Carter Week 10

People's individual senses of humor are constantly evolving based on the people they're interacting with. As a small example, whenever I consistently talk to somebody I find I tend to start imitating some of their more unique vocabulary.

Week 10 Samiul

Zootopia was playing on the TV. I understood that the movie was attempting to bridge differences between a majority group and an unfairly treated minority. However, i found it amusing that the minorities in Zootopia was called "predators".

Isabelle week 9

I've never been good at lying, in fact I'm really really terrible at lying. So I've pretty much always just told the truth, theres no point in lying if everyone knows I'm lying. Recently I've hated lying more than ever, I'm not really sure why only recently but I get so mad at people when they lie to me. I also get so mad at myself when I lie, I just feel so bad and think about it for so long. However, really recently I've learned that sometimes lying is okay. Sometimes being honest really sucks and will get you in really unwanted situation.

Isabelle week 8

Kids always freak out when an adult says they're disappointed. I have recently discovered that this also works on adults. Just tell them you're disappointed and they'll shape up real fast.

Isabelle week 7

Sometimes online friends are so much better than real life friends. You decide what they know about you, with them you don't have a reputation. You can whoever you want, you can be 100% yourself and they wont judge you. They can become such a big part of your life which is so strange because you might never even meet them face to face.

Hannah Uler - Post 10

I have broken a rule and added another book to my list of books to read, but in my defense, it sounds like a really good book. A modern-day witch named Hannah, living in Salem, MA, falling in love with a ballerina while solving mysteries. I need that in my life.

Week 10 Laura

I was talking with my German Exchange student the other day on facetime for a couple hours. I was typing on my chromebook for a good amount of time while we did, resting the phone on the space between the screen and keys. Everyone else I had ever done that with has asked me to stop writing since apparently my typing is abnormally loud. She's the first one who hasn't asked me that, even when I offered. I'm not sure if she's just too nervous to say yes, or if she legitimately doesn't mind. Either way, I like it.

Week 9 Laura

I looked at her and thought, She looks expensive. Only time would be able to tell whether it she is in the way that champagne bottles and silken sheets are, or in the way that car crashes and hurricanes are. Two different forms of excessive spending. How much will this cost? or How much will this cost me?

Mehlhorn 10

i attempted to 

fill

Your space

like a game of 

hole in the wall.

fighting to 

squeeze 

them into the space

You left.

i watched 

as they contorted 

their frames

in efforts to simply

fit.

slowly i realized,

however, 

how impossibly 

unique 

the footprint 

You made

is. 

Hannah Uler - Post 9

Not to sound like I'm bragging, because I'm definitely not, but I'm in a position I think a lot of other wordsmiths might envy. I get ideas, all day, every day. Everything inspires me, and before I know it, a world or a character or a scene pops fully formed from my head like Athene from Zeus. My favorite author was once asked where she gets ideas for her novels, and she apparently responded, "I don't get ideas. I hunt them down." I have the opposite problem: my ideas come in a constant flow and there is no stopping them.

Samiul 9

A friend told me that an entire sitcom should be revolved around me and my wacky ways. He wanted to know me more to understand me, but he found the mystery and confusion entertaining. But then I wonder, if I have sacrificed myself and my inner comprehension and self-worth for the sake of smiles and joys of others.

Carter Week 9

Shoutout to my boy John C. Calhoun. Man kicked it around in Congress for what seems like forever. I mean, he's been in every unit since February! (or at least it feels that way.) Even though he was pro-slavery, man was an American hero and very admirable.

Week 9: Nick Q

The college process keeps slowly but surely creeping up on me and it's affecting my work in school now because I'm too focused on the school later.

Carter Week 8

I went on a camping backpacking trip, and as we pulled into the parking lot my phone lost service and I began to become concerned. However, as the outing went on, I honestly came to enjoy the fact that we were all disconnected - it enabled us all to interact more with each other and really served as a great de-stressor

Samiul 8

People hate labels and becoming defined by a simple term or phrase. If you are proud o yourself and identity, then why would you not embrace it?

Prisha, Week 8

I constantly want to write this piece which centers around the setting and not the character. In fact, I want the character to change every couple of paragraphs, all centered around this one place. I don't know - I just want to build a place's history in the eyes of many instead of one.

Mehlhorn Week 9

I bent my phone, closed it in a car door, my car door. I thought I was going to be so mad at myself for being so irresponsible yet, somehow, I was more mad about something that happened the prior day. My phone is curved and I do not care one bit.

Mehlhorn Week 8

You were the summer,
the embodiment of childlike
wonder.

You were the breeze,
running your wispy fingers
through my deep,
umber hair.

You were the sunny days,
ones that would slowly
transition into mysterious
nights.

You were the flowers,
showing me that
life
persists, despite the darkness.

You were the adventure,
cursing through
my veins,
urging me to take
another step.

You were the dinners on the porch,
conversation flowing
from one heart to another
as the sun said its goodbyes
while she tucked herself
behind the
trees.

You were fishing at the pond,
the hope residing in my being
as i slowly reeled,
melting away into the
waters.

And just like the summer,
You came and went
without
warning.

Hannah Uler - Post 8

I can't believe I'm admitting this to a whole class of people, but here goes. When I'm bored, I come up with what the NYT review on the back of my book would be. "Uler's debut YA novel crafts a story of legacies, fate, and the pressure to be something you're not" was one. The premise of the story? A teenage girl desperately does not want to be the Chosen One.

Week 8 Laura

"We are all just-" statements that I like
We are all just lightning bugs with the moon as our backdrop.
We are all just over dramatic children whose dreaming could not be stopped by the sunrise.
We are all just roses waiting to see if violets are actually blue.
We are all just hoping to be that one exception.

Week 7 - Meghana Vadassery

Sacco and Vanzetti were 2 Italian immigrants wrongfully accused of murder in the 1920s. Due to the xenophobia of the time, their case is infamous for being riddled with racism, false evidence, and heavy bias. The two of them denied having anything to do with the case, but they still recieved the death penalty. Years later, it's been revealed that Sacco was the actual murderer, but Vanzetti was innocent.

What's that like? Having an obligation to your countryman, do you go down with him? Or do you rat him out for your own safety? Did Vanzetti ever know of the truth? It must've been terrifying.

Carter Week 7

I tore my ACL and I was expecting to have a rough go of it trying to stay positive while injured, but in all honesty my range of mobility is pretty good and as long as I'm keeping myself busy, I don't really think about it. Outlook matters! Don't bog yourself down with unnecessary negative thoughts.

Carter Week 6

The other day I tried a veggie burger called the "Beyond Burger". It's basically a fake meat patty made purely out of plant proteins. I was a bit skeptical at first, but it tasted exactly the same as a normal burger. It's always important to try new things

Week 7- Nick Quattrocchi

Procrastination is either very good or very bad, and also unrelated, time is a social concept however it has a tangible effect on people.

Samiul Week 7

I feel like I was extremely dumb as a child. I mean I know all kids are dumb. But, nowadays, it feels like children are getting smarter and know more than the present generation. Or is it me that's dumb?