Win Tickets to Tegan & Sara's Sold Out Concert in New York

on February 14, 2013

On Tuesday February 19, our favorite Canadian heartthrobs Tegan and Sara are playing a show at New York's Beacon Theatre. If you're not already going, it's too late because that sucker is sold out. However! Thanks to the good people at Bowery Presents, we've got two golden balcony tickets to give away to one lucky reader.

In the spirit of throbbing hearts, we're drawing the winner TONIGHT. That means these are not just the hottest tickets in New York town- they're also the world's greatest Valentine's gift for the Tegan and Sara fan in your life. You're gonna get so much love. I hope you're ready for that.

How To Enter

1. Leave a comment telling us who your first heartthrob crush was. If you also write us a haiku poem about it, we'll put your name in the hat twice.

2. Comment using a valid email address because that's how you'll find out if you've won. The winner will be picked at random today, Feb 14 at 11pm EST and notified immediately.

If you don't win, don't fret. Tickets are still available for their show at the Beacon on the following night. In fact, tickets are still available for many Tegan and Sara shows throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. Who's already going? I just bought mine for Sydney, being a T&S ticket-holder feels SO good.

Good luck!

89 responses to “Win Tickets to Tegan & Sara's Sold Out Concert in New York”

Mariana
February 14, 2013 at 5:51 am Permalink Reply

Oh god, weirdly enough my first big crush was on Sailor Pluto when I was like, five. I should have realized I wasn’t straight back when I realized my interests lay in the length in her short skirt. Does that count as a heartthrob? She was hot as shit.

Short black sailor skirt
Milky white thighs underneath
Whoops, don’t think I’m straight.

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The Lingerie Lesbian
February 14, 2013 at 5:51 am Permalink Reply

Badass Trinity,
You hacked the code of my heart
Neo’s NOT ‘the One.’

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Jessie (member)
February 14, 2013 at 5:53 am Permalink Reply Report user

My first and ongoing heartthrob crush is on Clea Duvall. I remember first watching But I’m a Cheerleader before coming out and I can safely say that Clea is my root. She just exudes this dykey charm that as my gf says, has somewhat defined my “type.”

My first in person crush was on this amazing (autostraddler) in HS who without trying just screamed cool dyke. My heart kinda melted.

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1. aaaconley (member)
  February 14, 2013 at 6:50 am Permalink Reply Report user
  
  Oh hey there Jessie!!!
  This is so adorable.
  Yes Clea Duvall!
  
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Iva Cartet
February 14, 2013 at 5:57 am Permalink Reply

My first heart throb crush was Chad Allen.

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Sarah C
February 14, 2013 at 5:59 am Permalink Reply

We used to play tag
Then you went through puberty
Tag, you’re ass is it.

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Madeline (member)
February 14, 2013 at 6:01 am Permalink Reply Report user

My first heartthrob crush, if this counts (?), was Tara Lipinski, the figure skater!

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Jessica
February 14, 2013 at 6:08 am Permalink Reply

My first crush was also my first girlfriend. Her name was Epiphany. I swear I am not making this up.

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Ellen
February 14, 2013 at 6:18 am Permalink Reply

My first hearthrob crush was Nelly Furtado circa 2002 (no judgement!) I hung her picture in my room and lusted after her hard.

This Lady songbird
Adorned my walls and voila
Baby queer is born

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Sam
February 14, 2013 at 6:20 am Permalink Reply

Needs no explaining
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Biebs of the nineties

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Scout
February 14, 2013 at 6:34 am Permalink Reply

Buffy the Slayer
At the end of the day
She slayed my damn heart.

BOOM.

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quinn
February 14, 2013 at 6:39 am Permalink Reply

shiny purple shoes
each one of your personas
drives me crazier

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Gaby
February 14, 2013 at 6:55 am Permalink Reply

Long hair, don’t care
Say you look like a woman
Well that explains a lot for me
Zac Hanson haiku, for the 10 year old lesbian

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Lisa (member)
February 14, 2013 at 6:57 am Permalink Reply Report user

This is truly the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever admitted, but my first hearthrob crush was Orlando Bloom as Legolas in Lord of the Rings. Someone got me a cardboard cut out of him for my 13th birthday and I kept it in my room for YEARS. That long, blond hair with the braids in it…why did I think I was straight?

Oh, Legolas was
Only the first of many
Genderqueer crushes

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1. Marisa
  February 14, 2013 at 9:18 am Permalink Reply
  
  You are not alone. Only it was my 16th birthday, and I kept him in my closet and called him the Guardian of My Wardrobe. My girlfriend still teases me about crushing on a guy who looked like a girl… (but he was so hot! and he could walk on snow and shoot multiple arrows at once!)
  
