(June 11th, 2010) Dear thank-god-its-summer-break Planet Earth, “Sometimes I think this idea is gonna be so great. And maybe it is. But then other times I remember other things I thought would be great… What if this all bombs out? Then in a few years I’ll look back and think, Boy, was I stupid.” ~ [...]
Posts Tagged ‘childhood’
23 Mar
Reading
(March 23rd, 2010) Dear Planet Earth, Wild, exotic, adventurous, and vastly descriptive. I’ve caught myself in a pretty captivating adventure book called The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear. It had stood out to me greatly at Borders and I wanted to give an adventure story a shot, since this genre is completely unfamiliar with [...]
20 Nov
Childhood VIII: Moving On
Sometimes the cards we are dealt are not always fair. However you must keep smiling & moving on (Jackson). I came home today from school and noticed the mail already dispersed over the table. My eye catches on the latest Nickelodeon Magazine; I become excited in my head, getting to see one of my favorite [...]
26 Sep
Childhood VII – Halloween
Halloween: the epitome of childhood. An Unlimited supply of candy. Lugging that spooky plastic pumpkin around. Seems as though there is never enough space to store all that candy. A bottomless pit of a bag is necessary to use to satisfy that unlimited sweet tooth. Returning home, tired, late at night, weak, but most importantly, [...]
19 Sep
Childhood VI – Reading
“There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favorite book” (Proust). Growing up with reading is something that I will cherish for a long time. I remember starting out reading books by Dr. Seuss, one of the most famous childrens’ authors of all time. I [...]
27 Aug
Childhood V – Pets
Pets, pets, and more pets! If there was anything that any little kid would be obsessed about, it would be animals. I mean, who could ignore those cute little things? Remember going to the petting zoo when you were little? There was one right by my house at a farm a couple of blocks away. [...]
25 Aug
Childhood IV – Responsibilities
Job, school, work, homework, friends, making your own plans, following directions; these are all responsibilities one assumes as they grow up. When you’re a little tike, you may have a few responsibilities, such as following the ‘golden rule.’ Or perhaps you have to apologize to someone for stepping on their foot. Adults try to give [...]
23 Aug
Childhood III – Height
You hold on to your mother’s hand while crossing the street in the city. You hold on for your life; it’s like clinging on to a vine that will keep you suspended from the dangers below. It is the only thing that separates you from safety and the dangers of the outside world: the cars [...]
11 Jun
Childhood II – Youth vs Adult
A Collaborate Post By Clonez and Connor The end of school is approaching ever so slowly. Tests, quizzes, projects, speeches, orals, in-class essays, writing assignments, papers, and lots and lots of studying for the finals. My level of stress is really soaring right now. I was up last night really late working hard on getting [...]
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