9/29/2018 0 Comments Life Update: It's been awhile... They say the best way to cure writer’s block is to write even when you don’t want to. Well, what’s worse is when you have writer’s block and want to write, so you do, and you hate every word you end up putting down. So, I guess this is an introduction to an explanation of why I haven’t posted in three weeks. Although, now that I look at it, it looks more like an excuse. I’m sorry. I could blame school and college applications (FASFA opens October 1 by the way!) but I'm done beating myself up about it. Instead, I figured I don’t need to have a topic to write to you. I figured we could just talk. Writer to writer, senior to senior, high school student to high school student, etc. So, how are you guys? How’s the school year going? Loving it, hating it? Comment down below. Now, where should I start first?
Well, senior year was exciting for all of an hour. The initial hour in which I got to go around and see all of my friends and we got to talk and catch up before the first bell. And then I was in class, (English, A period. Woot woot!) when I realized, dag, I’m tired already? I have a substitute math teacher, I switched out of my art class into music (thank goodness because my art skills stop at mediocre stick figures), and I’ve fully submersed myself into becoming a double major: Music (vocal) and Creative Writing. Yes guys, I can sing. And play two instruments (well) and two other instruments (okay). But my first audition ever was in eighth grade and a total bust, so you can understand my reservations. Also, colleges require a lot more than I expected. And not just for auditions. Supplemental's, even better SAT and ACT scores, recommendations (that I didn’t know needed to be confirmed through TWO different sites) and then you realize, “Crap, I’m a lot less prepared for college than I thought.” I played with an amazing band from Germany (many of whom didn’t speak English, but they played Mamma Mia and Moon River, so I was in love) and then I played for the Queen of Berlin? Belgium? I can never remember. Whichever one is a country. I got a 95 on my math quiz, took my first AP Psych test, caught a lovely cold, (thought I was going to pass out on my way to my Ed Sheeran concert)… Oh! I went to my first concert ever, Ed Sheeran, and we were terribly late, but so was most of Philadelphia it seemed. I missed Anne Marie, so that was disappointing, but it was a lot less thrilling than I thought. And not for the lack of talent. Ed Sheeran was amazing, and I was still in awe. Maybe it was just because I was holding out for songs like Small Bump and I’m a Mess. Even though the Feeling Good/I See Fire mashup had me screaming my head off (even if I was the only one). I loved Nancy Mulligan and Give Me Love too, of course. I did my first (and last) presentation as a leader of my World Youth Alliance group last week. The topic was bullying, and I broke down the different types of bullying, societal bullying and what it means for us as young people. Then I evaluated those definitions for characters from popular Netflix movies and shows like Sierra Burgess is a Loser and Insatiable. I’ll see if I can post the PowerPoint for you guys, especially since I wasn’t able to pull it up in class at the time. So now it’s a lovely Saturday morning and I’m typing to Believer by Imagine Dragons, my phone is beside me buzzing as my friends talk about (what else) college, and I had toast for breakfast. So, yeah. Writer’s block sucks, but it’s not an excuse. But this, this I can do. I want to be real with you guys. I want to build a community where you guys know me for me, and I know you. So, this is all authentic, no bragging, no whining, just raw and real me talking about my everyday life and what I’m going through right now. I hope you all enjoyed and hopefully the next update won’t take so long to post. Haha. Until next Time! With love, Arianna. Bullying PowerPoint (Teaser)
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