The Brass Check

Although released from the hospital a week ago, Freddie has not eaten for two days and needs to find a place for continued existence. Depressed and hungry, he searches for a rare telephone booth, that he hopes will be in working order. After a search that has taken him the majority of the day, he spies one on the corner of a Seven Eleven. Walking to the booth Freddie drops in his very last seventy-five cents and dials the digits beginning on the advertisement he had circled in the paper…

of the group His mom and dad are divorced 2. Helps his friends out of hard situations like when he helped Matt out of swimming the Real relationship Very nerdy (Sean wants to go to EB and check out the latest Ring of light game.) ( He came in fifth place in the Xbox live worldwide psycho Ninja online tournament .) (pg 26) The first one out of the group to have a real relationship with a girl 3. He is chubby…

“Maybe all we had has always been right Think of all the love you gain when you send it over Think of all the wool I’ve spun to be here tonight” A good intelligence officer should not have any tells. They should never, under any circumstances, endanger the mission by falling for and sleeping with their partner. It was a very good thing, then, that Cassian was currently on furlough because he was failing miserably on both counts. For the first time in many years, a mission—the mission—was…

Christ. Get a grip. I reach to check my phone for the first time, *9 missed calls and 2 voicemails from MOM*. Shit, the time was almost 1:00 and I had about 10 minutes to get to work. Well thank god for that breath mint because I’m going to work like this. I made my way towards the street…

market trips gеt less, well, trippy. І lіkе thе flea market. Also, thе sky іs blue. It’s ma thang, thоsе flea markets. Раrt оf whу I’m good аt іt іs bесаusе I’ve bееn dumpster diving аnd thrift store shopping sіnсе І wаs оld еnоugh tо spot mу fіrst brass animal. It’s іn ma blood. Вut іt doesn’t hаvе tо bе іn уоur blood tо bе good аt it. Іt саn bе learned, grasshopper. Here аrе 15 tips thаt саn help аnуоnе shop аnd buy thе best pieces аt west palm beach flea markets whеthеr thеу аrе а flea market…

ADRENALINE PUMPS through my veins as I stumble through the growth, my boots smashing leaves underneath. Briars prick at my skin as I pursue the beast deeper into the woods, the dark creature only paces away from me. I scramble for my gun, shouting for my sister Jane to back me up as he dashes deeper into the trees. "Jane, hurry the fuck up!" I hiss, skidding to a halt to aim my gun at the creature, "I'm taking the—fuck!" With a loud gasp, I'm thrown into the bushes by a large beast. It…

traditional naturalistic style and modern fashion elements combine to create a unique experience for the consumer's environment. To create a mood of relaxed feeling, hanging ceilings, bright glass windows, mahogany walls, wooden jewelry, gas coal fire and brass-colored ground, people revel in…

In week five, in the class of Introduction to Humanities there was information that was presented to us by The Creative Impulse about the art forms of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. I knew for our class discussion that there needed to be a picture of Islamic art, so that we could discuss the art of that period. Consequently, I went to the Arab American National Museum for some examples of Islamic art that I could photograph. The museum is only open Wednesday thru Saturday and is closed for…

When I first got into art I was in 10th grade. There was an exhibition at the Mary Boone Gallery featuring Brooklyn street artist work; KAWS and I wanted to check his work in person because I never got the chance to. The exhibition featured his famous statues, “ALONG THE WAY” and paintings he’s done. KAWS is known for his whimsical cartoonish style of art. KAW is also affiliated in the street wear world after he launched his clothing label, Original Fake. He recently had his “ALONG THE WAY”…

People usually think tap dance does not need too much work, all you need is stamp your feet on the ground and make some loud noise. But actually, tap dance has two major variations, one is rhythm (jazz) tap and another one is Broadway tap. “Broadway tap focuses on dance; it is widely performed in musical theater. Rhythm tap concentrates on musicality, and practitioners consider themselves to be a part of the Jazz tradition.” According to the Rhythmic Circus official website, Rhythmic Circus is…