Debut albums

When I was little, I wanted to be, or even be the daughter of, a movie star. Just like every little girl wants to be. I wanted to wear upscale clothes, have all the money in the world, travel all over the planet, and own excessive houses. That’s basically the life Grace has in Grace Happens, by Jan M. Czech. Her mom, Constance Meredith, is a movie star, which means Grace has a modern and spoiled life. Except, Grace just wants to be normal. She is determined to become as normal as possible. She…

In life there are many situations you come across where you must decide whether to stay quiet or speak up. Most of the times I decide to stay quiet and turn the other cheek, but during the summer I decided to step out of my comfort zone. In April my boyfriend bought us tickets to go to the Ohana Music Festival in Dana Point California. This was the present he gave me for our three year anniversary and it was the best thing that anyone has ever given me. I was extremely excited because my…

Interview I had never bothered to ask personal questions to the girl that sat next to me. On a Wednesday morning at 8:10 am my English class began. Everyone was tired and still asleep. The classroom was very quiet and cold. Outside the window you could see the rain falling. A very empty and colorless classroom with nothing by a white board on the wall. I asked my classmate name. She told me it was Noor Nadia Haddad Bastori and like many of us the first thing I thought when I heard her name was;…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Cindy, I first met you in grade 9 French class. I still remember sitting one row behind you. The first interaction we had was probably when we were doing a French activity where we were supposed to meet someone and find out more about them. I was using a pen at the time and somehow managed to spell your name wrong, so I crossed it out, scribbling messily around my paper. As time passed, I was miserably failing my tests, while you were pretty much getting perfect on each one. I…

Patrick hated sleeping. It wasn 't because he couldn 't sleep. It wasn 't because he had nightmares. It wasn 't even because he was wasting time not making music. It was because of his boyfriend, Pete. Ever since Pete and Patrick moved in together, Pete had been taking trips out in the middle of the night. At first Patrick had thought it was because Pete needed to go to the bathroom; so he went back to sleep. However, one night, Patrick decided to stay awake longer when Pete was up. Patrick…

Mitch looked at Foz and then back at Hotswap. ‘Not possible, no way,’ said Mitch. ‘Yes way. There’s been a mistake.’ ‘No, no mistake. I got there straight away, in fact, Hots, I was there when the poor bastard was still alive, ...I saw him die, this is your man.’ ‘No, Meeds, I know this is the one who had the little accident, what I’m saying is, the accident should have been someone else’s.’ ‘What?’ ‘Yeah, it seems the forms went over to the–’ ‘Hots, ...I don’t want to know.’ ‘Of course, of…

So, essentially, even if the courts where it is, is very favorable, and the law judge and the Salem judge, if the program doesn’t have the support of the person above, it’s not going. Interviewee: Yeah, it almost doesn’t matter that it has of Jay Blitzman, for example, he has been there a long time, longer than Chief Justice has been a court judge, it doesn’t matter. Interviewer: Do you see any other place where it could sit, in terms of the child advocate program, DCF, DIH – Interviewee: We…

What they have us in, to transport all fourteen of us to the capital, could be accurately described as a house on wheels. It has multiple floors, working electricity and plumbing, and the entire color scheme is white. The monotony of it all is disconcerting, though I had been ensured that it is for the purpose of keeping us relaxed and peaceful on our way over to the Labyrinth. I 'm not sure if their decision to use that exact color is accomplishing that goal or not. There 's no way we wouldn 't…

My First Tattoo A couple of months ago I received a call from my mother. I was just sitting in my room, watching Netflix, as usual, with a lavender candle burning in the corner. I don’t see her often because my parents are divorced and She lives in Lincoln, Nebraska. Anyways, I answer the phone. “Hi Hun! What are you up to?” said my mom. “Not a lot. I’m just watching TV. What about you?” I said. “Well I’ve been thinking about when you told me you wanted a tattoo, and I think it would be neat if…

“Grandma Cooper has cancer.” My heart dropped to my stomach, my eyes stung with tears, my lungs stopped working, and everything hurt. Cancer is a word that causes great fear, sadness, worry, dread, and many more terrible emotions. For me, I have heard the word since before I knew what the real fear of it was. I do not think I truly understood the sadness that the word could invoke when I was younger, I never understood until I was old enough to know that I could lose someone I was very close to…