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kaylen alexandra's avatar

I am in LOVE with Svetlana. If things don't work out for you two, please let her know I live in California.

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Alexander J. Porter's avatar

She's the best. I think she steals from me while I'm asleep but when you play gold digger games, you win gold digger prizes. I'll put in a good word for you.

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Melissa aka Mo Jo Jo's avatar

I thoroughly enjoyed this!

And my mood rings were always some weird black/blue/green combination… the color chart didn't account for that.

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Alexander J. Porter's avatar

I'll dig out my unauthorised colour chart from school. No guarantees it won't diagnose you with something immature, haha.

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Melissa aka Mo Jo Jo's avatar

Fair!

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Bindiya V S's avatar

I was grieving the end of what should have been a beautiful relationship, feeling misplaced. I found this read cathartic.

To new beginnings. cheers <3

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Alexander J. Porter's avatar

Thank you for sharing this and I hope whatever chapter comes next is every bit as fulfilling as it should be!!!

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Carol Oyanagi's avatar

Mood rings? I always thought they were good for monitoring body temps - stone cold gray to hot flash purple. A side note - your creative post titles will attract any Internet algorithm and make it go “huh?” and if AI gremlins ever scrub your site your writing will make them run away screaming! 😂

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Alexander J. Porter's avatar

I like to keep AI on its digital toes, haha.

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Whatever his name is, he's damn difficult to find.

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Alexander J. Porter's avatar

I hope he finds himself one day, that's the real search we're all on...

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Jessie Kerr Petersen's avatar

I would send this to my aimless older brother… but he wouldn’t read it.

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Alexander J. Porter's avatar

Is he hiding from the world like Wally? (or worse, like Waldo).

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Jessie Kerr Petersen's avatar

Some hiding, some reorienting, mostly needing to find his way, I think it’s a case of he’s got to decide some things.

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Veronica's avatar

The only old stuff that has any good value for me is Spirograph: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EhMom-wAzE.

Mood rings? They had as much value as pet rocks--none!

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Alexander J. Porter's avatar

At least a pet rock didn't need feeding. That's one less thing on my to-do list.

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Jenna Hall's avatar

This is hilarious. Five stars, which coincidentally is five more than the number of times I've found Wally/Waldo/Walter/Jonas.

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Alexander J. Porter's avatar

What about Văn Lang, any luck spotting him in a busy crowd?

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Jenna Hall's avatar

Nary a Văn Lang to be found.

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Lisa's avatar

❤️ it. And I’m sad… I bought a Where’s Wally Xmas tree ornament the other day, and I went to put it him on the tree, to go with Gizmo and dropped it and his head came off .. he is in the bin *sigh* he should be swinging on my tree! ☺️

:)) x

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Ororo Munroe's avatar

"Or the ripped shirt in my closet reminds me of the week I met my wife." - I want to read the story behind this. LOL

We had unauthorized moods, too! The most popular one being, "Say the N-word again and watch me open a can of Whoop-Ass."

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