THE IRRELEVANT LIFE COLLECTION

The Exchange Student. The Story of My Thirteen-Year Crush

“Uh oh!” the sound of the ICQ message arriving on my screen blared out of the speakers.  He replied.  I was 17, sitting at the desk at home, heart racing, because I just messaged the guy I have been crushing on at school. He was new to my school this year, in the 12th grade…

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For the Luv of Mike. The story of how I catfished a Taylor Hanson catfish 

I was scrolling through my TikTok FYP when I saw a clip from Dancing with the Stars and one of this season’s contestants, Taylor Hanson. I liked it, of course. I used to love Hanson. “Mmmbop ba duba dop ba doo bop.” When I first heard those non-words being sung on the MuchMusic Countdown, I…

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