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I wish people were willing to dig a little deeper than the surface elements of a premise before tossing one story in with another.

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Isaac Marion
Age: 42
Born: 1981
Born: December 30
Music Journalist
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Writer
Seattle
Washington
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But it does make me sad that we've forgotten our names. Out of everything, this seems to me the most tragic. I miss my own and I mourn for everyone else's, because I'd like to love them, but I don't know who they are.
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...thinking all this maximalism would somehow generate happiness?
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Of course, if I eat all of him, if I spare his brain, he'll rise up and follow me back to the airport, and that might make feel better. I'll introduce him to everyone, and maybe we'll stand around and groan for a while. It's hard to say what 'friends' are any more, but that might be close.
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