Going into this year, I made a very important promise to myself: type up the literary magazine submissions early so that I wouldn’t have to pull a Princeton-style late-nighter and be exhausted the next day. That isn’t to say that I didn’t have fun when I did it last year (shout-out to Ms. Shifke, SoS ’11); its just that I appreciate having had a good night’s sleep when standing in front of a class and getting confronted with some rather particular grammar questions or inquiries about the phonetic alphabet (which still looks a little bit like alien gibberish to me).

To make a long story short, I did not keep my promise to myself.

That’s the bad news.

The good news is that the magazine is awesome this year, and I can’t wait for the students to get to see it next week after it comes off the presses.

Here’s a sneak peek:

She Danced Like a Bird

By Cansy (Lions)

She danced like a bird.

What a pity! She is on the TV.

How can I dance with her?

Just wait!

She danced like an angel.

What a pity! She is in my dream.

How can I dance with her?

Still wait?

She danced like a fairy.

Wow, she is closing in on me, closer and closer.

Oh, my god..

She can fly, flying in the air, like a bird.

Darling, why don’t you go back?

Go back, stay with me.