Red-light district

I remember waking up early in the morning, even before the sun began its day. I knew it would be cold, but still I couldn't wait to get out on the water in my grandfathers boat. "Come on sleepyhead, don't forget the early bird catches the worm," my grandmother called out. I'd holler back, "I'm awake," even though I never understood what a worm or a bird had to do with anything. I was eleven years old and had so much of life figured out, and it wasn't until I was thirteen that I realized I was…

Picture yourself in a desert. You are alone, left to your own thoughts and the sound of the wind blowing in your ears. I can close my eyes and experience this very feeling of lonesomeness and solidarity. Christina's World by Andrew Wyeth causes me to experience these feelings when I am left to myself to study the painting. Upon first look, one is immediately drawn into the girl, laying almost limp on the ground. One might wonder if she chooses to be this way or if it is due to a medical…

starting to feel light headed as we climbed higher and higher toward Red Rocks Amphitheater. Red Rocks is right outside the edge of the hipster, pot smoking, mile high city Denver. I was going to see the dirty rocking, alternative, up in coming band Cage the Elephant. When you are first entering Red Rocks park everything drastically changes. The sky starts to turn a darker more vivid blue as everything else turns a tint of red form the dust. The mountains around me are a bright dusty red, and…

“He doesn’t suspect a thing,” Mrs. Mitty said. She stood in a small room, the lights dimmed just enough so she could see. In the middle of the room was a wooden table and a chair on each end of it. A brighter light shining straight on the center of the table spread out across the room. Only a few feet away from Mrs. Mitty stood a man. He wore a black suit and tie with a pair of aviator sunglasses. “Sit,” said the man in a frigidly. He gestured towards the chair on one end of the table. Mrs.…

It was a brisk.. and breezy evening struck by twilight's magic in the evergreen forest of Kysland; the country of the enchanted forests of this strange... yet intimidating world. The twilight's moon glistened like a pearl in the sky's violet atmosphere. The shimmering and glistering stars looked like still snowflakes when a few dropped around Keira's feet. She smiled with a look of bliss, alone to herself as the other children hopped and played without a care in the world.. A moment they should…

Dove was woken up by the usuall insults from Johnny tremain. He thought to himself ''I wish I would never see him again". After repeatedly ignoring Johnny, Dove finally arose from his bed. While Johnny was not looking Dove swung one of his enormous feet attempting to trip him. After sarcastically apologizing Dove went to fetch water for breakfast. Along the way he thought " I wish I could be friends with Johnny", returning with a pail of water the boys went in for breakfast. purposely…

LITT (Laser interstitial thermal therapy) is a stereotactic-guided minimally invasive ablating technique that involves generating high temperatures thus leading to tissue coagulation, necrosis, and cellular apoptosis (1-3). LITT was initially described by Brown et al in 1983, for the treatment of tumors (5). Later, Sugiyama et al described the utility of this modality in the management of deep-seated brain tumors (6). The concept of using heat energy to treat tumors has evolved to a precise and…

All of a sudden I started seeing the red liquid again. I wanted to find out what it was so I tasted it and it was water but just colored red. Then I saw a wooden bat floating my way. It had something red on it, this time I knew it was blood. I started freaking out because I didn’t know whose it was. I heard a scream coming down the hall. Then I heard Katie yell, “No,…

I woke up in my bed cold and wondering what time it is in Dzerzhinsky. I get up out of my hard bed aching. And then I realize that today is the day that I meet up with my best friend that I meet in school, Kseniya. I put on my best clothing and get my old raggedy bag and put a few things in it like some of food, some extra clothing, and some money. For a few minutes I walked around saying goodbye to everything knowing I would never come back and remembering all the memories I had around here.…

Cold. Biting cold, whipping under my growling stomach, sinking into my six fingers, lifting the meager cape from my back and pentrating my core. I slowly, desprately crawled to a tree trunk and collapsed against it. I was too exhausted to go any further. So cold… So this was what the great Mewtwo’s come to, a voice in my head whispered. It had been there since I’d killed Ash. Hiding next to trees. In the forest. Next thing you know, a human’s going to come and pick you up and take you home and…