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Being a Teen in the Mid-Noughties ✨
Sometimes I think the mid-noughties was the most gloriously awkward time to be a teenager. We didn’t have TikTok or iPhones yet, but we had enough tech to feel like the future was right there in our bedrooms — buzzing, blinking, dial-up loading… MSN Messenger was life. Every night I’d log on, change my status Read more
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ADN Fear Files #1: Balloons
Okay, let’s just say it: balloons are terrifying. Not “silly scary” like a haunted house you secretly enjoy. I mean genuinely fear-inducing. Heart racing, hiding behind chairs at birthday parties, scanning the room for an escape route the second someone brings out the helium. My relationship with balloons? It’s complicated, chaotic, and dates back to Read more
Asten Does Nostalgia 