From the Quark to the Supernova
I shifted fistfuls of sand from one hand to the other until tiny grains lodged beneath my fingernails. Sitting cross-legged, I regretted wearing tight denim shorts. I smoothed the surface beneath me and traced my name in cursive, then erased it. The beach is quieter at six o'clock. In the distance, a boy skimboarded while the man I assumed was his father walked behind him wearing a Makos GT shirt, playing "What's Up" by 4 Non Blondes through a tiny JBL speaker. The familiar "
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Dog Bite
I have this memory from my sophomore year at a high school house party. In a familiar, uncomfortable moment of not quite having anyone to talk to, I ended up in an awkward conversation with a girl and her boyfriend, both a year older than me. It was early fall, so with apparently nothing else interesting to talk about, classes came up. I remember mentioning my nerves about taking AP BC Calculus the following year. The boy’s expression is still etched in my brain—not just dis
Dec 26, 20253 min read
Flowers in December
It is late December now, and a snowy blanket swathes the earth back where the roads are winding, and the hills are rolling. Your past semester evanesces, a sharpened presence of a different time settling in its place. A bustling small town at the height of festivities struggles against the quieting nature of an austere winter cloak, radio holiday regulars muffled within its envelope. The cold is foreboding, and this year it nips and bites with an unfamiliar ferocity, unrelent
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The Strange Truth of the Elevator Pitch
A Paper for Philosophy Ninety seconds. The theoretical time allotted for a moment shared with another person in an elevator. An interaction that defines your impression despite its brevity. An elevator pitch — what an intriguing concept. A speech that lasted just a minute and a half might have been the hardest thing I’ve ever had to write. How could I possibly compress the immensity of a life into such a small space? More difficult still, how does one “sell” oneself at all? S
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