Monday, October 29, 2007

Write a narrative of a moment in which you felt alone, even though you may have been in the midst of a crowd. Concentrate on details of the enviroment

It was a warm morning day, sun was peeking up over the horizon, and everything was perfect. Except....me. The unbelieveable had happened my soul mate one and only had said we needed to be apart. Are you kiding me? He was it my whole future was based on him, my best friend, boyfriend. I could barely wake up that morning. "Get up it's 7:30", my sister kept saying through my bedroom door. I didn't want to face it....the aloneness. I went into school, everything seemed fine. "Hey, hows you and Zac doin", Alyssa who I hardly ever see just happened to be around to make my relization of the horror even better. I couldn't hid it, tears just started wealing in my eyes. I told her he's fine and scurried away before anymore questions could be asked. I couldn't sit through my classes, and consintrate enough. I felt alone, that world just seemed empty and pointless to me. I felt everyone knew and judged me, that I wasen't good enough. I had no one to turn to, even though my good friends wanted to know what was wrong. I made it through that day and slowly over time made it through each day up to this one.

Injustice

Write an essay in which you describe your coming into awareness of a particular injustice in the world. How did you initially react? What are your initial feelings?

I realized one day at work, as I was throwing away bad food from the grill, that so much food and waste is thrown out in america each day. It's amazing, every day trash is emptied across america by billions of americans. Think of all that waste. Then I thought of all the starving countries acrosss the world. How can us american have so much and other countries have so little? It's sad that we take our life for grandent, even those in america that have it "bad" are still more privilaged then some others. I was struck by this thought and felt pity and angry. Why can't anyone change this? There are so many advocates out there fighting for whats right why is noone fighting for the cure of world hunger. It makes you think before you throw away the rest of that sandwich, or milkshake. If you can't eat it don't get it. I wish I had enough drive and ambition to knock some common sense into the world.

Sunday, October 14, 2007

If you know you were going to be banished to an igloo for the rest of your life, what five items would you take along? Assume you would get all the fo

If I was banished to an igloo with water, food, heat, and warm clothes I think I would be good to go on the necessities. If I could take five items with me I think I would first take my cell phone that way I could still communicate with everyone, and of course the charger. I would bring a good, long book that I wouldn’t mind reading a few times. I think I would also bring an album of a bunch of pictures that I would like to look at. My last thing that I would bring would be my childhood teddy bear that way I don’t feel so alone. I don’t think I would like to be banished from everybody so I hope it never happens. I think being alone is the worst punishment that anyone could do to someone.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

For what in your life do you feel most grateful?

Ever since I was little no matter how hard things got I was never concerned about not having a place to sleep or a good home to come back to. In my life my mother is the thing that I am most grateful for. My father and mom split up when I was only one, and since then I have been thrown back and forth between the two families. My mom worked two jobs and took care of me which was tough. I always had plenty of family to take care of me so when my mom needed someone to watch me my family would pitch in. As I grew older my mom became the one person I relied on and took care of. It's funny how I relied on her and now she relies on me. I have seen some pretty rough stuff between my mom and at the time her boyfriend, now my half brother and sisters dad, happen. It was hard and even with being so much smaller I tried my best to stand up for her, and protect her. I am most grateful for my mom because she always had a solution for any problem and no matter how hard things got she always managed to put food in our mouths and a roof over our head. She's a very strong women and I hope that I can be just as strong as she is and stand up for myself and children.

Friday, October 5, 2007

prince charming

It starts with a smile, laugh, a kiss. The first date. Dinner, movies, everything that could possibly go wrong isn’t cause he’s there with her, holding her. It’s like a fairy tale. The prince has finally rescued the princess and swept her up on his magnificently white horse. I know it sound cliché but hey, it’s a fairytale. Butterflies set up camp in her stomach, and no matter how hard she tries to make them settle down he looks at her with that puppy dog eye look that just makes those butterflies get all excited and start fluttering around again. It’s seems like the perfect couple, the kind of love that lasts forever. Well that’s what she thought.
Drinking, a deadly killer, trouble maker, the devil that is just tempting. It’s hard to imagine this simple beverage could get in between this fairy tale couple. It starts out with one night out with the buddies, dragging the princess with, which at the time is all fine and dandy. But then weekend after weekend he starts to go out , mostly on his own now. Who’s there for her? No one. Friends are gone, neglected because of the prince. Can you imagine a princess without a friend. It’s not hard. That one person she does talk to is always busy or never calls back, but it’s ok the princess is strong. It’s just a phase, it’ll pass, right?
One night after another, princess is getting lonelier and lonelier. Now the prince is doubting the relationship, is she cheating on him? Why should he care he doesn’t pay attention to her, he’s not even in the same world as her most the time. Not enough time for her was the problem, which he quickly solved by breaking it off.
Rejection, hurt, pain, tears, how could the prince leave the princess? Unimaginable. Now a year later and feelings for each other still rage but the prince won’t let his life go for the one he’ll regret losing forever. Where that prince with the white horse, what happened to him? Her life, her love….it’s gone.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Life...

When we were little we all wanted to be a fire fighter, police officer, or whatever we decided to dress like that day. We played in the mud and ran around till night when we caught lightning bugs. Growing up was the last thing on our minds just convincing our parents to let us stay up for late night TV was our goal.
Slowly we made our way up the school ladder, first day of kindergarden all the way to graduation day. It was a long haul and the best days of our life. Now time to face reality....college...job....it all has come and awaits us. The important thing is we've made it so challenge it head on. Life will always have battles and there will be times that some will want to throw in the towel on it, but just remember tommarrows another day and somebody's always there to help you get through this crazy game we call life. Love, Live, and Laugh often.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.
Harrison Ford (1942 - )

I found this quote that I thought really spoke the truth. Many times the first time we screw up we feel at our lowest, but when we do get a second chance thats when some of the biggest changes in our lives happen