Strawberry Fields Forever

“Let me take you down ’cause I’m going to Strawberry Fields. Nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about. Strawberry Fields forever. Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see. It’s getting hard to be someone, but it all works out. It doesn’t matter much to me.” -The Beatles, Strawberry Fields Forever
The [...]

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Sunshine and ponies!

{My critics have accused me of being too descriptive and emo. I always aim to please, so I will strive to make this a happy story with little to no adjectives or adverbs. Enjoy!}
She awakes with a smile. The sun is shining and birds are singing. “Another day!” she exclaims. She puts on [...]

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The journey of a day

{Fiction or non-fiction? Perhaps a bit of both dangerously intermingled into one story that’s mostly almost about me. Take it with a grain of salt, whatever that really means.}
She worshiped the glowing screen, petitioning it for the fellowship she desperately desired. “Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life…” Yes, yes, [...]

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What’s up with that?

Just a few things.
Now that it’s finally Spring, the quad is totally blocked off with signs that claim it is being prepared for graduation. Newsflash- graduation is over a month away! The quad is for frolicking. Why can’t we use it? Aren’t we paying for it? What’s up with that? I say we protest by [...]

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The sound of my voice

“Sometimes we talk simply for the sake of hearing ourselves talk…The activity gives us a pleasant sense of being alive…In all this, the significance of the words used is almost completely irrelevant.” -S.I. Hayakawa, Language in Thought and Action. Ch. 6, The Language of Social Cohesion
Mindless talking for the sake of talking? Guilty as charged. [...]

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Colorado, Paris, and the trappings of life

I feel that lately I’ve been hurtling through life at 110 mph nonstop. Days and weeks fly in a blur, tomorrow instantly becomes yesterday. News piles up. Deadlines come and go…things get neglected. I feel a little more like I did in high school- I never used to allow myself free time. Life is full, [...]

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Jeremiah 29

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when [...]

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So Blessed

“Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits- who forgives all your sins and heals all  your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with [...]

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I want my real life to be as fun as the youtube videos I watch

“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world- not even our troubles.” -Charlie Chaplin
This is my helplessly frustrated face. Imagine I am mid-sigh. (Yes, another whiny post. If you want to skip the whining, watch the video at the end.)
I learned nothing today, except not to expect anything.
I went to the doctor, ready to get some [...]

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This car is our escape tonight

“I feel like a tent that wants to be a kite, tugging at my stakes.” -Rich Thomas, A Three Dog Life
I can never hang around the house for too long. I get this nagging feeling that the world is just pulsing with potential life, waiting to be lived, and all I have to do is [...]

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