Category Archives: love

Valentine’s Day Cards For Everybody Else

Posted on February 14, 2014 by You Monsters Are People

This morning the cyberverse was awash with Valentine’s Day themed images and I couldn’t help but notice that several demographics weren’t being represented in the slightest. The Hallmark Holiday seems to primarily celebrate a very middle of the road sort … Continue reading →

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A Reminder During the Darkest Days of Winter

Posted on February 4, 2014 by You Monsters Are People

Sometimes it feels like there is a hole in my head and every good thought or feeling that I ever had has escaped into space. The best of me has leaked out and been replaced with a humorless mist and … Continue reading →

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The You Monsters Are People Audio Experience: What Women Don’t Want

Posted on July 24, 2013 by You Monsters Are People

In the fourth episode, Mary Heussner stops by to give me some of the most insane advice about women that I have ever heard. We struggle to maintain a sense professionalism in the sweltering heat before giving up entirely. I … Continue reading →

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The Underwearwolf

Posted on July 9, 2013 by You Monsters Are People

My parents are visiting in from out of town so I don’t have time to finish up all of the things I’ve been working on this week. However, as appeasement, I crafted this little beauty for you. It’s based entirely … Continue reading →

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Terrible Advice That Could Potentially Work

Posted on June 27, 2013 by You Monsters Are People

In my experience, the best way to get a woman to like you is to be totally apathetic and make as many bad jokes as humanly possible. Keep in mind that this really only works on women you aren’t particularly … Continue reading →

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Sadness and Soviet Space Dogs

Posted on April 17, 2013 by You Monsters Are People

A friend of mine called me late the other night and said the following, “It’s like we’re in hell. This is hell… but it’s still so beautiful.” I knew exactly what he meant. A few days prior, I was wandering … Continue reading →

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Heartache in the Absence of Love and then, Eventually, the Other.

Posted on April 3, 2013 by You Monsters Are People

My first girlfriend was a lot like my first job; not particularly enjoyable and only obtained because of peer pressure and convenience. They also both sort of had a weird bleach smell. It probably doesn’t come as much of a … Continue reading →

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Bedwetting, Twins, and Other Real-Life Terrors from Childhood

Posted on February 25, 2013 by You Monsters Are People

I was a bed wetter. It was so bad that my parents refused to give me fluids after late afternoon. Sometimes I would get really thirsty and they’d flat out refuse to serve me, so I would sneak into the … Continue reading →

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Pillow Talk: A Brief History of Romance

Posted on November 12, 2012 by You Monsters Are People

I have definitely touched on the subject of romance a few times in the past and have even allowed myself to get rather serious on the subject. But love is a pretty boring read when it’s going perpetually well. Romeo … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Used Book in History Concluded: December 1988

Posted on September 4, 2012 by You Monsters Are People

This is the final installment of the infamous diary within a used book that found its way to me via a used book sale held at a defunct library.  Hidden among the stacks, I came across it entirely by chance … Continue reading →

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