Slug

“Bitch! She slugs me in the arm, laughing. “Come on I got something to show you. It’s going to blow your fucking mind, man.” Walking through the airport, we pass a hologram standing next to a kiosk advertising the latest energy drink, Cosmic Storm. The stuff tastes…

Being captain has definitely had its ups and downs, but overall it has taught me how to be a good leader, and how to lead a team to victory! While preparing for our most recent competition, Highkick, it felt as though we were traveling at the pace of slugs and would never be able to produce a good routine in time. It was so scary, but with the collaboration of my motivation and my team's willingness to work hard, we were able to pull off a winning piece. It was one of my proudest moments and I…

If you had the chance to get revenge on an unforgivable enemy, would you? Jack Reacher certainly would, and now it is strictly personal. In the past few weeks, I was able to complete The Persuader by Lee Child. In this book, Jack Reacher is an ex-military cop who gets involved in a missing person case. Two agents ask for his help to find a kidnapped DEA agent because the case needs to be off the books for legal reasons. Jack accepts their request, not only to help them but also to get revenge on…

Nitro-junkie & Badmotorjam I have a natural appreciation for muscle cars, classic automobiles, motorcycles et al. I also love movies, and my penchant for these appreciations means life stories are analogous to all things with engines and celluloid. What’s even better is there is never a shortage of stories to tell. Last week’s adventure at the pump was eye opening for me anyway. Yet, I have noticed that whenever someone sticks their neck out to write about the topic of masculinity, some people…

In this essay, I will discuss Invisible Man's (1952) engagement with the notion of invisibility and the related ideas of blindness and sight. This Twentieth Century novel is written in first person narrative where he reflects on his past experiences. The title itself suggests the main theme of the novel: invisibility. In respect to the notions of invisibility and blindness, it is important to define what they mean in terms of the novel. In my interpretation of the novel, the term invisibility…

grandmother, putting Mr. Freeman on trial. After the court, Mr. Freeman was killed by Angelou’s over-protective uncles which deeply traumatized her. “Just my breath, carrying my words out, might poison people and they’d curl up and die like the black fat slugs only pretended. I had to stop talking.” (85). Angelou’s point in saying this is that she thought that Mr. Freeman’s death was her fault because she told Bailey, her brother. Thinking that whatever she would say, kills people. Because of…

The Great Barrier Reef Introduction: The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef. (1) It consists of a nexus of coral reefs, shoals and islets in near the Northeastern coast of Australia. It extends in a northwest-southeast direction for around 1,250 miles (2,000 km), at an offshore distance ranging from 10 to 100 miles (16 to 160 km) and has an area of 135,000 square miles (350,000 square km) allowing it to be the largest coral reef in the world. It is sometimes referred to as…

They are just like vampires and people always start to really wonder if they are real and try to find evidence that they are real. Werewolves have been known to be around and come out when a full moon and also werewolves don’t like salt just like slugs because it’s said to be that it takes all the water out of their body and kills them. The like of thinking that you can and would turn into a werewolf is called “lycanthropy” came from greek or europe it’s just saying that you believe and think…

There Are No Children Here There are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz is an anecdote around two young men who are utilized to experience childhood in Chicago's Henry Horner Homes. The principle characters, Lafeyette and Pharoah, live in the repulsions of the Chicago's internal city in a low-wage lodging venture. Alex Kotlowitz takes after their lives for a long time so as to uncover way of life in supposed other America. In his book there are no kids here the writer portrays the majority of…

monsters.Within the book the monsters were vaguer on their look than the film. Within the film there's a scene wherever we have a tendency to got a decent inspect the bugs and birds that kill individuals, however within the book they were additional slug like and did not kill anyone. Another half was once the spiders and behemoth creature at the top. There's a crab like creature that kills Ollie, however i believed it wasn't nearly as massive as shown within the flick. As for the spiders the…