Track Season – Fast Approaching
Honestly, I’m not sure if I’m more excited or scared for this year’s track and field season, because frankly, I’m short. Now, I know that isn’t any excuse, and I really don’t mind the height...
View ArticleSymphony Night
Because my brother is a percussionist in the 4th-grade band, on Thursday night I felt like the only decent thing to do was attend his concert at the theater. We arrived 40 minutes early for some...
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Online Summer School
Okay, now before anyone gets the wrong idea, I’m not a bad student! In fact, these classes that my friends have affectionately classified as ‘Summer School’ are actually online courses that were...
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Social Media Pet Peeves
There are so many ways to put out your thoughts, pictures, and more: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, etc. None of these claim to be personal diaries, but many are treated as such. I have a few...
View ArticleFear and Loathing at the Convention: Part 1 – Thursday
We were at the convention for 11 1/2 hours, from 10:30 in the morning to 10:00 at night. I was shooting for twelve, but we had to spend time eating breakfast. I had assumed what I packed would be all...
View ArticleFear and Loathing at the Convention: Part 2 – Friday
Part 1 There they were, sparkling like gems. Every variety of every die imaginable was set out before us, stacked up in clear plastic boxes 3 feet high, forming a Technicolor wall around the seller....
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School Daze
There is always a hype lead-up to the first day of school. Like waiting eight weeks to get your schedule and then finding out none of your friends are in lunch. And shopping for that perfect outfit...
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The Calamities of Calculus
My Honors Calculus Textbook (Photo by: Kristen Shipley). Me: It’s not you…it’s me. Calculus: I know. I get that a lot. But, since you’re stuck with me and we cannot break up until next semester, what...
View ArticleFinally Finished with College Applications
Two weeks ago, I submitted my final college application. It was the tenth one I submitted. I applied to so many colleges so I would have the possibility of choice next April when acceptance (or...
View ArticleWhat I Need Now is a Polar Express
I’m lying in bed, scrawling this post on a piece of paper. It’s 12:13 Christmas morning. Downstairs my parents are sticking candy canes on the tree, and shoving presents under it (no longer labeled...
View ArticleLet it Snow!
For the past few years, the snow around York has been practically non-existent with the exception of the one massive storm last October. As a snowboarder, this state of the weather is extremely...
View ArticleWhat ever happened to good TV for young people?
At lunch, one day at school, the topic of old children’s shows came up. My friends and I couldn’t stop laughing at the programs we used to watch, and how we could still remember certain theme songs....
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Black History Month: Best Old Shows
(The cast of the Cosby Show. Image from http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/the-cosby-show/photo-gallery-detail/EP00017073/292916?aid=zap2it.) In honor of Black History Month, I would like to recognize...
View ArticleWeird Dreams
You know how people say that every dream means something? Supposedly, every detail in your dream is there because your subconscious is dealing with it. If all of this is true, then what does my dream...
View ArticleThe Waiting Game
As the weeks go by and the weather gets warmer (?), nothing is more agonizing than waiting for important, life-changing, news: college acceptance letters, SAT scores, scholarship opportunities, and job...
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Sean Connery: History’s Hero
I’m going to just blurt it out: I loved ”Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”. Does that make me a bad person? It’s fun, it’s crazy and it totally fits in with the rest of the series. It...
View ArticleFear and loathing at the DC Grand Prix
(Here’s the post I wrote earlier this week explaining the basics of Magic. The following post is the story of my trip to the Washington D.C. Grand Prix on June 29, attended by 1,400 competitors and...
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The Five Common App Questions and Their Answers
First: The Common Application sign-up process is a torturous and Gilliam-esque bureaucratic maze that cannot be duplicated in any circle of hell. They won’t be sated until your password has at least...
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