Rochon Post 3

Often times, I feel like a 20 year old woman struggling to pay rent who lives alone w a puppy, but other times I feel like a 7 year old. How am I expected to make life decisions?

Madie Post 2

I never truly understood who I was until I had shattered myself all over the ground and had to pick myself up and put myself back together.

Sydney Kim Post 3

I asked my dad a question about his childhood. He couldn't remember. So I asked him one about when he was in high school and he couldn't remember that either. At that point, I wasn't sure if he really couldn't remember or if he just wanted me to stop talking to him.

Judging from my dad's personality and appearance, he must've had a rough time in high school. If he really couldn't remember anything, then maybe we as humans tend to forget the things we don't want to remember. That as we age, and our brain gets filled with more memories, we replace an old, bad memory with a new, good memory. Well I'm sorry to say this, but in about 50 years, when my child or grandchild asks me a question about my high school experience, I'm probably going to say, "I don't remember." Sorry.

Waszak 3

What if there was a city dedicated to stray animals and having no kill shelters. If they just took all the animals about to be killed and just brought them to the city instead, so they could live.

Wiser III

What if one day your shadow turned into its own person, and you were able to talk to it? What if it turned on you?

Waszak 2

There's two different brands of water in a case. The more expensive, brand name water has less in it, and the less expensive not name brand has more in there. I wonder why people would buy the more expensive one rather than cheaper one that's the same minus the label.

Nelson Post 3

In general, two philosophies about life exist, that people should live in the moment or for the future. Unfortunately, both bring about regrets. Living in the moment can cause reckless decision-making, whereas living for the future can cause a person to feel empty.

Wiser II

Everyday a bus stops at a cemetery and no one knows why, until one day there are no empty seats and a ghost is surprisingly polite when asking someone to sit next to them

Kristen Kim Post 3

What happens to the butterflies in your stomach after you get the nerve-wracking activity over with? Do they just melt away? Or do they fly out of your body through your mouth when you say the thing that you were so scared about saying which brought them to life?

Bergeron Post 3

I recently rekindled my love for Miguel De Cervantes's Don Quixote. A minor character who isn't focused on much in the book is Alonso Quijana (Don Quixote's) niece, Antonia, a young girl who has taken care of him as he has descended into madness. The most insight we get into what happens to her during the events of the book is that she burns all of her uncle's adventure books in an attempt to keep him from developing further delusions. I would like to write a story centered around her as she fights the madness that runs in her family and embarks on her own adventures through La Mancha and down the coast of Spain.

Lauren post 3

I got to thinking about this while wearing my jalapeño socks. What if there was a short story where all the characters were characterized by their socks?

Jain Post 3

Overheard people comparing their "awesome' cars.
A persons worth is not based on their physical possessions but on their heart. 

Cianciolo: Post 3

While rolling coins I checked the years for rare ones that would be worth more money than the coin value. I laid the coins down in rows with the faces facing the same direction. It very much resembled an army plat in iron or steel. The dimes seemed to be like the elves: thin, neat, and light on their feet. The quarters were like orcs: hulking, heavy, but not so tactful. The pennies resembled the dwarves in their bronze and dwarven armor. The nickels resembled the army of men: average size and average weight, but tons of heart. I was in charge of these armies and I controlled the fate of these silly little warriors who have lived there whole life training for war, believing all the while they were in control of the battle.

Wiser II

Everyday a bus stops at a cemetery, and no one knows why until there are no empty seats and a ghost is surprisingly polite when asking to sit next to someone

Reid post 3

"If someone chases their dreams but only lives till 25 is their life more meaningful and fulfilling than someone who ignores their passions and lives to a ripe old age?"

If the world were ending today what would you do? who would you spend it with? what would you avoid and not do?

Lauren post 2

From an episode of Ink Master: "It's amazing to be here with someone...you know, I'm tattooed all over with pentagrams and 666 and all that...and he sees right past that and has unconditional love for everyone. It's frickin' awesome." --Tyler Nolan

Brooks post 3

The higher the rise, the farther the fall. The happier you are, the sadder you'll be when the happiness ends.

