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Percy Witts Walks

By 11:00 AM Percy Witts had stepped out of his apartment and headed down the steps, leaving through the backdoor, making sure to throttle the doorknob to be certain it was locked. He had recently been accepted for a temporary position at " Wooden Constellation"- a pretty

Percy Witts Wakes

At exactly 9:47 AM Percy Witts woke up for the 5th time and managed to get out of bed for the first time. His bedroom walls were a faded pink that had been painted by the daughter of his landlord years ago. Throughout his room, there were various memorials

Inwood Dayspring

10 minutes after 6, a blue phone had buzzed its way off the refrigerator and came crashing down. This noise was the alarm that Siegfried needed and he lazarused himself out of bed pushing away a deep purple duvet and along with it Erica. "What the heck Siegfried ?"

42 St Rizz

I didn't know if I should say hello. My mind held my heart hostage and threatened it with a gun named anxiety. Yet I crossed the red line and said "hello". Well not "hello" , more of a first high then low " HEEEeeeeyyyyy"

Lend Me

Lend me a pencil So I may draw our future I would circle your smile Underline your laughter Embold your intelligence Lend me a pencil So I may erase your doubts So I can write your first name with my last

Downtown Stroll

Maybe if we hadn't said goodbye on the 6th, the green sofa would have been at your father's. But now it sits inside a deli near Broadway. Returning home with tired eyes, I periodically clutched my chest trying to grip onto the remains of the happiness

21 Rules for a Better Life

Recently I turned 21 and was inspired by struthless who himself was inspired by Kevin Kelly. Both of these guys gave out personal advice that they believe would allow the viewer to lead a better life. The number of advice matched their age, 32 for the struthless and 68 for

hi

Hi. It's been a minute , a long long looonnngggg minute. The last time I wrote on this page I was ecstatic about the possibilities. Life had different plans. Plans which I can't wait to discuss about on this page. I pray that life has been treating

¡ Announcements !

Hey guys! I just wanted to announce that there will be some changes to the site in the upcoming weeks. I'm really proud of this website and want to start adding new features. For one, I'm thinking of maybe having a book review section for all

We're Getting There

This past Monday, I spoke with a professor and they gave me positive constructive criticism. I am in college, this is normal. What wasn't normal was how after the meeting, I caught myself participating in a self-flagellating mood of pitying and shitting on myself for no reason. After

Returning Back to Failure

About roughly 2-3 weeks ago I had this idea about writing a story regarding the food carts surrounding my college campus. I was going to write profiles of each of them so that the student body could better know the men and women on campus that serve hundreds every day.

Single Sailor

Lately, in my entries, I have spoken about the changes in my productivity and mindset. And that's been awesome. I feel genuinely happy on a consistent basis and I'm really happy about that. A weird positive about having all these changes is making new friends. Well

Feet First

It is currently my third week of school and yeah..... the stress has started. In just a few days the amount of work that needs to be done has increased...like by a lot. Suddenly this thing called" deadlines" keeps popping up on my planner. This semester I

Take-Off

Hello ! Yes, I am still very much alive and yes I did indeed forget about this website. But never mind that I am back! Last week I went back on campus for the first time since March 2022. It was weird, in the best way possible. It was odd finally

Get That Boulder Rolling

For the past few months, my brain and consequently my journals have been packed with a bunch of ideas that I want to one day act upon. It ranged from an article in the newspaper about my town or maybe one about a past head-of-state. Heck, I've even

It's only been 2 days

It's only been 2 days since college started and so far I've sent out a flurry of emails to a variety of Professors. Switched out of two classes and had 3 Office Hours. I've also had to figure out a roadmap on how I&

Change

Screens have been a creeping issue lately. I realized that I am constantly inundated by either my phone , my television , or my laptop. Always a screen and always plugged in. On my way to the gym ? That's Instagram. Get to the gym and need to work out ? Well

Levi Jones

I've always wanted to write a book and have the main character's name be " Levi Jones". I don't know why but that idea is stuck in my head and through the countless ideas, I've had since the birth of "

Diverteix-te

It's weird because for the longest time when I was younger and until quite recently actually, I always thought that I had to go out there and play the numbers game when it came to girls. This approach whilst I am sure it works for some, to me

Taking A Break

Today I went to Physical Therapy after running too much, to the point where my knees were starting to ache. After a great session where my pains were alleviated and a new stretching routine given, I left the office wanting to head straight to the gym. I hadn't

Happy and Excited

I am very happy about this website and the content the way it's coming together. It makes me very proud. " A Better View " has been something which was on my mind for months and I'm really proud that I created it. I wrote a

Carmen Polo

I can't wait until I can finally travel across the world and interact with its many peoples. There are so many stories waiting to be found and to be told, so many experiences that must be had. I've always had a fascination with " unexplored places&

Timorous

Room 214, was small, with two semi-circular tables put together in order to create a more " egalitarian" atmosphere. The room was on the second floor of Komondor Hall, and faced west meaning at this time in the afternoon it was bathed in a golden light which forced those

Drained

I wake up in the morning and read the NYT , Foreign Affairs , Le Monde Diplomatique, my personal email ,and my school email. After that, I meditate, stretch, journal, and go about my day. I get out of the house and listen to music or a Youtube video for roughly 30

First Period

When I was younger ( and even now to a lesser extent) I used to wonder constantly what my peers were thinking. What did they think about my shoes? My shirt? My laugh? I would have a moment that I found to be embarrassing and weave a tale in my head