Maeby Today – Page 2

The Vowels of Work Ethic

11 Jan 201621 Mar 2017

Work ethic is not something that we are teaching in schools, but something which is direly important to achieving success in any career. I've been thinking a lot about work…

Dear 2015

1 Jan 201621 Mar 2017

Dear 2015, I have spent a lot of time and energy on concealing my pain this year. I have worn a smile and continued to sing even though I have…

The Magical World

29 Dec 201527 Dec 2015

The Harry Potter fandom is a far more popular and wide-spread beast than the Newsies fandom, but no less significant to me. There is nothing that I could say about…

It’s A Hard Life

28 Dec 201530 Dec 2015

I was eleven years old when I first discovered Newsies. I didn't even realize what I had discovered at the time. It took me almost a year to hunt down what…

Here’s To 2015

26 Dec 201521 Mar 2017

As another year comes to a close, we begin to look back at what we have accomplished and what we have failed to achieve. It's that bittersweet mixture of regret…

Words With Edges

31 Jul 201421 Mar 2017

It has recently come to my attention that I am under no obligation to appease anyone with my words or actions. This is actually completely liberating, as I have been…

Me, the Raccoon

28 Jun 20143 Aug 2018

The best way to catch a raccoon is fairly simple. You take something that has an opening which is large enough to fit a raccoon's paw while opened, and you…

RANT: The World Cup

Remember the time that I wrote an entire blog entry about how complaining about trivial upsets is therapeutic? I am going to now dedicate an entire blog entry to America…

The Human Affliction

Human beings. We have been roaming this earth for quite a long time now, arguably evolving and changing as our environment requires in order to adapt and survive. You would…

Monster, Part 2

It is desperately difficult to convince yourself that you have worth in order to bolster yourself when the fear that you are worthless is constantly validated by others. When your…