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Guest Post: Prison Cell 228

Today the double doors of my school entrance looks like the prison bars of the toughest jail in the world. What is a simple hallway from Monday to Friday has morphed into death row on this particular Saturday. I stop in front of Cell 228, and open the door. I walk in, and am greeted by multiple pairs ofContinue reading “Guest Post: Prison Cell 228”

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Movie Review: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

You’ve heard me rave about this book more than once now, having written about it rather extensively on this blog. Well, just this past weekend I watched the 1945 film version that is an adaptation of the book. In comparing the two, I wholeheartedly pick the book over the film, for its depth and varietyContinue reading “Movie Review: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”

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The Middle of the Night Was Mine

– Patrick Dennis When the sun is out, the lighting is perfect enough so that you can see those math problems, so that you can see where you are going when you’re running, so that you have enough energy to do your chores, or anything else “productive”. But if the point of life is toContinue reading “The Middle of the Night Was Mine”

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Effy Stonem and I – Happy Alter Ego Day

Coincidently at school today, it’s Alter Ego Day for the seniors. If I had to think of a concrete character as my alter ego, I would probably choose Effy Stonem from UK Skins, Series 1-4. She’s almost the complete opposite from me. She wears a ton of makeup, she is very daring and bold, yetContinue reading “Effy Stonem and I – Happy Alter Ego Day”

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Admiring Strangers: Coffee Shop Girl

I mean, of course I didn‘t actually take a picture of her. Got this online yo She sits alone in a corner booth, as natural light peeks through the blinds. I don’t know how long she has been there, or how long she will stay, but I know that she looks comfortable. The table thatContinue reading “Admiring Strangers: Coffee Shop Girl”

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The Daily Routine

She sits in a movie theatre and watches the main character die from the last row  from the left most seat a tragic death that seems to shake the entire audience except her. The movie ends and she descends the steps one by one impassive stoic her face is dry. She comes back and sits inContinue reading “The Daily Routine”

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The Evolution of a Girl

Here she comes in her stroller, dressed in white and no recognition of the corruption that surrounds her Her parents cross their fingers and hope that she is destined for good things.   Here she comes on her bike, dressed in pedal pusher jeans that everyone else seems to be wearing these days No acknowledgementContinue reading “The Evolution of a Girl”

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Does This World Make Sense To You?

We don’t have to deal with reality much longer There’s this world out there, in here that everyone knows Yet it can be entirely ours Untouched, crafted down to the most detailed details   There’s this world where we can be ourselves And watch the food roll by in their carts Perfectly assembled, on displayContinue reading “Does This World Make Sense To You?”

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The Pessimistic Fate of Future Generations

In 50 years, the world will be in chaos. The nuclear taboo will have be broken, and nuclear weapons will have destroyed the planet. We will finally have suffered the consequences of not taking nuclear threats seriously. Countries will acquire bio weapons and wreak chemical terror on others. And if scientists are incompetent enough to not knowContinue reading “The Pessimistic Fate of Future Generations”

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