Another day is here and I don’t really know where to go or what to do. It’s just…here. Better than most, yet so far behind the rest is how I feel every day. I work and I work and I work some more. It’s not that I don’t see results. It’s that I see no end. “Could you spare some change for gas? I need to get myself away from this place!” That’s how my favorite part of Smashmouth’s song “All Star” goes. Ha! I smile every time I hear it. Who doesn’t need to get away from this place? Depressed isn...

For two years I hadn’t talked to him; hadn’t looked at him; hadn’t acknowledged his existence. At parties, open houses, holiday gatherings and just plain old hanging out with the group of close friends we shared, there we were, happy and with the crowd, but not each other. We dodged and ducked, and when no one was around that day in the library, he gave me a look like he wanted to me to die while I whispered to my teammates that he was THE ex-boyfriend and defended our relationship when they ...

What exactly is there to live for? I thought. Shit at work isn’t so hot. I can’t get laid to save my life. Bills are piling up out of nowhere. What’s the fucking point anymore? Why not just end my life right now? As I lay in bed, contemplating on killing myself, the lamp on the nightstand to my left flickered. I figured it was just the electricity about to go out for the fourth time in six months due to me not paying the bill on time, so when it did I didn’t budge. “This room is about as dark...

Dear Reader, I come to you today to give my humbly authoritative knowledge on the race of Homo sapiens that is so dearly called writers. It is in my experience that while writers share an unrealistically high self image, not all acquire and display it in the same ways. As I have so painstakingly done research for many years I have come to the conclusion that no one else should suffer such as I have. So it is my great pleasure to introduce you to the knowledge of distinguishing the right write...

An even shade of dark blue took over the sky where the clouds covered the stars. When there were no more clouds it instantly became black. The color shift intrigued me, so I stood in the cold air staring up even though I hated the feel of Michigan’s winter. I’d give anything to be anywhere but here, I prayed. The stress of the day was fading as I walked to Halle Library for study tables. Just one and a half more hours and then I’m done. Then I can go to sleep…and do it all over again tomorrow...

An even shade of dark blue took over the sky where the clouds covered the stars and when there were no more clouds it instantly became black. The color shift intrigued me, so I stood in the cold air staring up even though I hated the feel of Michigan’s winter. I’d give anything to be anywhere but here, I prayed. The stress of the day was fading as I walked to Halle Library for study tables. Just one and a half more hours and then I’m done. Then I can go to sleep…and do it all over again tomor...