Charming as a Verb

by Ben Philippe

It’s kind of cool how so many people in the city have a single, soul-consuming passion that very often looks nothing like the rest of their lives.

It’s all inching uncomfortably close, that great college abyss.

Too many plates. And recently, it feels like they’re starting to shatter on the floor around me.

“Run-of-the-mill overextended teen, possible anxiety; one part insecurity, two parts narcissistic tendencies masked as charming extroversion,”

“We all have our issues. It’s good to be aware of them.

and actually selfishness goes hand-in-hand with the callous sociopath I apparently am.

The thing with being good at lying to others is that you end up being pretty great at lying to yourself too.

“That’s like screaming at someone having a panic attack not to panic. What if I don’t know what that means?”