You Think, Therefore I Am
There was a moment in my senior year when I realized, Hey, all of my opinions are just what adults are telling me.
Best of 2025, Part Two: Peers’ Picks
“Making me choose only one is cruel.”
Give Me Your Weary
If someone isn’t tired, who are they? Can they stand up?
On Earth As It Is In Heaven
You can see why my elementary school brain latched onto Idaho.
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How could a computer, a simple line parser, be so flexible?
Thank You, Creston Church
Faithful for a hundred years, faithful to me, faithful beyond me.
No, I Don’t Think You Should be Spending Money on Gacha Games
I’m not an uptight Dutch penny pincher who believes that “fun” isn’t a line item on a budget.
Metal for Disney Adults
Sorry commenters, sometimes Vessel does sound like the emo kid who wrote poetry in high school.
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Eating Humble Pie
Call it shedding my “a pleasure to have in class” skin.
Closing My Eyes
What actions are actually rest for me these days, and what are just a means to while away the time?
How to Be The Cool Adult
My students would keep me in the loop, right? They wouldn’t just say things and then refuse to explain them to me.
Me & The People I Watch Play Video Games
As life got busier and games got one hundred percent more expensive for me (because my parents weren’t buying them for me anymore), the scales fell from my eyes.
Best of 2024, Part One: Writers’ Picks
It’s unfortunately easy for excellence to fall through the cracks.
Being Left In Church
In the coming months, I will remember their absence again and again.
The Aldi Aisles
I want so deeply to love the people around me.
Don’t Scroll Past
When the topic comes up in conversation, I pause before saying the word genocide.
My Summer, as Viewed via YouTube Music
There was no way I wasn’t going to listen to a song named after my home state.
Show to Nowhere
Infinity Train feels like my white whale of media.
“TY Letter Out Soon!”
At this point, it feels like I’m writing thank you notes out of obligation, like I had the equivalent of an internet wedding and instead of noting gifts given, I’m thanking them for playing a game with me for four hours.
Rebuilding Beautiful
It means so much to me that I can hardly bear to let other people know that I’m struggling to keep it afloat.
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Twelve Gifts of State Testing
This was increasingly bad when that entrance was closed due to the impending NFL draft.
Little Talks
I don’t want to be deeply emotionally available to every person I happen upon.
Money on My Mind
Let’s not even talk about retirement.
On the Side
Doesn’t sound like a Hallmark movie, that’s for sure.
Best of 2023, Part Three: Best in tpc History
These pieces have stood the test of time (or of SEO practices).
What Day Is It?
I cuddled up in her guest bed and thought, You know, taking trips isn’t so bad.
Dead Leaves
My future seemed akin to typical Michigan weather: bright but cloudy.
You Stay Inside All Day (Derogatory)
Am I enabling students to become more withdrawn, to become more anxious about engaging with the world outside their computer screen?
