“I completely understand” is one of the most irksome phrases someone can mutter to me if they’ve clearly never been in my position.
Category Archives: General Opinion
Common questions about my blog, answered
In which I answer all of your “burning questions”…
Roots
My mom tells me, the apartment you and your friend are renting next year has the same square footing as the house you grew up in, which kept a roof over 4-6 people’s heads.
16 thoughts and reflections from my Monday
PS. Special preview at the bottom! 1. On reader/writer efforts… As academics, we are always trying to bridge some sort of gap between being an intelligent reader and a clear writer. We both read and write articles. In my seminar class, I am learning how to read articles to reap as much insight from them as possible, butContinue reading “16 thoughts and reflections from my Monday”
When journaling becomes hazardous
I write in a journal. Actually, wait, that’s not accurate. I don’t have just one journal. I have scraps of paper, I have pages in my reporter’s notebook that have formal interview questions for my journalism class on one page and near diary entries on the other, I have corners of math worksheets, I have aContinue reading “When journaling becomes hazardous”
Reading the news should be more than just a phase!
Even though I debated in high school, reading the news still felt like an obligation. I’d skim headlines, getting a vague idea of what was happening in the world, but I’d forget the facts after every tournament and only refresh myself before the next one, educating myself for the sole purpose of increasing my likelihoodContinue reading “Reading the news should be more than just a phase!”
Love at first sight? BS!
Love at first sight is such bull shit. My first impressions of people are always inaccurate. I totally misjudge and make assumptions. I just shouldn’t be allowed to do that anymore. I should be required to close my eyes when meeting new people. Anyways…
9 WAYS TO DETOX DETOX DETOX
I’ve just been really sick and tired and overwhelmed and homesick lately. If I were still living at home, I’d have gotten over this sickness weeks ago, but lo and behold, it’s still plaguing me. I’m detoxing now…the best ways I know how…
Airports, and the way our lives barely overlap
You are never going to see these people again. You’re flying in from all sorts of places.
THE ART OF LETTING GO
It’s difficult to master. If you keep holding onto things because you believe that the past can recreate itself, you’re living a lie, my friend.
Cat Zhang 