Stream of ConsciousnessWhat was that? Oh, God, is someone following me? I knew I shouldn't have taken this way home. Maybe if I pretend to be on the phone with someone, they'll leave me alone. Oh, great. No phone. Now what? I haven't heard anything for awhi- Oh my God, what is that? What is that?! I know I just saw something in the trees. I feel like I'm in the Blair Witch Project. If I see creepy stick people hanging from the trees, I'm sprinting out of here. There it was again. I don't want to look behind me, but I know I'm gonna. Oh my God! I need to run. Why can't I run any faster?! Oh, god, it's catching up with me. I don't want to die like this. Please, God,
PandemicDr. Shelley Godwin, McMurdo Station, AntarcticaFebruary 11th, 2012Experimental penguin parasite killing disease is officially considered a failure. All data and samples have been thrown out. Any remaining penguins have since been euthanized. I leave for Japan in two days for a follow-up report with their scientists.February 14th, 2012I arrived in Japan today. Feel a slight cold coming on, nothing serious, I hope. My meeting with the Japanese scientists starts in two hours. I'm hoping it will go well.February 15th, 2012The meeting went better than expected. They did not enjoy hearing of the failed experiment, but it cannot be helpe
Gray Scale -Intro-I don't know much about life. I'm only sixteen years old. Growing up in a small town in Minnesota, without much access to anything that would tell me about the 'real' world, I didn't know what to expect about growing up; the pressures, the emotions, the relationships. Nothing can prepare you. No amount of researching or school talks can show you what to look out for. Everyone matures at a different rate. Something changes you, whether it's something big or small. For me, that something was my older sister taking her own life. Since then, I haven't been the same.