Blackened Teeth
It’s been hard to write lately. I don’t want to get into the specifics of why, but it’s been hard. I haven’t written anything new (besides this article about why I’m single), nonfiction or fiction or even poetry (if I even count it as that), in… oh, I don’t even want to do the math. Not that I would normally. My first semester of college … Continue reading Blackened Teeth
Last Year’s Resolutions
I usually end up writing on New Years Eve, somehow, somewhere. I think it’s the nostalgic, sentimental me emerging from the depths of my cynical, sarcastic self. I do this on my birthday, too. New year, new me… after I reflect, reclining on my couch swirling a glass of mulled wine, minus the mulled wine because I’m a loser and drink Martinelli’s. Usually, it’s … Continue reading Last Year’s Resolutions
Rebellion
Ever since a single-celled organism decided to be more complex in a world of single-celled organisms, rebellion has been alive and kicking, even in our very own biological make-up. It is spoon-fed to us from a young age that the right decision might not be the popular decision and that extraordinary is better than ordinary and we are all special in our own way and … Continue reading Rebellion
The People Who Leave You
There are many ways people leave us. Friends drift apart. Significant others fall out of love. Fathers and mothers run away. Brothers and sisters stop talking. Our loved ones die. Even if people don’t leave, relationships change and the people who you thought would be there forever are insignificant before you realize anything has changed. Even if people don’t die, you are attached to the … Continue reading The People Who Leave You
“Learn to speak English.”
“Learn to speak English.” It’s a common phrase — no, really, I swear. Ask five Asian-Americans, five international students, five people with parents who weren’t born here and I promise you, chances are they’ve heard it in one form or another. As for me, I was in second grade. I was in a heated argument with a boy whose initials are literally BS, I kid you … Continue reading “Learn to speak English.”
So where is Waldo, really?
I was looking back at some of my old writing recently and I found my college application essay for UChicago (newflash: waitlisted), with the prompt of “So where is Waldo, really?” Rereading, I am surprised at how applicable this essay is to what I’m going through right now, along with a lot of other college students I know. In such a fast-paced world, it doesn’t … Continue reading So where is Waldo, really?
My Mom.
My mom is an… interesting person. Having a wild time in Mexico Now that I think about it, that is definitely the most appropriate word. Not because she isn’t deserving of many other rich descriptors that are attuned to human nature — she is. It’s just that if I call her caring (which she is) it’ll make her seem unconditionally sweet (which she isn’t). I … Continue reading My Mom.
In Defense of Midwest Weather
If you live in the Midwest, you’ll always have something to complain about with your fellow Midwesterners: the weather. All of us know what it’s like to go through four season in one day, making it impossible to know how to dress. Discomfort becomes commonplace, not to mention the brutal winters that only seem to be getting worse by the year (in case you’ve forgotten … Continue reading In Defense of Midwest Weather
Some Advice I’ve Gotten This Month:
Here are some golden nuggets of sagely wisdom I’ve received in the past few months that have helped me along. “You’re smart if you enjoy what you do, and you do it passionately.” At the beginning of the year I was stressing about what major to declare. There was the pressure of picking a field with a fruitful job market; I sat through Intro … Continue reading Some Advice I’ve Gotten This Month:
Fulfilling Childhood Dreams
Ever since I was in the 4th grade, I’ve wanted to be a writer. In fact, if you look in my 4th grade yearbook, you will see “future author” underneath my picture — though you probably wouldn’t look too far, those were the unfortunate haircut years. As a kid, I didn’t have many friends so obviously the most efficient way of gaining companionship was by … Continue reading Fulfilling Childhood Dreams
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