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Things will get better

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January 2026

"One thing that brings me happiness in the United States is the beautiful sky."

Seeing America through the eyes of immigrant students

Jan 25 • Ryan Bradford

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The Unauthorized Serial Novelization of the 1994 Film, The Mask (pt. 6)

The final entry to this tedious project, now in its third year

Jan 15 • Ryan Bradford

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2026 dissolutions

January is the month to take a break from being a person

Jan 4 • Ryan Bradford

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December 2025

AwkwardSD’s Best of 2025

Your end-of-the-year source for the best opinions on books, movies, and music

Dec 23, 2025 • Ryan Bradford

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AI and The Artist

It’s not replacing us. It’s exposing us.

Dec 14, 2025 • Ryan Bradford

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November 2025

You just had to be there

Best Friends Forever, Vegas, nostalgia, and having lived through the best era of music

Nov 9, 2025 • Ryan Bradford

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October 2025

The Mirror No Longer Works

A very short spooky story for Halloween

Oct 31, 2025 • Ryan Bradford

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Later Fees: a new zine about working in video rental stores

Featuring authors Emily Costa, Kirsti MacKenzie and me

Oct 4, 2025 • Ryan Bradford

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September 2025

Look at this POS.

I’m done with cordless vacuums. Plus, some cool school projects that I could use help funding.

Sep 7, 2025 • Ryan Bradford

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August 2025

An ode to Dirtbag Summer™

Or, how I spent my summer vacation.

Aug 10, 2025 • Ryan Bradford

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July 2025

Pizza Biz: Pizza Hall of Shame

Remembering when Pizza Hut hired the grossest man to sell their grossest invention

Jul 22, 2025 • Ryan Bradford

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