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Birds chirping and the sounds of nature have been replaced by the hustle and bustle of a big city with an even bigger and brighter spirit

Hot damn, Ava You did it

With a stupid smile plastered on my face, I openiTunes playlist—a oodies that remind me of my dad’s love for music from the fifties, sixties, and seventies—and just as the Foundations croon about Buttercup, I find a place for the pens, brushes, canvases, sketchbooks, and pictures on my shelf and toss the makeup and flip-flops where I should have left thee

Still, for the first tilance around the room and take in how different my side looks compared to my new roommate Desi’s

Truthfully, her sanization, and it looks likes Kate Spade and Martha Stewart got drunk and threw a freaking housewar

My side, on the other hand, is this weird, eclectic but definitely chaotic mix of art and prints and patterns that don’t really match

Either Desi and I are going to get along splendidly, or halfway through the year, we’ll be the subject of a true-crime docuseries

Fingers and toes crossed it’s the former

When lance at the clock and see its already nearing ten in the evening With my new roommate nowhere to be found and no other acquaintances to speak of, I’ht all by myself Since nourishment is now my main priority and the options within the walls of this room are li it into an outlet behind my desk

Per Columbia University’s rule book, hot plates and coffee to et everyone to spend too e vendors scattered across campus

It’s capitalism at its finest, folks, he says

I don’t know about all that, but what’s the worst that could happen with a hot plate? Hot soup?

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I make a mental note to buy one behind my dad’s back in the next couple days, pop open a can of Caet it cooking on the hot plate

It’s practically scientific fact thatto take a little while to heat up, so I grab h my emails

There are a couple of spa itimate email

Let me tell you, it is hardly any better

My great-aunt Lily froe and unusual, and today, it coarden to our entire family Ever the opportunist, her sister Poppy takes that odd but innocent e and drives it at a speed of ninety etables!

Good Lord, Lil, why are you sending us pics of Don’s penis?