Category: Portfolio

Tiffany and Earl

Dear Tiff and Earl, My girlfriend wants to go out for nice dinner on Valentine’s Day, but I’m set on going to the PC vs. Villanova game.  She’s not really a fan of basketball.  How should I bring up this obviously sensitive issue without getting put in the dog house? Sincerely, Kiss Cam Hopeful   […]

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Listomania: Things Our Exes Have Sent Us For Valentine’s Day

Baked Alaska Anthrax Feral Cats Raw Chicken A Picture of Their New Partner A Guide to Shaving Your Legs Old Clothes Molotov Cocktails Star Wars: The Phantom Menace on Blu-Ray A Manuscript of a Novel About the Relationship Breath Mints 200 Handwritten Love Poems…Laid in Rose Petals A Tandem Bicycle

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Three Line Third Wheel Stories

  His voice is all I can hear, And she calls him “dear.” Can I please just disappear? —Marisa DelFarno ’18   Walking out of my dorm, my two friends see me and invite me to come to the dining hall. I find their booth, and they are both sitting on the same side, already […]

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‘On the breath of a hope to be shared’

by Jonathan Coppe ’18   Is joy more real when it is shared? I seek a soul to share my joy, To wrap in zeal for life and bathe in love Of every precious thing that pulls My cheeks into a smile. To see her smile too—and not for me!— for finding something more to […]

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It Looks Like, Feels Like, Sounds Like

by Kiley McMahon ’20   I have never been in love, but I know what it looks like, feels like, and sounds like.   It is appealing on the outside, sweet and content on the inside; nobody can compare to the one true love of your life.   Your two hearts beat harmoniously and in […]

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Soulmate

by Jessica Polanco ’20   Twelve years later I still remember the first day we met. Starting that day, there were no battles I had to face alone ever again, no laughter not shared and no tears not collected and restored with faith and hope. Since then, because of you, my days always had a […]

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Doctor Love

by Connor Zimmerman ’20   “I’m telling you it’s all about the confidence.” I nod my head in response, only half listening. Matt continues to talk at me, but it’s all white noise. I see my friend Jack in the distance, and to escape this hellish nightmare, I quickly call him over, “Hey Jack, c’mon […]

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Celebrity Tinder Profiles

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Backhanded

by Jay Willett ’20   I won’t lie to you I’m not the most athletic, But the exhilaration of a touchdown or breakaway is won through patience. I’m not the most intellectual, But learning is my reason for existence, and gradually learning is diligent. I’m not the wealthiest, But the money made is hard-earned, saved, […]

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Journal Entry: January 3

by Marisa Gonzalez ’18   The beginning of school is always the worst and not just for shadows. It’s the beginning of school, of course it’s going to be terrible, but luckily for me, this is when students are least awake and anything can come out of their mouths. Today’s juicy topic: Rachel is now […]

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