Month: September 2010

This blog is going to be divided into three parts. Part 1, the speech team. Part 2, clubs. Part 3, Spanish and other things.

Moving on to Part 1, the speech team. Last night was my first “official” practice session, where my coach made me give two impromptu speeches. It was absolutely terrifying. I’m not even exaggerating when I say that after the first one, I was practically in tears from anxiety. Continue reading “Baby, you’re not alone” →

I should really be going to bed right now because I’m leaving for Portland with Ellen and Gavin tomorrow at nine, but I made a commitment to blog every Monday and Friday. I blogged every day for a year, I should be able to manage twice a week. Continue reading “Sorta kinda forgot…” →

It’s a little bit sad how excited I get when I realize it’s a blogging day. I’m often tempted to blog more often, but then I remind myself that I have homework and a life to live and I can’t just blog about every little thing that makes me happy. Because then this blog would be reduced to “today I played pool with Ellen” and “I watched an entire season of Avatar in two days”. You don’t care about things like that, not enough to toon in to a blog that’s only about a sentence long. Continue reading “All We Need” →

I’ve always kind of resented my glasses. Ever since I was prescribed them, they have been a source of misery. In fact, the first day I wore them to school in fifth grade, a boy in my class told me, in front of everyone, that I looked weird. Interestingly enough, I dated that boy for a year in high school. What a strange little world. Continue reading “The way you look tonight” →