To tell you honestly, for the last couple of years I haven't thought much about babies. And why should I? Girls of my age have so much important things in mind that they wouldn't even think of having a baby! Firstly, there are exams!!! It seems that every other is much more difficult and tricky that...

As I sit here and finish off is case of Old Style (a classic beer), I think about the first beer I ever had. Can you remember the first beer you ever had? I can, back in 4rth grade summer splitting a 6 pack with me and my homies, keeping it real of coarse. Nothing could beat those good old days...

As the motors screamed down the road, I couldn't keep focused. My eyes started to quiver and my head started to spin but I had victory in my mind and that is what kept me going. I tried to breath but pressure had its grip on me, my heart ached as if something was going to hit me straight on. ...

It's funny how relationships work. Within that same relationship, diverse emotions may arouse. A relationship can be progressing prosperously, and cause happiness and closeness. This is when the two persons of the relationship feel love for one another and are content in the present state. Th...

The day was average, nothing drastic occurred within the walls of our grade school and homework was minimal. And so, my brothers and I set out to accomplish our daily after school routine of abusing America Online and chatting on the phone with random acquaintances. The room reeked of normalcy. The ...

In this past week I have been sitting in my room for a half an hour every day in absolute silence. No distractions, no music, no books, no pencil and paper, chatting on the phone, and of course no sleeping! It was like a test to see if we could sit still and just relax and think. At first I was...

1.My first response to the book after reading it was that it is very revealing of the human condition, and the way it affects the mind. The book made me feel more aware of my own human needs to have contact with other people, whether it be by phone, e-mail, or in person. I responded the most, when C...

They are the rulers of Russia. This bunch has no style. These are the \"New Russians,\" or in other words the mafia - a new breed that managed a social change that has shaken the country in the last five years. The media describes them as crooks that have money, no style, and a belief that life is ...

People seek words and phrases that convey their ideas, to have an impact or to alter in some way the listener's minds or even the trend the world is taking. However, I feel that once the words are free from being restricted in one's mind and are expressed, they are never able to so vividl...

Reason For my random act of kindness I did one of the first thoughts that came to my mind. I was driving to my grandmas house in downtown Chicago during rush hour when it came to me. I was just pulling up to the toll booth, and with a quick glance in my window I decided to make this my random ...

I hop into the passenger's side of my best friend's car and simultaneously buckle my seatbelt and crank up the A.C. Matt and I begin to laugh about how we're never going to find a summer job that pays more than seven dollars an hour. I can hardly even see him through my squinted eye...

Dear English Portfolio Committee: It is very difficult to admit that English Comprehension and writing are my least favorite subjects. After twelve years of schooling, I thought my ability to put a cohesive thought on paper would have been accomplished so when I found out that I needed to take rem...

My mom always told me if you are doing something wrong it comes and bite you right back. That Saturday morning it went in one ear and out of the other after she go through lecturing me after finding out my cousin was pulled over by the cops with out la license or insurance. A smirk came across my ...

Friends Friends. We all have many different types of friends even though you probably do not realize this. You encounter each of them everyday, whether in school, home, or at the gym. We rarely spend much time actually thinking about or classifying these people. There are your general acquai...

Sara and her mother drove to the computer store. Sara had her money she received from Christmas and the money she saved and she waited a long time for this day. Finally, she would be able to look at all the things she needed for school on her computer and email her friends. Sara thought she woul...

The German-American exchange program had been going on in my high school for a very long time. Every other year the Germans would come to our school and every other year the Americans went to Germany. In September of 2001 a group of German students were scheduled for a stay of 3 weeks. After Septem...

Baby Report The baby simulation was a lot easier than I had expected. The baby I got only cried a total of nine minutes though. I thought it would keep me up all night, but it only woke me up about two times. With paired parents it is much easier, because there are two people to take of the ba...

Recently I received a phone call from a friend regarding a class project that we had to complete in our English class. While talking, I came up with the idea that we should interview each other\'s brothers for the project. He was amazed that I came up with this idea, so he requested that I come to h...

Caroline D appeared to be as normal as any other eighteen-year-old in her small town of _________, Alabama. She had just graduated high school, and to her parents she was still their little angel. They had very high expectations for her, but they had no idea their angel had disappeared months befor...

MY CRISIS People who had crisis situations in the past can have strong minds, and learn a lot through their experiences. I had such an experience when I was 16 years old. I had not known any bitter experiences until then. My family found out that my brother had brain cancer. That became my family&...

What the $#@!" is a phrase that you will more than likely catch yourself saying more than once during your driving career. There are some crazy drivers out there in today's world, and if you're not aware of them you could find yourself in court trying to defend yourself from getting a ticket...

The First Day of School The night before school started I was thinking about that first day. Things went thought my mind. I couldn't really sleep my hands was sweating cold I had a weird feeling going on 1 in the morning comes up still no sleep I was just thinking about how college was go...

As I sat at my kitchen table analyzing my tedious life and thinking about all of the papers I have to write off and try to think of the perfect day and what it would include I drifted off to explore a better place, a life in my imagination. As I dream of a places I can fly to I imagine Hawaii, Alas...

A Man Of Betrayals There once was a comfortable man named James Muster, living in his comfortable life. He loved his wife and his two children Anna and Charles. In almost every moment of his free time he was hanging out with his best friend Michael. Michael was a trustworthy and ve...

The phone rings and I answer, “Thank you for calling Radio Shack in Fairlane Meadows, how can I help you?” The voice on the other end asks for Ali Salamey and I reply, “ speaking”. The voice says she is calling to remind me of my 10:45 AM dental appointment that next morn...