This is part of my Summer Reading 2.0 series. — I have a special place in my heart for the books that Urban Outfitters sells. I can buy ~4 books for the price of 1 skirt. While I was there, I picked up Austin Kleon’s Show Your Work!, a bright yellow book that could fit into my tinyContinue reading “Austin Kleon’s Show Your Work! Taught Me 16 New Things about Blogging”
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Writing Advice: Write Like There’s No Tomorrow
A piece of advice that I’ve happened upon many times in my internet searches of “how to write blog” can be summed up as “write as much as you can…don’t be afraid of failure or mistakes, otherwise you will never improve…you will never grow.” I’ve always skimmed over this tip but never given it muchContinue reading “Writing Advice: Write Like There’s No Tomorrow”
Lake Monologue: An Impossibly Long Train of Thought
— Guest post by anonymous — Last summer was a long summer, I spent most of my days in the basement on my computer because I had nothing to do the whole season, but I couldn’t stand it anymore THE MONOTONY WAS DRIVING ME CRAZY the only place I knew of was a lake inContinue reading “Lake Monologue: An Impossibly Long Train of Thought”
It’s Time to Be Brutally Honest About Instagram
In a Bustle article, a woman de-constructed her Instagram pictures and explained them in two ways: how she hopes they come across, and the actual thought process that accompanied each post. My interest in this app has waxed and waned over the years, but in my earliest days, when I was obsessed with getting followers and likes,Continue reading “It’s Time to Be Brutally Honest About Instagram”
This Kid I Know: Bryant
To put it simply, Bryant is my oldest friend. We’ve known each other since the beginning of time, way before pre-school began. During the rough elementary years, we didn’t attend school together, but I think I saw you here and there at tennis practices and remembered the fun times we’d had as toddlers, toddling aroundContinue reading “This Kid I Know: Bryant”
I Just Thought Of A Really Good Metaphor: “Change”
She watched him pull out a dinged up can from his drawer and dump the contents out onto his desk: a few crinkled bills and scraps of paper, but mostly just a shower of coins. “My prized coin collection from seventh grade,” he muttered. “Never knew it’d end up like this.” With a smirk, heContinue reading “I Just Thought Of A Really Good Metaphor: “Change””
Michelle: A Chapter of Our Long Distance Relationship
It’s been over a year since I last saw Michelle, despite her being one of my best friends. This might be a problem in a normal friendship, but what M and I have is nothing close to normal. < Related: This Kid I Know: Michelle > In the cyber-digital age, when LDRs have gone largely online, theContinue reading “Michelle: A Chapter of Our Long Distance Relationship”
This Wolf Feels Nothing But Hopelessness
The wolf feels the arrows. It feels the pointed ends sticking into the flesh between her shoulder blades. Damn, how did the hunter find her only soft spot? The tenderest part? The hunter was skilled; the wolf feels the arrowheads stab her sharply with every movement…every lifting of the paw, every crane of the neck. EveryContinue reading “This Wolf Feels Nothing But Hopelessness”
A Playlist For the Bahamas
When I find new music I put them at the top of a huge, ever-growing list and every month or so, I download n new music and name it after some occasion that’s coming up. Over winter break last year, my family went to the Bahamas, and this is the playlist that I created justContinue reading “A Playlist For the Bahamas”
Libraries Are Magical Too
I went to the library the other day. In fact, I went to a few different libraries trying to sign up for a card but repeatedly got denied the chance because “you don’t live in this county” and “here’s a brochure listing all Georgia library locations, I think it might help you.” I finally found one andContinue reading “Libraries Are Magical Too”
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