It was 6 a clock, and I waited on the railroad tracks to board my train. With my pillow in one hand and my bag in the other, I walked up the steps into the train. It was my first time riding the train by myself. I was a little anxious of who I would have to sit next to. I got my seat number and pra...

There is nothing in the world I love more than coffee, I thought. The aroma that calls you from a million miles away. The bitterness it sends through your soul, filling you up; giving you the warmth that you so desperately crave. And the darkness... the blackness that reminds me all too much of my...

Improving Listening Skills – Observing A Conversation I spent several hours at a doctor's office and observed 4 individuals talking in the waiting room. There was an older couple sitting in the waiting room together and out of the doctors office came two pharmaceutical reps,...

I hate gift exchanges. I hate the mystrey, I hate having to buy something for someone you barely know, I hate recieving that gift you never wanted and having to pretend like its the golden earings or bubble bath you hoped and dreamed of. And I hate the one gift exchange that made me hate all the r...

One of my biggest problems with watching a movie is that most movies are too predictable. I sat down to watch this movie with just that type of attitude particularly because this movie carried the same story line as "A Perfect Murder" which was an extremely predictable movie. At first I...

Brothers and sisters grow up arguing, screaming, and fighting from dusk until dawn. The arguments range from talking on the telephone, sharing the bathroom, to who gets dibs on the car. These confrontations appear to be the norm between siblings. In reality, when one comes face to face with losin...

The clock read 10:12 AM. As he sat in his desk beads of cold perspiration flowed down his forehead. It felt like he had finally received the eternal damnation that awaited him. He contemplated over and over the chimerical thoughts in his head that wouldn't stand a chance against a grader of ...

School was almost out. And i was having a horiible day, week in fact. Just a week left and it would be summer vacation. I couldn't wait for the last day to be over with; no more teachers, no more elementary school, and a lot more sleep. It was a normal day, and I took the bus home from school ...

My Transformation I was waiting for this moment in my life for four years now. The time was finally hear, and as quickly as it came it was gone. Graduation night, the end of one life and the beginning of a totally new one. One full of different opportunities, worries, dead lines, and joys. W...

The sun rose early that day. Edmond woke up and looked straight at the ceiling for a few minutes. Then suddenly he pulled his covers off and ran to get dressed. The king had called for him and he couldn't be late. He brushed his teeth with Colgate, put on his best clothing and sprayed on some...

When I reluctantly pulled into the parking lot of my doctor's office, I would be spending much more of my precious time in the waiting room than I wanted to. I especially didn't want to be there on such a beautiful warm summer day. Even though I was just there for a routine checkup and had an appoin...

It was like a racecar with neon lights, eighteen-inch wheel rims, big speakers, and Chevy seat covers. Big red was a ninety-two berretta that I transformed into a beautiful masterpiece. It wasn't the way I wanted it to be yet. I still needed to tint the windows and install a new muffler. T...

Ever since that night, Phil became anxious, scared and even paranoid. It was the week after his high school graduation and he was headed to the school of his dreams. He wanted to celebrate. He and his brother talked about going on a trip to Mount Blanc, which was considered to be the most beautiful ...

In high school, I was a bad kid. I didn't do drugs or drink beer, but I was bad. School wasn't a priority of mine during my junior year, and I failed all of my classes except weight training, ceramics, and jewelry. I lived for the bell at the end of the day. This was the first year that...

Vacation It was the summer of 1997, and my family was planning for our first out of state vacation. We were going to Disneyworld. Everyone was filled with excitement as we loaded our car and made our way to the airport. When we got to the airport, we quickly checked our bags and board...

A CLOSE CALL The bell finally rang after a long day of school, and everyone was excited to go home. My friends and I wanted to go out and get something to eat before our big soccer game against Brookwood. I didn't know something was going to happen to me that would...

A Life Lesson Throughout life, there are certain points that you look back on and say "what was I thinking?!" or "could I have really been that stupid?" I assure you that I have a multitude of such memories, but the one that stands out in my mind was an experience that not o...

How to Survive while Traveling with Children Survival: the New World Dictionary states, The act, state, or fact of surviving. That is just the tip of the ice burg when it comes to traveling with children. Children can be sweet, loving and well behaved most of the time, but get them strapped ...

The Accident It was a normal Friday night in down town Salt Lake City, Utah. I, my aunt and uncle, my two cousins and two of their friends were out cruising in my aunt's new birthday present- a '92 Camaro Z28. I drove the car because my aunt and uncle had been drinking and were a little s...

LIFE IS MUCH TO PRECIOUS TO TAKE IT FOR GRANTED A couple of years ago, when I was 17 years old, my parents, brother and I went to our estate, going there was one of our favorite things to do during the weekends. I was enjoying the last day of the weekend before school started in company of my par...

Eight feet of metallic silver steel. From the moment I saw her, I knew she was Neveah. I opened the door, and to this day nothing has ever been sweeter to my nostrils than the smell of her new leather interior. Turning the key in her ignition for the first time, her purring filled my ears with j...

Who Died and Made Them Boss? The United States government sounds very hypocritical when it points the finger at all Communist ideologies by telling them they control the lives of their citizens, when the U.S is doing the exact same act. Our constitution has set up many laws that make perfect sen...

In the movie "A Man Escaped," director Robert Bresson uses tight shots to convey a confined sense of space throughout the film. The opening scene in the police car on the way to the prison feels cramped, even when Fontaine tries to escape from the car and his seat is empty. The camera is positioned ...

My Wreck On Sunday, Martin Luther King's Day of 2003, some of my friends and I decided to go out. We planned to go to a party in my new car, a Honda Civic. I was trying to get over a bad break up with my boyfriend, Brandon, and going party seemed like a good idea....

Her name was Jake. She was new to Greentown. She had long, black hair that the sun glistened off. A delicate figure with a slim, pale body. She was graceful when she walked, like she was walking on a cloud or cutting through the sky like a sawn cuts through the water. Her eyes, that is what I remem...