Well, this should be fun to rewrite. I wrote it, clicked “public post”, and was immediately unsatisfied. There isn’t much in it. I think I need to beef it up before I trim it down. Live and learn. This morning, I plopped into my chair, eager to begin my writing practice. I had an amazing […]
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Writing Endeavors
The story blog is kind of dead. Sorry.But if you’re looking for something to read, I’ve started my writing practice blog here, where I post my attempts to write something not lame and casual like I do here. I’ll be updating it bi-daily, and I’d love to hear what you think. If you need to […]
This morning, I plopped into my chair, eager to begin my writing practice. I had an amazing thread: students hate writing because they’re forced to write on topics they don’t care about. As I began my work, I couldn’t. With a blank screen before me, I thought about possible hooks, but none seemed solid. Other […]
I need to practice writing, and all of that will appear here for everyone to read and critique. Now, I intend to update this twice a day. Typically, I will put an idea up in an evening post, then write the rough draft in the morning. The piece will then go through rewrites, depending on […]
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Missing Canada
Without an NHL team in town and little natural climatic inclination towards it, hockey rarely comes on TV around here. So when I arrived home to see my sister watching the Stanley Cup finals between the Ducks and Senators, I tuned in.Honestly, hockey never overtook baseball as my favorite sport. In the 9 years I […]
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Away on a cruise
I have returned, in high spirits, but no less tired. My extended family had been filtering in for about a week before last Sunday, for both my sister’s and my graduations were happening. With the last of them in, 17 ppl occupied our house to go on the cruise, with Evan’s family of 7 coming […]
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Yes, This letter is for you.
To whom it may concern (which is almost certainly you if you’re reading this, and many, many more), It’s awfully hard to reflect on 12 years of education and 17 years of life when that’s all that I know, yet doing just that seems important at a time like this.And I only get one shot […]
Well, my last assignment was turned in today, so this year is pretty much over. From finally winning a regional CS contest, to actually getting rain at a football game, to the most awesome tetris-piece-shaped stats seating arrangement 2nd semester, to getting my drivers license, to actually being able to lord over all of the […]
Spent Thursday afternoon through Saturday morning up at Austin, doing the UIL thing. Congratulate everyone who went, because Taylor appears to have won sweepstakes for the State UIL Academics contest!Computer Science was pretty much a hit for us. Frank, David, and I managed to go 1, 2, 3 on the written test, and got the […]
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Elevator 32
I’ve probably given this little rant quite a few times, but for completeness, here it comes again.So I asked Fairley how Prom was last year. Disregarding how creepy this is, here’s how it went:(17:34:26) me: how was prom(17:34:35) Michael Fairley: fun(17:34:52) me: thanks for probably the greatest explanation in the history of mankindCoincidentally, that’s about […]