Death from laughter

come and go, and it seems as if no one stays for that long. Summer is over and I have to live in this world where although it doesn’t look like it, I’m alone. Even though Meara and Kendall are next to me, Brody is in front of me, and Rachel is waving from the other side of the auditorium, I still feel alone. Last night, you and I stayed up late talking. We talked about going to the beach, and taking Rachel and Matthew with us. We talk about visiting all the little shops that line the rock…

while he drops a gold coin into my tank. When he walks away, I slowly slide down from my perch that was up on top of the fake little rainbow, that they had given me for my tank. I didn’t like the rainbow that much, but I guess it will have to do. In my opinion the rainbows back home were the best. Colors mixed perfectly in the golden rays of the sunlight. The rainbow in my tank was the complete opposite. It had a glare from my warm yellow tank light and the colors were all wrong. As for the…

Being popular in high school can truly be a struggle. Mean Girls is a teen comedy film loosely based on the self-help book titled Queen Bees and Wannabes. The main character is a high school student named Cady that just moved from Africa and has been homeschooled her whole life. The American culture and society she is introduced to is embodied by the Plastics, who are the most popular girls at North Shore High: Regina, Gretchen, and Karen. Mean Girls criticizes the idea that women can only be…

Why is Humor the Best Coping Strategy for Stress? One might ask why is humor the best coping strategy for stress? In a vast majority of people's’ perspectives, they believe laughter is the best medicine because it creates a sense of relief as well as reducing muscle tension. For these and many other reasons, humor is the best coping strategy for stress (“Managing Conflicts with Humor”). One of the main reasons why humor should be the best coping strategy to relieve stress is one’s well being…

In the article, “What Do Parents Observe about Parenting from Prime Time Television”, Paula Dail states “… in a study of television's effect on adults, found that one- third of the respondents felt that television helped them to understand their personal problems and make decisions, particularly when they could…

It was Oprah herself, whom had an entire TV segment called, Daring Greatly: Why Vulnerability Is Your Greatest Strength. It was on the episode where Dr. Brené Brown says,” You can't have true courage unless you open yourself up to vulnerability” (: http://www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/daring-greatly-why-vulnerability-is-your-greatest-strength-video#ixzz4fT8jbNzC). Where the topic of discussion was, why being open, sharing your feelings, and having hard conversations, is indeed the only…

won’t be able to see his shining face anymore, but I’ll never forget that kid and what he did that day. If he didn’t stand up for himself and all those kids that day, things probably would have stayed the way they were. As I drive this bus to and from school everyday, I will always remember the bravery that was shown, and that no one is ever too weak to stand up for themselves, no matter who that person…

asked about the drink, and it soon became apparent that a response was not required. She emptied the glass in a single gulp, and the glasses clinked away as they returned to the durasteel bar top. Another contrasting factor, evident and discernible from his own non-alcoholic drink. There were those who sought greater enhancement to their abilities outside of conventional ways. Alcohol, though a weak catalyst, was an example of one; it loosened one’s inhibitions, allowing themselves a greater…

“We often laugh simply because someone else is laughing. Laughter, like yawning, is behaviorally contagious, and we can catch it easily from other people, especially if we know them.” (Scott). That explained everything! I had never shared a connection with the characters that was in the sitcoms, but the individuals around me did, especially when…

When a baby sees the mom disappears, an electric signal is sent from the eye to the brain’s neurons. The neurons pass the signal down from one another through the different parts of the cells. The neuron sends the signal that the mother has disappeared from the soma down the axon. The axon then sends the impulse out the axon terminals through the synapses, the space between neurons. The impulse gets released as a chemical substance, called a neurotransmitter, through the synapse and the…