millennial blog project

The Writing

  • “Sexting – and common sense”

    “Eighteen-year-old Jessica Logan of Ohio committed suicide after her boyfriend put her naked photos out in public, but it was also girls who bullied and harassed her. The girl who trusted was socially ostracized more than the boy who violated that trust” (Goodman). I am all about having an opinion, and it just so happens Read more

  • But here it comes again

    Right now Mother Nature is displaying my favorite kind of weather: rain. And it’s not that yucky cold rain that makes everything look miserable – it’s of the nice spring variety; my favorite. It’s the kind that makes me want to sit out on the porch for hours on end. Or, at least, until it Read more

  • Lilies of the Valley

    In 1984, my parents planted three little bunches of Lilies of the Valley on the North side of our house. My mother had carried a bouquet of them in their wedding and was then given her own to plant at her own home. Today, twenty-five years later, those three bunches have grown to make a Read more

  • For(n)ever

    The word “forever.” What an overused word. Nobody knows the concept of forever. Nobody knows where forever is or how long forever is going to take. “This is going to take forever!” Yeah, doubt it. What a stupid hyperbole. I can sort of understand if two people believe that they are going to be together Read more

  • The “Roaring” Promenade

    Prom. I attended the Junior Prom this year, but now I have my own to think about for next year. I think that prom is an overrated drawn-out thing that shouldn’t have been made into such a big deal. I know girls that spend hundreds of dollars on a stupid prom dress that they will Read more

  • I’m So Sick

    I can’t think of anything to write… and this inability to think of anything is giving me something to write and think about. I like this… I’m going to keep going. Last night was the “farewell seniors” chorus concert. To be perfectly honest, I cannot wait until they are all gone. Sure, I’ll miss a Read more