Open Letter to Jennifer Lawrence

My dear, Jennifer Mockingjay Lawrence, You truly are “The Girl on Fire”. I have never known someone to fall down so often and so gracefully, but when you do, the revolution in Panem isn’t the only thing “catching fire”....

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The DMV, The Happiest Place on Earth

Write about how you started driving (or why you don't). It was only two months ago that I passed the written driving exam and obtained my learner's permit. Considering I turned sixteen in November of 2016, I discovered that...

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Garlic-and-Onion Gum

Write a thank-you note to someone who gave you garlic-and-onion flavored gum. George, As I sit here writing this letter, meticulously forming my letters, deliberately formulating my thoughts, I can’t help but be...

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The Two Biggest Lies of Every Reader

When I'm not blogging or napping, (which isn't very often), I'm most likely slouching in a leather chair, picking my way through a novel or writing one of my own. Now, like most readers, I hate being...

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Corners - A Short Story

Writing Prompt: Write about someone that was buried alive. I’ve always despised enclosed, suffocating spaces. Yet there I was, in an enclosed, suffocating space buried several feet under layers of dark soil....

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Dishonesty and Taking My Own Advice

I recently wrote a post listing strategies I recommend to boost productivity during the long summer days. Although these techniques are helpful and (most likely) effective, I personally can't vouch for their efficacy considering...

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How to be Productive this Summer

Now that school has finally finished, I find myself at home and primarily unproductive. Mindlessly watching videos and sleeping are two such unproductive activities consequential to the lack of organization and order...

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List of Must-Reads I Haven't Read

As the school year now concludes, my English teacher decided that as a gift of sorts, she would compile a list of her favorite books and present the list to us. After briefly glancing over the list, I recognized the majority...

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Wallowing in the Water

The day I've been dreading the entire semester has arrived - the day when we started swimming during PE. Now I must admit that because it was a scorching, blistering day, that swimming was refreshing, at least to an extent....

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My First Ever AP Test

Like many other students across the nation, AP testing began today. However, the AP test I completed this morning was not only the first AP test that was administered this year, but my first AP test ever. And I'll have...

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Personal Art Gallery

Just in case you haven't already seen my recent art pieces, I formatted this post as an art gallery of sorts so that you may get a chance to peruse my masterpieces. (Just kidding, they're decent, but by no means spectacular.) (Also,...

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The Mistress of Death

After reading Truman Capote's chilling novel In Cold Blood, my teacher assigned an essay in which we were to select a criminal and analyze the cause of their criminal actions. However, this paper was to be a persuasive...

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New Series: Things That Distract Me

Soon, I'll be starting a new series. As you can see, it'll be all about things that distract me. And as a high school student that has a knack for avoiding homework by any means possible, I'm sure you can guess that...

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Fined Out the Truth

Today I remembered something and I don't know why. It's quite common of me to forget why I've entered a room, only to remember upon exiting, and other things of that sort, but something important slipped my mind the past...

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Election Selection

This week we had student elections and let me tell you, some speeches were quite amusing. The student elections at my particular high school vary from those at other high schools in the regard that whereas many student...

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Extreme Memory Challenge

Let's break down the name of this test, shall we? Extreme - This test certainly did test the capacity of my memory to the highest degree. In fact, I felt quite helpless while taking it. Memory - This is pretty self-explanatory....

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A New Obsession

As I may have mentioned, I maintain the policy of not having any, and I mean any games on any of my devices. Mainly because I know that once I've downloaded a game, I've already passed the point of no return. As in, once-I-download-it-that-is-all-I'm-ever-going-to-do....

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