{"id":1650,"date":"2013-09-23T16:32:44","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T23:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=1650"},"modified":"2013-09-23T16:32:44","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T23:32:44","slug":"mea-culpa-mea-culpa-mea-maxima-culpa-3-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=1650","title":{"rendered":"mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa #3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone probably has someone they wish they could apologize to about…something. I like to think that I’ve been a pretty kind person overall, but I know I’ve had my moments of awfulness. I might be smarter than a lot of people, and funnier than a lot of people, but I’m definitely not one bit nicer than I’ve had to be.<\/p>\n

Today, I would like to apologize for the following sin.<\/p>\n

8th grade. My friends and I were horrifically mean to a girl who just wanted to hang out with us. We threw things at her, called her names, made fun of her looks. I felt bad about it even then, just not bad enough to make everyone stop. Following the crowd at its worst.<\/p>\n

I’m nicer now, right?<\/p>\n

Right?!?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Everyone probably has someone they wish they could apologize to about…something. I like to think that I’ve been a pretty kind person overall, but I know I’ve had my moments of awfulness. 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