2006 albums

Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem, “My Dreams, My Works, Must Wait Till After Hell,” emphasizes the role that dreams play in the narrator’s life. This traditional sonnet is included in the collection, “Gay Chaps at the Bar,” that introduces the narrators as young soldiers recently returned from war. Favored by writers in the Harlem Renaissance, Brooks wrote the collection in strict sonnet format with iambic pentameter. Yet, the poem does not mirror the rigidity of the sonnet because of Brooks’ careful use…

I have this fear. It causes my legs to shake, and my sweat to build. The abrupt feeling that you would get when a roller coaster has just hit it’s peak, and you have less than one second to prepare for it plunges downward. When you are falling in a dream, and there is nothing there to help you stand up. At this point in my education, I would assume this discontent would disappear. However every time I have to speak publicly, that fear arises once again, and I become unsure on how the words I…

It was extravagant. She had come to wish me well. She had said to me. I was scheduled for surgery the next day. She was not my doctor, thus how extravagant it was of hers to come and wish me well? But she had come and she had wished me well. And once she had done so, she had left. When the examining room door had closed behind her, for reasons beyond me, I hopped off the table, went to the door, cracked it, and watched her grow small down the long, sterile hallway, until the corner took…

His sudden death created an overtone of sadness with a new viewpoint for my friends and me. We began to see ourselves less than invincible, even fallible, not knowing when one of us could die. This was a big wake-up call, as we were only teenagers. To think we were less than immortal was a big deal, and it was certainly a time of personal growth for all of us. We got together and talked as we could during those first two weeks, also my first two weeks as a nineteen-year-old, and theorized…

Many people characterize their home as safe, secure, or at least comforting. My home was a bit … different. After leaving their home in Nigeria, my parents had to jump from home to home constantly moving me and my family until they could learn how to properly settle in America. My parents were very caring and helpful and kept trying to move us to places where we would have a chance at success. When we finally settled their seemed to only be one logical thing to do... help other immigrants…

JJ 's POV- I can 't take this anymore. The other sidemen don 't care about me. I doubt they even love me anymore, but it 's not hard to see why. Ethan was the lovable one. Josh was the person everybody went to for support. Simon constantly showered everybody with love. Tobi was a fucking angel. Harry was the affectionate one. Vik was just plain adorable. Me? I was the asshole. I made an offensive joke about Ethan. I insulted Josh. I picked on Simon, even though I knew he had a bad day. I refused…

One of my relationships that I have is with my good friend Kegan. The reason why we have such a good relationship between us, is because we have so many things in common. When I first met Kegan when I was 12 years old. I really didn't know him. As we started to hang out together we started to become more like each other. I don't know if that was because he wanted to be like me or I want to be like him. We learn from each other and watch the way we did things thus social cognitive theory. As time…

One Ordinary Day with Bubble Gum The Next morning Mr. Johnson awoke in a terribly wonderful bad mood knowing that he was going to have a day full of ruining other peoples day with just an ordinary stick of bubble gum. As he ate breakfast his mind was actively thinking about the many possibilities that he could do, as he was pondering the day he decided to go to Central Park. On his way to the park Mr. Johnson saw a nice car and decided that he was going to have some fun with his stick of…

Integration Merging personal centered therapy and the concept of being Christ like would be what Jesus would do in response to healing mankind. While I recognize humanistic psychology focuses on behavior and PCT focuses on self, I believe having the ability to integrate both therapies from a Christian stand point would be effective. Scripture encourages us to have a “human” mindset to life by building up our neighbor. Ephesians 4:11-16 ESV states, “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the…

University of Central Arkansas, located in Conway, Ar. Over twenty-six thousand students attend this school, and I am one of them. As I was in my final days of high school I became anxious. I was going to be moving to a new city and would have to make new friends. I prepared myself all summer for this drastic change, and before I knew it move-in day was here! The whole ride there I was trying to think positive thoughts but there were always some what ifs in the back of my head. My cousin had…