On June 14, 2008, my sister referred to as me from upstairs in her normal irritated tone. I slowly trekked up the steps, questioning what I had carried out this time to harass her (was it my pigsty of a room? or did she discover out concerning the headphones I someway forgot to ask if […]
Coming from an isolated world in a small city I know as Salt Lake City, Utah I needed a new experience. I needed to experience something that would give me hope, something inspiring, something that would challenge me and force me out of my comfort zone. I found this something special. Little did I know, […]
I was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome at six years old. It was a struggle both before and after the diagnosis. For people who do not know what Tourette syndrome is, it’s a neurological disorder that causes me to make loud sounds, have spasms and say or do things that I don’t mean. For example, I […]
“When I was doing theater, I was very successful at believing that I was great, God’s gift to the theater.” I understand how Morgan Freeman felt when he was doing theater. When you are on stage, everything else just fades away. It doesn’t matter if you’re the main lead or just a swaying tree in […]
My lips began trembling, my eyes began stinging, and I knew, I simply knew, I used to be going to cry. I stared morosely on the alleged “peanut-butter and jelly” sandwich in entrance of me and noticed a tear fall on the weird creation. My six-year-old thoughts merely couldn’t perceive why the bread was too […]
Plains, video games, and cars; the notorious group of three that turned me right into a thug. It was a heat summer time day, and I used to be a baby. But the gorgeous climate belied the actions on King Edward’s Manner, the place pure evil was happening. The horrible males had been decimating the […]
“Leave him alone!” I screamed at a greasy, pudgy-faced boy. His face fell as I stared him down, daring him to say anything. The boy stuttered, shocked by my assertiveness. Afraid the next word he’d say would be his last, he ran off with his slender, freckled friend. The playground was a battleground for elementary […]
Morning – high school students with glazed eyes stand under a streetlight; one stands apart, gazing at the stars. I am that dreamer. Every morning, I look toward the heavens, basking in the glow of the Greek and Roman gods. Orion watches as I get on the bus, Venus waves me off to a new […]
I’ve been suspended over the rolling hills of Poland by nothing however paper-thin, see-through mesh netting. I’ve squeezed my method via Buddha’s nostril to carry luck and luck to my household. I’ve in contrast ice cream from eight completely different nations, and located that my favourite is hidden down a slim side-street in Vienna. Nonetheless, […]
“How do you measure, measure a yr?” If one have been to mirror on this concept, many alternative, private ideas may come to thoughts. Largely although, I consider Scene One, Act Two, of Jonathan Larson’s rock opera, Lease. Out of the blue, I’m again at The Wang Heart on June 13, 2006, watching a easy […]