“I like to see you pickin’ wildflowers, pretty girls and wildflowers go together.” It was a typical hot and humid southern missouri day. The air was heavy, it practically sat on your shoulders and sweet too: the smell of honeysuckle drifted up from the creek. I had just got back from the east pasture after picking wildflowers to put [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 23, 2008
Of Monkeys and Astronauts
As a child he always had an interest in outer-space. Like all little boys he dreamt of space travel and walking on the moon. In high school he talked about dark matter and time travel through black holes…but as he grew older, by the time he had to chose a major in college, he never thought he had the intelligence, let alone [...]
May 14, 2008
Drowning in Space
Lacking the willpower to save his own life he lets fatigue set in. From his shoulders to his biceps to the crook of the elbows to the palm of his hands and all of his ten fingers; his muscle fibers fail to contract. And at that moment he decides his own fate: to be sucked [...]
May 14, 2008
Sleeplessness and Final Exams
April and May were months filled with presentations, group projects, and final exams. But I couldn’t be happier these months are over, bringing a close to my fourth year at University. This also means I only have one more year left as an undergraduate student, and I can start looking towards applying to a myriad of schools around the country that [...]
