You got a boyfriend?

Scene: Aunt Laura’s house.  I’m washing dishes while said auntie, mother, and 2 cousins are packing.  Cousin Joey is telling me of his vacation plans for later that summer.  He is taking a trip to the beach with his girlfriend and her family.
Joey: Hey Hannah, you’re a pretty girl, you got a boyfriend yet?
Me: Uh…ha, [...]

New Outlet

I’ve created a new blog for poetry and creative writing.  Try me at Waking Life.
Tom, it wasn’t until I made the header of my blog that I realised it’s extremely similar to yours.  I’ll change it if you want me to.

In Which I Beast the AP

I have to update for this bit of exciting news: I received my AP exam results for AP Literature and AP Government.
AP Lit: 3
AP Gov’t: 4
I beasted. I soooo beasted.  AP Lit was a killer.  I walked out of that exam thinking I’d get a 3 if I was lucky.  For AP Gov’t, on the [...]

Politics As Usual

I have always respected the right wing.  Less government, more liberty.  Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.  Leave my doctor unmolested, thank you, and I’ll keep my money in my pocket.  The armed forces should not be used as a photo shoot prop for overpaid, overvalued politicians.  Vote for Obama!  He’s for the army, [...]

On Writing

I have nothing to write about,  so I’m writing about the pains of having nothing to write about.  It gets a little annoying, going through every day in the summer thinking, “Maybe I’ll update my blog today,” and then getting to this blank “Add New Post” screen and letting the curser blink for a minute.
Blink [...]

We’ve Been Screwed

Did anybody see Glenn Beck’s program on Fox News today? Apparently Barack Obama fired his Inspector General after the inspector questioned one of Obama’s motives. Obama called him “crazy,” and “senile.”
5 minutes after seeing the program, I went on Yahoo to check my email, and what did I find?  This.
How quaint.  Now that the President [...]

All’s Well that Ends Well

This morning was not exactly the best I’ve had in a long time.  I got up this morning and thought, “Hm. I wonder if that book I’m reading for my paper in AP Lit is a literary canon.” So I turned on my computer and checked.  It wasn’t.
I got to band and realized, “Oh.  Volunteering [...]

The Doom of a Republic

Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville
“Among small nations, the eye of society sees everywhere; the spirit of improvement reaches the smallest details; national ambition is much affected by weakness; the efforts and the resources of the people turn almost entirely toward their inner prosperity and they are not prone to waste their labors upon the [...]

I Ain’t Yo’ Cuppycake, Foo’!

There’s a new creeper on the scene.  He sits behind me in math and he never shuts up.  After playing with my hair, going through my purse, and being politely rejected from an invitation to a picnic with him and some of his friends, he still hasn’t gotten the idea that I’m not interested.
Oh, he’s [...]

Reading List

For my AP Government final paper:

The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror by Natan Sharansky
Supercapitalism by Robert B. Reich
Moyers on Democracy by Bill Moyers
Democracy in America and Two Essays on America by Alexis de Tocqueville

For my AP Literature final paper:

Villette by Charlotte Bronte

or

Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury