We are required to keep current on international affairs for my world politics class, so this morning I went and checked BBC like I usually do. And then I had extra time, so I went to this wonderful site, Patch.com, which is hyper-local news from my hometown. I read around a bit and then came to an article about a proposed same-sex marriage bill in ( Read more... )

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Remember my prom date? From my 4-H club? Well, he and his family had been wanting to take me to Friendly's as a thank-you thing, but we were both ridicuously busy this summer. So, instead, Derek and I had ice cream at their house, and we also watched a movie. Which movie, you ask? Left Behind

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Hi people! Today is a glorious day, isn't it? I certainly think so ( Read more... )

New linebyline line, "take my tears." It reminded me of a song by Fuller Still, Strength to Breathe (one of my all-time favorite songs). The chorus begins, "Give me strength to breathe again/ Take these tears away/ Let me know that hope remains/ Hold me tight, and stay ( Read more... )

At Crossroads we had this like coffee house type thing where you could share your creative expressions. So I wrote a poem, which randomly appeared to me as all my poems do. Also like all of my poems, it's free-verse ( Read more... )