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What if you spent every day looking for One Beautiful Thing?


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Etsomnia™ 107: Put on Your Big Girl Pants

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If a teardrop tattoo means that you murdered someone, I shudder to think what a teardrop on the seat of your pants would mean…

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Etsomnia™ 105: Bad Hair Day

That ought to keep the perverts away!

I can’t decide. Do you think wearing this barrette would discourage subway frottage, or attract it?

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Etsomnia™ 104: Sheer Madness

These super-stylish pants are made of 100% nope.

These super-stylish pants are made of 100% nope.

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Etsomnia™ 100: Quite a Few of My Favorite Things

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Etsomnia™ 99: Exotica

The materials listed for these shorts are leather and exotic. So there you go.

The materials listed for these shorts are leather and exotic. They forgot to mention the main material, ugly.

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“Cute? Baby ducks are cute, I HATE cute! I want to be exotic!” -Annie Savoy in Bull Durham

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Etsomnia™ 96: Short Story

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If crocheted shorts are actually becoming a thing, I’m moving to Antartica where no shorts are worn until the siege passes.

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