If you read this blog, then you may know that I am not very passionate about math and science. I’ve never found much joy in thinking in numbers rather than ideas and concepts. Recently I made a very small switch in my life that has so far, made a large difference in the way thatContinue reading “The One Super Mundane Change in My Routine that Helped Relieve My Stress”
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If Life Were Made Of Monday Afternoons…
It’s a Monday afternoon. I am on my way to the library. I just ate a huge lunch: 3 plates of taste good, feel bad food and 2 cups of coffee to offset the lack of sleep and food in my system. I am reading my agenda. A midterm lurks around the corner, deadlines forContinue reading “If Life Were Made Of Monday Afternoons…”
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”
Something is wrong with this class
Something is wrong; I’ve discovered a terminal illness That makes me sit in class with a death-like stillness Leaving scars on my conscience; a limb must be severed The remedy is bankrupt, despite my endeavors
Pillow talk
Schooling is not the same as education education – it is sacred. Here it is commodified – twisted, manipulated, thrown away with every spit bubble lazily popping at your mouth, every glazed over look you give your teacher
Life is a real nailbiter
I don’t know why I’m not learning that when your conscience is hurting you can just go about turning your cuticles into victims. When your life is going off the rails you take it out on your nails the sad state that your violence assails red, raw, and bitten.
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in, and a pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves
2013 was the year of the snake, aka the year of the struggle. It was all of the pent up stress of dealing with college, depicted in sighs, tears, and teeth-gnashing. As the clock strikes 12 on New Years’, seniors all over the country will one-by-one fall back exhausted into their beds, saying to themselvesContinue reading “An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in, and a pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves”
Guest Post: The State of the Senior
I didn’t get into college yet. There’s a mountain of homework that I haven’t started yet, at 6PM on Sunday. I’ve been furiously writing as many supplements as possible, in the hopes that maybe, just maybe, I’ll finish seven of them in two weeks.
You are not alone: a monologue about college decisions
People are finding out about their colleges and on one hand, I am so happy for them. But at the same time, I want to rip my hair out Because I have hallucinated 6 times today Cruelly rejected myself 3 times and Twice ecstatically accepted myself and Once cold-bloodedly deferred myself. Tomorrow seems to beContinue reading “You are not alone: a monologue about college decisions”
I think I figured out why movies and reality are separate
To state the obvious, movies are all Hollywood glam. People devote their entire lives to creating story lines and movie sets, spending millions for every production. The actors spend hours in costume and makeup, making sure every blemish is concealed correctly, and that every hair is in place. Reality is nothing like that. There’s noContinue reading “I think I figured out why movies and reality are separate”
Cat Zhang 