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Letter #165: The Drop List (or, Frowns & Miscellany)

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Good morning, Erin. So…I think I need to start with an apology. No, not for taking so long to write to you (I mean, of course I’m sorry about that—though the why of the delay is the point of the letter, as you will see) but for breaking the promise I made earlier in the year: I did not totally devote my heart to Yoojung from Weki Meki. I know, I know…I should be ashamed. And I can feel your disappointment from here.  But, in my defense, matters of the heart are rarely as simple as we want them to be. Which still isn’t an excuse, of course—and I’m not trying to make excuses. …though, if I were , I feel like this would be a good one. I mean, Erin, if you saw her…it’s just that she’s very, very pretty.  I am, of course, talking about Rina from Weki Meki.  Because we are penpals. … No, seriously: we email back and forth. Okay, well, technically, I emailed her (because she posted on instagram that she created an email account for people to reach out to her), and she emailed m...
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More soon, Erin .
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Letter #164: Aema*

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Good morning, Erin. Love is a many-splendored thing.  It can also bite you in the patoot, as I am all too aware. And such is the case with Aema . I’m sure you have no interest in this show, just as I had no interest in this show—save for one important detail: So-e is in it. And I can’t not support my girl.  So, did my love bloom into an unexpected poppy of delight, or did affection once again slip a dagger between my ribs as I walked to get a late-night snack? Or maybe it was just pretty okay—who can say—let’s find out, as we continue our used-to-be-on-a-dating-show bloc! 1. Dear God, was this a slog. And I didn’t even watch the whole thing. (I couldn’t. It was that much of a mess.) There were only six episodes— six , Erin, six —and it took me WEEKS to get through them. And, again, I didn’t even watch all of it! 1A. I mean, genuinely, I could not watch for more than 15 minutes at a time, which is probably how long any one episode could hold its coherence before pivoting to an ...
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