O'Neal Post 3

Distraction is not the art of life, but rather the death of it. To live is to feel everything, good or bad or in between. Mindless activity is sometimes necessary for mental health. but n excess leads to a permanent mindlessness.

Prato 3

What if all of your dreams that you have at night eventually come to life?

Mathews Post 3

I tripped today and scraped my toe on a rock. The scrape didn’t bleed, but it still hurt.

Gregg Post 3

I’ve tried writing about the idea of the feeling of total loss of consciousness so many times, but it seems impossible. Like I can’t grasp the idea of pure nothingness. Everyone seems so unable to wrap their heads around the vastness of the universe, but what about absolutely nothing? Is feeling, seeing, hearing, and thinking absolutely nothing even possible? Is that why people like to believe in an afterlife? Because nothingness is worse than hell?

White post 2

I always look at dogs and wonder what humans did to deserve their love. Truly, nothing. Not that humans are bad or anything, but I believe dogs are the most kind, loving, and humane creatures on the planet. They are far better than we will ever be.

White post 1

My grandmother tells me that if I was a mother, then I would believe in creationism because I would see that the miracle of life could only come directly from god. I couldn't disagree more. We are created from the souls and dust of stars who loved us soo much, they died so that we could live. How beautiful is that?

Victoria Lee: Post 2

The fascination with maps is absolutely intriguing, contradictory, and rather ironic. A map exudes feelings of adventure, the unknown, and endless possibilities-- yet a map is the complete opposite of that, for all of the possibilities are laid out right there in front of you. Every route is marked and every landmark noted. There is nothing tangible for you to explore, only feelings and memories for you to create and find. I guess that's where the true exhilaration stems from.

Alexus Rogers: Post 2

A depressed woman struggles to go home but is unable to because of the war between her home country and the country she was forced to live in by the congress of her home country. But she soon figures out that the only way to go home is to abandon all of her newfound friends and switch sides to the one that goes against her morals.

Cianciolo: Post 2

From a dream:
I went out for dinner at Gibbet Hill which was the highest point on earth. It sat on a multi-mile high stone column. I am unsure of how I got to this place. People would take their enemies to this place and they would wrestle on the edges to try to push the other off to their deaths. People also would commit suicide from this cliff. When people jumped off, everyone would clap that they were going to Heaven when they died. There was also a small crab shack down the road on the cliff where everyone ate because Gibbet Hill was too expensive for us.

Garrett 2

"If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” Not a day goes by that I don’t think about this Albert Einstein quote. My mom will look at my notes and my desk at home and my messy folders and think of how disorganized I am. And it’s true, I have such a messy, disorganized head, but I rather have that then a head wiped clean a million times. There are so many ideas, so many things I need to write down. When Albert Einstein died, his desk was a mess. Because all his life he never let go. His head was still busy… it is sad that all that was wiped clean before he could finish.

Donaher week 2

"A red moon rises. Blood will be spilled this night."
"Well, we're on our way to kill someone right now, so it's not, like, a surprise."

Sydney Kim Post 2

"The more I see the less I know"

When I was little, I was so sure of what I wanted to be when I was older. Now that I am older, I'm not so sure.

Kevin Brooks Post 2

Light in this dark world is like a sparkler-It burns bright but always fades quickly, like happiness does to darkness.

Reid Post 2

Music flows like a river, kisses like a lover, and greives like a widow.

Hackley 2

• Training since she could walk, Megan becomes a secret bodyguard to the president. She is presented as his long lost daughter that he had given up for adoption at birth. There is a believed murder plot against him and she has to balance pretending to be a president’s daughter along with keeping him and his real family alive. She falls in love with his older son, but in order to make the ploy realistic no one else in the family except the president knows who she truly is. As time passes the older son slowly figures out who she is and begins to have feelings for her as well, but at that time Megan has to do what she had really been hired for. She has been impersonating a bodyguard, but in real life she was hired by the assassins to kill the president and make it look like an accident.  

