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I’m like an old lady, the way I’m always trying to get to sleep (me and you)

Fall Out Boy reference, anyone? No? Ok.

My friends like to call me an old person, because generally my bedtime falls between 9pm and midnight at the VERY LATEST, and averages out at about 10:30. Even weekends don’t alter this pattern. Gimme a break, I’m usually tired by like 4pm. I’m still a teenager. It’s practically in my biology to be perpetually lethargic. Whatever. Continue reading “I’m like an old lady, the way I’m always trying to get to sleep (me and you)”

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Bully Me This [Academic Essay]

[Writer’s note: I’m quite proud of the way this essay came out, and I thought I’d share it. It’s nine pages plus a works cited page, so buckle up]

The bell rang, and it was immediately obvious that Ms. Greb was going to be late again. It was hard to blame her; her office was at the other side of the middle school, and her waddle wasn’t speedy, to say the least. The picture of studious, I opened my Spanish text to look over the vocabulary again. “Bookshelf” was giving me a problem. Estantería, estantería, estantería. I silently repeated. Continue reading “Bully Me This [Academic Essay]”

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STEVE EFFING KLUGER IS THE EFFING MAN!!

Three posts in one day. I know, I know. I’m sorry. But holy crap. HOLY CRAP. So remember Steve Kluger, the author of my absolute favorite book in the world, The Last Days of Summer? I write about him so much he has his own “tag” (check the tag cloud to the right of this blog and a bit further down, and you’ll see what I mean). I love his books and I love his writing and… yeah. I’m probably one of his biggest fangirls ever. Anyways.

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