Author: Bri

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” →

We start ACTUALLY traveling around Rome next week, so stay tuned!

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” →

How fitting that I’m talking about vampire slayers on Friday the 13th. Couldn’t have planned that better myself. So after spending my entire spring break watching the entirety of How I Met Your Mother (that’s six and a half seasons in less than a week, for those of you counting), I needed a new show. I finished the third season of Battlestar Galactica afterwards, but I wanted something I hadn’t seen before. And after all I knew about Joss Whedon and my own nerdiness, it made sense to get into Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Continue reading “Buffy the Vampire Slayer- Thoughts from 1 season in” →

I’ve been trying to write this poem for two years. I even tried writing a blog about the same subject, back in February of my senior year of high school. But it was kind of angry and not productive, and by the end of it I just got depressed. I was never happy with it, even though I had all these things to say. So finally I came up with something I’m happy with, and here it is. I don’t even use the “f” word in it! Continue reading “A Valedictorian’s Valediction” →

So technically, if we’re counting every single novel I’ve ever finished (novel being anything over 30,000 words, finished being the story is concluded), I just finished my 8th! Now, if we’re defining finished novel as “a story over 45,000 words that is concluded even if more editing is required that is actually good”, I just finished my fifth novel, but still. I’m twenty years old and I’ve written between five and eight novels, six of which are over 50,000 words. That’s pretty freaking cool. Continue reading “I finished my 8th book!” →

Not much exciting happens in this video, since it’s mostly travel, but more next week!