ByBrendan O'Connor

Brendan is a summer reporter at The Awl. He lives in New York.

  1. Here is how I got arrested: first, I fell in love; then, three years, eight months, ten days, 12,007 emails and Gchats, innumerable texts, phone calls, and Skype sessions, three breakups and two reconciliations later, I was arrested for trespassing. The summer after my freshman year of college, I fell in love for the first time. H—— and I were together for three years, most of which was great. We learned from each other and…

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