Defecating into a basket, having blood withdrawn from your body several times a day, tossing back an experimental drug and waiting to see what happens. For many of us, these may sound like unpleasant or undesirable events. For others, these are a way to earn a living.

In March, W Magazine published Ronan ‘who' Farrow’s interview with Miley Cyrus and it blew my mind. At first I asked myself: are we not bored of her? But something about this interview made me wonder: what if Miley were on our side?

A few months ago, I used a fake $10 knock-off Longchamp bag to carry my things because it was big enough to fit my laptop. While I tried to own it – “Yeah, haha, it's a fake,” – I couldn’t. I still feel the sting of embarrassment when I look at it, or when I see a girl on the train with a real one.

Adjusting from Liberal Arts Poster Child to Unemployed Live-at-Home Post-Grad was hard. I ended up lying belly up, in my underwear, staring at the gridded fluorescent lights of my kitchen. I slowly breathed in and out and concentrated on the hum of kitchen appliances. I decided to focus on one personal dilemma at a time.

Never understanding The Society of The Spectacle and eating sartorial shit at the reading group were important failures. They taught me to embrace being a ditz.

First he destroyed a coffee mug, and soon he was plotting to blow up a factory. A short story about going on a rampage and not knowing why.

April is an astrologically eventful month that has many freaking out. It’s a time of sustained tension, when any stray spark could cause an explosion. Are you going to hide in your bed or throw yourself into the storm?