I created the gmail account “parahsalin2012” during the 2008 election.

It was part of an elaborate and ultimately unfunny joke that involved photoshopping pictures of parachutes with Governor Palin’s hair/glasses. I hooked it up to my regular gmail and then promptly forgot about it.

That is, until today, when a teen in Virginia accidentally sent me all the documents for a project in her government class: electing faux-politician Parah Salin to the US House of Representatives in 2012

Of course I read their “strategic” documents, and it’s really soothing to know that somewhere out there, a sixteen year old will always be turning an important assignment into an extended joke about Sarah Palin and giving zero fucks while also putting a lot of thought into it. Like, I’m not gonna email her back, but if I did, it’d probably just be an encouragement to keep doing you, girl in small-town Virginia, and thanks for the (retroactively embarrassing) reminder that, even though every teen is terrible, we’re pretty much all just trying to figure out how to give a cool presentation.

Also, work on your spelling, maybe