Why do so many chapstick and skincare products market themselves as being able to moisturize your lips and skin during the dry season, when they very clearly do not? As someone who struggles with dry skin, this is irritating to me. I’ve only ever been able to find a select few brands that can getContinue reading “Dry Season”
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Thanksgiving – The Calm Before The Storm
My family and I took it easy this thanksgiving break. Our grandparents and cousins live in town, so we all ate dinner together. But that was it. No National Lampoon Thanksgiving Vacation. And I was fine with that. It was refreshing to get a small break before the backbreaking week of final exams. However, theContinue reading “Thanksgiving – The Calm Before The Storm”
Have Halloween decorations been getting less scary, or am I just getting older?
Every year, a store called Spirit Halloween opens up in a vacant department store space near my place of employment. The store is open from around the end of September to the beginning of November. How this store stays in business is beyond me (I may write a blog about their business practices later). Anyway,Continue reading “Have Halloween decorations been getting less scary, or am I just getting older?”
The zone between sleep and reality
You know that feeling when you’re about to go to sleep and your brain starts pumping those feel-good chemicals? I’ve always wondered if there was a way to stay in that limbo between the real world and the dream world. As your eyes start to get heavy, your brain coaxes you to give in toContinue reading “The zone between sleep and reality”
That moment when…
I despise it when people begin their sentences with “That moment when…”. Almost 100% of the time, the information that follows is usually some kind of statement that aims to make people pity them. The use of these pity tactics isn’t smart, and too often makes the speaker seem like an attention seeker. For example,Continue reading “That moment when…”
Home alone with the dog
This past weekend, I was home alone with nobody but my dog to keep me company. His name is Chester, and he is a 7-month old Cavalier King Charles spaniel mix. And, oh boy, if this is anything close to the amount of care and attention that a human baby requires, I am NOT readyContinue reading “Home alone with the dog”
I almost died (not clickbait)
Last week, one of the best homecoming proposals was supposed to take place. However, life had other plans. My girlfriend and I had always wanted to go to Castlewood State Park together sometime. Because we don’t live too close, we had never gotten the opportunity to do so until one recent Thursday night. The planContinue reading “I almost died (not clickbait)”
Resistance
A week or two ago, I learned a thing or two about a force called resistance. Even though it was only briefly brushed upon in my creative writing class, I listened because I could relate to its descriptions. One idea that was presented to me was that resistance is not a malevolent force, but ratherContinue reading “Resistance”
An Viewer’s Review of André Øvredal’s “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark”
*This post contains spoilers for the 2019 film Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark* Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a trilogy of scary story collections published throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. Each book contains ~20 short stories that are unsettling, comical, and fun to read with friends. IContinue reading “An Viewer’s Review of André Øvredal’s “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark””
Good morning.
It is currently 11:00 AM, and I’m in my creative writing class with Mr. Durham. I’ve never blogged before, but I’m excited to try it out. If you’re interested in the life of a 17 year old computer nerd and saxophone player, you’ve come to the right place. Today’s rating: 4/5
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