I think I only have one essay left for my CommonApp and its supplements after this one. But help?

( 150 words on an activity )

I'm not sure about my last paragraph. I think I need more of a point, but I don't know.... Hellllllllllppppppppppppp.

( common app essay: evaluate a significant experience and its impact on you )

Part of me completely hates this essay. Is it shit, or am I crazy?
( emerson sa 2: what would you call your life story and why? )

( Bryn Mawr: What appeals to you/what can you bring to us? essay )

The Blow
Au Revoir Simone
Feist
Electrelane
Rilo Kiley
Bitter:Sweet

This is mostly for my personal reference, but enjoy it!

I woke up at 6:30 today. There is a certain self-preservation instinct within me that says, "Hey, this is a perfectly good Saturday to sleep on!" but that self-preservation that most teenagers succumb to isn't the higher power within me. There is a different type that pushes me forward ( Read more... )

You know, it's quite a shame that So Long and Thanks for All the Fish was never published. Because it contains one of my favorite bits ever ( Read more... )

I am not some end all be all seen all person in the corner of the screen, but I would like to think that I have some finality to me, a way with life. I would like to think that when I step up my soapbox takes notice, and that when I close a door I am watched through the keyhole. Because I make progress, no hiding that, and if there is finality in ( Read more... )

Every time I get my hair cut, my inner voice adopts a French accent. The numbers are in French, too, and if I'm not careful, my consonants start to disappear. The t's begin to fade and the k's move to the back of my mouth where they are warmer, thicker, cosied in fudge and caramel and balsamic vinegar. My lips purse around leaves of speech, soft ( Read more... )

There are two children playing football in the yard behind mine. The boy declares that all the balls are too fat for any good games, when he himself is more portly than the worst offender. His younger sister appears not to understand the game, just the inclusion of the ball. But then, neither does he; shouting about the offence he kicks the beach ( Read more... )