Exhibit B: during every Marvel credits scene she sings "Despacito" when Louis D'Esposito's name appears onscreen Exhibit C: we reenact the "I thought you'd be back by 11" scene from The Incredibles and grow increasingly pretend-exasperated with each other until people around us grow concerned

Romance is all about finding new tics and weird references to badger your partner with. Exhibit A: I've taught her that a particular part of a Tom Petty song requires a "HUH" and hitting the whip

purchase, you exit the shop. And awaken in your bed, clutching your Amulet tightly. Your. Amulet. The Amulet. It is yours. But if you can take The Amulet out of the dream... what else might've followed you here? Are you truly awake? Have you ever been awake? Ask them which dream they're living now.

way to Know is to take it. And you must Know. As soon as you pick it up, you find yourself in front of the cashier. You assume they are someone. You put The Amulet on the counter and say, "how much." The cashier says, "all of it," and pushes The Amulet back toward you. Now that you've made your

dolls, toys, clothes, glassware, and... That's when you see it. The Amulet. The gemstone in it is pale and clouded, but the silver gleams with what you somehow understand to be "Knowledge." What kind of knowledge? The good kind or the bad kind? Helpful information or dark secrets? The only

Did you go the wrong way? Did she abandon you here? Did she forget about you so easily, or did she always intend to leave you here, among the other discarded useless junk? You call out to her again, but you breathe in a lung full of dust, you begin to cough, it's so crowded here among the ancient

You turn every corner of the cramped and dusty shop, but after every line of shelves is another aisle, and another, and another. You have trouble stepping over those piles of... what are they?? You don't have time to stop and examine the things here, your mother... you can't hear her voice any more.

Next time someone says they're "living the dream" ask them, which one? The one where you forgot your pants again, but you're already on stage? Or the one where you've gotten separated from your mother in that old nameless antique shop and you can hear her voice close by but can never find her?

Somebody needs to tell me right now not to watch the full 10 hour, 11 yr old playthrough of Game Grumps attempting Sonic The Hedgehog (2006)

Explain yourself. Now.