'I think that deep in your heart you're an adventurous earthworm. Am I right, Envy?' Just a normal Thursday afternoon for the sophomore class in the German course. Sitting in class while our teacher guessed if we were adventurous earthworms or not. I smiled. 'Me? Absolutely.' Adventurous earthworm. It doesn't sound very nice, yet still I took it as a huge compliment. You see, there was a good reason why my teacher called me an...

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As I'm drafting this blog post in the living room, my mom is watching some tv show about bridal gowns, while I sit at her feet on the floor. Pictures from travel brochures are scattered all around; I've spent the last 40 minutes cutting them out for my art journal. My cell phone is somewhere underneath a pile of pictures. I've just sent my best friend a text and I'm nervous for his reply to...

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From the life of a 19-year-old intern, I present you: the battle with the copy machine. It's a ruthless battle, both sides fight for their lives. Yet only one can win... November 11th, 2015 It has begun. I am now officially an intern: I was asked to run to the copy room and quickly copy a document. Part of me is excited, 'cause I'm finally getting some responsibility here. On the other hand I'm terrified:...

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As I'm writing this, I've been on this planet for 19 years, six months and 28 days. I've been to Australia, Peru, the States and most of Europe. I've been through high school. I've been bullied, ignored and laughed at. I've been happy and excited. I've been nervous for my driving exam, overjoyed when I won races, I've been amazed and amused by the awesome things in this world. I've been a lot of things,...

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I was 16 when the third Iron Man movie hit the theaters. Even though I was still a newbie to the Marvel fandom, I was extremely excited. Iron Man was still my favorite Avenger and I couldn't keep my excitement to myself. My high school friends weren't too happy with all that. 'What's so amazing about Iron Man?' they kept asking. I tried explaining on several occasions, but they didn't really listen. To them, I...

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Last spring my feelings were hurt. Not just a little, they were badly hurt. It doesn't happen every day that the guy you like loses his cool and tells you to die in a plane crash. At first I was hurt. Just that, hurt. Later on I was angry, sad, bitter, then hurt again. I was hurt so badly that I decided not to have feelings for a guy ever again. I was very busy...

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If you ask me, there are roughly three kinds of friendship in this world. First of all there's the 'We-don't-really-like-each-other-but-we-hate-everyone-else-even-more' friendship. You know, sometimes you just stick with the least annoying person in the room. The second kind of friendship, the 'We-took-time-to-get-to-know-each-other-and-now-we're-great-friends' friendship, is the most common friendship. Those friends are the people who went or will go through the Five Steps of Friendship with you. You've probably put a lot of time and effort...

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I think I was 15 when I first had the idea to make a YouTube video. The idea for the video was silly and I just wanted to do it because it sounded like so much fun. I asked a friend to work on the video with me, and even though she agreed to do it, she was not exactly cooperating... And by not cooperating I mean standing in front of the camera with a...

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