How You Remind Me

longer something is there, the more meaning it can behold behind its simple form. On my foot is where I placed you, a permanent mark laced with the embedded ink of meanings. This mark is a personal reminder and when I glance down I see all the change that has occurred. Causing me to wonder what new meanings are to grow and what future discoveries are to be made? What would you do, if you had the opportunity to get your first tattoo, that wasn't a stick and poke and wasn’t done at some party?…

with no experience. As I walked into the office, I received friendly smiles, however, I could feel them staring at me as if they were trying to figure me out. I sat down with the receptionist at the front desk. We began my training. It took a couple hours to get used to the basic steps and their system, but I was learning very much. After a while she hesitantly asked, “How old are you?”. I smiled and said, “I’m 18.” She then responded and said, “Oh…no wonder.” I took that very offensive. I…

I love you honey, but I love me more at least that is what the phrase says. Daniela Romo wrote this song, dedicated to all the mujeres, who got their hearts broken because of a machista, a jerk. Years has gone by since I have last seen my first love, the one who I truly loved with all my heart. I still remember his monkey eyes, and his burnt-sugar colored skin. The feeling of hot, burning skin when we held hands, un chaparrito, a short person even for Mexican standards. Even throughout the…

In the book “Please Stop Laughing at Me” by Jodee Blanco, Jodee talked about her own life. When she was in high school, she was bullied because her classmates did not like her. She through the book to talk about her own experience, she is very brave. Also, it could prove these experience will not influence her life anymore. In this semester, I have read two articles and one video, and I think I understand them very well. They are “The Power of Habit” by Charles Duhigg, “I Just Wanna be Average”…

one thing that pushes and helps us humans, to work harder and grow stronger. We as humans are all taught how to be obedient, restricted by rules, and to share and care for one another. In the novel Piggy says “‘I got Conch! Just you listen! The first thing we ought to have made shelters down there by the beach.if it wasn’t half cold down there in the night. But the first time Ralph says ‘fire’ you goes howling and screaming up this here mountain. Like a pack…

of his heart; and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands” as my leadership mantra. The scripture relates to how productive leaders, such as David must develop a drive to a leader’s drive is both to develop skills skillfully, but also function honestly. Without this balance, leaders lose their ability to It consistently comes up in conversations and as I reflect personally on how I develop as a leader. Remaining connected does become difficult especially when a leader has to navigate…

their work got very famous because they both try to deliver a message with there art. Both artists try to create a meaningful art that touches people heart and soul and it can remind them of someone. Sam jinks discuss life and death and how our body ages in a beautiful way and his work contain a lot of emotion and it can remind you of someone in…

“O God, God, how weary, stale, flat and unprofitable seem to me all the uses of this world!” is the monologues that I can connect with the most. This monologue simply describe life in the saddest and downbeat place to live. This connects me straight when it reminds me of my high school. When I was in high school, I was an angry rebel kid that was so furious with my parents especially my mom because everything I do would never satisfied her. This I remember as every single day my mom and I would…

The Stranger 1. What is your reaction to Meursault's approach to life? How is your own approach to life similar to and/or different from his? What advice would you offer to him? Do you personally know any Meursault types? Meursault’s approach to life remained consistent throughout the novel. The word that came to my mind to describe his approach to life is indifference. He had a nonchalant and superficial view about his relationships with people and life circumstances. Meursault’s view of…

remember we named you Joyce/so we could call you Joy. I needed you. I didn’t want a boy […] I, who was never quite sure/ about being a girl, needed another life/ another image to remind me. I made you to find me.” Reading this poem shows how much Sexton was happy to have a second daughter. It also reminded sexton who she is and it gave her a since of fulfillment. The…