Post 4 Grace

The concept of youth is really strange. I feel like a real person but young people are looked at as almost lesser. Now I am finally being handed a ton of responsibility but I have been conditioned to believe that I won't be able to deal with it.

Week 4- Maya

I'm glad somebody informed me that if I think free college is a good idea, then I can go live in "Nazi Germany."

Flynn week 3

I am currently in the Dominican Republic and am amazed with the people here. Everyone is constantly happy and willing to help. I think that although the US is such a dominant country, we could really use the Dominican and other lower class places as examples, for the people truly appreciate life and have such a positive outlook. 

vanessa post 3

Nessa's Tour of the House

Post #3: Rittika

I can't believe it... I finally found it. I found elephant burlesque! Wait, let me back up to about a month ago.

I was listening to "Feeling Good" (the Michael Buble version) with my good friend, and when the "smooth jazz" came in, she exclaimed, "This is my favorite part, because it sounds exactly like elephant circus music." I cringed at her innocence, and rebuked, "I hate to break it to you, but I'm pretty sure this is kinda like stripper music." She was still adamant, so I decided to take the case to an unbiased party– my bus buddy.

I commented on how we were debating on whether the smooth jazz in the song was stripper music or elephant music. Of course, my bus buddy was of no help, and thought it was actually a combination of both– classy elephant stripper music. Thus, elephant burlesque was born.

Recently, I watched Aladdin (because really, everybody loves Disney), and I had "Friend Like Me" stuck in my head, so my bus buddy and I decided to watch the video. Towards the end, we saw the yellow dancing elephants, and we both simultaneously exclaimed, "ELEPHANT BURLESQUE!" I'm pretty sure half of my bus thinks we're bonkers, but it was pretty satisfying to finally find what we were looking for.

Also, on a completely different note: I'm often concerned with my own (and my friends') mental sanity.

Post 3 Annie

Its possible to miss even the most obnoxious people. As the unfamiliar silence envelopes you and the days go on without a hitch. You start to realize just how much of your day that person was once part of. And maybe the petty chatter and constant bother wasn't so bad after all.

Week 3 - ML

The little things make me so so mad

rochon 3

life is going to throw rocks at you and tell you not to grow, but we will continue to grow, and once we get hit with a rock we will grow even stronger

Cailin Week 3

Walking down the Venice Beach board-walk today I saw a man had set up a booth with a sign that said, "Need Advice? Ask a Satanist!" Seeing this booth caught me by surprise but what shocked me the most was the line of people wanting to ask this guy for advice.

Gaby week 3

My mom showed my boyfriend pictures of me during my first trip to Disney World, why he is still with me I will never know.

Cailin Week 2

Each person who has ever existed and will ever exist perceives the world in a completely unique way. It is important to enjoy your personal experience with out comparing it to others'.

Post 3 Grace

I think I may have decided where I want to go to college next year but this comes with a lot of doubt because last week I had my heart set on somewhere else. I don't know how to predict what will be best for me.

cate #3

What if objects could sweat?

Marcotte 3

babies are so creepy they are a sack of mini organs

Week 3 Maya

I'm in the midst of choosing where I spend the next four years of my life, and yet my only comment was on the quality of the food in the dining hall.

Week 3~ Aine

It occurred to him that his friends seemed to come over more often to see his dog, than to see him.

Cate week 2

When the Jonas Brothers grow up and have families they should be called the Jonas Dads.

Post #3 - Maddie

I really dislike people who think they are better than others. You can be better at skiing than somebody, but no one is entirely, overall, better than someone else. It’s just not possible. Humans are humans. We shouldn’t be competing over who is better.

Gaby- Post 2

I was craving peanut butter and ate way too much.

week 2 marcotte

honey mustard

on my pants

my demise

Week 2: Aine

The pastor of the church was a kindly man who had held his position for many long years. From this he had gained a great deal of knowledge concerning religion of the Christian variety. So, when the fateful day came where his parish baptized its 666th member, who knew exactly what he had to do.

Citizens claimed to have seen him running out of town shouting "You'll never take me alive Satan! I know your games!"

I have such love/hate relationship with New England and its weather. When its hot, I want the cold, and when its cold, I want the heat.

Post #2: Rittika

Just watched Aladdin for the billionth time, and I fall in love with him more and more every single time. Ugh, why do I always fall for fictional characters?

Post 2 Vanessa

Today, February 7th, it's been 4 years since the first time I met you. One and a half of those years have been spent without you, and 14 months of them you've been buried. People always say you're in a better place, but I can't help but wish I was there with you. Maybe I wouldn't feel so dead if you were alive.

Post 2

I'm still trying to be okay with the fact that people are going to leave. People will delete themselves from your life. You might think of them as skyscrapers, but to them you're just a puddle on the street.

Post 2; Natasha

Thomas Paine: 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. We have it in our power to begin the world over again. My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.

