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I had a dream a few weeks ago that I was racing a horse at a fair, and at one point I couldn’t get it to stop, so it went out of the fair and into a city. I eventually had to stop at an intersection on the sidewalk and ask for directions. I wonder if this predicted my feelings about Running Start and different community college possibilities. I am so confused as to where I should go: Bellevue or Edmonds Community College? There was nothing online to tell me which was better. Just today I decided on Edmonds, but …

I enjoy writing stories, but I appreciate people reading my work even more. The other day I read an interview with Philip Pullman, author of the His Dark Materials series, The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. They’re quite intriguing if you’ve never read them. One of his comments struck me, about sharing his work. He never shows anyone what he’s writing, until he’s completely finished. He compared sharing his work with explaining a dream, saying, “You know what it’s like when you try and tell someone what your dream is like? It’s so …

Why is it so important to learn this type of essay in high school? It seems the teachers get together and plot when to hit their students, at the same time, with essays. I’ve discovered through the already prevailing stress at school, my essays don’t seem to be getting better, especially when I’m under a time limit. After this week, I refuse to write any more of them.

Photo: For my first post, I decided to include an interesting picture from a tourist trap on my trip to California last summer: the Drive-Through Chandelier Tree in Leggett, CA. Height: 315 …