Dale, I told Gary, I wish dad was here, I was there to represent dad and support his brothers and sisters and Nanny. I'd learned most of my knowledge of all of them through the grape vine and I do not blame anybody but the uncontrollable circumstances. I do not want anything from them. I have letters Nanny wrote us along with good memories and pictures. I did not want them thinking I was there for anything other than representing dad and to support each of them, not to mention Nannie was always good to us.…
When I was pregnant with all my children I would be filled with anticipation with what will they look like and who will they be with they grow up. But the sad part of this anticipation is wishing past every stage of their development to see the adult they will become. I often wonder if my mom thought the same things when she was pregnant with me and I wonder if she likes what she sees now that I am an…
6 months ago. "Love. Crazy how something so simple, and accessible for them is something I long for the most. You see, when you're born into 76 you don't get love. You don't get the feeling of looking at someone and feeling a rush of butterflies (or at least that's how the books describe it).…
In a world of modern technology and media influence, one child existed. We shall call him Boi. Sitting in his mom’s hot car, 13-year-old Boi listened to the radio and the commercials that followed. One particular commercial made his ears perk: “Use the new miracle medicine Protikeene to relieve your allergy symptoms permanently!…
Early in the morning there were two teenage girls named Brenda and Chelsea. They were best friends that they did everything together. They heard the morning announcements that their is going to be an audition for the school swim team . ‘’Wow!’’ Chelsea said to Brenda Brenda replied to Chelsea ‘’we need to go to that swimming audition that they are going to have cause we both love swimming right?’’…
I’m matching you with… Rohan! Rohan’s personality blends well with yours. The two of you are definitely one of those couples who seem untouchable and unbothered, because you are! When he’s finished with a manuscript of Pink Dark…
FADE IN: INT. TRAIN - DAY Cliff is sitting on the train looking out the window at the Louisiana landscape. A dirty man sitting next to CLIFF is pulling his feet to his face so he can bite off his toenails. Cliff pulls out his wallet and stares at an old picture of MARIA, STAG and himself. They are all making goofy faces at the camera.…
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Little Red, who lived in the busy city of New York City, she also lived with her grandma and the butler named Fredrick. They lived in a great big mansion on the West Side of town. Everyone thought that Little Red was her real name but her real name is Jessica, and Little Red was the most sweetest girl you would ever meet. Now her grandma, she was kind, old lady but little did she know that the man she has trusted for years.. her butler Frederick.…
Dear (website name), I am contacting you because I thought that you might be interested in a trilogy of feminist comedy sketches created by Who Are You Wearing and produced by Turtle Canyon Comedy. Who Are You Wearing is ironically named after the age-old sexist red-carpet question and challenges gender stereotypes, discusses gender equality, and discrimination issues in their videos, blogs, and podcasts. Turtle Canyon Comedy is a team of independent comedy producers working with great British comedians to produce original series and sketches, short films, mixed-format comedy for audiences worldwide. The three sketches that I have attached in this email deal with gender stereotyping, rape culture, and everyday sexism.…
Even after going to the track, and stretching for a few minutes, the tension still had not died down. Upperclassmen were glaring competitively at each other, while freshman gave anxious glances to their circumferential milieu. There was one exception to this. It was the blond headed boy who greeted me. I walked next to him and exchanged formalities.…
“His tempo is off,” Sara mutters quietly to herself. It is minutes away until Sara herself will be in the same position as the boy with the off tempo. Sara is worried. She is afraid that with all her nerves of performing in front of the massive crowd, her shakes and trembles will hinder her performance, or even worse, destroy her performance. “I will be alright,” Sara says softly, “I am simply here once more to share the world my music.”…
I Bailey Jaggers was at the hospital with my dad, who had been shot, when I met Ponyboy, Sodapop, and Darry Curtis. They were greasers just like me, and they happened to live right up the street from my house. They were there to see two of their friends, Johnny Cade and Dallas Winston, who had been injured in a fire. My dad is doing really bad and I don’t know how to deal with stuff like this. “I have a son of my own,” I tell the brothers, “ his name is Roman and my wife’s name is Kiana.”…
End of May 2015. 14 year old me hunched over my desk in the back row, waiting for my teacher to play a video demonstrating “proper satire” to our Fiction Writing class. It started with a set of parents scolding their irresponsible children for finding drugs in their bedroom; the plot was so clichè that it hardly caught my attention. Suddenly, I jumped upon hearing a middle aged man shout, “YOU’RE GONNA BE DOING A LOT OF DOOBIE ROLLING, WHEN YOU’RE LIVING IN A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER!”. The video was now about a heated, overweight motivation speaker screaming in the ear of a lanky blonde boy.…
Lullaby As loving mother relentlessly tends to her restless baby, her anguished husband can’t take it anymore, so he reveals a harsh reality, hoping she’ll see the light. Poojitha Prasad’s excellent writing and directing erases the cultural divide. In Lullaby, she demonstrates our universal language.…
I'm just so confused. You could have had pretty much anyone! There are tones of girls who were all over you. Most of them are way prettier then me, more interesting; just more everything. Probably less crazy, less sad, less miserable then me by a million times.…