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I know I always say that I've been away too long, I'll start blogging regularly again, it's just that exciting stuff doesn't tend to happen to me that often. Oh, screw it. I don't have to blog about exciting things. I can just write...
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Hundreds of Palestinians have lost their lives in the past few days. Men, women, and children have died. Many of those who died were not fighters. They were schoolchildren. They were mothers. They were fathers. They were sisters and brothers and best...
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I’d never been to Waffle House. I’d heard that it was smoky and dirty and “totally sketch,” to use the words of one friend, especially after midnight. It was 12:30 AM, and my friend was driving me home from a birthday party, when I said, “Let’s go to...
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This is a short, almost 200 word essay I wrote for a college scholarship. The question was, "What do you love, and how do (or will) your actions demonstrate this. my response: I love people, experience, and adventure. New horizons and opportunies...
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Two bits of exciting news, one writing and one college. First, the writing--my piece about a trip to Morocco is currently first rated on Teen Ink website's travel and culture section (http://www.teenink.com/raw/Travel/) ! Read it at http://www.teenink...
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I was sorting through my middle school picture album last night and, in a little pocket on the back cover, found a tiny plastic picture bookmark with your 8th grade yearbook photo printed on it. It was so cheesy; you were posing with your arms crossed...
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A few things that I have enjoyed over the past few weeks: 1. Coming Home . We watched this for my Sixties class and I really, really loved it. (And I know what you're thinking: two Jon Voight movies in that class? I know, I know, crazy. But phew,...
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Here is my To Do List: *Do Laundry *Call Mom *Call Job Shadow (Im not doing that unless I have to.) *Math Homework *English Essay plus Oral Report *US History Essay plue Oral Report *Figure out my Drama Costume And now I'm just procrastinating. Yay...
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Warning: the following post is rather disjointed and not that easy of a read. I apologize. Fact: I have multiple posts half-written, saved on my dashboard, that I haven't posted yet. One was last saved September 4, with the distinguishing sentences...
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The blog I want to post on here is a million times long without formatting. So I'm just going to link to it on my own blog and you can read it there, if you so choose. I feel like I have to share it though; I'm so happy right now I could melt...
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Hey So with all the new things happening for Red (play, paperback, etc.) I figured I should get back into the habit of updating. I know, I was never really in the habit of updating, but I'm really going to try this time. I promise. What have I been...
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So Jordyn did this meme the other day on her blog and gave me the letter R, for RED. I'm not sure if it's against the rules, but pfft, who cares, it's the internet, I'll break meme rules and maybe even make a few rules of my own—I'm...
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Tonight, my Sixties class got together to watch Midnight Cowboy . Can I just say that I absolutely loved it? When I got back to my room, I started listening to Harry Nilsson's "Everybody's Talkin'" on repeat and thinking about the...
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Well, here we are, Millennials. Here we are with our new President-Elect, Barack Obama. Here we are, chanting "Yes we can!" I'll be honest. I cried tonight. I shook with joy and amazement. I cheered and ran a victory lap through the hallway...
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SO I MEANT TO BLOG EARLIER. Like, at least yesterday. But then I got caught up in the start of NaNoWriMo, which started yesterday and which I decided to participate in at 11am yesterday morning. So I've basically just been writing and not really doing...