My Ass-Kicking Life

they work hard”. There are many Americans that have successfully achieved their version of the American Dream. One of those people is a man by the name of Chris Gardner. Chris Gardner was someone who was a single father and lived a very impoverished life. Another person who achieved the American Dream was Helen Keller. Helen Keller is a girl who got a fever when she was young and went permanently deaf, and blind because of it. Finally, another person who successfully achieved the American Dream…

boys because somehow they would “ruin” my “purity”. I recall being in Kindergarten, and a teacher stopping me from playing Tag with boys because that was “too dangerous for a little girl to be doing” and that I should “play House inside.” I was weird because I preferred riding in a red mustang…

Somehow I find pure joy in watching two men or women display their superior ass kicking skills on one another. So much so that I endure movies with painfully corny and cliché story lines, all to watch Keanu Reeves in a well tailored suit show off his impressive mixed martial art abilities and military grade handling of assault rifles (John Wick). What the movie lacks in its plot more than graciously substitutes in for its incredibly stylish persona of John Wick, as well as a more than healthy…

asked my youngest son, the only child left in the nest. Over and over since Thanksgiving to get together and clean up, then finish the traditional decorating of our home. He, like his father at 19, were busy with the ladies and the festive part of the season. No time for tradition. As he left that evening saying he would be spending the night at some party. Somehow, I understood. I sat alone looking at an empty house. The silence became deafening. With a tear and a smile, I sat back, closed my…

steady breath and enchanting dreams were all to be found; only peace and serenity. Soon, it was all quickly shattered. “Ettie! Ettie, please get up!” My body was shaken forcefully as my husband, Bertram, or as I referred to him, Frank, attempted desperately to awake me. I groggily peered at him, running my lanky fingers through the wisps of my blonde hair. I sighed densely, shaking myself awake. “Yes, Frank?” I scowled, angered to be awake at such a late hour. He swallowed and blinked a few…

Jane Schonberger about this film and the importance of raising strong girls in today’s society. What inspired you to pursue a career in the entertainment industry? A love for stories and storytelling. I’ve been a consumer of entertainment my whole life – as a voracious reader, TV watcher and movie-goer. I’m always considering how best to bring specific stories to people who aren’t physically there and how to create content that informs socially and culturally while still being engaging.…

to throw on my workout clothes and run on the treadmill for a little while before getting my day started. I turned the music on low so I could hear if Lyric called me and got ready to sweat. I was done and sweaty after thirty minutes my butt has gotten so outta shape. I showered and threw on some white booty shorts by PINK, my pink and white polka dot knee high socks, and a matching tank that stopped right above my navel, I wanted to be super comfortable because I was kicking it with my day one…

Invasion U.S.A I'm not going to claim to be some sort of Chuck Norris connoisseur or anything. My experience with his movies up until now was Sidekicks, yes the Sidekicks starring Jonathan Brandis. I do know that long before he became a catchphrase and Texas Ranger, Chuck Norris starred in all sorts of action flicks in the late 70s and 80s, with some big hits like The Delta Force and Missing in Action. The movie on the cutting board today isn't one of those movies, but another action flick that…

trained himself to physical perfection. The death of his parents drove him to achieve the peak of his physical and intellectual perfection. Thus, superpowers are not all that define superheroes. Batman’s lack of superpowers does not stop him from “kicking ass”. He portrays himself as dark and mysterious, in an attempt to intimidate his enemies. I’m guessing that’s his way of telling people to “back off”. Both of them also use their scientific expertise to create gadgets to assist them in their…

people we’re talking about. We call them bullies, and almost everyone has been the target of bullies at some stage of their life. For most people the bullying takes place in school and these days it can take on several forms. We no longer just have to deal with name-calling and pushing around on the playground, these days bullies can hide behind a computer and make their target’s life miserable via social media. It’s not easy to deal with bullies and every year there are teens who kill…