Mia O

Joined May 2020

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"Here's looking at you, kid."

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My Body Moves
Stretching higher and faster Lithe fibers tangle and twist Tangoing, waltzing As if flight is thrumming, vibrant motion
By Mia O6 years ago in Poets
Stand Together
Word usually come easily to me. But the murder of George Floyd and the dozens of innocent black Americans...I just...for the first time in my life I truly don't know what to write to express my anger, bitterness, and heartbreak that I doubt time will ever mend.
By Mia O6 years ago in The Swamp
TOP 11 SONGS THAT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL "GOOD AS HELL" DURING QUARANTINE
Let's admit it: the pandemic sucks, in more ways than one. But that doesn't mean it can bring us down, especially concerning our karaoke and jam game. Here are my top picks for bops that will keep your heart pumping and your hair flipping and your feet unstoppable:
By Mia O6 years ago in Beat
Dear Natalie
I see you. I can't begin to imagine the tribulations you face every single day. You've been my neighbor for six years, the mother of my closest friends, and whom I've never paid too much attention to before. I'd notice you at potlucks and barbecues, birthday parties and Thanksgiving tables, a thin anxious wisp of a woman, a mass of pale blond hair and pale makeup, a leafy door-squeaking-on-hinges voice and bony wrists, merging with the wallpaper and the kitchen, always there, but almost invisible. Your husband, a boisterous father of two boisterous girls, laughs loud and takes up space, but you disappear in the throngs of guests, a lost hostess, a wraith careful to stay in the shadows.
By Mia O6 years ago in Humans
The Half of It...A Review
Even as an Asian-American teen myself, this Netflix spin on high school identity, the structure of friendship, and the philosophy of romance came as a surprise. I braced myself for yet another cheesy take on Asian American girls as math obsessed or boy obsessed (hint hint TATBILB), and some sickly sweet and predictable ending. However, thankfully my cynicism was proved wrong, but it was still reasonable founded.
By Mia O6 years ago in Geeks
Jealousy
It's often depicted as a green snake, sitting in a pile of cold scaly coils in the pit of your stomach, or sinking its venomous fangs into the soft flesh of your heart.
By Mia O6 years ago in Motivation
Dear Cosette
Salutations, and congrats! You're officially at the top of the high school food-chain, a better-liked Marie Antoinette with a far superior partner-in-crime than her husband ever was. I bet an ambitious and powerful Maria Theresa raised you, and I'm glad of it, because if anybody deserves the best, it's probably him.
By Mia O6 years ago in Humans
A Word About Closure
I know what you're thinking: who the hell does she think she is to rant about closure of all things? Who does she think she is when love was never something she yearned for nor experienced? Is this some sort of joke?
By Mia O6 years ago in Motivation
Survival Guide to Middle School
I considered typing up a guide to survive high school, but since I haven't finished it yet (and I know crazier things are waiting to happen), it would be most in my jurisdiction to create this, your ultimate instruction for three years of awkwardness, klutziness, girls turning on each other, the last time you'll be taller than the boys, and more. Welcome to junior high, my friends!
By Mia O6 years ago in Education
Love, in Nautical Metaphor
If sense deterred love, then love, once foiled Returns in a guise, with wits well oiled To slip unnoticed, sly at best
By Mia O6 years ago in Poets
Tall Girl...A Review
Scrolling through Netflix one day, I came upon "Tall Girl" as one of the new releases. I knew it was another two hour long high school misfit tale, but decided to give it a chance anyway. Being a new movie, of course there was a lot of hype about it, and I didn't want to miss out in case it was good.
By Mia O6 years ago in Geeks
Letting Go to Grow
Saying goodbye to the emotional baggage you've been lugging around for too long is far from easy. It seems to grow on you, clawing its way into your life, and at least for me, it's even been a twisted sort of comfort. It's big and heavy, sufficing for an excuse to stop doing things that make me happy, or stop pursuing my passions and exploring my opportunities.
By Mia O6 years ago in Motivation