Author: Colette Rhodes

Undertones

Undertones

So today was actually pretty fun—a lot more fun than I thought it would be. We had a two hour work period in math… that wasn’t fun, but it wasn’t too bad. Then an...

Behind You

Behind You

I got a call this afternoon from the girl who’d given me that vanishing babysitting job. Okay, it is a very, very strange circumstance. Something is awry and I wish I knew what! This...

Sorrow Runs to Silver Dust

Sorrow Runs to Silver Dust

Today I realized that I’ve been coasting through these recent years without much effort and almost no real drive. Parts of high school required hard work, which I did without thought or protest, and...

Child of the Wilderness

Child of the Wilderness

Last week at school seemed so long even though we had Monday off. Actually, basically just Friday was long. On Wednesday typesetting classes, I’m sure that our class is high on ink-thinning solution fumes...

End of the World Party

End of the World Party

I’ve come to believe that all the movies I watch have started to take their toll on me. Strange thoughts, you know? Like, it so happened that on this whole reading week (until tonight)...

Oh, the Bitter Shame

Oh, the Bitter Shame

Well I have officially commenced my reading week, or more accurately, reading days. We don’t have much homework, though, so in an ideal world, I’d finish it all tomorrow, kick back and relax. But...

Never Leaving Home

Never Leaving Home

I got my hair cut yesterday and… well… it’s about an inch and a half way too short. Ahhh! Damnit! The whole point of this haircut was to make me look older, not ten!...

Look to the Blue Horizon

Look to the Blue Horizon

So we had to do mock job interviews on Tuesday, and it was scary. They were those behaviour-based ones, where they say, “tell me about a time when…” and oh man! They are hard!...

Driven and Derided by Vanity

Driven and Derided by Vanity

In every yoga class, Ian talks about death a lot. And while it is a bit haunting to think about your own death, I think it is a great exercise to gain perspective with....

I Can’t Get Started

I Can’t Get Started

I’d say it’s a law universally recognized that a bad week tends to follow a good week. Well, not too bad, but not as good. Monday was pretty regular, but Tuesday was full of...