2006

Being deaf in a world that most of the people are hearing and don’t understand the deaf culture is very hard to live in. In my opinion I don’t know how they live or what they do or how they feel because no one told me their life style. I though their life is just the same as mine just have to go by way a different way but I didn’t know coving your mouth or whispering or not paying attention with your eye is distrustful because us hearing people can talk with looking at some in the eye or…

This movie was an extremely powerful movie. I am glad we watched it in class. It got me thinking about how I feel about forgiveness and compassion. One idea that I liked that was mentioned during the movie was one religion (I’m still not sure which one it is) has an idea of “40 days of grief”: if you cannot fully grieve the loss of a person after 40 days, you are impeding their soul’s journey to the next life. It is a very interesting idea, and will make me think after I have experienced a loss…

As I am waiting to get back to Earth I think about all of the stuff that has happened. Will my bones be okay? Will I actually see Nana? I guess I don’t really know until I get to Earth. I then ponder about my parents. I wonder if they will be worried, or maybe they don’t notice because of their stupid Mars research. At least on Earth they have water. I hope I can see Nana again, and I hope she is okay. I’m satisfied that I’m going home but, I am also very concerned about my bones. We all have to…

1999 was the year that changed my life trajectory. The year was filled with dire warnings for Y2k but to me, it was the year that I found the name of my passion. I have questioned, changed, given up on this passion several times during the last 18 years but I am thankful that I have been pulled back on course no matter my own and life’s’ shenanigans. 1999 I started what would be called my freshman college year in Trinidad and Tobago. Having finished my high school with somewhat unremarkable…

“This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill—you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes." This is a quickly discernible phrase for connoisseurs of the science fiction world; it is a memorable line from one of the most recognizable and celebrated sci-fi movies of the 20th century, The Matrix, which was written and directed by…

The Missing Puzzle “Farewell forever!” were the last words Jane said to me before she left Thornfield. The words Jane had said circled in my head over and over again and the enraged and heartbroken face she had on her face when she left my house pictured in my head. I felt as if a thunderstorm was going on inside me, all the hopes and plans I made to do with Jane all crushed down. I couldn’t believe what just happened. Even though I tried my best to keep Jane right next to me, she wouldn’t…

Boucher, The Breakfast, 1739, France The piece of art called The Breakfast, by Boucher shows women and children having breakfast, while a butler is pouring them something to drink. The artist is trying to portray that the family is of higher class. He does this by the type of clothes the women are wearing and the beautiful design of the room. The frame of the mirror is gold, also the mounted candle holders on the wall are a beautiful gold. The artist makes it obvious that the women in the…

I was so excited. Though I was 2 weeks early, I was packed and ready. The weeks prior to the cruise were the longest weeks of my life. All I was thinking about was how fun it would be, how cool the water would feel on my warm skin, and how much free ice cream I could eat once we arrived. I had always wanted to go on a cruise, but I was always too young and wouldn’t be able to do much, but splash around in the shallow end of the pool. Two years before I would be going on my very first cruise, my…

At the vulnerable age of 8, scared of lots of things, I had a huge imagination and over thought things way too much. The year of 2012 I went on a vacation which I thought would be one of the scariest things of my life turned out to be one of the most fun things I have ever done. I’ve never flown over the ocean before so with my imagination I thought of many outrageous things that could go wrong. We had two flights, one from Chicago to Atlanta and another from Atlanta to Nassau. Our first flight…

It was the most significant night of my life. I remember it like it was yesterday. It happened on a night during the summer before freshman year. My parents and I didn’t always get along well. There was a lot of tension in my family early on. My parents got married December 21, 1998 and I was born July 7, 1999. I never really thought much about it because it seemed normal. A year earlier I found out that I had been conceived before my parents were married. One night the thought just popped into…