  (I don’t need tickets, I just wanted to share…)
  
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2. Robin (member)
  February 15, 2013 at 7:12 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  oh yes, another Legolas crusher right here! I thought my crush was on Orlando Bloom until I saw him in a non-elf role and felt “huh, well, hmmm”
  
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Angela
February 14, 2013 at 7:04 am Permalink Reply

Well, here goes:

My first heartthrob crush
Was, of course, obviously
Captain Jack Sparrow

No, not just Johnny Depp. But Johnny Depp as a grimy, slimy, sneaky pirate in some kind of permanent state of drunkenness. Yum.

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Brittany
February 14, 2013 at 7:04 am Permalink Reply

Mine was Sporty Spice! Also maybe how I figured out I was a big homo.

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Charly
February 14, 2013 at 7:05 am Permalink Reply

My first Heartthrob crush was Jenny Shimizu, and she’s still the most perfect specimen.

Jenny Shimizu tongued down Angelina
She made my eyes pop out of their socket
What I would do to take off her leather jacket

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Taylor Payer (member)
February 14, 2013 at 7:06 am Permalink Reply Report user

My first crush was Britney Spears after watching her in the music video for Baby, Hit Me One More Time.

Oh Britney, Britney,
those pigtails and school girl skirt,
you made my heart hurt.

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Tay
February 14, 2013 at 7:18 am Permalink Reply

First heartthrob crush: Daniel Radcliffe

There’s something about
A boy that knows his magic
They say he’s “The One”

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June
February 14, 2013 at 7:39 am Permalink Reply

Keira Knightley.

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Triszh (member)
February 14, 2013 at 7:43 am Permalink Reply Report user

When I was just five
The Power Ranger in pink
Made my gay heart throb

P.S. I already have tickets so you don’t need to put my name in the hat. I just wanted to write a haiku.

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Kristian Noyes
February 14, 2013 at 7:56 am Permalink Reply

David Bowie

The tightest of pants
Androgyny at its best
I have a weird crush

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Elizabeth
February 14, 2013 at 8:06 am Permalink Reply

Shakira, Shakira!

I was thirteen when
‘Oral Fixation’ came out
and thus so did I

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/3111218/Shakira+Oral+Fixation+Tour+2007.jpg

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Louise Tripp
February 14, 2013 at 8:07 am Permalink Reply

My first heartthrob crush was Megan Follows in Anne of Green Gables. I blame this for the affinity for spunky, literary redheads.

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1. Louise Tripp
  February 14, 2013 at 8:09 am Permalink Reply
  
  And of course, I accidentally used the wrong email address. Minus 50 points for me.
  
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Anna
February 14, 2013 at 8:18 am Permalink Reply

Scary Spice! Actually, I’m sure I poured my heart out into some eloquent kid-speak poems in my 4th grade journal over all the spice ladiezz.

secret crush of mine
stole my young heart when she wore
that leopard jumpsuit

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sluttybrownies (member)
February 14, 2013 at 8:29 am Permalink Reply Report user

Call me JTT
Loving those long golden locks
Hair of my dream girl

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Kelly
February 14, 2013 at 8:46 am Permalink Reply

Britney Spears

the giant poster
of Britney Spears in my room
should have tipped them off

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ellie (member)
February 14, 2013 at 8:46 am Permalink Reply Report user

frizzy locks brown eyes
your neuroses spoke to me
hermione g

though, arguably, jack sparrow was also my first crush.

self assured bastard
but drunken swagger aside
eyeliner is hot

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Anya
February 14, 2013 at 9:14 am Permalink Reply

All my first crushes
Androgynous boys I knew
First red flag of gay

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Shelly Sparks
February 14, 2013 at 9:31 am Permalink Reply

My first heart throb was my next door neighbor; I was in first grade. We rode the bus together every day. It all makes sense now-

We played house after school
I always the husband you the wife
Your love saved my life

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JMCW
February 14, 2013 at 9:31 am Permalink Reply

hey, all of those male
elves from lord of the rings look
like women…oh wait.

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taracita
February 14, 2013 at 9:33 am Permalink Reply

Oh Taylor Hanson
Beautiful, blonde flowing locks
Maybe I like girls?

2
Jennifer
February 14, 2013 at 9:53 am Permalink Reply

When I was younger
My bulletin board was filled
With nsync’s Justin.

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Carlene Majorino
February 14, 2013 at 10:11 am Permalink Reply

So fugly, he’s cute
Backstreet Brian stole teen heart
Then found out he’s gay

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Kenzie (member)
February 14, 2013 at 10:26 am Permalink Reply Report user

Abroad in China
She had polka dotted hair.
I almost kissed her.

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maneesha
February 14, 2013 at 10:27 am Permalink Reply

My first heartthrob crush was Jennifer Knapp.
when I was a deeply religious girl in denial about my sexuality
and, apparently, so was she (http://www.autostraddle.com/jennifer-knapp-pastor-bob-43109/)

is it blasphemous
if I say “I want to know you
better than I do”?