Me: lol, u wild. wyd.

Post #2 - Maddie

Likes are stupid. Why do most people feel the need to have at least one hundred likes? I don't think those one hundred people love you as much as you should love yourself.

Post #2 - ML

I came home from getting dinner with my friends last night, and I was suddenly overwhelmed by the amount of homework I had to do.  I said to myself “I shouldn’t have gone out tonight.” Once I finally finished my homework I stayed up on my phone texting. It struck me how exhausted I would be the next morning, when it came to my realization that it was past midnight. But then I thought to myself “When I’m 35 and I lay in bed next to my husband at eight o’clock every night I will be glad for all the nights I stayed up late saying the things worth saying”.

Post #2 Maya

I went for a run during the storm, but I was too afraid to run on the road so I just did laps around my neighborhood. There was another man outside walking his dog. I thought he was crazy for being out in the snow, but then I realized that would make me crazy too.

Post 2 Annie

 The prettiest of clouds follow the worst of storms.
As if Mother Nature is trying to teach us something.

Post 2 Grace

Is it bad that my current career aspirations may be influenced by my recent interest in a medical TV show?

Post #1 - Cailin

Salvador the seasonal salamander salivates for seasoned salad.

Post #1 Vanessa

The other my boyfriend gave me a rose when he picked me up from work. I thought about how when you pick a flower, it dies. Roses are supposed to be a symbol of love, but my rose is dying after only a few days. Flowers are beautiful and can bring you joy, and you just ruin it in such a short time. The death of that flower is on your hands, and who gives you the right to destroy something like that? If roses are something to show love, I guess love doesn't have much longevity.

Post #1 Maya

90 minutes seems like a lifetime when you spend it skiing uphill, yet it goes by in a flash when you're watching Wet Hot American Summer. 

Post #1: Natasha

It's...disgusting, how many privileged bigots get away with comments like that. Especially on a daily basis. You'd assume as educators they would condemn that sort of behavior as soon as it occurred. Don't just look away, look at them. Look at yourself. The world is constantly evolving-. I don't need to explain myself. You have been raised in a multicultural society where self segregation is inevitable but working together is as well. What the hell.

Post #1: Rittika

I saw a post online about how Trump is just as bad as Voldemort... That got me thinking, because I never thought anyone could be as bad as He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named or Maleficent, etc.  Because the villains (especially in fantasy or science fiction) are always so blood-chillingly bad, that it's difficult to relate. But what if, what if there are people out there JUST AS BAD AS, or maybe even WORSE than these villains? Maybe I've just been living in this small safety bubble, and I haven't truly ever seen the "bad" in this world. Makes me wonder, what if we're a story with 10% book villains, and 0% book heroes? No one is as good, perfect, and selfless as Harry Potter, or Percy Jackson (though if I close my eyes, sometimes I can delude myself into believing that he's real). It's a losing battle. Maybe that's why the world can never stay in peace– there's no true hero to defeat all of the bad guys.

Post #1 Gaby

I am currently taking playwriting class this semester as well as creative writing. I know, it's a lot of writing but ever since middle school I have loved to write.  The other day in playwriting we were reading peoples work and one play in particular stood out to me. The play was about a woman who got her dream job and it wan't what she thought it would be. I saw a deeper meaning because now that I am trying to figure out a college major I have been reflecting on how many times my "dream job" has changed.

Post #1 Lauren

While walking down Newbury Street in Boston last night I thought to myself; "Imagine if everything you owned could fit into a single shopping cart."

Post 1 Grace

I have been thinking a lot about the concept of money and how everyone's lives revolve around it. Money runs our society now but at one point it didn't even exist. It was created purely to limit the selfishness of humans. That seems really messed up but maybe being selfish is the only way to survive.

Post #1 - Lawlor

I’m not too good at this writing thing. I can’t come up with ideas. What could I possibly write about and elaborate on that could come even close to comparing with everyone else’s work? I know one thing though. At the bottom of every entry I am going to sign it with “Sincerely” and then emotion I’m feeling after it.

Sincerely, Frustration

Aine Week 1

The honor of a dwarf is unshakeable! None would ever sink so low as to cheat an honest challenge! Well.... except at cards.

Post #1 - Maddie

All open book people still have secrets, you just have to read them.

post # 1 rochon

i need to learn to let go of the people who don't care if I wake up in the morning, and the people who don't answer my how are you's? And my check ins to see how there life is going. They don't deserve me in their lives. I'm trying to be okay with that.

Post 1 Annie

I always seem to be hungry. It makes me wonder if maybe I'm not just craving food, but wishing for more in life than what I have now.

post #1 - cate

When I was four years old my mom took me to a swamp and I took home a snapping turtle without her knowing. It lived in my underwear drawer for a week before she discovered it. I wonder what happened to that turtle.

Post #1 Marcotte

I think I have a better chance of getting into prison than college :)