To the Person I Thought I Was, High school has changed you. It has made you cold. Buried beneath the layers of the façade you cake on, you are still there, the real you. It will take some time to dig her back out, but she will see the light of day eventually. Right now, […]
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Human beings are like Skittles. Even though we have the same basic structure, each of us contains individuality and particular attraction. Unknowingly, we choose friends and get chosen as friends because of this. It’s interesting to observe the different ways in which people enjoy this delicious snack. Some people divide the colors into groups, others […]
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Dear Evan Hansen is a musical by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Steven Levenson, first performed in July 2015. I first heard about it this year; in all my web-surfing it seemed to appear more than once, along with young people singing its praises and sharing how it had even saved some of their lives. […]
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Constantly find myself giving and giving until I run myself dry. I meet people, and I give, and I expect the same in return. More often than not, they take and take as I give but quickly get bored of it and run away. When learning this, I would get paranoid and push away, until […]
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We’re taking a page from Leslie Knope’s book and celebrating female friendship this Valentine’s Day — namely, Galentine’s Day! So, grab your besties, appreciate them, love them, and dance your way to the weekend, Germies. [8tracks url=”http://8tracks.com/germmagazine/midweek-hype-galentine-s-day” width=”300″ height=”300″]
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In a blink she’s gone, her seat empty In a blink he no longer walks around the school grounds In a blink not an echoing laugh is heard In a blink no guitar note has been found In a blink they are near In a blink they were never here They are far but not […]
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In To Kill a Mockingbird, Dill and Boo Radley have quite the love/hate relationship. Dill wants nothing more than to get Boo Radley to come out of the house, and — spoiler alert — it’s gonna take a heck of a lot for Boo to ditch his sweet digs. I don’t know about you, but […]
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I’m always the first one to make myself the butt of the joke, but you know what I never do? Pay myself a nice compliment, and here it is: “Damn, Lara, you have some amazing people in your life.” That’s right, I said it. I have what the youths call “ride or die” people, and […]
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Ok, put down the musket and tie up the covered wagon because the friendship prairie is not a good place to go. You might think it is, but you’re not Pa, and I’m guessing you don’t know how to build a log cabin or how to smoke a pipe (and it seems like you need […]
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