October 2010
Yearbook Statement
Joseph M. Wasserman
FLM 1, IGS 1-2, KRS 3-4, SEC 4.
THANK YOU TO ALL of my friends and family, made both inside and outside of Xavier. I will never forget all of memories of the last four years my brothers and I created together. “A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.” (Walt Whitman) “Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing.” (Mark Twain) “Music is my...
September 2010
College Essay: Thoughts?
First off, I am not as smart as the grades and numbers make me appear. Some grades I have worked hard for while others I received just by relying on a lazy intelligence. I was always one who could be given a a problem to solve and end up solving it—with the right answer—the wrong way. I was never the “school smart” every parent aspires their child to be. I was clever and...
The Son
Look at you now, all grown up and ready to head off to university; don’t blow this opportunity you’re so graciously getting—you didn’t and won’t have to pay a cent for any of it. You’ve worked hard and diligently your entire life, first in the British system of schooling in Cayman and now here in the unfair and cruel American high school system; and we’re extremely proud of you for that…but now...
WatchBecause of school I don’t really see my girlfriend Tara so often, but I’ve really been meaning to play this song for her. I don’t know when the next time I see her will be, or if a guitar will be around for me to play it for her, so here it is, just in case she can see it. :)
Anton Chekov
…is the man. Everything he writes turns to gold. He can write about a man sneezing and make it amazing. And yes, that’s right, he did do just that. I want to be Anton Chekov for Halloween…and every day thereafter.
Whoever told me senior was easy lied. I have no doubt in my overly cloudy mind that I am working harder and more daily than I ever have in my entire life. They all said senior was the time to take a load off and wait for college to come and all the good times then. Senior year is not my time to take a load off obviously. I don’t know if it’s just teachers trying to keep us from having...
Old manly man=lumberjack with an axe on his back.
New manly man=watches Glee and likes Bruno Mars.
I’m leading the charge, fellas.
Untitled Parts 2, 3, 4
I walked out of the station and was greeted by the blinding 16th Street sunlight; oh how I missed it so. I crossed 6th Avenue and entered Blue Valley. It had been about twelve weeks since I last ordered my sausage-egg-and-cheese-with-ketchup-on-a-roll. I’m pretty sure the middle-aged Asian cashier missed the change I tipped that I didn’t want to carry. I left the deli and snuck into...
Hot For Teacher
SCHOOL’S BACK! No, I’m not that hyped but I am pretty excited about a few classes. AP Lit and Creative Writing offer plenty of challenges on their own, but not to worry, Constitutional Law and Criminal Justice came to the rescue with plenty of more assigned reading and foreign ideas of a “college approach” to work. Basically I’m given all the work for the...
Untitled Part 1
I woke up and I was a senior. The last three years—the pain, the sweat, the effort—were all memories now. It was time to relax.
“Get your ass out of bed and dress. Summer’s over; time to work.” Could my mom snarl more beautiful words?
I showered and shaved my face for the first time in weeks—so much for my beatnik/hipster look. As I frantically looked for a...
nipplefreckle asked: You're pretty awesome :)
Play Crack The Sky
I am sitting in my room wearing my black and white checkered fedora, pajamas, and glasses, reading The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon (my favorite author). Today I woke up, threw out old furniture to make room for a comfortable and lovely loveseat/sleeper, and went to the gym. Now all that’s left to do today is nothing.
I am so sick of these boring do-nothing days. Sure,...
