Fun fact about me: I can’t write without music. That’s right! Someone with zero musical talent whatsoever (except for scream-singing along with Lzzy Hale in the car) can’t write more than three words - academic or creative - without some kind of jams playing in the background. Before there was free music streaming online, I used to make playlists on iTunes using my favorite albums - and since we’re talking about twelve-year-old me, that was Green Day’s American Idiot and Link