Where does your super awesome and unique-sounding name come from? When my mom was pregnant with me she read the book Exodus by Leon Uris (not the one in the Bible although that one is also very good.) Out of all the characters in the book, one of them stood out to her. The character…
Someone had the brilliant idea about 100 years ago to collect the most dramatic, sappy, soapy, insane, unbelievable, puke-worthy, tear-jerking stories of all time. They started publishing them in a series of books titled: Chicken Soup for the Soul If you have never seen one of these books before there could only be two reasons….
To the random employee at the Chaco company who performed a miracle The first thing worth mentioning at the beginning of what will be a long explanation of my obsession with the moon… is that I need history or information to live. What do I mean by this? One time I got sent on an…
The Apollo program started in 1961, was a project initiated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as an exploration attempt to learn more about the moon. There were fourteen total Apollo missions. Apollo eight contained the first humans to ever orbit the moon. The event captured the attention of the whole world. On…
I wrote this essay in college after studying Freud for 4 months… his ideas are very interesting but his understanding of human nature caught my attention the most. Imagine you are all alone in the world. There is no technology, no civilization, and no government. Your life is focused on eating, sleeping, and trying to…
First of all, if you’re one of those people that goes on trips to sleep and rest… knock it off You can sleep when you’re dead. Traveling is for eating, seeing, thinking, learning, and documenting. Secondly, I have met so many people who say their entire lives “I just want to travel so bad” But…
Sometimes I walk into social situations where the vibe is just… off. There are weird clusters of people whispering in corners. There’s a bounteous table of food but nobody will approach it because of this invisible boundary. A bunch of small talk is happening but nobody is interested in having meaningless conversations. This “offness” is…
I wrote this for a speech contest following my first trip to Israel and 7 years of studying about it. In 1144 at the height of a brutal and bloody civil war between the grandchildren of William the Conqueror over who held the right to the throne, the body of a young boy was found…
This rant is dedicated to George who witnessed one of the most traumatic events of my life. George you brought normalcy in a time of chaos and comfort in a time of distress. I have been accompanied on most of my life adventures by one of the truest and most loyal of friends. I’m talking…
A True Tale from the Life of Ari Anne Johnson