Ayumi Hamasaki

In life there’s always that one moment which changes your perspective on everything. Some may not notice at first, however, in my case it was handed to me on a silver platter. It all started when I was in the sixth grade. I must admit it was not a big surprise, but being told that because of something I could not control I would still have to change my life kind of scared me. After many tests and several doctors visits, I soon discovered the weakness in my lungs every time I ran and the reason I…

When I was a kid I was Catholic. When I was a kid I was straight. When I was a kid I loved my parents without question. When I was a kid I stayed away from anything my dad didn’t like or anything my mother didn’t approve. My music taste belonged to my parents. My look belonged to my parents. I belonged to my parents. When I was a kid I didn’t know who I was, but only who my parents were. With parents like mine, it took a few tries for me to finally become my own person, with one moment in…

In our textbook, Rachels argues that people require humility and the understanding of where they stand in the universe. He believes that we should treat people the way they deserve to be treated and that we should hope these actions are reciprocated onto us. He believes that there are multiple strategies in finding where we are in life, such as comparing one’s life to that of other’s. We must know that we are not alone in this world and that we have an obligation in taking care of others.…

I feel it 's a good basis for what society should be and strives to be but falls short. We made a mostly functioning society off of these beliefs, following laws and contracts. Although lacking are some aspects such as sharing and altruism. I feel that with some people their morality can be effected by their religion, but I strongly disagree with anyone that says without religions rules society would fall into chaos. There are always some exceptions to every rule, but the world is full of…

Hey everyone, so I guess you’re all wondering about our new entry to Story, (slight change of voice) ‘Silencing the Night’. Just in case we have any newcomers, I am the chief editor for the online publishing magazine Story. What was I saying before? Right, ‘Silencing the Night’, a gripping (emphasis on gripping) story which is unlike the other “generic” (emphasis on generic) thriller stories. After talking with the author, who has requested to remain anonymous, we discovered how she initially…

When asked to describe yourself what do you say? Would you say your outgoing, bubbly, have an outgoing sense of adventure? Or maybe you would tell everyone how you have twelve cats and still live in your parent’s basement, maybe you would want to leave that part out. When we are asked to tell someone about ourselves we want them to see our best sides, our greatest achievements, our proudest moments right? So why don’t we tell them the truth, what about the pain, and suffering we have gone…

In the play Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles, Oedipus was fated to marry his mother and kill his father. In many ways, it was humanities attempt to prevent Oedipus’ fate from being true, his mother, his father, and the shepherd, and some may argue that it was those attempt to save him, that made him fall. In some cases, he was morally guil morally guiltty for his deed, but in others, it was an unlucky fate. He did kill his father, but he would not have killed anyone if he knew it was his father. He did…

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty; Film Review Assignment “To see the world, things dangerous to come to, to see behind walls, to draw closer, to find each other, and to feel. That is the purpose of life.” The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a movie produced by, directed, and starring Ben Stiller. The screenplay for this movie was written by Steven Conrad, and is based on the 1939, short story by James Thurber. This movie shows how, Walter Mitty, an ordinary negative assests manager at Life…

Before seeing the show, I only had limited information as to what the play Five Women Wearing The Same Dress was about. I knew there was a wedding that took place in the plot somewhere, but I did not know that the entire show took place in a bedroom. I liked the idea of the five bridesmaids using a bedroom as their getaway from the bride and the ceremony, and I liked how the audience never got to be at the actual wedding or meet who the bride was. It was interesting and it created good gossip…

Whenever we live as normal human beings, we tend to set goals and accomplishments that we want to accomplish one day. We plan out a perfect and hardship free journey to get us right in front of our goal or accomplishment. Unfortunately, we do not live in a perfect world. In any type of journey, we will encounter a certain type of adversity that will try to get us off track and give up on our goals or dreams. As I think about what Horace stated and refer to my thinking, I come to agree with…