My friend Sam wrote this in her journal earlier this year. Like most college students, we both have existential epiphanies at 3 am during midterms. I talk about the Box a lot. It’s my term for fundamentalism and growing up homeschooled and isolated. My early school years were all in a converted storage closet withContinueContinue reading “Philosophy and the Box: Thoughts at 3 a.m.”
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The story behind my first tattoo
So I got a tattoo. In April this year, the word I’d written in Sharpie on my wrist for two years was etched into my skin. Became a part of me. It was kind of a spiritual experience. Here, I’ll explain. A couple of my friends from CleanPlace, the writer’s forum I joined in 2009, did a lot ofContinueContinue reading “The story behind my first tattoo”
Disorientation and perspective
Round and round like a horse on a carousel, we go,Will I catch up to love? I could never tell, I know,Chasing after you is like a fairytale, but I,Feel like I’m glued on tight to this carousel.Come, come one, come all,You must be this tallTo ride this ride at the carnival… – Melanie Martinez, CarouselContinueContinue reading “Disorientation and perspective”
Haunted by memory
I’ve never been good at saying goodbyeBut everyday I wake up, and I tryI’m haunted by memory, of things I can’t sayThey’re changing me…- Secrets in Stereo, Starting to Rain They say your past will have ghosts. I didn’t really know what that meant until this year. Growing up isolated, I found my first friendsContinueContinue reading “Haunted by memory”
Anxiety can pull students under, but some professors understand
This article was originally published in The Scribe, UCCS’s student newspaper, on March 30, 2015. By Eleanor SkeltonNews Editor My gut twinges. The panic cyclone is coming. Swirls of worry claw at my insides. Some days I think I’m drowning in thought cycles. If you don’t get an A on this exam, you won’t stand a chance inContinueContinue reading “Anxiety can pull students under, but some professors understand”
Eleanor Skelton 