This weekend I watched a play that my cousin was in. Noises Off, it was called. My experience with plays is rather limited. A Shakespeare play here or there, but always in English class, where everyone is amateurs and very few students would voluntarily put a little ardor into their acting. Reading them just doesn’tContinue reading “The Thing About Theatre”
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If you like it, then you should be able to put a ring on it.
You saw the big red equals sign and wanted to run, didn’t you? You read the title of the post and thought with exasperation, “Dang it, she’s gonna defend her opinion.” Well don’t worry, I won’t try to preach about one thing or another. I will express my opinion, but not directly about the extremelyContinue reading “If you like it, then you should be able to put a ring on it.”
Urban Myths
Sometimes I listen to music – raging and energetic The lyrics sound like they’re sprinting in whatever path they see Sometimes when I write I think about myself – commonly perceived as 100% committed and ready to go I think about the kids in high school – moving so fast yet they don’t know whereContinue reading “Urban Myths”
A Letter To My Sister on Her First Day Of High School
We can’t always go to school completely prepared, with a pretty backpack and fancy hat. A service has been invented through which you can send messages to people in the future. To whom would you send something, and what would you write? – Daily Prompt Dear Vicky, You are going to start high school next year.Continue reading “A Letter To My Sister on Her First Day Of High School”
Embracing Your Amateurity
Will someone buy me a cup like this? I’d love you forever. (Amateurity isn’t actually a word, but I’ll unofficially define it as the state of being amateur) I woke up and saw the notebook. I was so very drowsy, and so I only wrote three words down. “such an amateur”
My Thoughts on Personal Disasters
Murphy’s Law says, “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” I can’t write about a time when this actually happened because it has never happened to me – or to anyone else, probably. I’m going to guess that the majority of my blog readers are adults because there are only so many adolescentsContinue reading “My Thoughts on Personal Disasters”
On Happy Endings
Ideal happy ending, based on my childhood. Not in this real world though. Daily Prompt: “And they lived happily ever after.” Think about this line for a few minutes. Are you living happily ever after? If not, what will it take for you to get there? First of all, who is “they”? Right now, itContinue reading “On Happy Endings”
Who Are These “Something Compliments” Groups?
In the debate community recently, an anonymous soul started a Facebook account dedicated to posting compliments about people in the debate community (Debate Compliments). The goal was simple: to spread joy to the debate community. Within hours, the person (or should I say, two people?) had acquired over one hundred Facebook friends. Now, they haveContinue reading “Who Are These “Something Compliments” Groups?”
Welcome to the Squad Room.
When I was in junior high, I heard from my cousin (who had many debater friends) about the high school debaters that all went to the “squad room” during their free time to do work and chill and hang out and make friends. Wow, was that a misnomer. All my junior high life I hadContinue reading “Welcome to the Squad Room.”
What It Means to Debate
To debate is to participate in one of the most beneficial activities that young people could ever participate in. We, the future generation of our country, will be comprised of the professional football players and cheerleaders, the innovative scientists, the actors, the playwrights, the occasional Broadway performer, the cosmetic surgeon, the teacher, the soccer coach,Continue reading “What It Means to Debate”
Cat Zhang 