I loved the movie Annie so much as a kid that I used to sing “Tomorrow” to myself when I couldn’t sleep, even though I didn’t know all of the lyrics, and even though it didn’t help lull me to sleep at all. I also had a Little Orphan Annie…

Manifesting that Ish I’ve never really thought about the practice of manifestation. I know that some people really believe in the power of manifestation, and have had some wonderful things happen to/for them when they manifested it. I always thought it was kind of silly and never really thought it was…

Girls Six Seasons, 2012–17 Main Characters Hannah Horvath (Lena Dunham) Marnie Michaels (Allison Williams) Jessa Johansson (Jemima Kirke) Shoshanna Shapiro (Zosia Mamet) Adam Sackler (Adam Driver) Raymond “Ray” Ploshansky (Alex Karpovzky) Elijah Krantz (Andrew Rannells) Desi Harperin (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) I have a friend who once told me that I reminded…

I read The Great Gatsby every year with my juniors. We always talk about the American Dream, fate vs. freewill, toxic relationships, and what a life of excessive wealth can do to people. On the whole, a majority of my students enjoy reading this book. In fact, this is one…

Winding Down Whenever I am getting ready to come back from spring break, it always baffles me at how quickly the school year has gone by. It seems like I was just getting ready to head back to in-person teaching after a year and a half of working from home. The…

I can’t remember how or where I first heard about Arcade Fire, but I do remember that the first song I heard from them was “Wake Up”, which is off of their first album, Funeral. This album was quite elusive; I can remember going to several stores looking for it…

In the early to mid 90s, there were a slew of terrible films that were released and designated as children’s movies. I think this is why I have a sickness where I watch terrible movies that are mildly entertaining, yet totally stupid, and a complete waste of a viewing experience…

It’s March 13th, 2020. The news around the world is bringing more and more information to light about this thing called Coronavirus, whose formal name is COVID-19. We’re about a week away from spring break, and the only thing I can really think about at the moment is that the…

When Jackass first became popular on MTV, I was laughing along with the masses. Who didn’t enjoy watching a group of young dudes pulling off sneaky pranks, dangerous stunts, and, in general, acting like jackasses? When the show premiered on MTV, the guys of Jackass were immediately popular and mostly…