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When this whole thing first went over, I thought, “Great. I’ll have lots of extra time, and perhaps I’ll be able to move my workspace to like an armchair or something.” Well, guess what. I didn’t get the extra time that I thought I would have because school went online, but…for the first month (about), I got an armchair. It looked something like this: 

Later on, I moved to the couch just a few meters away. I thought the couch might give me more room to organize my work.

As you can tell, this didn’t go too well either. A mess. Again. Well, let’s try one more time. Third time’s the charm, right? 

My parents really loved this move. Especially the tea. The basement was my next stop–already a mess. Right around here, my computer broke down (the computing system couldn’t find the boot drive), so I had to download a MacOS onto a hard drive. You can see it in the photo, plugged into the computer. We call it the terabytten. Anyway, back to the basement. 

I just added to the mess. And then the nook. The last place where I’ll ever be an eighth grader. And my greatest success. See how little mess that is?

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Xander Miller Castles
Xander Miller Castles
Xander Miller Castles loves to play the piano. He also loves the outdoors and playing with his dog, Echo. He also loves comedy, namely improv.

La música de movida madrileña

Music served as an influential medium through which young people shared new ideas and styles, ending an age of repression

Creativity and Constraint in City Lights

Chaplin had the perfect situation every artist dreams of: unlimited time, unending control and millions of dollars at his disposal.

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