best friends since kindergarten. They are now in their mid-twenties. Jamie got engaged to her boyfriend, Philip, five months ago and she is so excited. She, of course, asked Tara to be her Maid of Honor. Unfortunately, Tara is not seeing anyone at the moment…