{"id":1941,"date":"2016-12-18T15:18:30","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T15:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andreasomberg.com\/aslitagent\/?post_type=project&#038;p=1941"},"modified":"2025-12-01T12:43:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:43:42","slug":"the-object-of-your-affections","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/andreasomberg.com\/aslitagent\/project\/the-object-of-your-affections\/","title":{"rendered":"REPEAT AFTER ME"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_team_member name=&#8221;REPEAT AFTER ME &#8221; image_url=&#8221;http:\/\/andreasomberg.com\/aslitagent\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/RepeatAfterMe-1.jpg&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Person&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Entangled Teen, 2024<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>*Soon to be a feature film from Amazon MGM\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"a-text-bold\">She\u2019s about to have a serious temporal tantrum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In retrospect, I probably should have passed on the ceviche.<\/p>\n<p>It was already a weird Friday. My class is stuck on an eerily remote island for our senior trip, I\u2019m pretty sure Mr. D (\u201ccall me Max\u201d) is hiding something from us, my ex\u2013best friend turned nemesis keeps stealing my candy, and tonight\u2019s plan for my boyfriend and me to finally lose our virginity to each other is going hellishly.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, ceviche is delicious, don\u2019t get me wrong. But a dish made from a supposedly immortal octopus should really come with a warning label.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"a-text-italic\">Caution: consuming a telepathic sea creature of unknown origin may result in immortality, no consequences to any actions, and getting stuck in a time loop for all of eternity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now every morning I wake up, and it\u2019s the same Friday all over again. Same annoying classmates. Same island suspended in time by an evil oyster farmer with a God complex. Same outrageous candy theft. The only person I can count on to keep me from losing my grip on this new reality is Louis, my best friend who knows me better than anyone else in this world.<\/p>\n<p>This should be a cephalopod-induced nightmare but somehow\u2015in some ridiculous way\u2015I feel like I\u2019m experiencing the extraordinary, the gift of endless opportunities to get things right. 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