Happy first day of summer! June 21st is the Northern Solstice. You read and loved 7 Reasons Why We Love Summer, so here are 5 additional reasons to love the hottest season of the year. 5. Summer reading If you’ve got even an ounce of intelligence running through your veins, you’re able to find a curiosity forContinue reading “5 More Reasons to Love Summer”
Category Archives: General Opinion
Stop Everything and Watch This Right Now
Watch it now! Don’t read anything I have to say yet.
Hey! I created another blog, and you should check it out!
Do you eat food on a regular basis? Do you live in Atlanta? Are you a young adult with a voracious appetite? But is your slim wallet holding you back? If you answered yes to the questions above, it looks like you and I have a lot in common, and you might be interested inContinue reading “Hey! I created another blog, and you should check it out!”
Something About Playlists…
If you clicked on this thinking it would be a sizzling summer playlist, you were wrong. (but there will probably be one up later next week!) Does music ever make you feel nostalgic? In high school, when debate seemed to dominate my life, I would download new music right before every major tournament…there are playlists in myContinue reading “Something About Playlists…”
Public Speaking: A Lost Art
Nowadays on the internet, you can find articles upon articles offering you tips to improve your public speaking, but very few on why people should bother with it in the first place. My first few years of debate showed me the importance of speaking efficiently – that is – with adequate speed, but also adequateContinue reading “Public Speaking: A Lost Art”
An Open Letter to Justin Bieber
My Dearest Justin: At some point in my middle school career I heard rumors that you were considering attending our Christian private school in Atlanta. Back when your body was free of tattoos and I had major Bieber fever, before your voice learned to calm down, I gave a major crap about what the mediaContinue reading “An Open Letter to Justin Bieber”
Forcing change is NOT the move
Decided to keep the original theme, but updated the header a bit :) Enjoy! Credit to the header image goes to Bethany Cannon, Bike in Color
An Open Letter to Atlanta: The Road Between Two Cities
My Dearest Atlanta, You weren’t my first city, but you’re the city in which I reside at this very moment. I think I’m writing this letter because soon I’ll have to part with you, and when that happens, the road on which I’ve been walking for the past 18 years will stop abruptly, and pick upContinue reading “An Open Letter to Atlanta: The Road Between Two Cities”
This is How We Lost Each Other
Just as we’re starting to establish a tradition, phone calls around midnight, every night except on Saturdays, my six sevenths.
Seven Final Thoughts about Senior Year (Graduation Edition)
One final blog post about senior year and graduating, I promise. 1) I think I have finally figured out why the college process can induce so much stress. The essence of college admissions is comparison, the root of all unhappiness. Without comparing students to one another, colleges wouldn’t be able to coherently choose candidates for admission,Continue reading “Seven Final Thoughts about Senior Year (Graduation Edition)”