Nonfiction

PART I

Why is it when your in school you need to have to be PERFECT. The perfect outfit, the perfect Boyfriend/girlfriend,having money, The best friends. This makes NO sense, no one in life is perfect.

Dear America,
I guess I should thank you.
For opening my eyes
For opening my mind
my heart
my soul 
my body.
I’ve always thought of myself as patriotic 
but now
would I die for my country?

dear america:

don't get me wrong. i love you.
my family has fought for you. my friends have, too.
i've lived here my entire life, and i've only been treated with kindness and respect.

i remember england. 
mostly right now i remember my dormitory: 
a little place with an insufficient fan, 
blackout curtains that opened onto a courtyard
and when the sun was out it was too hot to keep them closed

It was really just another sandwich but

it was a bagel topped with melting cheese and tomatos

And it was kinda amazing

i'll be a senior next year. i'm scared.
i'm watching on the school's site right now, watching my friends cross the stage and shake hands
i'll see a few of them over the summer, yes
but it's not the same

Dear Non-Waldorf Schoolers,
How many of you have heard of a Waldorf School?
If you haven't that's okay, I'll explain.
If you have, what do you think of people like me who go there?
Do you think we're rich, snobby, uneducated jerks?

On November 25th, 2013, I woke up to morning rain.
It was maybe a good forty degrees, something like that,
and I wasn't ready for the day at all. It was a Monday.
God, I still hate Mondays. They're an enemy to us all.

we're screwing with the environment!
stop protecting your sponsors with their fat stacks of cash and try to care more about people than money!!
we're frying the earth alive right now and people are going to die because of it

while watching a show
"oh, he's going to die, isn't he?"
character dies
"huh, wouldja look at that"


real talk. 

the best thing we probably do is get our annual illegal fireworks and set them off on the fourth of july. now they're not legal, since ny is wacky like that, but it's fun to see people's reactions