It is burning skin against leather seats It is thighs and undersides drenched in sweat It is heat waves rising above the street. I’ll leave my pizza in the garage on top of the car, better than an oven. I can’t remember what it’s like to feel a chill, see my breath, stomp throughContinue reading “What is the Hottest Hot?”
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Michelle: A Chapter of Our Long Distance Relationship
It’s been over a year since I last saw Michelle, despite her being one of my best friends. This might be a problem in a normal friendship, but what M and I have is nothing close to normal. < Related: This Kid I Know: Michelle > In the cyber-digital age, when LDRs have gone largely online, theContinue reading “Michelle: A Chapter of Our Long Distance Relationship”
A Playlist For the Bahamas
When I find new music I put them at the top of a huge, ever-growing list and every month or so, I download n new music and name it after some occasion that’s coming up. Over winter break last year, my family went to the Bahamas, and this is the playlist that I created justContinue reading “A Playlist For the Bahamas”
Never Just About A Boy: Sarah Dessen’s The Moon and More
This is part of my Summer Reading 2.0 series — I’ve always been a fan of Sarah Dessen; she puts out a bunch of thick novels dubbed as teenage romance. In my early days of high school I saw them as just that, teenage romance novels. But ever since English teachers started pushing me toContinue reading “Never Just About A Boy: Sarah Dessen’s The Moon and More”
5 More Reasons to Love Summer
Happy first day of summer! June 21st is the Northern Solstice. You read and loved 7 Reasons Why We Love Summer, so here are 5 additional reasons to love the hottest season of the year. 5. Summer reading If you’ve got even an ounce of intelligence running through your veins, you’re able to find a curiosity forContinue reading “5 More Reasons to Love Summer”
A Sippin’ Sizzurp Summer Playlist
A whirlwind mix of party alone, party together EDM songs, featuring trap, dubstep, chillstep, and really, really incredible remixes. You can’t find this stuff on Spotify… Quality speakers/headphones recommended. This playlist eases you in with mellow, psychedelic electronic music and gradually ascends to head-bumping, heavy bass trap and dubstep. ENJOY!
Something About Playlists…
If you clicked on this thinking it would be a sizzling summer playlist, you were wrong. (but there will probably be one up later next week!) Does music ever make you feel nostalgic? In high school, when debate seemed to dominate my life, I would download new music right before every major tournament…there are playlists in myContinue reading “Something About Playlists…”
11 Things to Do the Summer Before You Leave For College
1. Read classic books, and watch classic movies. Become cultured. 2. Let go of petty high school things. Make up with people you fought with, people you isolated, and start college off without something clawing at your past. 3. Clean up your social media. Delete anything that might endanger your opportunities for work opportunities, friendContinue reading “11 Things to Do the Summer Before You Leave For College”
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”
Accepting the inevitable
For the readers that weren’t aware, I am seventeen. I’ve got a younger sister that is going on fifteen, and I just realized that yesterday. I’ve been away from her for almost a month; I haven’t seen or heard her voice in weeks. I’ve been out of state at summer camp, and she has alsoContinue reading “Accepting the inevitable”
Cat Zhang 