Bullshit

In my last few weeks at Harpers Ferry, a man in his mid-fifties walked into the Provost Marshal’s office. He was a big man, maybe six foot four. Bald, overweight, wearing a red polo shit and sagging cargo pants with sunglasses pressed into his forehead. I was already talking to a family from the Carolinas interpreting the experiences of the town’s citizens after the war, when across the former slave states Provost Marshals were replaced by agents of the newly formed Freedman’s Bureau. They were…

For Jonathan Flynn, life was a road trip. A road trip that had an abundance of wrong turns, misleading directions, and one way signs to a dead end. It became obvious that finding a positive pathway in life was a challenging task for him to accomplish. Jonathan made quite a few decisions in his lifetime, the most prominent decision being the imprudent amounts of alcohol, that significantly slowed his road to success. Along with his poor decisions, luck or lack of luck played a tremendous role…

band and they needed and extra hour and a half. And that they fell asleep studying for an AP Chem exam at 2:30 A.M. And woke up at 7:30 and said “f#ck it to first period.” Then there are the kids that think this whole rhetorical question is bullshit, like I did. They think that if I lose a little sleep, and a little bit or my social life, and my grades drop a little it will be okay. This is as wrong as saying, global warming is a hoax made up by the Chinese. What will end up happening,…

A man of many trades, Gil Scott Heron, became one of the most influential poets, authors, and songwriters of his age. Born in Chicago to his mother, Bobbie Scott-Heron, and father, Gil Heron, he moved around several times as a child after the separation of his parents and death of his grandmother. By the age of 12, Heron was living with his mother in The Bronx, New York and eventually went on to attend the Fieldston School where he was one of five black students. With Langston Hughes as an…

Sometimes I wonder what people are afraid of. When I talk about it with my friends I always get plain answers like: "spiders, dogs or my mother". It is a bit different when I think about my own fears. The last couple of months I think I am afraid of probably anything. The simplest thing that scares me is the ocean. Not the water itself but the fear of the unknown beneath me. Having nothing to hold on to, or to jump on if something would happen, or the fear of being pulled down. I always think…

11. Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel: In the beginning of their relationship when they were just going out and not ties in wedlock, the couple practiced open relationship which was of course a strain on Jessica but she had to do it due to Justins active libido and high sexual needs. When she started putting restrictions on home, the couple started having trouble when Justin declared that they can’t have a formal relationship whereby he wasn’t allowed to date other women. Jessica just didn’t…

Just imagine waiting at an office for an appointment and having nothing to do. You decide to pick up and read a magazine while you patiently wait. To your amazement, the magazine begins declaring very shocking allegations such as, ‘God hates fags!’, ‘Muslims are terrorists’, ‘Women belong in the kitchen’, and so much more. Would this language offend you? In addition, how would you feel? A similar scenario was presented when a group of Muslim petitioners commenced protesting the Canadian magazine…

Hi everyone. I’d like to begin my speech by asking you to think about your life, everyday, from morning to night. Some of you guys work as a part time after school, some you go home and study or do absolutely nothing. (Pause) let me ask you one more thing. Have you ever felt unmotivated, depressed, thought that your life is boring and you want to change your current lifestyle and try new things? Because I have. And I think many people my age have experienced that kind of depression at some point…

Kelly, Tim. Beyond the Movie: Lord of the Rings. National Geographic Video, 2002. DVD. This is a documentary produced by National Geographic that looks at the some of the cultural resources that JRR Tolkien used as inspiration for his trilogy. Tolkien based much of the Elvish culture on the Finnish creation story/epic poem The Kalevala. His inspiration for the lyrical nature of the Elvish language also came from hearing the traditionally sung oral presentation of the Kalevala. This source is…

I'm literally cheesing right now. Your posts give me orgasms haha I'm just playing with ya. I hate Hayley with a passion I couldn't stand when she got on my tv screen I was instantly drained and tired all of sudden because that's how much bullshit she produces. Her presence basically screams "Here comes dumb dumb about to fuck shit up and not in a good way." > Hayley could have come to NOLA for 1.5 million alternative reasons, why have her sleep with Klaus and show up knocked up? They just…