It’s twenty minutes to one and the morning and I’m feeling inspired. Technically, it’s the correct day for this blog, so I’m just gonna go for it. Go big or go home, eh? (I promise I’ll stop wasting your time… NOW!) Continue reading “[Day 128] Enough with the subtlety”
Month: December 2009
[Day 127] Cookout
Today was one of those days that seems kind of useless. It’s three days before Christmas, I don’t really have any responsibilities, and there’s no school. It’s just a filler day. A day that normally frustrates me with its sheer uselessness. Continue reading “[Day 127] Cookout”
[Day 126] I’m a fly on a wall
It’s nearing the end of the week, and Ms. Greb is late again. My 6th grade Spanish class is in an uproar, climbing on desks, chattering away without regard for the volume of their pre-pubescent voices. I’m sitting quietly in my seat, textbook open to a vocabulary page, trying to commit the Spanish term for bookshelf to memory. (Fun fact: I still don’t know it. Thanks, public school education.) Continue reading “[Day 126] I’m a fly on a wall”
[Day 125] Project for Awesome 2009!
Dear John Green,
Congratulations on the baby and the huge success on Project for Awesome. I didn’t make a video, but tried to rate and comment on everyone else’s. I hope it was as successful as you planned. Continue reading “[Day 125] Project for Awesome 2009!”
[Day 124] Things I Never EVER EVER EVER Want To See Again
[Day 123] Easy as A, B, C!
I snicker as Shawn throws another bit of paper into the boy’s hair in front of us. We’re supposed to be paying attention to an astronomy lecture, but the constellation of white stars in the black mass of hair is much more interesting. The boy still hasn’t noticed, concentrated on the next origami unicorn he’s making. I’m ashamed of this memory.
When I first met Jenaer, I didn’t expect to talk to him, let alone become friends. He was different from anyone I’ve ever met, and that’s saying a lot. He was quiet and awkward, and I was loud and growing more openly confident each day.
After a year of emails, arguments, outbursts, and silent treatments, I realized that I’d gained a new friendship. It’s not a conventional friendship, and it is in no way always cordial, but it works.
Jenaer gives me a new perspective on life. There is very little we agree on, short of an unspoken mutual agreement that bickering should replace conversation. But he’s always saying something interesting, and I’m always looking forward to it.
[Day 122] If I was brave
This week, the nice thing I did was, again, something that I didn’t do. But this time, it’s not about keeping my mouth shut when I’m talking to annoying people. Continue reading “[Day 122] If I was brave”
[Day 121] Biding my time
Today’s blog comes to you in TWO PARTS! Part one: keeping in touch. Part two: It’s not too late to apologiiiiiize. (STOLEN FROM THE VLOGBROTHERS! And congrats John on the baby!) Aaaaand… BEGIN. Continue reading “[Day 121] Biding my time”
[Day 120] Millions
The good thing that happened to me today didn’t actually happen. I suppose this makes the possibility of an event the good part of my day, but that needs a bit more explaining. Plus, that doesn’t sound as snazzy. Continue reading “[Day 120] Millions”
[Day 119] Outer Space
When my grandparents lived in town, I used to go to their house a lot. It’s probably been ten years or so since they’ve lived here, but it was a stroke of luck I’ll never be able to explain that they were here on that fateful day in kindergarten. Continue reading “[Day 119] Outer Space”