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Schuster Audio. Episode 1, Saturday, August 31st.

Sometimes I wonder if my mom is brain dead. Then there are days when I know she is, like today.

The drama started this morning when I casually asked if she would buy me one of those cool new cell phones that do almost everything.

I considered it a necessity of life second only to maybe oxygen.

What better way to clinch a spot in the CCP, cute, cool and popular group at my new private school, Westchester Country

Day, then by dazzling them with a wicked new cell.

Last year, it seemed like I was the only student in my entire middle school who didn't have one. So I bought an older used phone super cheap on eBay. It was bigger

than what I wanted but I figured I couldn't go wrong for the clearance price of

only 1299.

I put my telephone in my locker

and spread the word that I had hot gossip about my new phone and that everyone could now call me.

Then I counted down the minutes before my social life started heating up.

You're how hilarious.

Wanna come over after school?

I got really nervous when two of the CCP girls came walking down the hall in my direction chatting on their cell phones.

They came right over to my locker and started acting super friendly.

Hey Nicky, how are you love your outfit sit with us at lunch today okay

um okay but deep down inside, I was jumping up and down and doing my snoopy happy dance.

Then things got really strange.

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