Identity Crisis?

I doubt I'm having one, but I think my blog is.

English nerds, behold

My greatest creation!

Inspired by the wise words of Kendrick Lamar ("ya bish..!") and the wild musings of an AP English Lit class, this is likely my greatest masterpiece.

Every time anybody says Percy Bysshe Shelley's name, someone yells "YA BISH" and then we all got talking about how the class (of six people) needs t-shirts to show off just how bookwormy we all are, and I was basically like, "guys, I got this" and I whipped this up in paint as soon as I got home from work.

You're welcome, planet earth. You're so welcome. 

A Poem about Water (sort of)

I really had no title for this. I scrawled it quickly into a notebook one day after reading a lot of romantic-era (or perhaps older, I can't remember) poetry in English 121 last semester.
 Enjoy!

Ash Tray

I wrote a poem about a month ago (maybe longer?) and I shared it with some people in-person and got some good feedback, so here it is (under the read-more) for all to see.

Please don't steal it! Hahah.

A Question

In honor of the resurrection of Intrepid, I'd like to pose a few questions and get a few opinions on potential future content. What do you want to see/read here? What are your ideas? Do you have something you'd like me to share?

The Return of the Bed-headed Blogger from the Black Lagoon!

(Cue suspenseful music)

Well, it seems I've returned from the dead after almost a year (sorry!). Hopefully I'm back for good, and I'm looking forward to posting actual content again. But for now, here's what you missed while I was away!

Things to Tell Yourself

Many of us have probably looked in the mirror and seen all the things we don't like. For me, I see my wide-ish nose and my small eyes. I see my plain features and my chin, which I've always thought was big. I see my round face.

What I don't see when I look at myself are my long eyelashes, the twinkle in my eye, my clear skin. I don't see my dimples or any of the other nice things about myself. I make myself think that my imperfections make me ugly, and I know that I am not the only person who does this to themselves.

Let's work together to stop that, and see ourselves as beautiful! Because we are, all in our own ways. Even your imperfections or the things you don't like make you beautiful, and they make you unique. Screw everyone who says otherwise! They're wrong, and you know it. You always have to know that they're wrong.

So find some things about you that you don't normally see - look at yourself really closely if you have to. Maybe you don't like your eye color, but what about your lip color? Maybe you have naturally really red lips and you like that - or maybe you don't, but you like that too. There are so many things you can find that you like about yourself! Make a list if you need to.

Write down the things you don't like too. Realize what you can change and what you can't - then you need to learn how to live with the things you can't change.

But don't do this just because this article is telling you to. Do it because you want to. Ddo it for yourself, and no one else. And that's pretty much basic advice for any decision you make in life, in my opinion.

I know that my first post in a while is sort of sappy, and I apologize for that, but I was feeling pretty sappy today.