I Came Across Some Pet Shop Boys Articles In Various Languages
The Ivory Towers Are Crumbling All Around Me
The following story is more of an allegory than anything else. It features Neil and Chris and how their lives are forever changed and there was no way back. This is fictional of course (as far as I know).
When Neil arrived at the university campus, he was taken aback at how ugly it was. "I've seen better campuses on prison grounds", Neil thought, bitterly. He realised that he and his parents should have checked it out right after he was accepted, but that was moot now.
Was it a huge mistake for him to leave his home in the UK, cross the pond, where everything was familiar? Neil was feeling uneasy, living in America had seemed to be a great journey, a way to shake off the shackles that had kept him living a very sheltered life.
They didn't understand that he was emotionally traumatised--hell, neither did he back then. One by one, former casual friends grew angry and impatient, thinking he was just looking for attention. To make a long story short, resident living wa…
When Neil arrived at the university campus, he was taken aback at how ugly it was. "I've seen better campuses on prison grounds", Neil thought, bitterly. He realised that he and his parents should have checked it out right after he was accepted, but that was moot now.
Was it a huge mistake for him to leave his home in the UK, cross the pond, where everything was familiar? Neil was feeling uneasy, living in America had seemed to be a great journey, a way to shake off the shackles that had kept him living a very sheltered life.
They didn't understand that he was emotionally traumatised--hell, neither did he back then. One by one, former casual friends grew angry and impatient, thinking he was just looking for attention. To make a long story short, resident living wa…
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