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Bliss
Things That Always Make Me Laugh…
It really doesn't take much to make me laugh. I've found that my sense of humour is pretty diverse, because I find very different things funny. It may just be me, or the fact that I was brought up surrounded by boys, (fart jokes & all) but I can't really say. There are some things that I always turn to to make me laugh, but[...]
Happy Birthday Caroline!
It's just a coincidence that Miss Caroline Ott was born on the same day as my favourite country & home. Even though how we met may also seem like a coincidence, I like to think that if we didn't meet freshman year, we would have met somewhere else, because I can't imagine what my life would be like without her! People always assume we knew[...]
Expressionists 2015
Just a few weeks ago, I submitted a collection of poems & short stories I have written over my time so far at Pepperdine to be considered for Expressionists Magazine, a Pepperdine publication that has been released once a year since the early 1970's. Of the short stories, screenplays, poems, art & photography submitted, only a few are selected to be included in the magazine,[...]
Challah Baking with Holocaust Survivors
One of the things in this world that never fails to fill me with disbelief is the Holocaust. Even though I have studied it for several years, have written more than one paper on it & am currently in an English course based on the study of Jewish literature, I still cannot wrap my head around the fact that an attempted extermination of an entire[...]
21
There is no bigger birthday in the US than your 21st. However, in Canada, 21 is just another year older. I had already celebrated being legal two years ago when I turned 19, but since I had a second chance at having my first legal drink, I decided to do it in style. Since my birthday was on a Thursday, I still had class but[...]