The Upside to Having Feelings 31-35

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The feeling you get when you're writing an obituary.

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The feeling you get when you're watching a Lifetime movie.

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The feeling you get when you know you'll never see someone again.

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The feeling you get when you cry in public.

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The feeling you get when your mate is angry with you--but won't say so.

The Upside to Having Feelings 26-30

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That feeling you get when you want someone and they don't want you back.

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That feeling you get just before you write someone off.

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That feeling you get when you see Courtney Love.

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That feeling you get when you see Holocaust images.

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That feeling you get when someone you're thinking about phones you.

The Upside to Having Feelings 21-25

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That feeling you get when you don't think what you did was wrong.

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That feeling you get when all you want is to get high.
 
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That feeling you get when your friend attempts suicide.

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That feeling you get when someone throws your belongings in the grass.

25
That feeling you get when your shorts are too short.

The Upside to Having Feelings 16-20

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That feeling you get when someone hates the person you love.

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That feeling you get when someone loves the person you hate.

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That feeling you get when everyone's high-strung and you're too depressed to blend in.

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That feeling you get when you have nowhere to go--and no one cares.


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That feeling you get when you're sleeping on someone's couch.

The Upside to Having Feelings 11-15

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That feeling you get when you have really great news and the only person you really want to tell it to is dead.

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That feeling you get when your life is in shambles and your friends drag you to a party and it's really wild and you get really drunk and everyone's having a great time
...except you.

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That feeling you get when you realize you don't really belong to anyone.

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That feeling you get when you realize you wish you did.

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That feeling you get when you know someone wants you--even if you don't want them.

The Upside to Having Feelings: 6-10

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That feeling you get when you realize you're the 'psychotic, emotionally unstable broad with baggage and mommy issues' that everyone refers to and inherently fears/avoids.

7
That feeling you get when you miss someone a lot, and when you finally see them, they're overly casual about not having seen you in weeks/months/years.

8
That feeling you get when you realize you're fucking hot and can date/homewreck/hit on/fuck anyone you choose.

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That feeling you get when you realize you're fucking the wrong person.

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That feeling you get when you realize spending your life with one particular person wouldn't be so terrible. In fact, it would be terribly fantastic.

The Upside to Having Feelings: 1-5

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That feeling you get when your family/boyfriend/girlfriend/fuck buddy breaks up with you and you realize that the last time you had dinner together/cuddled/fucked would be the last time you had dinner together/cuddled/fucked.

2
That feeling you get when someone you know finds you and someone else that is very unattractive (in theory), attractive. Are you on the same level of attractiveness as that person? Are they more attractive? Is this like the voice thing, where how you hear yourself isn't really how you sound? Are you hideous?

3
That feeling you get when someone's dying, starts to look as though they'll make a full recovery, then dies!

4
That feeling you get when the person you love leaves the car/apartment/house/city. You know, the feeling that's causing you to rehash what time you spent with them before they left so that if they're inexplicably shot or something, you're fifty percent ready.

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That feeling you get when you love something as if it's yours, but it really isn't, and no matter how often people remind you it isn't yours, you get intensely attached. Then, the real owner of your beloved scoops it up and places it just beyond your reach.

The Upside to Having Feelings

I'm in the middle of writing The Upside to Having Feelings. I plan for it to be a strange chronicle of the way I interpret emotions in different situations and attempt to relay exactly how I'm feeling. I can never explain how I feel without giving adequate examples in order to gauge whether or not someone understands exactly how I feel. A lot of what I've started begins with "that feeling you get when...", and explains a particular feeling that many people have felt in different situations and relating or comparing it to something else. I'm just going to start posting these individually and hope everyone gets the picture. It's mostly meant to be humorous and relatable.

There are no characters, there is no real plot, just the feelings.

I'm in the middle of developing an idea for a book. I'll post excerpts later on this week.
In the meantime, check out my tumblr: http://fashionandbrunch.tumblr.com/

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