Bergeron - Post 2

A friend of mine and I went walking and stayed out until the sun went down, sitting out on the golf course of a country club neither of us could ever afford to be a part of. We enjoyed the beauty of the stars, the fog, and the cop cars that lit up the trees with their warning lights. When we were walking home, it had grown cold and the entire town had gone to sleep. We were both extremely startled when a red van zipped past us and a woman's voice rang out from inside. "DON'T GO WALKING AT NIGHT." She screamed. Since then I haven't stopped wondering why she thought we shouldn't.

Kristen Kim Post 2

I think there are a lot of different ways to fall in love. Like snow, drifting slowly. Like rain, splattering to the ground. Like a comet, crash and burn.

Jain Post #2

Children's minds should be allowed to develop, and imagine without being corrupted by adults. While not all, there are children all around the world being taught that being different from everyone else is a bad thing. Most significantly in race, and religion. 

Prato Post 2

What if everyone gave every secret of theirs away? how would the world change?

Maria Rochon Journal 2

I saw a fat cat today. I think it was a stray. It reminded me of the scene from "Breakfast At Tiffany's" when Audrey Hepburn explained to Paul that she and cat didm't belong to anyone, not even each other. I like this idea and related to the cat in that way. The cat also ate a lot which is good. I do too

O'Neal Post 2

I read an article about how performance-enhancing drugs should be allowed because nature doesn't create everybody equal and everybody should be judged off of effort instead of natural ability. What value does the natural have if it can be enhanced artificially? Are we trying to level the playing field when it's not supposed to be? Probably; life isn't supposed to be fair.

Gregg Post 2

Something is wrong when I can’t go on a walk with my dog on the trails without gripping my phone and getting worried whenever I pass a man. I can’t even imagine living as a woman anywhere else in the world that is considered dangerous. It really sucks that I can’t go on adventures or late night walks alone without seriously fearing for my own safety, but men can be totally carefree.

Mathews Post 2

I took a bite out of a muffin today. It had gone bad and tasted stale but I got mad at it and just kept eating. One day, this stubborn attitude is going to kill me.

Nelson Post 2

Nelson post 2

Today we watched a video in psychology about the bystander effect, and examined a specific case study where 38 witnesses did absolutely nothing to help Kitty Genovese, who they watched get brutally murdered. Can a witness be faulted for failing to protect another human being? Do we promote evil by doing nothing to change it? I believe that people are accountable for protecting one another to prevent great destruction and chaos.

Bergeron Post 1

The three stars that follow Ursa Major, the bear-made-constellation (The big dipper), are three brothers that can't seem to outsmart the bear and catch it. They spend their lives hunting it while their youngest brother, the forgotten fourth star whom they sent to hunt Ursa Minor (The little bear), is left to have his own adventures, knowing that his three older brothers will be forever chasing Ursa Major.

An underdeveloped idea, but an intriguing thought to have while stargazing.

Julia Waszak Week 1

Sitting in complete silence while driving involves your thoughts to run wild while still focusing on the road. When you're driving without distractions it allows you to have an outlet for all your thoughts

Sam Garrett: Post 1

What if someone raised their hand in a biology or physics class and said something so profound that it broke the entire lesson. In one sentence, they proved everything and anything wrong. The teacher would just stop there, and think, and be unable to continue. The moment the student spoke, the whole purpose of anyone sitting in those classroom chairs would be revoked. There no longer would be a reason to go to school anymore - everything would just be so blurry and confusing...The world would just stop there and think for a beat or two.

Cianciolo: Post 1

From a dream:
My mother and I were being hunted by my Aunt and she was trying to kill us. We went to the townspeople in this medieval town, and they were all lawn gnomes who had come to life. A peaceful community, these gnomes used only bows. We needed weapons, so we asked them about their bows and arrows. The gnomes used wooden bows with ice arrows. The arrows would melt as they hit the water and by the time they reached the fish, the ends would be dulled to a point where it would only stun the fish and not kill it. They did not want me to kill my Aunt, but only to stun it.

