Chapter One: "We're moving" I come home from school, put my torn, ready to be thrown out blue school bag down on our round "island" in the kitchen and storm outside to enjoy the very first day of summer vacation. The air is warm and the sun is shinning brighter than ever....

Cameronized Denver! There are no words to describe my love and passion for the city of Denver, Colorado. The mountains, the skyline there is nothing like it. No city is quite like Denver. The most important part of why I love Denver is because I was born and raised there for 7 years. I hadn'...

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Things Only Get Better "Evan." My eyes examined the words, "Evan Evan..." I repeated. It was written all over her binder. Not one centimeter without a heart or something else. I knew right then that she was in love. Riley and I have been best friends ever since I can reme...

Trinity On Sunday, June 14th, a nice hot summer day, I got up early to finish my packing and get all my food together. I was getting ready for a week of camping up at Lake Trinity with three of my good friends and one of their moms. Jen and Jo came to my house earlier to help my prepare the fo...

Mommy's Love "Oh my god Megan! She's not alright." I shouted to my husband, as I lifted my child's head, looking at her forehead covered in blood. Above her right eye I could see her skull. The smell of burnt rubber lingered in the air. A bystander helped me pull my limp child out of the b...

The Life Sitting on her off white, lightly flower imprinted love seat, Tira looked around confused. She had just woke up from a nap she hadn't intended on taking, but wasn't sure what had woke her up. Then she heard a knock on the door. She walked towards the door and yelled out, "Who is it?" Sh...

This particular situation occurred when the previous worker's shift was about to end and mine was about to begin, so I was not completely up to speed with everything that had happened and would need to be done on my shift, and the individual that was leaving his shift was likely just ready to leave...

k is for kitty It hurts; I'm so cold so cold so cold right now I don't hardly know how I can be alive. Its best not to think about death, said Jimmy, some things its just best not to think about. I was chasing kitties, chasing kitties down the dirty, wet alley. The kitties...

My emotional anguish has become my physical pain. Am I imagining these physical symptoms I am having? Am I causing these symptoms? How do I get rid of them? How do I make others believe they really do exist? On Friday night after the Knicks vs. Nets basketball game in Madison Square Garden, I ...

The Hunt . Being much of a tomboy growing up on our farm in Door County my father figured that I was probably the only thing close to a son that he might ever have. He had always wanted a son but 5 tries and no luck. Now surrounded by girls aging from 19 to 7 he hoped that I might be a...

Grow old along with me the best is yet to be. I love you not only for what you are,but for what I am when I am with you As we grow older together, As we continue to change with age, There is one thing that will never change... I will always keep falling in love with you. For, you see, each d...

When you are in a big crowd at a concert, club, or party, all you hear is the same background noise; an uninteresting "blah, blah, blah". However, even though you may hear idioms, different tones of voice, or funny accents, there is a little bit more to it than that...each conversation yo...

After rolling out of bed (twenty-five min be for I have to be in school) I jump into the shower. After my shower I do my hair. My whole head is shaved except for one strip of hair going down the middle of my head so I can gel up a six-inch mohawk. I put on a pair of pants that cover my shoes, which ...

One in every seven teens has tried it. If not tried it then at least seen it or smelt it. Some people do it for fun, others use it for medicine. Although it is illegal, it's widely used and known. You know what I'm talking about. Pothead, stoner, dead head, loser, hero. Those are only a fe...

The Few Steps of Flirting "There's language in her eye, her check, her lip, Nay her foot speaks; her wanton spirits look out at every joint and motive of her body" (William Shakespeare). Are you the kind of person that always looks at someone intriguing but never approaches to tal...

School was great; it was my release from life. I had a lot of friends, I was popular, I was in orchestra, leadership, choir, French, drama, dance, president of a couple clubs, and an active member of many other clubs. I was one of the most active students in school. I was not only the class clown, b...

Writing Collage His tall slender build and big bright eyes are the first things I remember. I also remember that his brother looked just like him. He moved in across the street when I was eleven. He was the first guy I ever had a real crush on. He was always quiet, reserved; yet some...

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE J.D. SALINGER This book is one of the first books that actually have made me change my way of thinking. It is unlike any book I have ever read. The sad part about it is that you have to be a certain type of person in order for this book to change you. In fact, you ...

The power to gain and have more has always been a problem or a problem causer in human society. Its so hard to keep track of this because it takes place in different forms. Their are good and bad sides to it. They are from the gain of knowledge to the gain of territory and all they way from Hitler...

The Accident That Changed My Life I used to read in the news about people getting in car accidents all the time. The trouble is, I never thought it could happen to me. I guess you could say that I saw myself as invincible. With the way I'd been living my life, something was bound to ha...

I had once watched an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show where Oprah Winfrey interviewed women who recalled the moment they realized they should always listen to their gut, their natural instinct that warned them of for coming trouble. It is an instinct that everyone naturally has that, in a way,...

Check please. "Come along children. Be careful and hold on to the side of the pool. Stay in one line and don't get out of line," rang a beautiful, gentle voice from the inside of the pool. "I am disappointed. There are no fly girls this year in the camp. This is going to be a long summer!" said ...

A Day in the Life of an Actress "Lights, Camera, and Action." To live a day in the life of an actress is one dream I had growing up. On August 22, 1995, I had the chance to make this dream become a reality. My name was pulled from a drawing to win a trip for two to Los Angeles and se...

Ender's Game Essay Is science fiction in some cases creativity and imagination or is it a rude awakening? Ender's Game, Unaccompanied Sonata and Harrison Bergeron share the common themes of isolation and control. Ender's game is about a boy who was chose to save the worl...