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| Background: Once upon a time a certain teenage woman was invited to a birthday party. In fact according to all reports it was going to be a super cool party. However, this young woman was at that stage of her maturation where it was necessary to adopt a pose of infinite boredom with life, she was in fact like a flapper in one Evelyn Waughs novels about the nineteen twenties from the very act of breathing was an source of infinite fatigue. So she announced that she wasnt going to the party because it would be BORING! Other young women considered her opinion, because she was one of the opinion-makers of her group, but they said well, maybe it wont be boring. So they decided to attend the party. Our heroines mother kept urging her to give the party a chance because the birthday queens mother was such a nice woman. WELL, as we all know if a mother thinks something is worthwhile, by definition it cant be. Anyway, at the last minute she decided to show up, if only to stop people from talking about her. She walked in the front door of the house, looked around at the thirty young people who were talking, dancing, and eating and said, Nobodys here! Wheres everybody! So she found a segment of the wall that looked like it needed shoring up and leaned against, with a loud sigh. A nearby angel said she sighed a hundred and forty nine times during the party. Many of the boys at the party tried to talk to her. They offered to bring her food and a coke (the hostesss mother kept an eagle eye out for other liquids) or a piece of cake. She just sighed again and shook her head. One boy, by reputation very cool, even brought her a piece of chocolate cake. Barf city she said. When the party was over she walked home by herself. How was the party her mother asked. Oh, said young woman, it was great. Everyone was there and we had a wonderful time. |
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| Story: Once upon a time a certain teenage woman was invited to a birthday party. In fact according to all reports it was going to be a super cool party. However, this young woman was at that stage of her maturation where it was necessary to adopt a pose of infinite boredom with life, she was in fact like a flapper in one Evelyn Waughs novels about the nineteen twenties from the very act of breathing was an source of infinite fatigue. So she announced that she wasnt going to the party because it would be BORING! Other young women considered her opinion, because she was one of the opinion-makers of her group, but they said well, maybe it wont be boring. So they decided to attend the party. Our heroines mother kept urging her to give the party a chance because the birthday queens mother was such a nice woman. WELL, as we all know if a mother thinks something is worthwhile, by definition it cant be. Anyway, at the last minute she decided to show up, if only to stop people from talking about her. She walked in the front door of the house, looked around at the thirty young people who were talking, dancing, and eating and said, Nobodys here! Wheres everybody! So she found a segment of the wall that looked like it needed shoring up and leaned against, with a loud sigh. A nearby angel said she sighed a hundred and forty nine times during the party. Many of the boys at the party tried to talk to her. They offered to bring her food and a coke (the hostesss mother kept an eagle eye out for other liquids) or a piece of cake. She just sighed again and shook her head. One boy, by reputation very cool, even brought her a piece of chocolate cake. Barf city she said. When the party was over she walked home by herself. How was the party her mother asked. Oh, said young woman, it was great. Everyone was there and we had a wonderful time. |
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