Humans of Westlake

“I love Austin. Every day on my way to work I get off 290, go onto Mopac and see the Austin skyline and I’m like ‘it is so beautiful.’ Then I go to the flyover at Barton Creek and I’m stuck in traffic and I look at all the beautiful trees and I just think what a great commute to work.”

“I can move my ears with my brain.”

“I’m looking forward to getting my own car and license [and] my mom is also excited. I have looked into getting a Nissan Xterra, but now I don’t care. I just want any type of car that can get me to places. I’m hoping I can do a lot more independent stuff like going to work or getting to school early for tutoring. I’m planning to get my car by paying half of it and my parents will pay...

“Joining the band has been a big decision that’s affected my life. I got into Varsity and it’s a lot of practice and it takes up a lot of my free time. It’s interesting learning to march. There’s a lot of work involved [and] a lot of time and effort devoted to it, and I wasn’t prepared. In middle school I just wanted to get better. I hope I get used to it because I’ve always reall...

“I’m passionate about memes [and] I’ve been passionate about them ever since I can remember. . I’m an artist because I make internet art.  My life was a blur before memes. Memes distinguish me from other people and can keep [me] in touch with culture."

“ Like many of my students, I have ADD so I make sure that I have some sort of manipulative in my hands, like silly putty, or being able to sit in a chair that moves around so I can concentrate.  I try and be able to move while I’m working on things because it helps me stay focused.”...

“So I’m on a juice cleanse. I always think that I’m going to succeed in a juice cleanse and then I end up hating myself. My mother got me a nutritionist and her name is Debra. We have an only hate relationship. She made me keep a food diary and I lied in the food diary. She found out because basically I made myself chicken nuggets for dinner and wrote in my food diary that I ate a kale/s...

"I'm gonna go with a smile on my face and a song in my heart."