Author: Bri

Since it’s the last week of school, I am unsurprisingly busy, and I don’t have time to make a real blog. Also, last Thursday I had a massive (but well-disguised) mental breakdown in the middle of creative nonfiction, so I’m trying to take it easy.

I don’t get this stressed. It isn’t in my nature. Sure, I have a slightly larger share of anxiety than most normal people, but I don’t get it this badly when I don’t have any significant (and recent) emotional duress. I don’t have any significant or recent emotional duress because all the guys I talk to are either gay, related to me, or very much in the friend zone. So why am I stressed? Continue reading “Housekeepin’ it real” →

Last week was senior projects day, the day when all Pacific seniors present their thesis projects/studies in fifteen minutes to the rest of campus, and since then I’ve been thinking a lot about my own impending thesis. Granted, it’s two years away, hence the “overachiever” title, but this is what I do with my time. Worry about not having enough of it in the future. But I bet you’re wondering about the second part of the title of this blog post, seeing as it’s arguably the more interesting section. I’m getting to that. Continue reading “Overachiever: or, I Love Psychopaths” →

A couple weeks ago, my collab channel did a theme week on our favorite superheroes, and mine was, unsurprisingly, Batman. I’m sure you’ve noticed his emblem in the background of a lot of my recent dorm vlog videos, as well as his mug on a teeshirt I often wear on camera. Yes, Batman is my favorite, and I want to tell you why. Continue reading “*deep voice* I’m Batman” →

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” →

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” →