“I’m not okay!” This track screams self doubt and insecurity, proper? I giggle in pure amazement as my ideas shifted gears and a hyperactive but delicate sound tumbled out of my audio system. The electrical guitar carried an untainted melody whereas balancing a grunge rhythm. The emotion within the lead singer’s voice uncovered a way […]
The Question Assignment “wish to come Help me follow?” is so imbedded in my head that I couldn’t neglect it even when I needed to. My step brother Bobby, used to ask me this Question Assignment every single day after college. On daily basis I’d have the identical reply, “YES!” I stated with a lot […]
Her face reddens and it becomes apparent that she is slipping out of control. She clenches her fists, nails gnawing at her skin. A wave of rage surges through her body, causing even her lips to quiver in anger. She gasps for breath, trying to calm herself down, but it is too late. Her screams […]
A black stool, as black because the night time sky, stood alone. There was nothing particular about it that anybody might see. It was merely an inexpensive black stool, however it was not abnormal to me. To me it symbolized one thing particular in my life: time spent with my brother. Our household bought the […]
Eight-hundred meters left, that is it, solely eight hundred meters left. I felt my chest get tight and my aspect get sore as I plodded alongside the grassy pathway at my first highschool cross nation meet. My stride was brief, and my velocity was no higher than that of a shuffle jogger. I bear in […]
After the music stops, and the piano collects dust, only few will hear that glorious sound. Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, and Chopin continually ring through my ears. And once heard, the sound becomes unforgettable–just like him. The things he did always came off a little strange–constantly inventing thing, improving lasers, and editing picture. But, despite his odd […]
“One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty, until you try.” I couldn’t agree more with this quote by Sophocles, especially after an experience that I recently had. Walking through our nation’s capital with my family, I couldn’t help but notice the number of homeless […]
When I was thirteen years old, I held in my hand a crisp, new copy of the latest in the magical book series: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. My heart pounded, my stomach had butterflies, and I suddenly couldn’t stand still. I was holding in my hand the novel I had been waiting for […]
I was curled up in the middle of my bed, a blanket clutched between clawed fists, sobs wracking my frame with so much force that the headboard clacked against the wall. In my head, a voice kept screaming, over and over, “Why me?” My angry fingers kneaded the unfortunate blanket, as if trying to pull […]
The chance of winning the Lotto Jackpot is about one in fourteen million. The chance of winning the California State Lottery is one in eighteen million. And the sad reality is, that most of the lottery winners squander the opportunities that are presented to them. Many lottery winners wish they hadn’t won and hadn’t been […]