I was talking with one of my friends from high school recently and, as we nearly always do, started talking about parks. We hung out a lot late at night, driving around our suburb till my gas tank got down low (and, being Seattlites of a kind, we lamented the carbon emissions) and then we […]
I’ve written before about balancing academics and creativity. Now that we are coming upon the end of finals and yet another dramatic spike in personal free time (a.k.a. winter break), I feel that it must be brought up once more, but in a slightly different light. This time I want to address stress. Though my […]
Sometimes when I am working for a very long time (as I did/am doing today), I like to take a break and watch mindless Youtube videos…Well, this one is not as mindless as some of the others that I break with, but I remember really enjoying this Tim Burton short animation, most likely for it’s […]
It is time for me to tackle the double-edged sword that has been affecting me all of my college life thus far: the complicated relationship between my creative and academic minds. I have devoted myself to academics, which is a major privilege and portion of my daily life. I am lucky enough to be able […]
As the teacher’s strike barrels into the end of its second week, people are starting to frustrate me to no end.After hearing all the different opinions from either side, I went to the open meeting at Samammish to listen to people speak their grievances and the board to explain themselves [which they didn’t do much […]