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Room Book Review & Movie Review

Book:  This book was incredible, i loved it. It meant a lot for me just because i really related to the mom in this book... her experience with rape was heartbreaking and her journey through recovery was eye opening in so many ways. Without spoiling too much of the book and the movie i want to talk about the kid in this story, Jack. This is a great book for everyone i believe to read... it deals with tough issues but a lot of this is profound and should be explored more. Jack is such a charismatic young boy who is troubled at times.. but growing up in that type of environment could cause major damage to this young boys developmental growth.. since everything was done out of survival you can only applaud the mom and jack for both of their own personal bravery stories. Throughout this whole book you get captured yourself into their lives and you start wondering exactly, what would you personally do if in a situation like this? This book was mind boggling.. i didn't want the st

Coping Thoughts #3

I have really good days and then i end up falling apart in instances. I'm still trying to deal with a lot and i don't know how to handle everything at once, even through i'm really trying to. I need to write more because that's helped me a lot lately. I want to write another short story soon, i just need motivation for it like i did for the last one, i want to go to a cafe and sit down and work on it, so maybe i could start trying that out in the weekend. How can someone be strong and weak at the same time? i don't know how it happens but it just does, because that's all i've been lately... and honestly no one can help me at this moment, only a professional or myself. I'm going to schedule an appointment at some point when i do start school again at my new school. But right now i kind of have to just use this platform as my way to express myself. I feel alone most of the times and then other times i feel overwhelmed with support i'm getting and it&

Big Magic Book Review

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert was such a great book, its a self help book that makes you really branch out from your comfort zone. This book was so rewarding to me, it really made me branch out and find things that i love to do and just to create with no boundary and to create with no fear as well. It's scary to want to do something creative on your own, doing the short story was scary to me because i was afraid of possibly the judgements that could be made from it but this book is more than a book to me to be honest, it's been a life lesson and a quote to live by, just create to create and don't be afraid to do anything that you really aspire to do. It's a hard process to go through, wanting to create something without constant questions or fears related to it, but you have to at some point live freely and live with love, and for me that's been the hardest thing of all because i carry so much weight on myself because of my anxiety so i end up doubting a lot

Short Story: To My Ex, Thank You

My first relationship, my first love, my first heartbreak, my first everything. What started as an unexpected love ended as an unexpected let's be friends, even though i still continue to be madly in love with you. This is to my ex who at the time i couldn't say everything i felt in the moment about this process but now have the courage to tell everyone... I thank you. Weaknesses  I'm rather surprised at how long you dealt with all my shit. I'd like to applaud you for it, you deserve a standing ovation for it. I was not the worst girlfriend, but i wasn't the best, or at least i think the best i could be. I was very insecure with myself, and you fought long and hard to reassure me of my insecurities. But in the end i needed to change my mentality, so don't worry there's no blame on you. You told me countless times how beautiful you thought i was, but i took it into my own hands and told you not to communicate with girls that i didn't like, some wo

Eighth Grade Movie Review: No Spoilers

I watched this movie with my friend not too long ago and i didn't know what my expectations were for the movie but i just went with it and i'm really glad i did because this was such an amazing movie. First off i'm familiar with the director Bo Burnham, i've loved both of his comedy specials that he's had on netflix and i still till this day every so often go back and want to watch them over again. I like his sense of humor, it's daunting and hilarious and that's what i felt about this movie. Eighth grade in real life i would say would be close to what Kayla has to deal with, in terms of self discovery and confidence. Eighth grade for me was not a great time, i wanted to fit into a lot of crowds even though really i was an outsider at heart, i was never cool in any of grades of school, i hung out mostly with boys because girls would often make fun of me and just not want to hang out with me at all so i had to make new friends and the boys just really