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I didn't want to become an actress. In fact, I've spent the past five years talking myself out of it. But, despite myself, here I am, applying to the Juilliard because I can't keep myself out of a theatre. This all seems odd though, because for most of my life, my primary goal was to become an Egyptologist. Egypt had been my passion since before I could read, and I worked my ass off in the International Baccalaureate (IB) program at my high school in hopes of getting into the university with the best Egyptology department in the country. An IB student's life is intense; I woke up most days around three in the morning in order to finish my homework.However, I didn't hate the time commitment-I ...

I take the train everyday, and when I look at the people seated around me everyone seems to be lost in their own universe. People read, look at the floor, listen to their iPods, or look out the window. They do not interact with the people next to them, across from them, or a few seats down from them... And everyone seems so isolated and disconnected. Despite this fact, I try to make eye contact with at least one person whenever I travel; that moment of connection is always magical, because it makes both of us feel more alive. I want to have more of these moments. Music, theatre, and other art forms are ideal worlds where we are not just encouraged, but forced to wake up and connect with the ...

This is a short story I wrote. It's based on a fairy tale told within the novel, Daughter of the Forest, by Juliet Marillier.Meekah and Gleeby JaniceThis is the story of a man and a mermaid. However before we begin our tale, you must understand where mermaids come from. The first mermaid was a normal human girl who was not at all afraid of her capacity for joy, for when she saw the ocean for the first time, she let the joy and love she felt for the water permeate and transform every molecule of her body until she became a mermaid. One cannot deny that mermaids have a terrible reputation of being mischievous and have been blamed for the downfall of more than one fine sailor, but mermaids ...