Poetry

I'm thankful for hoodies. I don't think that I would be able to get through winter without them. There are weeks in January and February where I just wear a different hoodie every day of the week because I don't want to be cold. I get cold very easily, so during the winter I like to wear warm clothes so I don't freeze to death. One of the biggest advantages of wearing a hoodie is that I can keep my head warm without having to wear a hat. Whenever I try wearing a hat, I end up getting the worlds worst hat head. My hair sticks up all over the place, lies completely flat, or some combination of the two. Hoodies solve this problem spectacularly. They fit over my head and keep it warm without pushing my hair flat or holding it at odd angles, so I when I enter a building and put my hood down I don't look like a clown (or look less like a clown ig). Hats are also a hassle to cary around all the time. I can't even keep track of my glasses for more than a few minutes w...

If I could go anywhere, I would go to Australia. I know a bunch of random facts about the country, and I'd like to go somewhere where I would be able to use them.  When I was 13, I started listening to an Australian podcast that reviewed blockbuster movies. I soon discovered that this podcast was part of a larger network of podcasts based in Melbourne, and I ended up spending hours listening to all the various offerings. None of these podcasts are about Australia specifically; I’ve just ended up picking up an array of facts through random digressions that the speakers go on. Most of the things I know are really trivial, like how the  St. Kilda Saints won the Australian Football League Premiership in 1966, to things with practical value, like how the ancient Aboriginals developed a form of regenerative agriculture that scientists a re currently trying to rediscover. In addition to knowing random facts, I also have a pretty extensive vocabulary of Australian sayings. Fun fact: ...