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On the Octopus

It’s actually the 6th when I’m writing this post, but I made a deal with myself that I’d blog all the way through April by the end of this week, and guess what? It’s the end of the week! Because I’m out of ideas, I decided that I’d just copy and paste an essay I wrote from creative nonfiction here for you- it’s relatively short for me, I promise. And it’s fun. So I hope you enjoy! Continue reading “On the Octopus”

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The Nature of Withdrawing

A couple of years ago I wrote a blog defending Bella Swan from Twilight as a character (particularly in response to New Moon). The main concern in that post regarded her reaction to Edward’s leaving.You can read the whole blog here, but I’ll refer to particular passages later on in this post. More on that in a second.

On a related note, my roommate Ellen recently read the Hunger Games trilogy after going to the midnight premiere of the first movie with me a few weeks ago. Though she thoroughly enjoyed the series, she has some issues with the ending of the trilogy, which I’ll talk about after the break because SPOILERS. Continue reading “The Nature of Withdrawing”

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On Parenthood, Childhood, and Unconditional Love

I’m not gonna name names, but a couple weeks ago one of my professors was talking about Robert Frost and made some comments that really got to me- and not in a good way. Apparently, Frost was under the impression that when it comes to parenthood, your mother is a democrat and your father is a republican, especially in regards to their male children. The professor-that-will-not-be-named really got on board with this theory, and of his two grown sons had this to say on the matter- “My sons knew they could lose my love.” Continue reading “On Parenthood, Childhood, and Unconditional Love”

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OK Go’s triumphant return into my heart

Remember the treadmill video? Of course you do. And while the video content quality has only gone up for this band, the music has changed significantly- particularly, it’s gotten weirder. Don’t get me wrong- OK Go’s music was weird to begin with, but it was a lot more commercially accessible in the early days. However, I recently bought their latest CD, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, and I was pleasantly surprised. I’d given up on them for a while after they descended into the super weird post-leaving-their-label, but my faith has been restored. Continue reading “OK Go’s triumphant return into my heart”