I'm starting a new thing called Blasts (past+blogs=blasts It was either that or "pogs"). I'll find something I wrote before this blog existed and post it here. Just thinking about it, I think a lot of these will pass as blog posts, just older. So I was going through some old emails and found this … Continue reading Blast: Friday Sep 20, 2013
Visiting My Grandparents
Note: I wrote this on December 22nd, 2015 after a visit while I was home for the holidays. Being the holidays, I was busy and got distracted before I could put it up. I forgot about it until now, but here it is at last. It's just a short piece. Hope you like it. My grandfather should … Continue reading Visiting My Grandparents
Asian New Year
Tomorrow is Chinese New Year, but I celebrated with friends today instead. We got dressed up, had a ton of food, and then sat around talking until midnight. We got to talking about what we'll be doing this summer and where we'll all be going. We're going to be in different countries, although I'm the … Continue reading Asian New Year
Thoughts on Guilt
Yesterday I said I would be braver, so today I'm going to write about what scares me more than anything: my feelings. That was supposed to be funny. Things are never funny when I try to make them funny. It's a curse, really. I've been realizing more and more lately that there's a feeling sitting in … Continue reading Thoughts on Guilt
Friendships Abroad
I met up with a friend for lunch today. We haven't seen each other since before school ended back in April. It was really good to catch up, and it only took a minute for us to fall back into our old conversation habits. It was like we had last seen each other only last … Continue reading Friendships Abroad
Making Friends
Canadian Thanksgiving dinner last night was a success. Although only four of the twenty-ish Canadians, we ended up talking for three hours. I think I've made some new good friends. I've been doing a lot of that lately. It's amazing how easy it is to become friends with people. The hardest part is getting to … Continue reading Making Friends
Milestone
I've noticed that when I'm really excited about what I'm writing and it no longer feels like work, I get more writing done. For example, today I finished the first draft of Book 3, began the first draft of Book 4, and typed up over four thousand words. I guess it's been a pretty big … Continue reading Milestone
Support
My family on my mom's side is really big. My grandparents had twelve kids, twenty-eight grandkids, and two great-grandkids (and counting!). Pretty much all my cousins on my mom's side are frickin' straight-A perfect people. On top of that, I have a bunch of cousins with black belts in tae kwon do, gym regulars, track-team stars, hockey … Continue reading Support
Everything
It can be the most awkward thing running into someone from high school who you don't really know well enough to say hi to. That happened today as I was window shopping while waiting for my dog Foxy to receive her annual grooming. She came out of it looking like a big pom-pom, like the … Continue reading Everything
Friends and Family
I was trying so hard to get used to the idea of my little brother getting older. For the past three months I was going around in a stupor, repeating to myself "Bub's going to be twelve soon. Bub's going to be twelve soon." I convinced myself of it. Then I got home and discovered he … Continue reading Friends and Family
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