Rachelle Hampton

And then I look up further and I'm like, oh, my God, it's Sachi. I haven't seen her in months. And then I thought this is going to be hilarious.

You could have summoned me. I feel like whenever you hold your book in public and you're reading it, I'll just appear on a corner. No, but I'm worried.

You could have summoned me. I feel like whenever you hold your book in public and you're reading it, I'll just appear on a corner. No, but I'm worried.

Oh. Meanwhile, I was like, this is exactly what I would do if I had just gotten the galley of my book. I would also be reading it on the train.

Oh. Meanwhile, I was like, this is exactly what I would do if I had just gotten the galley of my book. I would also be reading it on the train.

Yeah. I love that conversation being like, I can't wait to get a Gali Asaji's book and we're going to go work out together. Yeah.

Yeah. I love that conversation being like, I can't wait to get a Gali Asaji's book and we're going to go work out together. Yeah.

That was beautiful. I love that gossip. I love that I was privy to that gossip. Yeah. Oh, great. Are you ready to hear some gossip from me? Yes. Yes. All right. Our story today takes place in the late aughts. Think the beginning of the Obama era. Think electric feel by MGMT playing at every party. Parties where the girls are wearing knee-high boots and shirts with vertical stripes.

That was beautiful. I love that gossip. I love that I was privy to that gossip. Yeah. Oh, great. Are you ready to hear some gossip from me? Yes. Yes. All right. Our story today takes place in the late aughts. Think the beginning of the Obama era. Think electric feel by MGMT playing at every party. Parties where the girls are wearing knee-high boots and shirts with vertical stripes.

These are parties where the boys have all made Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character in 500 Days of Summer their entire personality without realizing that he is the villain in that movie. Think like American Apparel, Chunky Bangs, Shutter Shades, Warren unironically. Are you with me? Yeah. It looks like you're having some flashbacks. Where were you during this era?

These are parties where the boys have all made Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character in 500 Days of Summer their entire personality without realizing that he is the villain in that movie. Think like American Apparel, Chunky Bangs, Shutter Shades, Warren unironically. Are you with me? Yeah. It looks like you're having some flashbacks. Where were you during this era?

That is a very important element. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. The early aughts.

That is a very important element. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. The early aughts.

So our friend of a friend, Morgan, is in college during this era at a liberal arts university in the Pacific Northwest. It's the sort of school where there is no football team. But on any given night, you could find between five and ten shady little bands doing Mumford and Sons cosplay in the basement of a coffee shop. Luckily for our girl Morgan, she loves Mumford & Sons. She loves ModCloth.

So our friend of a friend, Morgan, is in college during this era at a liberal arts university in the Pacific Northwest. It's the sort of school where there is no football team. But on any given night, you could find between five and ten shady little bands doing Mumford and Sons cosplay in the basement of a coffee shop. Luckily for our girl Morgan, she loves Mumford & Sons. She loves ModCloth.

She loves wearing huge headbands over her hair. She's the kind of girl who might start an aesthetic Tumblr dedicated to the color blue that low-key becomes a little famous in the aesthetic Tumblr blog community.

She loves wearing huge headbands over her hair. She's the kind of girl who might start an aesthetic Tumblr dedicated to the color blue that low-key becomes a little famous in the aesthetic Tumblr blog community.

It is.

It is.

Yeah. Our story begins at the end of Morgan's sophomore year of college. And our girl is ready for summer. She has a sweet internship lined up for a digital publication that would collapse 10 years later.