confessionals
CONFESSIONAL: I lied to everyone I know about having went on vacation
July 13, 2026I still remember the moment when the trouble began. I just wanted to take it easy this summer and relax at home. Maybe pick up a few extra shifts at work and earn some cash. However, at some point during exam season, my friends got to talking about their summer plans, and one of them asked me, “You're definitely up to something interesting this summer, aren’t you?” Well, geez, of course I’m interesting and definitely not planning to just hermit away. At that moment, I couldn’t just say that I was going to do nothing. That would make me .…
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CONFESSIONALS: I wish my students were more creative
January 22, 2025I’m a TA. Some might even say I’m the best TA (and they would be so unequivocally correct). So naturally, academic integrity (only second to graphic design) is my passion. I spend all my free time looking for new ways…
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CONFESSIONALS: I take a moment of silence after making a large purchase to make peace with the money I have let slip away
October 2, 2024Every time I leave the house, I promise myself I will only buy something if it’s absolutely necessary. Something that still surprises me a lot is that taxes are added at the end of a purchase. The price tag on…
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CONFESSIONALS: I’ve been reading the same book for over two years
May 31, 2023Hey! Don’t look at me like that. Yeah, that’s right, I can feel you judging me like my ex judged me, and my previous ex, and my previous ex . . . damn, I’ve been reading this book for a…
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CONFESSIONALS: I still play Candy Crush
May 18, 2023I never thought I’d be in this position. I was merely a child when the game launched in 2012 — the same year the world was allegedly supposed to end. But . . . what if it did? What if…
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Confessionals: I look at episode summaries of shows I say I’ll watch
October 20, 2022Dearly beloved, sinners, and worse, drivers in downtown Vancouver, I come to this sacred space to confess another crime. It has taken me years to admit this about myself, but I think it’s always good to set examples of moral…
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Confessionals: Halloween girlie refuses to be confronted by her own fears
October 5, 2022I am human. I am mortal. And alas, I think I have an all too relatable conundrum. The fall of all reputable Halloween girlies, the grand hamartia of everyone who claims they adore the spooky autumnal season: I have declared…
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CONFESSIONALS: My summer of identity theft and unrequited love
July 16, 2022Everyone has done it: enter the wrong classroom on the first day of school. You quickly grab a seat at the front and make yourself comfortable only to be caught off guard by unfamiliar jargon. Mitochondria, epinephrine, tropomyosin!? Most of…
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CONFESSIONALS: If you leave the group chat, I am leaving you for the sharks
June 28, 2022Is this a confessional or a reckoning? At this point, I’m not sure. I am a destroyed woman. And it’s because of you. I will RUIN you. Look, I know how I sound. I’m a nice person. At least, I…
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CONFESSIONALS: I miss Burnaby campus
July 12, 2020I’ll just say it: I miss going to Burnaby campus. Every day, I got chills taking the 145 bus up the mountain and reaching the peak. See the uninviting concrete façade. See the sports field, the one that has too…
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