December 2011
12 posts
Getting ready to leave
Everyone wants to be remembered. To know that they left their mark. To know that sure, events would have occurred anyway without their existence. But the fact that they did exist, that they were somehow involved, made those events better. With just one semester left to go, I hope I’ve left my mark. I hope I’ve done things in these past few years that will prove more permanent than my...
"I am a self-centered parent, and my child is the...
What parents who choose to give ridiculous monikers to their children, such as Bear Blu and Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116, should really name them.
Packing up
If all goes accordingly, I will be graduating this coming spring. Not only will I be leaving Tech, but I will also be leaving the apartment that I’ve called my home for the last two years. In preparation for this, I’ve packed up all the non-essentials in my room and will be bringing it home with me this Winter Break. It took a lot longer than expected to pack because with every little...
I watch too many crime shows
I like to pride myself on being fairly rational the majority of the time. I’m level-headed and not prone to panic attacks. But the moment the sun goes down and I’m alone, all that goes out the window. In my mind a zombie apocalypse has broken out and I need to fight to survive. Even the tiniest noise will set me on edge. I will not go outside unless absolutely necessary. I lock all the...
Right and Wrong
If you know that what you’re doing is wrong and you proceed to do it anyway, you deserve all the retribution that is coming to you. No amount of justification will change the fact that you willingly put yourself in that position even though your conscience tried to push you in the right direction. Saying “but my situation’s different; you don’t know the whole story”...
michelle d.: To all the ignorant commenters: →
cleansocksdirtyshoes:
The shooting in 2007 was indeed a horrible tragedy, but you wouldn’t know how much Tech has grown from that if you didn’t attend this school.
You wouldn’t be receiving the alerts via text & email if anything even minorly suspicious happens, how students & faculty are the FIRST to know about the…
A metaphor
My debit card has a scratch on the reading strip. This oftentimes makes it difficult to use. I’m averaging ~10 swipes before it finally reads. But I refuse to give up on it. Because occasionally, I’ll be pleasantly surprised with it working on the very first try. Sure, I get dirty looks from cashiers or customers behind me but I don’t really care. I’m most likely never...
