By Caitlin Bergh

Bergh is a winner of The Moth and co-founded The Last Book Review in downtown L.A. She likes to rescue dogs.

  1. I’m stuffing chocolate chip cookies into the toaster in my high school cafeteria because it’s Tuesday, I’m a sophomore, and I fucking hate myself. I watch the chocolate chips bubble next to the hot, red squiggles inside this crappy tin toasting machine, and as I feel the heat rising, I wish I hadn’t worn an outfit that is almost entirely made of pleather. The humidity today has already caused my red pleather pants to stick…

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