Morgan Balavage

It's 2002. I'm 18 years old, and I've just dropped out of college. My parents were horrified. But I wasn't sure why I wanted to be in college in the first place, so I decided to go off into the world and see what kind of lessons life had for me. We had some family friends in Seattle, so I moved up here. And I needed to find a job, so I asked my parents for advice.

It's 2002. I'm 18 years old, and I've just dropped out of college. My parents were horrified. But I wasn't sure why I wanted to be in college in the first place, so I decided to go off into the world and see what kind of lessons life had for me. We had some family friends in Seattle, so I moved up here. And I needed to find a job, so I asked my parents for advice.

It's 2002. I'm 18 years old, and I've just dropped out of college. My parents were horrified. But I wasn't sure why I wanted to be in college in the first place, so I decided to go off into the world and see what kind of lessons life had for me. We had some family friends in Seattle, so I moved up here. And I needed to find a job, so I asked my parents for advice.

And they said I should get a job at a bank, very practical for an 18-year-old to learn about money. So that's what I did. I walked into a bank branch in Wallingford and applied, got through the background check, and I was record shopping in the U District when I got the job. So I had my first job, I had to find my first apartment.

And they said I should get a job at a bank, very practical for an 18-year-old to learn about money. So that's what I did. I walked into a bank branch in Wallingford and applied, got through the background check, and I was record shopping in the U District when I got the job. So I had my first job, I had to find my first apartment.

And they said I should get a job at a bank, very practical for an 18-year-old to learn about money. So that's what I did. I walked into a bank branch in Wallingford and applied, got through the background check, and I was record shopping in the U District when I got the job. So I had my first job, I had to find my first apartment.

So the apartment I found with a couple of roommates, and my room was so small that when I laid down, my head and my feet would touch the opposite walls. It wasn't really a room, it was a closet. It was my first closet. So I had my first job, my first apartment, and soon I met my first boyfriends. And we met on a pre-Tinder website called Makeout Club.

So the apartment I found with a couple of roommates, and my room was so small that when I laid down, my head and my feet would touch the opposite walls. It wasn't really a room, it was a closet. It was my first closet. So I had my first job, my first apartment, and soon I met my first boyfriends. And we met on a pre-Tinder website called Makeout Club.

So the apartment I found with a couple of roommates, and my room was so small that when I laid down, my head and my feet would touch the opposite walls. It wasn't really a room, it was a closet. It was my first closet. So I had my first job, my first apartment, and soon I met my first boyfriends. And we met on a pre-Tinder website called Makeout Club.

And the day he moved to Seattle was the day that we met in real life and also the day we moved in together. My parents were horrified. My roommates didn't like it either. They kicked him out. He got a basement in Queen Anne and we would spend almost every night there with like a thousand spiders and a family of rats. It's not very glamorous.

And the day he moved to Seattle was the day that we met in real life and also the day we moved in together. My parents were horrified. My roommates didn't like it either. They kicked him out. He got a basement in Queen Anne and we would spend almost every night there with like a thousand spiders and a family of rats. It's not very glamorous.

And the day he moved to Seattle was the day that we met in real life and also the day we moved in together. My parents were horrified. My roommates didn't like it either. They kicked him out. He got a basement in Queen Anne and we would spend almost every night there with like a thousand spiders and a family of rats. It's not very glamorous.

But I was young and in love, and I was having a lot of fun exploring Seattle. We would hang out mostly with my boyfriend's friends that he knew from his hometown, and I was having a hard time making friends. I don't know if you've heard of this thing called the Seattle freeze. Yeah. If you haven't, Seattleites can be a little cliquish. It can be hard to break through that armor.

But I was young and in love, and I was having a lot of fun exploring Seattle. We would hang out mostly with my boyfriend's friends that he knew from his hometown, and I was having a hard time making friends. I don't know if you've heard of this thing called the Seattle freeze. Yeah. If you haven't, Seattleites can be a little cliquish. It can be hard to break through that armor.

But I was young and in love, and I was having a lot of fun exploring Seattle. We would hang out mostly with my boyfriend's friends that he knew from his hometown, and I was having a hard time making friends. I don't know if you've heard of this thing called the Seattle freeze. Yeah. If you haven't, Seattleites can be a little cliquish. It can be hard to break through that armor.

And so the boyfriends and I would go out, we would go to shows, we'd explore Seattle, and we'd spend a lot of time at this 24-hour diner called The Hurricane. Some of you know it. And it was at The Hurricane one night, amidst a sea of black emo haircuts, there was a beautiful red-headed mermaid named Blair. And Blair and I hit it off right off the bat. We were like soul sisters.

And so the boyfriends and I would go out, we would go to shows, we'd explore Seattle, and we'd spend a lot of time at this 24-hour diner called The Hurricane. Some of you know it. And it was at The Hurricane one night, amidst a sea of black emo haircuts, there was a beautiful red-headed mermaid named Blair. And Blair and I hit it off right off the bat. We were like soul sisters.

And so the boyfriends and I would go out, we would go to shows, we'd explore Seattle, and we'd spend a lot of time at this 24-hour diner called The Hurricane. Some of you know it. And it was at The Hurricane one night, amidst a sea of black emo haircuts, there was a beautiful red-headed mermaid named Blair. And Blair and I hit it off right off the bat. We were like soul sisters.

We became close friends, and then we were like a trio, the boyfriend and Blair and I. We would go out to shows, We would go to this 24-hour coffee shop called Bauhaus, and she needed a job, so I got her a job at my bank. And the bosses were cool with us working together, so they stationed us next to each other. So life without a college degree was great. I was having so much fun.

We became close friends, and then we were like a trio, the boyfriend and Blair and I. We would go out to shows, We would go to this 24-hour coffee shop called Bauhaus, and she needed a job, so I got her a job at my bank. And the bosses were cool with us working together, so they stationed us next to each other. So life without a college degree was great. I was having so much fun.