Senior year. What do people cleverly name their senior year photo albums on Facebook? The beginning of the end? Yeah, something like that. I’m only a few months into the beginning of the end and already, it’s starting to overwhelm me. I think we get so caught up in everything – the prospect of college,Continue reading “Revelations about senior year (the beginning of the end?)”
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A monologue about eyes
I won’t bother speaking about the color of her eyes, as they are irrelevant. I won’t bore you with the typical blue oceans or pools of chocolate brown, as she can’t control her eye color. I won’t bother telling you how her eyelashes are unnaturally long, or how they bat and flutter little Eskimo kisses.Continue reading “A monologue about eyes”
11 things debate camp taught me about life
1. Living without my parents degrades my living standards You never know who you have until they’re gone. I look around my filthy living quarters and miss my parents nagging me about picking up my clothes and not bringing food on my bed. There are empty wrappers everywhere and piles and piles of flow paper.Continue reading “11 things debate camp taught me about life”
The things we do for high style
Chatter. Lots of it pervades the muggy air of Ann Arbor as swarms of people wander the streets of the Art Fair. At 6AM on a Wednesday morning, I walk past tent stations where vendors are preparing themselves mentally and physically for what is probably one of the most popular events of the summer. MyContinue reading “The things we do for high style”
13 steps to write a post
– Daily Prompt song is: 1. realize that it’s been 5 day since you last posted something on your public blog 2. panic and find a time and place to write – before summer lab starts, in a café by yourself, or even better – in the wee hours of the morning when noContinue reading “13 steps to write a post”
Rumspringa
Rumspringa: a period of adolescence during which a youth temporarily leaves the community to experience life in the outside world. He was a little different. If people were different platters at a buffet table, He would be the plain pastry near the edge, With doily underneath, looking frilly and fancy.
The way I feel tonight
Maybe its because I’m listening to emotional music – The harmonic bellows of two amateurs Fresh off the ‘tube With more talent than everyone else – Except maybe Beyoncé – Combined.
Freed from the Birdcage (A Creative Revision)
The following is a creative revision/short story based on the popular novel by Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre. A field is only a field until I realize that I shall never see it again. Upon this thought, an unnamed sadness strikes me as I look out the window, which overlooks the fields of the Rochester mansion.Continue reading “Freed from the Birdcage (A Creative Revision)”
How to act like an introvert in a public setting
Look around the room with wide eyes, never allowing any other emotion but interest and curiosity to take over your face. Appear as though you’ve always got something to smile about, but only to a certain extent. If you’re smiling with a smirk, you are content as an introvert. If you grin like a madman,Continue reading “How to act like an introvert in a public setting”
This Kid I Know: Michelle
Left to right: Michelle, me Have you ever just stopped and realized that if you hadn’t met a certain person, your life would be completely different?
Cat Zhang 