Yeah, so I haven't written lately namely because I have been overburdened with homework (whoever said senior year was easy was wrong because I am taking one less AP class than last year--four--and I am DROWNING in busywork) and college applications.

Speaking of.  My parents seem to think that I… Read full post »

For my Comparative Politics class, we are writing about Mechanisms of Socialization and as I'm an editor, I don't really get to write anything but felt the need to anyway.

Let's start off with the obvious:

1) Competitive running is purely time-based.  Not only does this condition young runners t… Read full post »

I am significantly behind my peers in one thing: work experience.

This is for various reasons. 

1) I put off driving and now I'm 17 years old and only have my permit--I get my license on February.

 2) I have no time and honestly, no need.  My neighborhood pet sitting… Read full post »

So.. let me start off by introducing myself.  I used to have a blog on Tumblr but now it's super slow (isn't it associated with Twitter?  Twitter is always fast but Tumblr is always slow..) and so I'm here now.  I've always liked Salon--but I'm not going to lie I've always… Read full post »

Yeah, I realize there’s an awful lot of crap going on with discrimination and prejudice, and the last thing that needs to be said is that people don’t need as much defense as they get (such as gays, blacks, Asians, Mexicans, immigrants, what have you), but honestly, sometimes people (not… Read full post »