There's more to being a man that seeing how many phone numbers you can get or who you convince to sleep with you. Being a man means bearing responsibility and accepting the consequences for your actions. This means the most to me because of my pop, Leonard Smith. He's really my little b...

Bubble Lab -Observations- The bubble reflects the light from the ceiling lights. The bubble is transparent. If you shake the bubble wand then the bubble also shakes. All around the bubble there is a swirling oil like substance. It smells like soap. The bubble is very sensitive to any ki...

Court News The following is a transcript of the recent hearing of the Curtis brothers. RANDY L: Randy were you there the night of Bobs death? R: Yes your honor. L: What happened that night and how did it happen? R: Well it all started when we all saw the two Greasers (Pony and Johnny) ...

Court News The following is a transcript of the recent hearing of the Curtis brothers. RANDY L: Randy were you there the night of Bobs death? R: Yes your honor. L: What happened that night and how did it happen? R: Well it all started when we all saw the two Greasers (Pony and Johnny) ...

A bad day is like a domino effect. One block falls and each one will follow. It is ten o'clock on Tuesday morning and normally I would hit the "snooze" button about five times, and roll out of bed, but today feeling extrememly energetic. I hop out of bed and decide to shower early in hopes o...

Heart of Darkness – Passage Analysis "Once, I remember, we came upon a man of war anchored off the coast. There wasn't even a shed there, and she was shelling the bush. It appears the French had one of their wars going on there-abouts. Her ensign dropped like a limp rag; the ...

ONLY YOU Only you, can make me feel the way, I felt so long ago. Only you, can make me act this way, and let my feelings show. Only you, can hold me, and let my feelings stay the same. Only you, can argue with me, and let me know I'm not to blame. Only you, can look at me, and let me know ...

My Rude Awakening The beginning of my freshman year in high school started out to be what I thought was, "great." I was hanging out with the cool seniors and moving up the social ladder quite rapidly. Little did I know how much my friends would influence my life. My parents had ju...

Kimberley Lloyd Ningil 3 Jordan Catalano is a bit of an enigma. He doesn't talk a lot, which makes it all to easy to read into him whatever one wants to see in him. This much is known. Jordan is one of those loners who d...

A thirty-year-old detective-novelist living in southern California named Tommy Phan is on top if the world. He had just purchased a brand new Corvette and is living his fantasy of living the American dream. On his way home he calls his mother to inform her of his new toy. After feeling guil...

In the first passage titled "hurricane," the writer describes extensive damage and destruction to people, buildings and surroundings. People suffer shock, horror, despair and grief when they lose their love ones, their property and experience physical and mental hurt. The after effects ...

Joyce Carol Oates' "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" is a short story that amplifies the importance of knowing where you are and what you are doing, especially your children. In this story the main character, Connie, is a 15-year-old girl who falls victim to a rape and murder by Arnold ...

Pale Rider is a virtual remake of the classic western Shane. The plot line follows a very similar format. A stranger rides into town and conflict forces him to act. In the movie Shane, the characters are typically good or bad. Shane is a character in control of his demons; he has even created moral ...

Beauty The quote," The beauty of the world, which is soon to perish, has two edges, one of laughter, one of anguish, cutting the heart asunder," by Virginia Woolf describes the effects beauty has on the mind, soul, and heart. Beauty is a theme repeated throughout the book Mythology, time...

Night Adventurer The boy sit laying in his bed just waiting. He waiting for the movements of his parent above to stop. Once darkness is full and there is silence across is when the boy's night time adventure begins. Finally all is silent and small blue eyed boy opens his eyes and slowly cr...

Ralph's tears of pain and sorrow trickled down his roughed up face, the suns beating rays warmed his body. As Ralph looked up and wiped the tears from his face, he parted his golden hair so he could see the naval officer. In a whimpering voice Ralph said "It's been such a long time ...

Comedy. Action packed. Great story line. These are some qualities that the best movies of the summer have. Some examples of the best movies of the summer are freaky Friday, Terminator 3,and Freddy vs. Jason. One reason why Freddy vs. Jason is one of the best movies of the summer...

Children can learn many things after reading a Cinderella story. I believe that each story conveys similar as well as different ideas. "Yeh-hsien", Grimms' "Cinderella", and "The Princess in the Suit of Leather" all teach children patience. In each of the stories t...

Old glory means everything to me. It means freedom, the right of privacy, and to be equal. When I look at the United States flag I remember the coloines of soldiers fighting against the British. When this thought of having freedom comes to me I'm so overjoyed to know I can drink a soda-p...

The most challenging and frustrating thing about attempting to discuss women in punk is that, by nature, punk is impossible to pin down. In the twenty-five years that have passed since women in punk first shook its fist at the world, fact and fiction, truth and legend, have become intertwined. Punk...

John Keats once said "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." One thing beautiful that keeps on giving me joy is the miata. The miata is a beautiful car, from its smooth body on the outside to the sound of its roaring little engine. The miata is a compact car making it capable of getting into...

Many people in the world are smart, bud a kid in the movie "The Goonies" named Data is different. His is from China and is very accident-prone. He has a very active imagination and is clumsy. Data is very smart and inventive. Data is the inventor of the group. His inventions help the...

Whether or not one is an existentialist, absurdities occur in everyone's lives. It is an inevitable thing that many people don't even realize they have. Absurdness is a part of our daily lives. Although the world does not offer us any stability, safety, or explanations, we continue to see...

Fall I 2001, Sept. 10th Alex Pilipenko Journal Assignment #1 – Althen This week our group of ESL students was working on the excerpt from the Gary Althen's book "American Ways: A Guide for Foreigners in the United States", There were just several paragraphs, but they show us...

One of my fondest memories as a child is going to the beach; the summers were the best. The beach was so exciting, lots of things to play with, the clean soft sand and blue water for as far as the eye could see. Every weekend we would pack up my Mom's VW Bug with oversized colorful beac...