Skateboard

It was already almost noon and ridiculously hot, the way it only is in august, in that strange in-between space before the end of summer break. Lisa counted the ridges of the sidewalk that blurred past underneath the wheels of her skateboard, vaporwave leaking out of berry-pink headphones. She knew the path by heart, and didn't really bother snapping out of her midsummer reverie. Most of her friends were still vacationing somewhere, but at least that gave Lisa the time to fly through the suburbs…

I recently visited Love Park for the first time. Even though, I am a resident of Philadelphia I’ve only been to the city very few times in my life. Those visits were mostly to stores but never have I took the time to observe and spend time in Love Park and the surrounding landmarks. It was my first time visiting the park and it was more beautiful than I thought it would be. This area is that of a cosmopolitan canopy because it provides an opportunity for diverse people to come together (Anderson…

• It comes in many forms and can be taken in different ways, but two facts never change about the drug methamphetamine: It's addictive and it can kill. One day back in May 2006, Abbie R.*, then a junior attending a private high school in San Diego, California, went to school. But this wasn't an ordinary day: For the previous five days, Abbie had been abusing methamphetamine, a dangerous and potentially lethal drug. She hadn't slept in more than 120 hours; she could barely keep her eyes…

Steven Castellano PR-425-01 Dr. Corey Dzenko October 20, 2016 Midterm Exam So far this semester in my Critical Play class, we have been developing a framework to talk about “values” in video games throughout different game elements. In reflecting back to all the readings assigned so far in this course, the two I enjoyed reading the most was chapter one in Helen Nissenbaum and Mary Flanagan’s book, Values at Play in Digital Games and “Once More With Feeling: Game Design Patterns for Learning…

During the 2004 Democratic National Convention, our current president Barack Obama was speaking about fixing inner-city neighborhoods and explained how we must “eradicate the slander that says a black youth with a book is acting white.” “Acting white” refers “Blacks who use language or ways of speaking; display attitudes, behaviors, or preferences; or engage in activities considered to be White cultural norms (Bergin and Cooks 2002; McArdle and Young 1970; Neal-Barnett 2001; Perry 2002; Tatum…

The Importance of Literacy “Evan call my mom now. I can’t get up!” I screamed while on the ground at the bottom of a stair set. I had taken a nasty spill while jumping some stairs my skateboard and it felt like my leg had been torn into two pieces at my knee. After going to the hospital and being told I had dislocated my knee, I went home on crutches in pain. I had a feeling this would be the end of my farfetched dream of becoming a professional skateboarder. I received a phone call a few…

Corporate culture makes CEOs think of toys dispersed throughout the office and employees moving up and down the corridors on skateboards while pierced and tattooed tech young man sits at his desk listening to Hip Hop while he works (Trinet, n.d.). But in reality, corporate culture is a business concern that greatly impacts a venture’s capacity of generating a good return on investment…

Social anxiety or SA is strongly linked to depressive symptoms and is usually a preceding symptom of depression. It is assumed that not secure attachment makes people liable to Social Anxiety and this SA leads to depressive symptoms. A study has been done like this in 2001, but this study goes a step further with its findings while also confirming the results of the previous study. This study’s participants were given the Bielefeld Questionnaire of Client Expectations and the German version of…

mixed-martial-arts champion who trained in Tae Kwon Do, karate, capoeira, and kickboxing while working as a plumber, prior to turning pro in M.M.A. Tom Schaar, of Malibu, became, at the age of twelve, the first person to land a 1080-degree airborne rotation on a skateboard, and was the youngest-ever gold medalist at the X Games, ESPN’s annual extreme-sports competition. And Josh Brookes, an Australian motorbike racer, whose job Monster describes as “ripping through the tarmac at 150 mph,” spends…

of going Trick-Or-Treating with my family I was going to hang out with my friends, Phoenix, Natalie, and Abbie, we were probably walk around a little to get some candy, but I didn’t Know.So as I walked out, I waved my family goodbye.I brought my skateboard just in case we were going to walk around and get candy.I didn’t want to be anything, but I decided if I wanted to get candy I was going to have to dress up, so I just wore some jeans, a black T-shirt, some vans I use for skating, and a black…