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“Mom! Mariah!” I called as the water from the hurricane threatened to drown me. I looked around for the faces of my family, unsuccessfully. I could feel tears coming to my eyes as I swam around my flooded city of Gulfport, Mississippi; the waves dunking me under water repeatedly. “It’s just a dream..,” voices in my head called. I sat up quickly in my bed, my alarm clock scaring me out of my sleep. I barely slept last night worrying about the hurricane that the news reporter was babbling about…

drawer in search of an old photograph, I came across a picture of a teenage girl. Dressed in her navy and gold pep club uniform, she had positioned her pom poms so that they covered each hip. Her golden- blond hair swirled past her shoulders and as my eyes traveled downward I was shocked to see she had missing body parts--someone had taken a pair of scissors and cut her legs completely off. Tossing the photo aside, I continued my search. As I sifted through mountains of pictures I found…

his boss had one with a working CD player available to loan out to him. Leo had been a little wary when Piper offered up her car for the trip. As easy as it was for her to charm her way out of situations at school, her dazzling smile and sparkling eyes hit a wall when it came to her father’s assistant, Jane, the primary handler of her personal affairs. Jane was a stone cold, rock hard, daunting lady-- void of all emotion. Getting Piper out of the house with her permission was almost impossible.…

The sound of weeping brought Lilitha back into consciousness — but only slightly. Through slanted eyes, she became aware of the moon who lingered behind thin scudding clouds. The customary contentment was long gone; there was no luminosity to offer, no milky light to lessen the discomfort. It seemed she and her sister, Lilly, were able to successfully escape from those damned werewolves. Thank goodness… Excruciating pain erupted through her broken body as though a fire spreading immensely fast.…

Sticky Situations Webs splattered across my face, momentarily impairing my vision. Uncontrolled laughter spurted from my mouth, accompanied by interlocking hands. Zipper met material, sliding loudly down the muscular back that Peter so proudly displayed. My happiness faded as quickly as it had come, dreadful thoughts overtaking my positivity. “How did it go with Mary Jane?” I stuttered indefinitely, nervously awaiting an answer. “Virg, I tried. I went to talk to her but…” “But what?” I…

Our eyes work like a camera. Just like a camera lens focuses our cornea focuses light on the membrane called the retina. The cornea is transparent. It's found in the front of the eye and it helps focus light. Behind the pupil is a colorless, see threw structure called the crystalline lens. A clear fluid called the aqueous humor fills between the cornea and iris. The cornea focuses most of the light and then it goes through the lens. Behind the cornea is a colored, ring shaped membrane called…

people found the young child appealing because of her singing, dancing, dimples, and of course her blond curls. In 1934, she appeared in a musical called Stand Up and Cheer (“Shirley Temple”). A popular song that many people know from the movie Bright Eyes, is called “On the Good Ship Lollipop”. Shirley Temple received an Academy Award by the name of, “The Outstanding Personality of 1934.” By the end of 1934, Shirley Temple was one of the top stars in Hollywood (“Shirley Temple”). All of her…

When I watched this documentary, The Chernobyl Disaster, through a formal lense, the producer organized this documentary in chronological order. The medium in which this non-live performance was made is a digital narrative and was an 11 minute documentary on YouTube. The colors of this film were cool tone, mostly black and white photos, and a lot of grays and dark blue. These colors, to me, are associated with sadness. For example, dark gloomy days are associated with gray stormy rain clouds.…

night when I climbed into bed and was about to doze off I heard familiar small scampering footsteps, I slowly glanced at the edge of my bed in the pitch blackness of the night and saw the haunting glowing eyes once again, peering just over the edge of my bed, studying me as I lay there. I shut my eyes immediately and when I opened them the creature was gone. Their behavior stayed this way for weeks, stealing items that I needed for homework, school, or even chores, and hiding them in different…

beauty to some people is intangible. So how does one know if they have it? Is it just a feeling? Everyone has their own definition of beauty, and there are many degrees of each definition. There is a very popular saying that goes, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. Since everyone has their own idea of beauty, what one person considers beautiful may not be what the next person considers beautiful. The society we live in today classifies beauty based solely on outward appearance; you are…