Kevin Brooks:Post 1

Someone's mood can completely change based on the company they keep or who they're talking to. Just the difference between loneliness and not feeling alone can make a massive difference in someone's mood and outlook on life at the moment.

Alexus Rogers: Post 1

(Heard this while watching a tv show where a boy has to deal with a 400 year old kid king's ghosts who won't leave till he gets his brother's spirit to leave first)
"I see, time heals your anger."
Ghost: "It's been 400 years, I forget what it's like to live life as a human anymore"
The boy mutters to himself: "Time never heals anything, you yourself do."

Hackley post 1

• A family vacations at Cape Cod, and in the middle of the night a young man pounds on their door. He has been attacked by his abusive father, and the traumatic event has left him mute. He has to gain the family’s trust without being able to speak, avoid the police who are searching for him after his father filed a missing person's case, and all the while he slowly falls in love with the daughter of the family.

Christina Prato Post 1

"Don't let yourself be controlled by people, money or past experiences". This caught my eye because being yourself and being true to yourself is the key to success and happiness. It taught me that no matter what is happening in life, to always see the rainbow after the rain and to take in the beauty of that. Being yourself is an important part of life and everyone should live for the individualism and happiness, and never let go of it.

Mathews Post 1

We both fell silent after the last word had filled the air. It was a silence that felt broken, almost like it was in pieces, each fragment bringing a new emotion into the room.

O'Neal Post 1

Is loving from afar truly affection or is it just the worship of an idea that is more than likely false? Does it lead to anything but frustration?

Maria Rochon Post 1

It's interesting how we're taught to be honest but once we are, honesty may not be the best policy. Not many can accept, understand, or handle the truth.

Caroline Gregg Post 1

A man pulled up next to me at a red light and asked me if this is the right way to Concord. I just said I’m not sure, but I wish I had more time to think so I could’ve given him directions because I knew how to get to Concord.

Madie Post 1

It's amazing that everything you want to be wrong about ends up being right.

Wiser Post I

When defined by three points along the same line, a plane rotates around that line, therefore making infinite number of planes. What if all those planes were different worlds, like a flipbook, with that line as the spine?

Lauren 1

I am addicted to autumn. For me, it's truly the season of love, when the cold forces us to huddle together, emotionally and physically. We are batting down the hatches before winter. There's just something about the smell of an evening campfire, the gentle and hushed haze of allspice, cloves, cinnamon, and apples painting the air. There's just something about watching a misty October rain shower while curling up in fleece blankets with chocolate milk and a book. Autumn is optimistic, it's healing, it's refreshing, it's reassuring in a way spring or summer never were for me.

Sydney Kim Post 1

My cousin doesn't like my instagram photos, or look at my snapchat stories, and it really bothers me. Shouldn't she feel obligated to? Family obligation and all that. I like family obligation, especially if it gets me more likes on instagram. But if she doesn't keep up her side, I won't keep up mine. Family obligation only goes so far.

Arpit Jain: Post 1

Sometimes giving up is the correct course of action to take. Don't go chasing after an unachievable goal. If you lose more by continuing to advance towards a goal, then it might be time to rethink it. Who are you really doing it for?

Donaher Post 1

Who decided that "north" meant "up"? Why is the arctic at the top of the Earth? It can just as easily be at the bottom since in space, there isn't really an up and down. East and West I understand; they follow the direction of the sun– left to right. Even if the arctic was recorded to be at the bottom, we would still be calling it North.

Reid Anctil week 1

Clouds marched across the sky like an army of soliders.

Nelson Post 1

Nelson Post 1: At what point does good advice turn into interference? Even with someone else’s best interest in mind, is it ok to point out the flaws that they are already aware of? Some people, though aware of their flaws, find it impossible to change.

Kristen Kim Post 1

(Overheard in the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord)
"Mom! Walk faster!"
"Why, are they going somewhere?"

Victoria Lee: Post 1

The World is becoming soulless and immoral because we force people to choose between making ART and making a living. To make ART is to feel compassion, to understand the most human aspects of one's self-- yet most are forced choose to make a living instead.