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"How good it is to play this quintet, to play it, not to work at it -- to play for our own joy, with no need to convey anything to anyone outside our ring of re-creation, with no expectation of a future stage, of the too-immediate sop of applause. The quintet exists without us yet cannot exist without us. It sings to us, we sing into it, and ( Read more... ) -
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I've been writing a lot lately. It feels so good, since I haven't written for pure enjoyment, for the simple love of words, in the longest time. It's so amazing, seeing your words appear in a document, typing your vision out, seeing it come to life. I had forgotten what a high it could give you, how the inspiration floodgates can just spring open ( Read more... ) -
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I went shopping for graduation dresses today.
Graduation.
It seems like such a strange concept. I've been looking forward to this day, pretty much ever since I started school, and now, two weeks away, it doesn't seem real. Just yesterday, I was entering my first day of high school, staring around at these kids I've known for my entire life, feeling ( Read more... ) -
Review: Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis
Since I said that I would start posting in this journal more regularly, I figure I might as well start up with my book reviews again. It's funny, how you forget how much you love reading until you start reading frequently again. For the past several months, I haven't read for fun, but that's starting to change. Now that I'm graduating from high ( Read more... ) -
Um, hi?
It's been ages since I've posted here, so I would not be surprised if everyone completely forgot about me. For the longest time, I felt no desire to blog, and I was caught up in all the other distractions, like school, Tumblr, Twitter, YT, and various and sundry other sites, and LJ fell by the wayside. I've pretty much been only coming on to check ( Read more... ) -
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Sorry, sorry, you guys!
I said that I would start posting here more often a few days ago, but it is currently right in the middle of finals brouhaha and so I haven't had much time. After finals, though, I will try to post more often.
Three days until I am officially a senior.
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*looks around*
Does anyone even remember me?
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Is anyone willing to read an essay of mine and offer constructive criticism? I am writing a personal essay for a summer program that I desperately want to get into. The competition is tight (only 64 out of 1,000 applicants get in), so I want my essays to be as good as possible ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol: Week 7 - Brouhaha
She stands in front of the mirror, stares at her reflection. She runs a hand through her hair, tries to fix the way the ends curl inward, no matter how hard she tries to stop it. She smiles, focusing on the way her teeth are slightly crooked. They aren't quite white enough, even though she brushes them obsessively, once in the morning, once in the ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol: Week 6 - Not of Your World
In fourth grade, my life was irrevocably changed. I can still remember the exact moment I put fingers to the keyboard and began to write. And even more, the moment I finished the story, it was like a switch was flicked in my brain and I couldn't help it. Never again, I told myself, would I forget who I was.
I was a writer. That fact was unalterable ( Read more... )