Please Hear Me!

This is me.

     I need this blog. For reasons unknown to even me, my goal is to be in the newspaper as a writer. Writing didn't even creep it's way into my mind until senior year of high school. My AP Literature teacher made us keep a blog through Blogger. We had to write about our connection in life to AP Lit. At first, this blog was trash. I just wrote to get the grade and it definitely showed. Oh Mr. Ryder. He had to call me in after class one day and talk to me about my 'writing problem'. He was right of course. I admitted that I didn't really care and that I was just trying to get the grade. He didn't really like that statement, so he pulled that one card that all good teachers have: "I'm going to challenge you Aaron."

     Mr. Ryder had another thing coming. I don't know if he was just trying to push me or if he was actually telling the truth, but he told me he didn't think I'd ever be a good writer. Wow did I want to prove him wrong. Four months later two things changed: Ryder grew a newfound respect for my blog and I have fallen in an unconditional infatuation with the things I was writing creating, and that's how it started. I wrote about my life, short stories, and my reflections on songs and books. If I was interested in something, you bet your booty that I would write about it.

     So this was me, during my senior year. I've finished one semester of college and have found my craving to come back to haunt me until I please it. This ex won't stop calling me. So here I am. Making a portfolio so I can eventually apply to the Umaine newspaper. Part of the reason why I love writing is because I really enjoy people saying its a piece of art. Ha doesn't everyone? So I just want people to hear what I've got to say. Just hear my voice that lives inside these words! Whether I'm talking about something I've lived through, something I've heard, something I've read, or just something I've made up, I've written it for you (whomever you may be) so you'll know me. This is a blog. This is a story. This is your entertainment. This is a portfolio. This... 

This is me.