Hannah & Julie
roommates, technically adults, writers on the side.
My friends, I will be the first to admit that I have a borderline unhealthy appreciation for dystopian fiction. Has modern greed and excess sent society spiraling into a post-apocalyptic wasteland? Sweet. Have we traded vast technological advances that improve quality of life for some while most suffer from a tyrannical government? I’m in. Have …
The first draft of this post started like this: Christmas music is the best. It’s cozy, it’s nostalgic, it’s an excuse to stop doing real life things and say, “hey, you know what? Let’s go bake some chocolate chip cookies.” There’s nothing like a few Now That’s What I Call Christmas! songs to awaken the …
“Let’s get these teen hearts beating, faster! faster!” -my AIM profile circa 2007 So I’m currently writing a paper on Emo music and culture. Yes, I’m serious. Our final assignment for Music and Social Change is to examine music and collective identity. I think my professor was trying to send us in the direction of …
I think The Hunger Games might just be the crack cocaine of book series. Now, hear me out here. I know the writing isn’t overly sophisticated. The characters have weird names. The font is so big you might think you’ve stumbled into a children’s story. But in 10th grade Health class I did a project …
There’s a reason that I wear the same pair of beat up blue keds with socks (you’re totally not supposed to wear socks with them) everyday. There’s a reason I don’t own a more vast collection of fashionable scarves (though I totally wish I did). And there’s a reason I don’t have any jewelry (besides …
My friends, I think I have a problem. They always say the first step is admitting you have a problem– “they” being psychologists and my parents and leaders of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings if the movies are accurate– and I think it’s time to address this head-on. I am a concert junkie. When I was four …
Hello all! So I’m going to be honest, I was a little busy today, and over dinner I came to the startling realization that it was my turn to post. So I’m going to answer an archaic, unanswerable question: is there anything better than Mumford and Sons’ song Hopeless Wanderer? Yes. So please enjoy a music …
Bushy-haired know-it-all. I’m not sure I’ve ever identified with a phrase more. If you’re not a Harry Potter fan, this next paragraph has a lot of references, so bear with me. (I’m convinced the chemistry in your brain is imbalanced, but just bear with me.) Hermione Granger is a badass. First off, the girl’s a …