On Driving

Christmas Eve of 2015 was actually pretty boring for me. My family doesn’t celebrate, and we spent most of our day-off hanging out and catching up on work (though my brother was insistent… Continue reading →

My English teacher on Grief

Sometimes you’ve just got to marinate in the crap.   Oh yeah, she said that. We’re reading Hamlet in case you’re confused. Lots of grief there.    

High School Journalism

Unless you live in the midwest, high school newspapers generally aren’t that well-respected. It’s not because they don’t have good content, or because nobody is interested in running it, it’s just because for… Continue reading →

Why Tea is better than Coffee

Because coffee reminds me of Portland. Portland reminds me of Portlandia. Portlandia reminds me of that horrible day in English when we were told to discuss journaling…. Coffee is bitter. Bitter is uncool.… Continue reading →

My grandmother’s solution to stress

Go shopping!   😀

Programs for High Schoolers

MIT Splash 2008 – learningu.org High school has a structure. You come in, you learn about physics and math and history, then you go home, come back, repeat. It might be new and… Continue reading →

Books to Read for Break

Reading is one of my favorite pastimes, but I don’t get to read that often anymore, and it’s mostly because I just can’t find the time to go searching around for an interesting… Continue reading →

The Matrix

IS THE BEST MOVIE IN EXISTENCE. Period.