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LONDON - ARE YOU THE ARGENTINEAN SKATE BABY?

You know the kind of job applications we get here. They start with things like: "FUCK YOU CUNT… But now that I've got your attention," etc. They normally include some crap about how "the Nazis always had the best style," or come with an attempt at a "DON'T" about a disabled guy. So, amongst all this crap, when we find an application in an envelope packed with photos of Argentinean skate dudes from the 80s and a letter about where these photos came from, it's sort of like summer time in Pan's Labyrinth.

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This beautifully handwritten letter was from a young South American lady who's now living in London. Over four sides of A4 graph paper, she explained her life story. Her dad was a punk in Buenos Aires and had started up a skate shop/company called Trash. Basically, her dad was Argentina's answer to Dogtown, which makes her the Argentinean answer to my wet dreams. Eventually, the company collapsed and in the 90s her family relocated to Spain. The two sets of photographs included in this package of sunshine, labeled "80's Argentina" and "90's Spain," document her youth.

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Unfortunately, because I'm a dipshit, I lost the envelope with the copies of the pictures in it as well as her letter and contact details. So, if the girl behind this letter is reading and still wants to intern in the London office, she should email me here. Everyone else should just insult me at the same address.

JUSTIN MULCAHY