Word: momã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...in” group—suddenly, you were not cool unless you knew what Hogwarts’ was. Before I had begun to read the series, I would hear people of all ages—from my small cousins to my friends to my mom??rave about the latest Potter book and what had happened in the magical world of Harry and his friends. All too quickly it would become clear that I did not share their understanding of Quiddich and the rest of Harry’s adventures, their appreciation of trolls and giants, of mean...
...version of Weezer. They have precise, sonically taut arrangements with undertones of straight-up 50s rock ‘n roll. Or think of it this way: If Rivers Cuomo is the guy you would bring home to your mother, Julian Casablancas is the guy who would steal your mom??s car and then sleep with your sister in the discomfort of the backseat while drinking a bottle of Jack Daniels. Or extrapolate from their self-description: Modern British pop and indie-rock tunes for filthy lushes...
...since I would almost certainly contract AIDS; that my professions of homosexuality meant that I had probably been molested as a boy; even that I couldn’t really be gay since, in a pre-interview with my parents, my dad had at one point interrupted my mom??thus proving that he wasn’t the weak, submissive father that a homosexual ought to have. Adult gays usually lived shallow, unfulfilling, empty lives—but if I wanted, he said, I could change. I tried to argue, but as a middle-schooler...
...called my mom again. “I just wanted to hear your voice,” I said. Nothing comforts me like my mom??s voice. She has always been my rock. While talking to her, a friend called on my second line. He was audibly shaken...
...Wigglesworth Hall produced a very wiggy experience. On paper, the match was perfectly balanced: two midwesterners and two east coasters, although one roommate’s mother swore that one of the midwesterner’s had an east coast accent. We all rolled our eyes, not realizing that mom??s intuition proved to be a good sign. Each of us had an element of adaptability that made the year’s living experience a blast...