Pages of Perfiction

It feels like just yesterday I was sitting on my couch, pressing play on the Percy Jackson and the Olympians TV show and typing up my thoughts on my computer (throwback to this post from two years ago where I reviewed the series ). But so much has changed since then. I'm sitting on a different couch. I'm using a different computer. I'm looking at a different TV. I'm in a different room. I attend a different school. I have a different mindset on life. I've made different friends. I've experienced different things.  As I'm sitting here, watching the beautifully poignant scene where Pip meets with Becca Bell, I feel a sense of nostalgia. A longing for what used to be. And, of course, the emotional chaos of the scene.  Again, so much has changed. If you had told the 2024 version of me what has happened in the last 2 years, she wouldn't believe you at all. But there is one question that she would ask, and I would be at a loss for words: Have you finished writ...

 The saddest thing ever is having a story inside of you that's dying to be let out but you just can't write it. I've been holding myself back for the past five years.

Hello! It has been a long time since my last post. A very long time. I know I say that every time I remember this blog exists, but this time, I actually mean it. It's been seven months since my last post, but that was a random tournament reflection, so I don't think that counts. Therefore, it's been two to three whole years since my last actual post. Honestly, I had forgotten this blog existed. Looking back on all my old posts, I'm filled with a sense of nostalgia. It's making me reminiscence 6/7th grade. It's as if I unlocked a whole new aspect of my past and now all the memories are flooding back. Because this blog has been entirely untouched for so long, it reminds me of a time capsule. Logging back onto this website for the first time in a year is like finding a treasure chest of information, words hastily typed out by a younger version of me. I'm in high school now, and things are very busy. I was reading one of my old posts where I wrote that I read 15...