I'm walking down 1st Avenue and I see this poster promoting Mob Candy magazine. Since Mob Candy is totally my favorite magazine, I'm all soaking it in.
And then I'm like wait a minute, there's something weird about this Krista Ayne chick that's on the cover. She looks familiar. Oh no...
The eyebrows, those lips, that thing resembling a nose...She's totally Michael Jackson!
Now I've got this image in my head.
Make it stop.
I need to take a forever shower.
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