May 2011
27 posts
helos
This is an opinion that I’ve voiced to several people before, but now, after helping Zoe study for her social studies quiz and finding that “Helos” is the GREEK word for Greece, I feel obliged to voice it again. Why do we randomly rename countries? What gives us the right to call any country any name other than its own? I just don’t understand. The people of France...
PROM WEEKEND: MUSIC MAKE YOU LOSE CONTROL;...
What makes Iago evil? some people ask. I never ask…I never ask about...
– Joan Didion; Play It As It Lays
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this + a good song = win →
Too bad the thunder outside tomorrow will probably be louder.
averageamericanethan-deactivate asked: yo, let's fuckin CHILL
Anonymous asked: you are one of the most real people that walk the halls of SHS. your presence will be missed next year. good luck in all you do.
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There are a few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well....
– Jane Austen; Pride and Prejudice
by popular demand
Here’s the speech I wrote for the Honors Awards ceremony Monday night. Carly said it sounded a lot better when I said it than when she read it…but you’ll get the point.
“ “Have a good day.”
These are words with which we are very familiar. They are how we sign off our e-mails to our formal friends. They are what loving parents shout to their children as they rush...
emcnaught asked: hey. welcome back, beautiful.
rebirth.
I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaaaccccccccckkkkkkkk.