millennial blog project

The Writing

  • Fear of the Fly-Eaters

    Yes, I am one of those girls that screams at the sight of a toad. I do not like things that can hop out at me – and toads are definitely capable of doing just that. Their nasty scaly bodies and their evil little beady eyes creep me out to no end. When my friends Read more

  • Early Morning Sirens

    This morning I woke up to sirens. I rolled over and groaned when I saw the time: seven o’clock in the AM. They sounded awfully close, and for the next thirty minutes or so, I thought about how I am not the only one who hears these sirens. Up in my room, I feel so Read more

  • Oxymorons

    Today I decided to lay out in the sun for awhile. Not because I wanted to get super tan (I really do not see the point in changing the color of one’s skin, and I will never pay to go tanning), but because the sun was so appealing. I changed into my bathing suit, and Read more

  • Stinky Cheese

    My boyfriend provided the title for this post, and now I finally came up with something to write underneath the mysterious title. No, this post is not about stinky cheese. Rather, this is about all of the annoyances in life. Is stinky cheese not an annoyance? The first annoyance that I would like to address Read more

  • Tales of the Runner

    “It is okay, Emily, you can do this!” I tell myself as I approach the 1500 meter starting line on Randolph’s pretty red track with over a dozen other girls. Questions of why do I do this to myself? and when does the torture end? enter my head, but I push them away and focus Read more

  • Never Played

    It amazed me to see how many songs there are on my iPod that I have never even listened to. I clicked on the Play Count button on the top right of my iTunes screen while in my iPod music file, and I found that my ears have not heard over forty songs come out Read more