Denim

one day extremely enthusiastic with news of having signed me up for softball. I’ve always been quite athletic, so I decided softball could be something I became passionate about. About a week later, I geared up in my brown, spaghetti-strap tank top, denim shorts, and busted converse to attend my first practice. My dad supplied me with a pink and black Rawlings glove from Walmart, along with a neon pink helmet with a black caged face mask and a pink bat, also from Walmart. If you couldn’t tell- I…

Wolf Wagon Jenny Mars ‘Hey Renna. Come here.’ She hesitates; then swivels around. The Freo Doctor blusters in, and tiny white-capped waves roll onto the shore. Pelicans drift on an updraft. She could see the Swan River from here. Room seven, what a great view she thought. He was asleep with his mouth open. Now he was calling out to her again. ‘Get me some Coke and ice.’ She pulls his oxygen mask away from his face so that she can hear him. He waves his hand, and points to his mouth…

womanhood. Once I turned 13, I watched more television and read more teen magazines. I was open more to the media and what I saw changed the way I was. I no longer played in the dirt or wore basket ball shorts or sneakers. I started to wear nice, denim jean skirts with flip-flops and shirts with flowers on them. I actually brushed out my hair and made my mom buy me barrettes to wear. I completely changed the way I dressed and acted just to be perceived as a girl. I was still a girl when I…

Culture describes a people’s way of life. Through the whole of attitudes, ethics, ambitions, and practices shared by individuals in a society, people create a community that acts as one. Cultures reflect the moral and ethical beliefs and standards that describe how people should behave and interact with others. Nonetheless, problems occur in communities when a clash of cultures transpires, or when individuals in close contact exhibit varied beliefs. In any community, a multitude of cultures…

was that it had become too nice of a day to be wasted in this hell hole. Katelyn had showed up at lunch early, which was nice—she’s usually fashionably ten minutes late. She wore a mirthful, little smile on her face when she saw me and had on a denim skirt that surprisingly wasn’t black but a dark blue. She quickly sat down in the chair next to me and said, “What’s going on slugger?” and I couldn’t help but crack a little laugh knowing that some kind of smart-ass comment would be the first…

During the 1960's J.F.K was elected. John F. Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated in the 1960s. Meanwhile in the 60's, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, and The Rolling Stones were famous for their music/movies. Fashion was also popular in the 1960's for all kind of people such as man, women, and children. The 1960's is a decade known for its barbaric politics, revolutionary music, and fashion. John F. Kennedy was a very well known man. Born May 29,1917, in Brookline Massachusetts. Kennedy…

He thought as he stopped in a bar one night, dressed in a dark brown, gold trimmed jacket concealing a green undershirt tucked into a set of gray denim jeans, accented by two leather belts. One hangs off of Dante's waist while another is strapped to his right thigh while black leather boots cover his feet. Of the weapons he carried, was his personalized .38 pistol that he always had holstered under…

Prologue| Hurts The Most What hurts the most is letting go Just to let you know I love you so Tonight was poetry night and since he was a big fan of poetry I knew he wouldn't be willing to listen to what I had to say to him. But he was going to have to except it. I'm not like any other average black women. I had standards that needed to be made and by going out with a garbage man who makes below my standards, was a big NO. I felt this erge of wanting more. I needed more and I damn…

I couldn’t quite place the look on Mrs. Nash’s face when we came in from lunch and filled our little desks. Her lips were turned down, her eyes cast off to the side, distracted from whoever’s spelling test she was grading. For such a focused, get-it-done kind of teacher, it was strange to see her that way, to say the least. “I was listening to the police scanner in the office,” she confided to us. “There was a big car accident right in town… I hope the people are all right. They had to…

Rarely it is seen that a person is making decisions, solemnly based on what they believe in. The decision that they make is very much influenced by external factors surrounding them. The novels To Kill A Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee; Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi and Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare all demonstrate how many decisions made by the characters in the novels were influenced by something or someone surrounding them. External factors such cultural norms, family…