December 2011
3 posts
Pulled from Relevant Magazine -- Shauna Niequist
Love, Money, Work, and Family
Now is also the time to get serious about relationships. And “serious” might mean walking away from a dating relationship that’s good but not great. Some of the most life-shaping decisions you’ll make during this time will be about walking away from good-enough, in search of can’t-live-without. One of the only truly devastating mistakes you can make in this season is...
November 2011
6 posts
Sometimes I feel like going home. No one likes me here. I often get judged by what I wear, what I say, and what I do. I want to be where nobody cares about any of that.
Even if you don’t mean it, things you say can hurt people.
They say, “You can’t change other people. You can only change yourself.” Then it’s like, why can’t those people change themselves?
October 2011
6 posts
“Fun drunks make a nice addition to any party. Not looking to fight. Not looking...”
– Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why
Watching Walking Dead with @yaysn
Me: I would have shit in my pants if I were hiding under the cars.
J: I would have went pee then gotten eaten because they smelled the pee in my pants.
September 2011
3 posts
You realize some things and then it gets better. :)
August 2011
12 posts
“I don’t shut up, I grow up! And when I look at you, I throw up!”
– Stand By Me
What do you do when you have little money, no direction and too many dreams?
Anything and everything!
“Never explain yourself. Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t...”
July 2011
20 posts
Dear Ms. Jennylyn,
Violets are purple Roses are red Dandelions are orange And you are sweet Love, Soumya -Age 7 P.S. Your the best writing teaching EVER! This just shows that I do the good writing! Haha. I could have been like, “Uhm, this doesn’t even make sense OR rhyme. Also, it’s YOU’RE not YOUR!” Just kidding. This is what I love to do. This is my life.
They can actually be quite amazing. Smitten.
After I sneezed in my classroom today, student said, “bless you” and I thanked him. His response?
“Of course. That’s what gentlemen are for.” <3 Why can’t all guys be like this 8-year old kid?
“His special abilities are breakdancing until you are paralyzed.”
– Student on explaining his character in a creative writing story
Got ready Friday night. Put on a nice dress. Just bought some nice heels. Make-up on. Hair straightened and pinned. Bangs not in my face. I look ready. I feel ready. I’m ready to go.
I look at him. He’s getting dressed. He looks at me and I smile. He smiles back and he says, “Oh okay. I’ll take my time since you’re not ready yet. I’ll get dressed while you fix...
“I wasn’t acting on passion. I was simply acting.”
– Bret Easton Ellis
“Once upon a time there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. And they grew...”
– Kneller’s Happy Campers
Sometimes I’m amazed at the shit that spills out of my mouth.
I feel like my life lacks forward momentum, ya know.
