Resolutions - Part 3 - March
Resolutions (Part 3) March: Birthdays and Parties By Al Song March 23rd, 2015 I had a great time hanging out with my roommates and Nathan during Valentine's Day. The rest of February went by pretty quickly and Nathan and I spent a lot of our free...
Resolutions - Part 2 - February
Resolutions (Part 2) February: Dinners and double dates By: Al Song February 14th, 2015 Arvin and Geo sat across from me wearing suits and ties. I was wearing a white golf shirt with a plaid sweater and black jeans. The buck and the kangaroo were...
Dal Segno
Dal Segno By Al Song I remember being in the front row of the symphony and playing the flute for the dark crowd in front of me. I loved the heat of the blinding lights above me reflecting off my glasses and the silver of my flute. It was great to...
Glass of 2014
Glass of 2014 By Al Song "You know what, Quinton? This isn't going to work," the red kangaroo said and stopped playing his cello. He put his bow in its quiver and sighed. He took off his bronze, thick horn rimmed glasses and cleaned them with one...
False Advertising
False Advertising By Al Song The wolf looked into her dresser mirror and flattened the cobalt blazer on her stomach and sides. She did a three-hundred and sixty degree turn to check out her entire outfit. She then gave herself a bright smile and...
Love Is Surreal
Love Is Surreal by Al Song I sat next to Spencer in a diner booth across from our best friends Jane and Tom. The cherry red vinyl of the seat squeaked as he put his strong cervine arm around my shoulders and smiled at me. The black studded bracelet...
Con Colore
Con Calore By Al Song A short fennec fox played his viola alongside a chubby red kangaroo and his violin. The practice room they played in contained bleak gray walls with tweed textured padding that helped isolate the music within the room itself....
Zoned Out
Zoned Out By Al Song I stood there waiting in a line of five people desperate for my coffee. Technically it was a white chocolate mocha with a shot of peppermint, but only a snob would inform someone other than an employee of that. I guess I was...
Resolutions - Part 1 - January
Resolutions (Part 1) January: Fireworks and cafes By Al Song January 1st, 2015 I think last night was the worst New Year's party ever, at least for me. I watched the red fox I was supposed to be kissing during the countdown making out with an...
Love Love
Love Love By Al Song It was about two weeks before the school year started that the boy's tennis team played against Snider High. I'm from a town called Newton, and Snider neighbors it. Snider was also where my boyfriend Jack lived and our high...
Resolutions - Part 7 - July
Resolutions (Part 7) July: Work and Breaks By Al Song July 27th, 2015 At the end of last month I started working at my mom's clothing store again for the summer along with Doris and Laura, and a few others. It was definitely fun talking about...
Rekindling - Part 2
Rekindling Part 2 Al Song Coalston Park was on a small hill with a small jungle gym coated in fading red paint along with little barbecue pits scattered around and a peachy yellow gazebo. We silently watched the sky burn beautifully as the...