December 2010
9 posts
November 2010
13 posts
I'll Sing to Old People Anytime!
“That’s awwwwwllright. AMEN. That’s awwwwwllright,” said the elderly African American man, nodding his head after our song.
The large gathering of ripened men and women applauded their wrinkled dry hands enthusiastically but slowly for our amateur attempt at “What Child is This?”
It was a rainy Friday afternoon at the St. Barnabus Nursing Home, and the Ladies Chorale had just finished a set of...
Spiky...
“I asked my dad for a girlfriend for Christmas. He said, ‘I’m not God!’”
— Conrady.
oh, CCS teachers...
“And then Japan says, ‘You’re retarded.’”
— Mr. Stanton
“Look at this, guys, girls, and everyone who’s undecided.”
— Mr. Pettit
Listen
"Catwoman is pretty"
A conversation between my four year old nephew (Elias) and two year old nephew (Jonah) before playing Batman.
Elias: So which Bwatman chawacter do you want to be?
Jonah: Hmm…
Elias: Robin?
Jonah: NO!
Elias: Two Face?…the Joker?…Mr. Fweeze?
Jonah (pouting): No.
Elias: Come on Jonah, you have to pick one!
Jonah: No.
Elias (high pitched whining): You have to be...
“A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down,...”
– —Henry David Thoreau
bricksandbeliefs asked: How's your indie cred?
"Ohhhhh myyyyy gosssshhh I love you": My Outlook...
“We are faaaaamily”
There’s a point in time when you really realize that it’s musical season. It doesn’t come when you audition, see the cast list, start learning songs and dances, or try on your costume the first time. It comes at a time you don’t expect it. You wouldn’t be able to say that it happens at the same time every year. It...
i desire to be better at poetry.
I want to be Emily Dickinson.
I want to be a poet.
I am not a poet.
I am a sixteen-year-old disorganized highschooler
posing as a poet.
I pretend that my poetry is
worth reading.
My fake pride only blossoms into
insecurity and
jealousy
when someone,
who is actually a poet,
like Emily Featherston,
(for example)
upchucks a beautiful flow of words
and rhythm that intertwine perfectly...
