Read Part 1 here or a really passive-aggressive, long-ass letter I wrote to an old friend.
Tag Archives: friendship
March 4th: the only date that’s also a motivational message
“I completely understand” is one of the most irksome phrases someone can mutter to me if they’ve clearly never been in my position.
18 Truths I Learned By 18 Years Old
1. You don’t understand someone’s struggle until it has happened to you. Even then, all you have is one personal account. One page of writing, a roll of film, a 7:21 video, even a blog post isn’t sufficient to explain the experience. You could fill a book with thoughts. 2. Some life pursuits are stumps.Continue reading “18 Truths I Learned By 18 Years Old”
Guest Post: A Little Too Much
Being the horribly nosy person that I am, I couldn’t help but overhear a conversation the other day in my school hallway. Two girls were standing in the middle of the hallway, making everything suck for everyone else. They were loudly discussing the pointlessness of the classes we had to take and the triviality ofContinue reading “Guest Post: A Little Too Much”
You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide
I don’t know why we think it’s worthwhile to deal with every one of our problems. Why do we always have to call it running away? Are we superheroes? Can we emerge victorious after every struggle with the enemy? Are we rubberbands? Can we snap back in place after being stretched thin? No, we areContinue reading “You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide”
A shoutout to my long-distance friends
I live in Atlanta, and here I have friends that I can touch and feel. But I live in Atlanta, and you live on the other side of the country; I see you a few times every year. As a senior in high school, I’m going to see some of my best friends once moreContinue reading “A shoutout to my long-distance friends”
Letters to old friends about why we’re not friends today
Dear A, This is one of those relationships where I don’t think anything went wrong. We used to be the best of friends because of our similar backgrounds and traits. I think I was the one who changed. Look at you now! You are so beautiful and basically a better version of yourself than backContinue reading “Letters to old friends about why we’re not friends today”
Thawing inch by inch
I blame Disney for making people forget how awful the word frozen is. It doesn’t describe a winter wonderland; it describes a relationship isolated. Its two icy syllables drip of rancor and malice. The sudden severing of contact between two people is nothing like the conventional drifting away to which we are all accustomed. Two people either both thinkContinue reading “Thawing inch by inch”
8 things I have to say about debate
A year ago, I wrote a post entitled “What It Means to Debate.” Looking back on what I had written, I still agree largely with what I had written. But alas, we are never stationary and that means that my opinion has changed, shifted, and accumulated much more knowledge and experience since when I lastContinue reading “8 things I have to say about debate”
Make friends with teachers
I’ve gone through twelve miserable years of school, and I’ve got perhaps three teacher friends to show for it. What does that say of me? In junior high, I was much too immature to realize the value of having relationships with those in authority positions. I constantly viewed them as the enemy; foreign people whoContinue reading “Make friends with teachers”
Cat Zhang 