Personal Responsibility

For as long as I can remember, my younger sister and I have been nearly inseparable. When she was little, she beat me with num-chucks, peed on me, stood on her head when sent to the corner and was otherwise a pain in the ass. But, even when she was annoying me, I thought having a little sister was the greatest.  Read More »

I was, to be quiet honest, a pain in the ass at 15. I've never done boredom well and at 15, there were just so many entertaining ways to beat boredom. I wasn't necessarily an angry teenager, but I was a bored teenager. And the more bored I became, the more trouble I tended to find.  Read More »

I remembered something funny that I saw on a Gaia forum some time back. It was in the, now deceased, Abortion Debate thread, someone had been going on about how different cultures treat pregnant teens. The comment went along the lines of how black people praise young black girls who get pregnant.

I nearly spat my drink out on my screen.  Read More »

This will be my first entry about the bailout bill. I'm going to tell you flat out right now, I'm against it and I'm going to give straight talk about it. On this issue I strongly disagree with my presidential choice, John McCain. However, Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders also support this flawed action.  Read More »

"It's only a few dollars." These are the worst words for me to hear right now. I'll tell you why, but before then I must add a disclaimer that this is a bit long. It is necessary though in order to explain why this is so painful for me. This is also the story of the last year of my life. It might sound a bit whiny in places to some. Believe me, it is not.  Read More »

A person’s integrity is encompassed by the consideration of his or her personal values, and that person’s upholding of those values as they relate to his or her personal actions.  Read More »

This started out as an essay to sweet-talk Chegg out of a $500 scholarship, but as my train of thought kept rolling, I realized that these thoughts were too compelling (to me, anyway) to keep between me and the judges at Chegg.  Read More »

...a college student.
...a older sister.
...a family member of someone battling Cervical Cancer.
...a homeless youth.
...a child of divorce.
...a daughter and victim of an abusive father.
...a lesbian.
...Me.  Read More »