WRITING CULTURE 2012: Film, Food & Beyond

Emma
Photo Credit: © 2012 Kari Whitehead Photography. Emma’s Facebook Page.

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein

A lot of the times the world is a hard place to survive in. As a college (read: stressed out) student I am always looking for inspiration and anything that will let me know the world is actually a great place to live in. Today, I found a little piece of world goodness in Emma Whitehead and her heroic story.

Picturing a 7 year old usually means imagining dolls, cool rollerblades, and the typical “but I really  need (insert toy name here)“. Emma is a beautiful 7 year old girl who, unfortunately, has spent more time in the hospital than in Toysrus. She’s not your typical 7 year old because she’s extraordinary.

Why #CoolKidsRead this: It’s beyond amazing to see a warrior, and someone with so many desires to live, at such a young age. Emma is a girl who fell asleep being 6 years old and woke up being 7 years old a week later, hopefully with leukemia forever in her past.

Check out NYT article on Emma and how her own T-Cells turned her life around.

The Holidays are stressful. In a perfect world there’s no Holiday Stress just snow, hot cocoa and Michael Bublé’s Holiday album.  And, yet, despite my wishful thinking all I get on the East Coast is 60 degree weather piled on by stress.

If you’re a post-grad you’re probably stressed about the Holidays (i.e.. Can I ask for rent money for Christmas?), if you’re college student your thoughts are revolving around finals and whether you have enough Ramen noodles to last you through the week, and if you’re younger than that you’re probably traumatized at the fact that Taylor Swift is dating 1/5 of One Direction (the Harry 1/5).

Well, if this isn’t a time for a much needed laugh I don’t know when is. Today’s laugh comes courtesy of an amazingly hilarious Conan O’Brien penned Vanity Fair piece.

#CoolKidsRead this because, I mean, for one it’s Conan O’Brien. Also, sometimes you just need a good natured laugh about the end of the world and how stand up comedians take a huge part in it. 

Check out Conan O’Brien’s Vanity Fair piece here.