Ladies by the Lake

  Marking over two months after Conan Gray’s 3rd album, Found Heaven’s wildly anticipated release, Gray has shared insight into the meaning behind his songs in a Rolling Stone interview. This week’s blog post will discuss a few of my favorites from the album while analyzing Grays’ original meanings from the tracks he mentioned. Conan Gray, if you are not familiar with who he is, is an upcoming pop/indie singer who has had many hits, with his original fanbase being grounded in YouTube with his covers of songs such as Lana Del Ray’s Video Games. Gray had filmed vlogs and many other popular kinds of YouTube videos and then signed with Republic Records. He has produced two other albums and an EP.  The first track Gray mentions is titled, “Forever With Me”. The name is a clue as to what the song is about; a failed relationship. In my interpretation, Gray is reflecting on the relationship, stating that he still feels that this person is and will be “forever with him” for reasons unknown. In

          Throughout the school year, most of my blog posts have been reviews of books I’ve read. Although, I haven’t really talked about any manhwa (basically South Korean graphic novels). Since this is also my last blog post, I decided I should do a return to form of sorts and talk about a regression manhwa I’ve be enjoying recently. But first, what is a regression manhwa?           Regression manhwa are extremely popular in South Korea and there are as many of them as pieces of plastic in the ocean; way too many. The main crux of regression manhwa stories is in the name: regression. Usually, the story starts with a character that has gone through all sorts of hardships, along with having tons of regrets, dying and getting the chance to turn back time to relive their life. This premise in and of itself may sound pretty interesting, but unfortunately, to continue the comparison from earlier: most of these manhwa are garbage. Most fall into the trap of becoming boring, edgy power f

      One of the hardest things about creating a blog post is finding a unique story to tell to our peers. We often find that we've all read the same books because we have similar interests or have been recommended the same things by previous teachers. This can be especially intimidating when the book you want to talk about has already been written about, and in a way that steals your main points! Upon realizing this, I took to Google to find some of the most commonly read books of our generation. Many of these, we've completed by the fifth grade. Can you correctly answer these trivia questions about these adolescent classics?  Legend by Marie Lu     What is the plotline of Legend?  A) In a dystopian world where humans have evolved into different species, a young girl seeks to uncover the truth behind her parrot's mysterious disappearance. B) In a post-apocalyptic society, a boy with extraordinary abilities discovers a secret underground resistance movement while navigating