Author: Jack
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Weekly Reflection: Old Friends & Old Stresses
I don’t exactly know what to make of this week, to be honest. For one, I had my first good experience at Kelly’s literally ever. I went with a couple friends from the paper, but ran into a lot of other friends too, and had a great time. It was actually nice outside too, so…
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Daydreams
Sometimes it feels like all I do Is let myself envision the worst case scenario I plan around failing I think there will only ever be compromise I try to let myself dream and then say No, that’s unrealistic That wouldn’t happen for you You haven’t done enough for that But what if just once…
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Weekly Reflection: New Horizons
I finally have a job! This week was a bit overwhelmingly busy, but honestly manageable. School generally has gotten to the point where I am so close to the end that I cannot be bothered, so work is just something to get over with. I have one remaining assignment I really care about doing well,…
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Weekly Reflection: Finding… Maybe?
All Final Four losses considered, this week was actually pretty good. I talked to at least my closer friends about the separation I was feeling, and perhaps unsurprisingly it helped quite a bit. I generally maintain the position that the best way of dealing with things is to bring them out in the open, even…
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Weekly Reflection: Changes
For most of this semester, I’ve had a pestering feeling that I had difficulty putting a name on. My relationships to my friends in my core friend group began to feel different, and that has only advanced in recent weeks. Finally, after exclaiming to a couple of my closest friends that “This semester has really…
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Weekly Reflection: Where Am I Going?
First of all, I should begin with the fact that I honestly had a pretty good week. I have a bad habit of over-representing the degree to which the things I think about during the hour it takes me to fall asleep actually represent the experience I had during the week, so I’ll at least…
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What is This Blog?
Why did I decide to start a blog? As this post’s picture is intended to suggest, writing has been a central part of my life and something I have made a priority throughout my time in college. I first realized that I was good at, and genuinely enjoyed, writing during my first year of college…
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Review of The Weeknd’s Dawn FM
Originally Posted at thevillanovan.com When thinking about genres that are conducive to a concept album that can genuinely be considered a masterpiece, it is incredibly unlikely that pop, let alone dance pop, comes to mind. The generation who grew up on Katy Perry, The Black Eyed Peas or The Jonas Brothers became familiarized with pop…
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The Sailor
Act 1: Waiting for Wind The sun rises once again, and he with it This day, another identical to the seeming countless before He gazes into the sea beyond him, but for what? The sea remains as unknowable as in days past, as it seemingly always would. The sea creates no paths for the sailor;…
The Line 