Tales of Tenth Grade

     So my brother Hayden has been annoying me for about 3 months now to listen to this one band he likes and I still haven't listened to them. Its not that I don't think I would like the band, they actually seem like exactly my musical taste, and I've enjoyed a lot of music similar to them. No, the reason I haven't listened to them is because of the way Hayden's gone about convincing me to listen to them. You see, he's been giving a masterclass in how not to convince someone to like something you like.         What Hayden does is he marches in to my bedroom every other day and says "You should listen to X," with the occasional added, "They're really good." And then he leaves. Thats it. It seems he chooses to perform his little skit at the worst times, too, like when I'm doing homework, or about to go to bed, or worst of all, when I'm already listening to music. The last thing I want to do when listening to music is to be interupt...

I often wonder what goes through my younger brother's mind when he's annoying me or why he feels the need to bother me in general. What drives him to come into my room when I'm busy just to annoy me? I would like to think it's because my younger brother loves me so much and its his way of showing affection, but I really do not know why he always feels the need to bug me. Its been 14 years since my younger brother, Declan was born which means I've had plenty of time to think over why my brother can't seem to leave me alone. Here are some of my theories... My brother's destiny is to make sure I am a humble person which is why whenever I do something good, my brother feels the need to immediately make me aware of my flaws. Declan learned the English language the wrong way, so when he insults me he's actually complimenting. I get compliments from him a lot. My younger brother loves me so much that all day at school he misses me with his whole heart. He ...

     People always ask me whether I like being a triplet, to which I always respond, "I don't know, what's it like to not be a triplet?" And that's mostly how I feel- its hard for me to say how I feel about being a triplet because I'll never not be one. That said, there are a few things, good and bad, that I know are different about being a twin or triplet. One of the biggest things is that I can often rely on my siblings to remember things for me. I'm a very lazy person, so I have always taken advantage of this, especially when it comes to remembering homework or to study for a test. You would think this would cause some problems, but it really hasn't for me, at least, not until this year. This year I have a different history class than both of my siblings and it's already given me problems. Just in this first month I've forgotten what feels like ten homeworks, including one just yesterday, and I've studied for a non-existant test because ...