Life

The human body is an amazing system. We have a central nerve system. Chemicals in our brain send signals everywhere. Our brain knows when to pick something up. We also retain a ton of information. I think the coolest thing is habit. Habit is just special in every way. Routine. What ever you want to call it. Like when you get home from school. You walk in the door. Kick off your shoes. Put your backpack in the living room. Go watch tv. Get something to eat. Turn off the tv. Go find your backpack. Open up your laptop. Procrastinate on Facebook. Work up the nerve to do some homework. Get bored. Go watch more tv. Finish your homework. Eat dinner. Go back on Facebook. Go upstairs. Crawl into bed. Start reading The Road. Get bored. Start texting. Get tired. Fall asleep.
WAKE UP your mom calls
Okay.
NOW.
Okay.
Ten minutes pass.
Wake up.
Coming down.
Wake up.
Muster up some energy to get out of bed. Find some clothes. Go down stairs. Take a shower. Put on clothes. Eat breakfast. Go to school. Go to class. Get bored. Get home. Repeat process until light and creamy.

Stress. Ah yes! We all know it. We all hate it. We all experience it on a weekly basis. Whether it's with friends or school. The best kind is when they are combined. Oh!! God I love it when I have a crammed night of school work! I just cannot get enough. The best part about it is you hardly get sleep at night as is. The total of three hours a night really get my heart racing. Oh no, not as if I liked the lack of sleep. That's not why it races. It's the adrenaline. Yep, makes your hands shake, and stops pain. Or as Danny would put it, you will do what ever you have to, to survive in extreme circumstances. You know another thing I love? The "insert" key on a keyboard. Because you will always push it at the least beneficial time. It'll sneak up on you too. You'll be typing and all of the sudden nothing will make sense. You'll look up in the top part of the keyboard and see this tiny glowing light staring you in the face. It always looks so smug. In that matter, where did the idea for a tiny green light come from? I wonder if there is a patent on it? Does that guy/girl make money on each keyboard? But my absolute favorite thing about being stressed is, it gives so much determination to finish your assignment quickly so you can sleep. ZZZZZZZZZ...."list"-Zach Groffsky

College Application

Life seems so planned out. We always know what we’re doing. As a child, we wanted to be some acclaimed profession. As a teenager, we want to be something that will help change the world. But with all these thought out plans for life we leave out the most important thing, experiences. What would you remember more, acing a test on the "Odyssey", or reading the ridiculous comments of Ken Clark (a.k.a. superman)? We are so hell-bent on reaching this goal of ours that we let the littlest and most important things go past us. We’re 16 years old, and they have us worrying about college. It's not right. After observing a certain Guys and Lit class of mine, we’re all still obviously kids on the inside, and shouldn't be molding ourselves based upon what colleges want. Don't limit or overshoot who you are. You will never attain what you seek; you will only seek more once you've attained it. It's this whole vicious cycle of let downs that will eventually cause total malfunction of the brain. Stop, being so uptight about being perfect. Enough talk about what you aspire to be, or what college legacy you will fulfill. Start realizing that you are who you are and nothing will change that, not the college you go to, or the clothes you wear. Not even when kids in tenth grade accidentally mistake your name for Superman's. That’s right I went there Ken Clark. So take a step back from your life, everyone, and look at what you've got. Because when it all comes down to it, even if every college turns you down, and you have no friends and, you're homeless, you will always have your thoughts and experiences. This my friends is what colleges should look for.