2007 singles

The October sun had long risen when the two sisters arrived. Together they trudged up the hillside in silence, hand in hand as though to share strength with one another. Vines draped themselves lazily across the top of the gate, dancing delicately in the breeze. It’s aged metal bars made a sound of protest, but grudgingly opened against the weight of the two. It became much warmer once past the opening, the hillside protected the graveyard, keeping it safe from the reach of Autumn’s bite. They…

It’s easy to wake up in the mornings, but more than difficult to get up nowadays. For the past few weeks I have achieved little more than four hours sleep every night, despite being incredibly tired and constantly craving sleep. Being unable to sleep, however, made no difference to what I did with my days. Granted, they were longer than I might hope, but that was still no reason to venture outside. Outside is where you get hurt, or followed, or laughed at. Outside is terrifying. The only reason…

We Still ‘Love’ Each Other, Right? “I have an idea, let’s roast each other!” “How about we don’t do that because it’s stupid.” “No, I think it’s great-- I love knowing what people don’t like about me.” “Me too, let’s do it!” “I think I have to leave soon.” “Then we’ll start with you, sit back down.” * * * * * * * * A few hours earlier, the clock shows that it’s six o’clock. Gabrielle and I have been hanging out since school was let out, and we still can’t decide if we want to…

The magical night on halloween One day in school me and my best friends Kiana and Mariana Invited to a Halloween party at a kid's house who is really wealthy and popular. Kiana has been my best friend since like 2nd grade so has Mariana, Kiana looks Looked She was really really nice girl she was so pretty she had long curly hair and her hair was brown with blonde/ombre highlight. Mariana was a really really nice girl And she was really pretty she had black roots kind of reddish brownish blonde…

Happiness is not easy to achieve; just like many wonderful, blissful feelings, the best of them are never easily come by. When we are young, we allow ourselves to enjoy the simplicity that life has to offer. It was carefree. However, as adults, to be truly happy, it’s laudable. Society and psychological human desire impedes us to achieve satisfaction, but it’s embedded within us to struggle. This same struggle to achieve happiness is only attainable, as portrayed in literature and films, through…

Saint Julien’s story tells us that only those people who whole-heartedly accept their solitariness and embrace it are able to survive it. Acceptance is, therefore, the first step towards the journey. Those people who learn to live with the fact that they are alone and abandoned are able to find solace even in loneliness. Saint Julien embraced what fell upon him. He embraced the hatred, his loneliness, and the fact that everybody hated him. And even then, he did not become passive. He continued…

Love is often portrayed as a beneficial and a desiredwanted emotion because it bears the results of feeling good. When seen from the outside, only the good parts of relationships involving love are seen, such as others holding hands and spending quality time together. Therefore, many gain the misconception that love is a picture-perfect emotion that they end up longing for. Although love appears to not have conflict, romantic love makes those who receive it initially feel joy and happiness, but…

My Favorite Mistake It seems like everyone has a special talent. At annual school talent shows I would come up empty handed trying to think of what I could perform. It seemed as though I didn’t have any talents that I could perform. I received outstanding grades, I could easily comprehend literature, and I was quick at solving math problems, but I couldn’t perform any of those talents for an audience. I blame myself for my lack of performing talent. I once was an excellent pianist. The…

Have you ever experienced anything that made you grow up faster than you should have? Have you ever been forced to do something that changed the way you live and think? Or you’ve even tried to hide something you strongly believed in because other people's perspective on you might change? This happens a lot in today's society but it also happened to Marjane Satrapi. Marjane tells her story through her novel, Persepolis, and it shows how things in the world can drastically change someone’s…

----------------------------------------- Battle of the Dueling Nobys ------------------------------------------ The episode of "Battle of the dueling Nobys" started at school. Saying "Hi" happily to his friends, Noby came to school earilier than usual. Everyone was quite surprise. And more surprisingly, Noby actually did all his home work. The whole class heard it, and nobodies believed that. Mr S walked into the class, Noby felt happy and weird about getting his homework done for the first…