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The first time I saw her was two months ago, while she was grocery shopping. She was not your typical pretty girl. You couldn't really call her charming nor attractive. No, instead she was a bit mousy, a bit shaggy and scrawny. To me, that was perfect, exactly what I ...

A few days ago I found a note on my roommate’s door. I frowned instantly when I saw it. By now I'd grown quite annoyed at Tom's antics. Ever since he started dating Jessica, he'd started doing this. She was the one who gave him the idea, saying it was ...

People never talk about the importance of the sense of smell. They talk about touch, about hearing and seeing. People always talk about how meals taste, yet there are only five distinct flavors. With smell though, there are more than ten thousand different scents to enjoy. What would life be ...

Inspector Brandt and Officer Ziegler were out on a routine night patrol through town. Both of them knew that these patrols were a waste of time. Nothing ever happened in their small town. The worst they'd ever ran into was a few drunk teenagers making a ruckus. This night it ...

It's said that once we're adults, we don't remember much of our life before the age of ten. The scientific term for this is childhood amnesia. Some people talk about not remembering certain events in their childhood. They might look at old photo albums of their early years, and get ...

Mornings after are the worst. I decided to start this one off with a cool beer from the fridge. It really helps to calm down, keep the hangover at bay and it gets me going in the morning. Take from this whatever you want. I made my way through the ...

Did you ever fall asleep on the last subway or tram? If you did, you know what happens. At the last station an attendant or in some cases the driver will wake you up and tell you to get out. Then you're left to figure out how to get home ...

I moved into my new apartment back in July. I was sick and tired of my small one-room apartment and was on the look-out for a new one. It was by sheer accident that I stumbled upon a cheap three-room one online. The rent was only a couple hundred Euros, ...

There are many things which can reveal something about ourselves. The way we dress, our behavior, who we associate with and even how we furnish our apartment. At times it's the smallest things that reveal the most. There is one thing though, no one ever thinks about that can reveal ...

Sounds can drive you insane. It can be a dripping tap, the neighbor's loud music or the constant chatter of co-workers. I was never bothered much by these things. I guess it was easy for me to ignore those types of sounds. Maybe it's because I grew up in an ...