I’m nervous. Yes it’s no surprise that with my kind of nerves, I’m not the best person to be with in an ongoing pandemic like this one. And while this may be coined by some as slight paranoia, I think it is just a strong case of the stomach butterflies. And while one may associate […]

Warning: this is a long one.  People often ask me why I can’t drive, to which I really have no answer to. It’s a burden to pick me up, I live on the outskirts where Naperville and  Lisle meet with the border of Woodridge, a good five minutes from any of my friends who can […]

Whether it be discovering penicillin (Alexander Flemming) to painting the Birth of Venus (Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, better known as Sandro Boticelli) Alexanders have proven to be integral for defining the history of the world, making leaps in the definition of science, arts, and politics. However, in the long and strenuous 17.583 years, […]

On a monumental day in 1952, John Milton Cage wrote a piece that moved thousands, one that brought tears to my eyes and heaven to my ears. This three movement performance, coined a masterpiece by the one and only music aficionado, yours truly, was breathtaking, heart stopping, a gargantuan leap for the fate of music; […]

It all started junior year while writing my AP Lang report on Huxley’s Brave New World where I discovered the magic of small doses of caffeine in glass bottled, 2 dollar, Starbucks Mocha Frappes sold in the Library’s downstairs vending machines. Preceding the sudden malaise of lactose intolerance, I was enlightened: my pupils dilated, my […]