millennial blog project

The Writing

  • Last few days (very late, I might add)

    30.) Your favorite song at this time last year. “I Am Not A Robot” by Marina & The Diamonds. (I still love it!)   29.) A song from your childhood. It’s “Bananas in Pyjamas” by Big Blue Dog Players.  I can’t find a good one online.   28.) A song that makes you feel guilty… Ah! Here’s Read more

  • Dakota

    That fall you took can’t have been your last. So many lie ahead for you… right now is too soon; too fast. Wake up, please please wake up.   You’re missed by all your friends. We all know Dakota as “fun” – you’re so passionate about acting – you can’t possibly stay forever young. Wake Read more

  • Learner’s permit indifference

    My brother got his driver’s license today. You know that excitement you felt at 16 (or whatever age it is where you’re from) when you received your learner’s permit? When I turned 16, the thought of driving scared me shitless, but I felt excited about it. The idea of independence is overwhelming at that age. Read more

  • Brown, white, red, black and blue

    We all wore different uniforms. Brown and white covered my body, red and black for Kevin and deep blue and white for Christian (with much shorter shorts than ever before). We’re the same people; the same friends. We’re just not on a team together anymore. We will never wear blue and white together again. Kevin Read more

  • The real, real world

    Last semester, it amazed me that kids – no, 18- and 19-year-old adults – had no clue how to do their own laundry. Then the complaints about campus food began. In my opinion, the Hickey does a very good job keeping everyone fed. There are plenty of options and, though sometimes the menu is repetitive, at Read more

  • Days 24 and 25

    25.) A song that makes you laugh. This gets me every time. (And it’s very obviously censored.) 24.) A song to play at your funeral. Well, that’s morbid. I wasn’t going to answer this one (hence the day late thing going on here), but I found something somewhat appropriate. I still don’t think it would Read more