Aryan's A-Z

  We locked eyes, both of us itching to make a move, adrenaline pumping and fingers twitching, as a crowd gathered to witness our brawl. The most epic battle in history was about the commence, and yet somehow I feel as if this situation could have been avoided… It was a warm summer day, the sun sizzling through the glass and magnifying on my forehead, as I collapsed onto my beanbag chair and toggled with the Xbox controller in my hand. For 17 year old me, the ideal summer break involved gaming, chips, and some ice cold cola. That was until my mom got involved, similar to this morning, and gave me her last two-bits. “Roger, I need you to buy me this ceramic bowl from Macy’s. Can you go?”, she hollered, and disagreement simply was not an option. So I rolled out of the couch and trudged downstairs and into the home garage to get a move on. As I reached Walmart, I sighed, and felt as if my legs were weighing me down like an anchor, exhausted and ready for a nap. As I cruised around the...

  Dear Future Aryan, I hope you are still alive. If not, then whoever is reading this message, it is not for you. If you are alive, then good, I am counting on it. I hope you are doing well, and are happy in your current life position. How’s your family doing? Are you still on good terms with them? If so keep it that way, and if not, then remember, nobody loves you more in this world than them. Turfs, brawls, any trivial quarrels you form with them are normal, as I engage in them now. But they are your family, they have been, and will stick with you through thick and thin, they know what is best for you, and anything they say to you out of spite and anger is just that- don’t take it to your head. I hope you still have friends. If not, then power off your device and go make some. In an era of digital chaos, being forlorn is a trait I never want you to have, and friends are the ones in charge of making sure you won't. I hope you still have some of the friends you have now. Sure, some...