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Although I was able to maintain a pleasant expression, I was mentally throwing up in her face.
Augusten Burroughs
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Augusten Burroughs
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 23
Journalist
Novelist
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Maintain
Pleasant
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Throwing
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