millennial blog project

The Writing

  • Lesson not learned

    I met a senior during the last few weeks of my freshman year at SBU who really made me stop and think. Music loud. Townhouse full. Everyone either drunk or on their way there. She acted like she was, too. But she wasn’t. Drunk, to her, meant drinking enough energy drinks to act crazy with Read more

  • Censoring thoughts

    I have “Sonnet” by C.B. Trail taped on the back inside cover of my poetry notebook. This one by e.e. cummings may need to be added. i like my body when it is with your body. It is so quite a new thing. Muscles better and nerves more. i like your body. i like what Read more

  • A quote to remember

    “I’m alive. Life’s good. Why wouldn’t I smile?” ~Anonymous person in my life   More of us should be like this. Including myself. Read more

  • Grin and bear it

    I feel physically sick every time I think about it. My pulse quickens and I have a hard time calming myself down. I just don’t don’t DON’T feel like associating myself with those people anymore. The immaturity radiates and engulfs the entire group. It ruins the whole thing for me. It’s worse than middle school. I’m going Read more

  • Outside the box

    If you scroll down the “Home” page of my blog, you’ll reach a section called “Go back in time.” Keep scrolling and you’ll end at July 2008. Click any month and read what thoughts ran through my head at that point in my life. Good luck finding May 2011, though. That month, for me, is Read more

  • Stuck in the mud

    I think I know what my problem is: maturity. Several summers ago, I hosted a small bonfire. We roasted marshmallows and created our own ice cream sundaes to top it off. After awhile, my guests got bored just staring at the fire (I was quite content, I might add). They decided to play non-alcoholic Dizzy Read more