AJ Gradisher's blog

As I sat in my seat on the charter bus taking the group of students from my college up to Fallingwater, it was like driving back in time. The closer we got, the more nature their was and the less 'civilization.' If you ask me, we have it backwards. The peaceful sensations I experience in these 'doors to the past' give me more a sense of belonging and inner peace.  Read More »

Tomorrow is finally my first offical day of college class. And I couldn't be more excited. Surprisingly, I'm not at all nervous... yet. I keep waiting to feel the butterflies in my stomach that signal my nervousness, but it hasn't happened yet. I thought it would happen when my parents (yes, we drove down together, in the same vehicle,) drove me down to the school to set me up in my dorm.  Read More »

You know the saying, you've probably heard it a thousand times, but do you follow that saying? It may be because I'm an optimist or because I hate conflict, but I tend to follow this little notion. The problem is, you can not sweat the small stuff, but worse off, obsess over it.  Read More »

The time is quickly closing in, and when that time comes, I will be living in my dorm, going to the Art Institute. Right now, I'm so excited, my mind is reeling as I try to get everything together, such as the stuff I will need when I move in. My family keeps asking, 'are you nervous?'  Read More »

Ok, I just got done reading one of THE greatest books I have ever read. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer.

I don't even know where to begin about this book, I don't want to give anything away to people who haven't yet read it but want to, and I don't want people who don't know about it to know what's going to happen in the end before they even read the first book.  Read More »

I know I haven't been on here in a while, and it has been even longer since I last wrote a blog. I am not going to say all that much right now, since I suppose I'm still trying to sort out what I have just experienced.  Read More »

A very good friend of mine, a young woman I consider my sister, brought up a good point the other day. She had told me that her dad did not believe in global warming. I thought hmm, then the rising temperatures, the strage and harsh weather patterns must just be a figment of our imagination if it does not exist.

No, it does exist, and it is harming every one of us.  Read More »

Man, today was just one of those days. Not the bad days, but just one of those days where it's like, what the hell just happened?!  Read More »