A. Johnson
A. Johnson
horse school games
Top Trumps appeared to be a game in which you got cards, and the cards had a picture (in this case, of a horse), and told you all kinds of stats for that horse, how fast it was, how big it was, etc. Whoever had the better horse won both the cards. You repeated this until someone had all the cards. So, basically it was exactly like high school, except it only took three minutes. Which was really a bit more humane, if you thought about it.
together normal enough
They weren't pressed together as closely as normal, but his shoulder bumped hers, then remained there. It was very subtle, and possibly even accidental, but it was enough.
father orphan
Orphans are the only ones who get to choose their fathers, and they love them twice as much.
next-day breakfast onions
The next day, she was silent. For breakfast, she murdered an onion and served it raw.
character cat hard-work
Writing is hard work, and if anything's true about the process, it's that fact that a good story is hard to find and even trickier to get on paper. What's less romantic than staring alone at a blank screen? And edgy? I've changed the cat little because I didn't know what my characters were going to say next.
heart names alive
A name isn't a person,' Ga said. 'Don't ever remember someone by their name. To keep someone alive, you put them inside you, you put their face on your heart. Then, no matter where you are, they're always with you because they're a part of you.
real imagination darkness
The darkness inside your head is something your imagination fills with stories that have nothing to do with the real darkness around you.
life flower rose
Had she never been hungry enough to eat a flower? Did she not know that you could eat daisies, daylilies, pansies, and marigolds? That hungry enough, a person could consume the bright faces of violas, even the stems of dandelions and the bitter hips of roses?
people forever ghost
In my experience, ghosts are made up only of the living, people you know are out there but are forever out of range
motivational taken dust
Life brings what it brings. I might be young but I've learnt this: prepare for each blind corner with your strongest shoulder dropped, ready to smash through whatever is thrown at you next. Once the dust clears you will be standing tall, a champion, a victor. NOTHING will be able to knock you down once you've taken the biggest hits this life has to offer, so come on life, BRING IT!
names problem solve
Like putting a name to my problems would solve anything
motivational self champion
I am a champion standing over the shadow of my former self.
people cheesy trying
I know it really sounds cheesy, but I did feel a duty to try to tell the stories of people who couldn't speak for themselves.
unique korea looks
I'd known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn't be possible, since it's illegal for them to speak with foreigners. Still, I'd thought I'd had a unique look at North Korea, only to discover I was wrong.