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Marina
February 14, 2013 at 10:34 am Permalink Reply

For N

Tooth marks etched into straw
My eyes transfixed on open lips
Your knowing smiling glance

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DorianGrey
February 14, 2013 at 10:35 am Permalink Reply

Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully in The X-Files. Something about that red hair and those shoulder pads…

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Mary
February 14, 2013 at 10:39 am Permalink Reply

my field hockey coach
was so hot ngh ngh ngh nghh
(bad stereotype)

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Ayla (member)
February 14, 2013 at 11:01 am Permalink Reply Report user

Indiana Jones:

five o’clock shadow
sexy hat, loves history
has a whip- ‘nuf said.

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1. Robin (member)
  February 15, 2013 at 7:20 pm Permalink Reply Report user
  
  oooh, I had a crush on that blonde Austrian Nazi-lady. That scene, where he’s tied to a chair and she kisses him and pulls his lip out to there? *swoon* I’m always looking for a woman who can kiss me like that.
  
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Lis
February 14, 2013 at 11:31 am Permalink Reply

as the leaves fell
so did she into my life
throb throb went my heart

This is our first valentine’s day not together… pity points = an extra name in the hat?

T&S are my biggest heartthrobs though!

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Lee
February 14, 2013 at 11:34 am Permalink Reply

sporty and spicy
her barbed wire tat “drove me wild”
tell me what you want

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1. Crystal (member)
  February 14, 2013 at 1:02 pm Permalink Reply
  
  i see what you did there
  
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Olga
February 14, 2013 at 11:44 am Permalink Reply

My first crush was the teacher in Matilda, the way she was written in the book AND the movie portrayed her.
Miss Honey. I think Jennifer Garner played her in the movie.
I had all these feelings and yes, my heart throbbed, and I didn’t understand it when I was 11 but now I do.

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Shannon (member)
February 14, 2013 at 11:49 am Permalink Reply Report user

Oh Nick Carter…

Backstreet’s Nick Carter
Rock your body right for me
With those frosted tips

Whatever happened to him anyway?

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Estée Tanel
February 14, 2013 at 11:52 am Permalink Reply

Jennifer Beals/Bette Porter

L word changed my life
i thought i wanted to be her
wait, let’s go have sex

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backpack
February 14, 2013 at 12:17 pm Permalink Reply

darlene conner, oh!
you made watching roseanne all
the more confusing.

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KaylahCupcake
February 14, 2013 at 12:46 pm Permalink Reply

In 8th grade I swore that I was meant to marry Jesse McCartney…

Jesse McCartney,
Sang about beautiful souls,
He wrote it for me.

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toomanybooks (member)
February 14, 2013 at 12:49 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Guy from the princess
bride, no one told me you were
too girly a crush

I watched that movie way too many times in middle school.

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Tatiana
February 14, 2013 at 1:14 pm Permalink Reply

Jackie was her name
What a lovely name it is
Oh god, she’s a girl

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Dana (member)
February 14, 2013 at 1:16 pm Permalink Reply Report user

My first girl crush since coming out, in Haiku form!:
Jennifer Lawrence
She is a fabulous and goofy
Lady of beauty and class

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Sara (member)
February 14, 2013 at 1:35 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Lance Bass was my first.
It makes a lot more sense now.
We’re both huge homos.

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Jen (member)
February 14, 2013 at 1:48 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I’ve been a lurker here for a while, but okay, for T+S, I have to…

Back to School:

That night on your couch
I let you think I was drunk
I was a coward.

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LB
February 14, 2013 at 1:58 pm Permalink Reply

Track pants and tank tops
My lil’ heart melted for you
Sporty Spice forever

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Claire (member)
February 14, 2013 at 2:15 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Middle school: evil. But
You were a ray of hope with
really shiny hair.

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Mori
February 14, 2013 at 2:26 pm Permalink Reply

My first crush was on the kindergarten teacher who taught the class across the hall from the one I was in. I wrote her what took me ten years to realize was a love letter, but was so nervous and scared that I asked a girl on the bus to give it to her in my stead.

It was written in crayon, and the one gem of a quote that I remember including is “YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO PEE.”

I can only imagine how that was interpreted.

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Mori
February 14, 2013 at 2:29 pm Permalink Reply

Oh, Miss Patterson
I could share my apple juice
With someone like you

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k
February 14, 2013 at 3:07 pm Permalink Reply

muse..oh muse..
hidden..
light dawns..
..where have you been?
light dawns..
now i begin

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Fox Maverick (member)
February 14, 2013 at 3:08 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Good Luck all! I already bought tickets during the presale for T+S and FUN at Red Rocks ^_^ Will be my first T+S show. Muy excited y’all!

