My room is a sedimentary rock. The encompassing high-paced, high-stress atmosphere gives the strain essential to compress every day into a brand new layer of clothes: Monday’s T-shirt lies beneath Tuesday’s fuzzy socks, Wednesday’s denims, Thursday’s outsized sweater, and Friday’s solar costume. Scattered beside the style time-capsule are colourful scraps of development paper from Saturday’s […]
“Turn the music down!” It is an overused command every teenager hears from annoyed parents in response to the latest hit songs and Billboard countdowns. It invokes the quintessential image of tattooed rock ‘n’ roll fans jamming with a guitar in hand while displaying their “If the Music’s Too Loud, Then You’re Too Old” shirt […]
The water appeared crystalline and ice-cold the first time I readied myself to jump off the high dive. I knew I wouldn’t die, yet an intangible force restrained me until I closed my eyes, bent my knees, propelled myself off the board, and cut through the surface. The no man’s land between the board and […]
when im sitting in study hall and you are sitting Right next to me i dont know what you are thinking but i know what you are seeing and i know you ant seeing me but im seeing you and wish you where mine o mine all mine
Many individuals like a pal, a member of the family or perhaps a superstar a little bit bit greater than the opposite individuals which are near them, as a result of they need to be like them to be able to have an identical conduct, character and even attain their targets like these individuals did […]
I had lost a piece of myself. I wasn’t sure of where I lost it, and I wasn’t quite sure exactly what it was that I had lost. All I had was a rush of memories. Days, weeks, months, that all blended into a dull existence. Even though I could not pinpoint an exact time, […]
Pain, constant ringing, and mood swings. I had been transported to a foreign world. Failing tests, lacking short-term memory, and nagging fatigue. I lived in a world of insanity for a month. During my freshman year of high school, I got a concussion. Since I was in the midst of the year and club volleyball […]
From a young age I’ve developed an ability to evaluate, analyze, and asses the factor of risk when making a decision. I picked this up from my father, who influenced me through his logically thorough nature. Any question along the lines of ‘hey dad, why don’t we do this?’ has always been answered with a […]
Once upon a time I thought I was invincible. Notonly that, but I believed I had the potential to fly. No kidding, I actuallythought that if I flapped my arms hard enough they would eventually get me offthe ground. Several attempts later, I felt disillusioned. Then I heardthat it is easier for birds to fly […]
July had finally come – my faith was concealed in a small white envelope. A few months earlier I had spilled weeks worth of arduous Advanced Placement objectives onto a few sheets of blank paper. In my mind I deemed my essays of being level five worthy, but I was still unconvinced. As I darted […]
