By: Raisa Bhuiyan There were times when I wished my younger brother didn’t have to have a fatal allergy to the scent of feline fur. There were also times in which I wished that my apartment was close enough to ground level for a cat to plunge safely below and not rupture its teeny little [...]
By: David Bushuev Awkwardness is a powerful emotion. It has the ability to invoke cowardice and shame in grown men for the most obscure reasons. It is both potent and inescapable. It creeps like a tireless predator – watching, stalking…waiting to attack. Nobody is immune to awkwardness. After all, even Superman was awkward around Louis [...]
By: Jennifer McDonald You feel it coming. Your lower intestines are churning, wringing in anticipation while you try to concentrate on your final exam. You hope it will just pass, but there is no denying the build-up of your guts chemical reaction by-product. You clench every muscle in your lower body to stop any sound or [...]
By: Edward Cheung I have this weird thing with acquaintances. I run from them. Or, I spot the nearest pillar or taller person and hide. I’ll do anything to avoid recognition and saying hi. Needless to say, this gets pretty awkward sometimes. Unfortunately, it’s a scenario I have to face a few times per week, and [...]
By: Michael Tan The bus screeched to a halt. Its passengers hurried off. I was among them, hurrying off to some place that I had little knowledge about. There was no welcome party, the only entity that welcomed me was the chilling autumn winds. I stood there with confusion and embarrassment smeared all over my [...]
By: Whitney Dickson At last, the first signs of spring were chasing away the melancholy of winter. The sun revealed a perfect slice of blue sky, and the wafts of white snow were coalescing into a figure of coral reef similar in texture to that of iridescent modern art. The robins and the Canadian geese had [...]
By: Talia Leacock-Babb I am a selfish commuter. If I can keep the seat beside me empty for the entire bus ride, I am far happier than when I have to share it—and sometimes half of my own—with someone else. But last winter, I had an experience that put things into perspective. It was a deceptively [...]
By: Michelle Kent We drove from the local coffee shop to the library parking lot you later joked about loaned books being an aphrodisiac You kissed me. I told you, you had nice cuticles you said “thanks, I think.” We held hands. I told my mom I was at bible study with those girls— I missed [...]
