"I shall seize Fate by the throat; it shall certainly not bend and crush me completely."
- Beethoven
One day, when someone out there realizes that a quiet genius lived in this completely apathetic shell, there's going to be some kid pointing and talking about what a waste it must have been for me to be born (if this hasn't happened already) and ( Read more... )

"We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." - E.M. ForsterWhen I see Veronica and Duncan, in the fourth week of school of our senior year, walking through the hallways hand in hand. I have to resist the urge to vomit in my locker. The sensation is so great that I drop my burrito right ( Read more... )

This sounds like an essay question I would have discarded utterly and completely along with "What do you want to be when you grow up?" and "What did you do on your summer vacation?" All are very fine questions, I suppose, but I have my doubts on what this question is supposed to reveal about my character or personality ( Read more... )

Sometimes I think it's fucking perfect that the four of us - Lilly, Duncan, Veronica and myself - were brought together. There are about a million different reasons why it's years later and all three of them still play pivotal roles in my life ( Read more... )