January 3rd, 2007: All "in progress" works have been deleted. From now on only completed projects will be posted here.

Even though I'm a writer, music is very important me, especially when I'm writing.Since I think it may help people understand my writing better, I am going to include a list of some of the albums I listen to while I'm writing.

Fumbling Towards Ecstasy by Sarah McLachlan
Hot Fuss (Collector's Edition) by The Killers
Emotive by A Perfect Cricle
Hypnotize by System of a Down
Throw Down Your Arms by Sinead O'Connor
1 by The Beatles
Our Little Corner of the World: Music From Gilmore Girls
Music From The Motion Picture Garden State
Music From The Motion Picture Living Out Loud
Sehnsucht by Rammstein
Music For The Masses A Tribute To Depeche Mode by Various Artists
Live At Carnegie Hall by The Thelonious Monk Quarter featuring John Coltrane

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1. The Kugelmass Episode & Shakespeare’s Sonnet 130

For my Intro to Lit class, I wrote a compare/contrast essay on a Woody Allen short story and a Shakespeare poem. What can I say, I'm brave.

Complete - Essay - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Poetry - Chapters: 1 - Words: 607 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 5-27-08 - Published: 5-27-08

2. Gilman, Lovecraft, and Plath Oh my! reviews

My reader response to the short story The Yellow Wallpaper that I wrote for my Intro to Literature class.

Complete - Essay - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 785 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 3-13-08 - Published: 3-13-08

3. The Ostrich of the Opera

A parody inspired by the Joust jokes that permeated the last several Slice of SciFi voice mail shows.

Complete - Song - Fiction Rated: K - English - Parody/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 205 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 12-13-07 - Published: 12-13-07

4. Schopenhauer the Pessimist

The fourth and final project for my philosophy class, titled Schopenhauer the Pessimistor How I Learned to Be More Depressed Than I Already Was. Warning: Contains strong language.

Complete - Essay - Fiction Rated: M - English - Angst/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,177 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 12-11-07 - Published: 12-11-07

5. UA, U2, and J5

A recent assignment for my journalismmass media class was to write about 5 songs that had an impact on my life. These are the 5 I chose.

Complete - Essay - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 976 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-15-07 - Published: 11-15-07

6. One More Roommate

A song dedicated to Nancy J. Dreiling, my former roommate. Sung to the tune of Weird Al Yankovic's One More Minute.

Complete - Song - Fiction Rated: M - English - Parody/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 385 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-13-07 - Published: 11-13-07

7. How do we know we aren't dreaming?

My second essay assignment for my philosophy class about Rene Descartes and dreams.

Complete - Essay - Fiction Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 942 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 10-23-07 - Published: 10-23-07

8. Sylar My Love reviews

A parody of a song from Grease about a friend's inexplicable crush on the unibrowed brain eating villain of NBC's hit series Heroes.

Complete - Humor - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Parody/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 299 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 10-16-07 - Published: 10-16-07

9. Socrates' Innocence

My first paper for my Philosophy class.

Complete - Essay - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 454 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 9-25-07 - Published: 9-25-07

10. Introduction Speech reviews

A speech I wrote but didn't get to deliver for my Public Speaking class.

Complete - Essay - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 403 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 9-13-07 - Published: 9-13-07

11. Three Books

For my Intro to Journalism class, I was asked what 3 books I would take with me into the future if I were the lead character from George Pal's movie version of The Time Machine.

Complete - Essay - Fiction Rated: K - English - General/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 1 - Words: 228 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 9-13-07 - Published: 9-13-07

12. The Republic of Maeglin Nenharma

This was my project for my PoliSci class last semester to draft a constitution. I apologize for that 31 in the upper corner, FP would not let me get rid of it in edit.

Complete - General - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10,209 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 5-29-07 - Published: 5-29-07

13. 3 Reasons Rudy Giuliani Should NOT Be President reviews

My final resaerch essay for my ENG 1020 class

Complete - Essay - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,672 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 5-29-07 - Published: 5-29-07

14. Evaluative Essay: Killings & In The Bedroom

A class assignment wherein I had to write about the movie In The Bedroom and the short story that inspired it.

Complete - Essay - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 578 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 12-14-06 - Published: 12-14-06

15. Small Plastic Chains

Some thoughts on the subject of credit cards.

Complete - Essay - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 847 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 12-14-06 - Published: 12-14-06

16. Young, Black, & Dead reviews

My commentary on the recent shooting death of Sean Bell.

Complete - Essay - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 951 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 12-14-06 - Published: 12-14-06

17. An Insider's View of Anxiety reviews

I attempt to observe my own panic attack over an inability to write an observational essay.

Complete - Essay - Fiction Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,302 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 12-14-06 - Published: 12-14-06

18. Challenging Godwin's Law reviews

I make the argument that there is a time and place for legitamate comparisons between the Presidency of George W Bush and the regime of Adolf Hitler.

Complete - Essay - Fiction Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 843 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 12-14-06 - Published: 12-14-06

19. Marielle reviews

A true story about the internet and trust.

Complete - Biography - Fiction Rated: M - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,880 - Reviews: 3 - Updated: 12-14-06 - Published: 12-14-06

20. GOP Bye Bye

A parody of N'Sync's Bye Bye Bye, inspired by the events of November 7th & 8th of 2006.

Complete - Song - Fiction Rated: K - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 405 - Reviews: 0 - Updated: 11-9-06 - Published: 11-9-06

21. Books on a Plane reviews

A poem I had to write for my English class that eveyrone seems to love so far

Complete - School - Fiction Rated: K - English - Poetry/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 836 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 9-5-06 - Published: 9-5-06

22. Wish I could tell you to your face that I hate you reviews

A poem about a betrayal by proxy

Complete - Life - Fiction Rated: M - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 200 - Reviews: 1 - Updated: 6-3-06 - Published: 6-3-06