THE WASTREL #1: FOR THE OPINION OF OTHERS

       Over 60 pages (just over—like 62 really—but that still, legally, gives us the right to say over 60, which sounds a whole lot better than 62. "Wow, over 60 pages?! That could be like 68 pages! Now that's a good value," think the unknowing mass—the 9 people—who actually purchase the magazine) of cartoons, articles, smut, and uh . . . junk. The content of this particular issue of the magazine is centered around that deeply felt desperation humans have to be liked. To be wanted. Enjoyed. The importance we all put on the perceptions of our fellow man. That ever looming weight: the opinion of others. How much has your concern with what people may think of you impacted your life (you know, that whole life/living thing—the thing we only get one of)? Are you ever truly yourself, or are you just some concocted patchwork quilt of what you believe people will like? To spend a lifetime of convincing rather than just being. To watch from the crowd, with nothing to add, as your life plays out. Well, at least you didn't embarrass yourself.

     Articles on purposely making a fool of yourself publicly, attempting to escape the 9 to 5 with failed art projects, ditching dating apps to instead shakingly talk to people of interest whilst awkwardly leaning on things, pontificating upon workplace melodramatics, owning a bed frame because you're an adult and adult beds have bed frames, living with a madman for a month in Nebraska, and um . . . some other stuff too. Lots of cartoons. This description is kind of long actually, so this could really be considered another page. Call it 63 pages folks. Peace and love.   

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