Grown Ups

Recently talking to my uncle, he made a statement that was sort of jarring in the sense that I had never heard it before, honestly. He said “Being a grown up sucks.”
Truthfully, I rarely think about the ramifications of being a grown up. Outside of not being with my family every day, which is slightly [...]

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Throwing Stones

The question is no longer who you want to be, it’s “What are you going to do with your life?” It is almost like a threat when you hear it, whether from friends or adults.
One friend I discussed the aforementioned question with claimed college was the single most important thing in anyone’s life. Seeing as [...]

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Driving Without A Destination

First, I noticed the calm. The only tension that exised was the tension in his muscles. Usually, I am the irritable one, with something rubbing like sandpaper under my skin. But there was no electrically charged silence tonight. He talked, I listened. It all poured out of him, his eyes never leaving the road. His [...]

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Writer’s Society

In an attempt to work on my “art,” (because when does one’s passion become an art?) I decided to try a writer’s society meeting. And sitting down to write this post is hard, because there is only one way to express my thoughts about said meeting. That lasted for a whole hour between 4 and [...]

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The Year Winds Down?

I have never really noticed how things escalate towards the closing of a school year. Things become more and more stressful and everyone is rushing to finish everything, rushing to hold onto people that are leaving and may never come back. I just noticed this on Friday. I had a packed weekend, and it was [...]

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Lost and Still Losing

There’s an empty space by the bed when I turn the light on, the click of the light switch resounding in the near silence. My eyes were drawn to that spot. I distract myself, right the monitor, turn on music. It doens’t really combat the fact that I’m alone. Again.
That’s what I wanted, right? Time [...]

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For My 201st Post, I Thought I’d Do Something Reflective…

I think junior year has been the most stressful year I’ve ever gone through, hands down. Aside from the half years in different states and schools, this first two months of school have left me completely exhausted. I’m spending my free days sleeping, and my not free days hunched over paper with a pen, trying [...]

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A Post About Everything and Nothing

Most of my summer has been dutifully spent on reading and writing (and working up at the school on yearbook stuff, of course).  I had a load of reading to do for my AP Language class I’m taking next year, and I’m trying to get halfway through writing a novel in case this year turns [...]

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Fettuccine Al-dead-o

The afterlife has been somewhat of a concern for me.  Especially since the past few weeks have found me relentlessly questioning my faith.  For the longest time, I had always just taken for granted what everyone told me to believe.  And that’s what it has been all of my life.  People say, “God exists, and you must [...]

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Teenager: Adults Telling Us NO

Teenagers scare the living shit out of me. 
They could care less as long as someone’ll bleed.

The crossing from preteen to teen (or young adult, whichever you prefer) is marked by one thing:  the considerable restriction on your life.  Or it was in my case.  As a kid, going places with your friends was no big [...]

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