: About Me

I'm a science nerd. I also love to write. Weird combination, I know. As of the moment, I want to be a doctor when I grow up. I also want to compile a book of short stories or a memoir in the near future. Other than those crazy ambitions, though, I'm pretty indecisive about the little things in my life.

Music makes up a large part of my life. I listen to most kinds of music and fall in love with a variety of artists. I also like any movie that makes me laugh or cry or feel or think about my own life.

I'm pretty approachable, so say hi or something :)

My passion is ...

writing and biology and music

I know too much about ...

gone with the wind

My parents always told me ...

to set high expectations for myself

My childhood ambition ...

to be a teacher

My favorite memory ...

too many

Why I write ...

to organize my thoughts and rationalize everything that I do

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

mr. jones- counting crows

My first job ...

at a cancer research laboratory

My best moment ...

too many

My inspiration ...

all those people out there who get up every morning and take a little time to make somebody else's life better

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: For children

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Most people think of childhood as this time that somehow eludes all the problems of the grownup world, this time of make believe and innocence without all the chains of society. Now that I'm 17, my parents often ask if I'm still caught up in that fairyland. I guess that the most honest answer I can give is that I'm caught at the cliff between that land and "reality," waiting for a catcher in the rye to catch me from falling into the abyss of adulthood. As beautiful or magical as childhood is supposed to be, growing up is a painful process. Childhood is coupled with self-discovery, with try...

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