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OhDear
February 14, 2013 at 3:45 pm Permalink Reply

Out of the closet
Because of Shane McCutcheon
I’m a damn cliche.

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Michelle
February 14, 2013 at 3:56 pm Permalink Reply

Justin Timberlake:
loved him until he lost his
feminine hairstyle

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1. Michelle
  February 14, 2013 at 4:00 pm Permalink Reply
  
  p.s. this show is on my birthday! double entry!
  
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Eva Peskin (member)
February 14, 2013 at 4:09 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Oh Sandra B, you
Sped out from under that bus
and into my heart.

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kat
February 14, 2013 at 4:13 pm Permalink Reply

DEBBIE GIBSON!!!!

Way before Britney,
I got Lost in Your Eyes, girl.
It is love I’m in!

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cait-o
February 14, 2013 at 4:20 pm Permalink Reply

Hey Dude Melody,
felt you more than in my ears –
now I’m gay, dude. Hey!

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N
February 14, 2013 at 4:33 pm Permalink Reply

I may be sixteen,
but i know that all of you
A-Straddlers freed me

Tegan and Sara ftw Thank you, A-S members, for helping a little kid like me– you’re all my hearthrobs

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Slevs
February 14, 2013 at 4:35 pm Permalink Reply

Daniel, gifted class.
Teen soap soundtrack in my head.
Look how that turned out!

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Elliyah
February 14, 2013 at 5:06 pm Permalink Reply

Shane the heart breaker
The D.J had you fallin’
Love never an option

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J.M.
February 14, 2013 at 5:07 pm Permalink Reply

scully FTW.

red hair, skeptical:
scully, don’t debunk my heart!
I want to believe.

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Alyssa
February 14, 2013 at 6:49 pm Permalink Reply

hermione granger!
she resembles a goddess
i just want to kiss
her full, luscious lips

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Lis (member)
February 14, 2013 at 7:05 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Might sound like a lousy anime, but the first time my heart beat abnormally because of the presence of a magical and wonderful woman was in my junior year of high school. She was the student council president, with long black hair, beautiful smile and a voice that can calm you and own you at the same time. I was fifteen, she was seventeen, and the only time we shared together was in some monthly gathering of honor students. I couldn’t believed I liked her. I loved her, but she never knew.

Peaceful and quiet
Two rows in front of me
Junior year girl
You still haunt my sleep

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Benny
February 14, 2013 at 7:08 pm Permalink Reply

Taylor Hanson.

Clearly, should have been a sign that I actually liked girls, way back when I was 11.

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Stevey (member)
February 14, 2013 at 7:14 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Jessica Rabbit lol

hot cartoon lady
you make me feel tingly down there
wow i’m super gay

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Chloe (member)
February 14, 2013 at 7:14 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I saw Heather Graham
first in “Austin Powers 2:
The Spy Who Shagged Me”

this contest is inspiring so much creativity

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Laura
February 14, 2013 at 7:33 pm Permalink Reply

It was for sure Raquel from the Real World/ Road Rules Challenges!

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Tearsa Brown
February 14, 2013 at 7:40 pm Permalink Reply

Sinead O’Connor
Obsessed as a little girl
…Belts “Nothing Compares 2 U”

<3 Happy V-day Autostraddlers!

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K
February 14, 2013 at 7:47 pm Permalink Reply

Akito from the manga Fruits Basket

Akito the man
my first gender bender girl
what are these feelings?

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kim
February 14, 2013 at 8:08 pm Permalink Reply

Joey McIntyre!

new kids on the block
hangin’ tough was my fave jam
joey’s baby blues …OOF

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Kathryn (member)
February 14, 2013 at 9:08 pm Permalink Reply Report user

Beverly Crusher,
I’m no Jean Luc Picard, but
Let’s make it so (hot)

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lai wa
February 15, 2013 at 8:30 am Permalink Reply

first crush: camp counselor

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Ashley
February 15, 2013 at 9:06 am Permalink Reply

My partner in crime,
Secret heartthrob of my youth,
Childhood best friend.

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molly
February 15, 2013 at 12:51 pm Permalink Reply

She liked sk8er bois,
Long hair and black eyeliner,
From the northern land.

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Robin (member)
February 15, 2013 at 7:26 pm Permalink Reply Report user

I don’t need tickets, just want to share: Miss Scarlet from the old Clue movie. I watched it over and over and over again.

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taracita
February 15, 2013 at 8:28 pm Permalink Reply

Who won these tickets? Take pictures so I can live vicariously through you!

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Robin (member)
February 19, 2013 at 9:01 pm Permalink Reply Report user

In the library
with the candlestick, please, please
take me, Miss Scarlet!

ha! just came to me.

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