At nineteen years old, I met the most beautiful woman I’d ever seen in my entire life. Her name was Alice. I never worshipped Aphrodite, fought for Helen of Troy, or bowed before Nefertiti, but trust me when I say they all paled in comparison to her. I still remember the first time I saw …
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The philosopher Albert Camus believed there was only one truly philosophical question; whether or not a person should take his or her own life. I’m not sure if I was predisposed to a morbid curiosity or if I learned it somewhere along the way. It doesn’t matter. I have it. And along with its many …
We all have our self-destructive qualities that manifest themselves through the compulsive behaviors we exhibit to ourselves and others. Some are decidedly more destructive than others. For one person it may seem as innocent as an obsessive need to engage in gossip. For another it's overeating, drinking, smoking, gambling, or drug abuse. Who knows why …
What do we look for in a partner? Someone attractive? Sure. Someone smart, funny, who we enjoy spending time with? Of course. But more than that, I think we look for someone who we believe will complete us, in a sense. Someone who will erase that notion we have of always feeling less than and …
At fifteen years old not having a girlfriend meant Sunday nights were almost always spent watching reruns of Roseanne at home with mom and dad, which, as any one who's been fifteen and watched Roseanne can attest, was an agonizingly boring way to fill an evening. This week's episode was especially laborious to get through …
Turn That Headline Upside Down By: Jared Naylor If you’re a football fan (and because you’re reading this I’m assuming you are), you’ve probably found the amount of negative press surrounding the game a bit disconcerting. Every day it seems like another superstar is getting arrested and authenticating the widespread belief that football players are …
Stories by Jared Naylor 