Pink Flamingos

Anthurium Symbolizes: Hospitality The name anthurium came from a Greek word that means “tail flower.” The unique shape of this flower led it to be known in other names such as Flamingo Flower, Boy Flower, Painted Tongue and Painters palettes. Some also believe that this flower bring good luck and ward against evil. Aster Symbolizes: Patience, Elegence, Wisdom Aster’s name originated from the ancient greek word “Aster” which means star. This flower was often used to create wreaths as tribute…

Monday morning and I'm getting ready to go to mentoring. Bernice usually picks me up around 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. rolls around and I hear a knock at my door, it's Bernice. She’s wearing bright colors like: bright yellow like the sun and bright pink like a flamingo. We hop in her old-raggedy gold mini-van. The windshield is shattered on the passenger side of the car. Bernice’s mini-van reeked of 2 day old meals of McDonalds and some air freshener. She explained to me that her phone wasn't working,…

speaking household. I realized that we had a close relationship because after valentine’s day she went up to me and she told me that she was sad because no one had given her anything for valentine’s day to which I responded with getting her a huge pink flamingo and a box of chocolates and she has been very attached to me ever since because she realized that I went out of my way to actually get her something to make her…

I like plays that make me think. Of One Chord presented me with a scenario where my best friend’s girlfriend had died and my girlfriend who I love is abusing me. I had to ask myself what I would do in the face of such inner torment. The senior theater project Of One Chord employs the elements inherit to drama—performance, lines, set, and props—to communicate that suicide is not the answer to pain. Katie accurately embodied the character Michelle’s hurt and hate. Her body language suggested…

of people who I knew I could trust and can make true memories with. At that point, I just realized that I made a ton of friends in high school. My eyes were light blue like a kitten. My teeth were sparkling white like a dove. My cheeks were pink like a flamingo. People in the hallways were wondering why I was smiling so much and if I take a gallon of sugar everyday. In that perspective, I knew that the reason was because I made true friends and I have entered the stage of where I’m free to…

The day July the 15th marks a memorable day in my recent summer vacation with my family. The much acclaimed and desirable ‘Disney World in Orlando, Florida’ was the point of attraction. I was very excited and overwhelmed as I took all of my time and energy in preparing for this trip; I loved every moment of this wonderful experience as the memory still lingers on. Prior to this desired journey to Disney World, my sister Chelsea thought it would be a pleasant and a great idea to keep the Disney…

In the short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O 'Connor, a very disoriented family of five is taking a “peaceful” trip to Florida. Although the father of the family, Bailey, is afraid of cats, Grandmother brings along her furry friend anyway; to add to this, Grandmother then begins to talk about an old house she remembers from her childhood that is believed along the way. However, it is not. When Grandmother realizes this information is incorrect, instead of telling Bailey to turn…

When I am about to drive home after my shift, I examine my face in the rear-view mirror. If I only knew how to change, to make me a protagonist again. Looking the part would at least be a starting point. I shrug, and start the motor. One day it will be too late, but not like Jan or Tessa think when they urge me to finish school, and apply to university to read a rational subject, because my ‘too late’ takes place far beyond that. Too late means to know what life is about, to have made all…

Sex Culture Without Love Sharon Olds questions casual sex in her poem “Sex Without Love”, she writes, “how do they do it, the ones who make love. / without love” ( lines 1-2)... Whether casual sex is a sin or something to be envied of it is growing to be quite popular in today’s culture. People are finding out though that casual sex has strings attached. To figure out what these strings are let’s first find out what casual sex is and why it happens. Is it because of the media, the sex culture…

American Culture? The origin of midnight movies started with the film El Topo in 1970. Alexandro Jodorowsky wrote, directed, and starred in the movie. Playing the lead role of El Topo, Jodorowsky had to transform with the character, taking on different physical looks, as the story plot drastically changed as well as the cinematic style. “The film begins as a western. Jodorowsky, bearded and dressed in black leather, comes cantering across the desert on a black horse with a naked child (his…