The Weatherman LP

“Blue for Cassy and Purple for me.” She always knew my favorite color was purple. Everything I did was approved by them. I started fighting with my mother more when she picked out clothes I used to like and shouted they were “disgusting”. I started the arguments ending in with me saying, “You don’t understand me anymore!” So it was safe to say dinners got awkward quickly. In the silence I tried to preoccupy with something that wasn’t the volcanic mess of potatoes on my plate and the news was something interesting enough. The 5 o'clock news wasn’t the most amazing thing to me but it wasn’t the news that entranced me. It was the weatherman. I don’t even remember his name or even honestly his face. But his hair I remember and at eleven I loved it. The fluffy snow puff that was swiped to the side. I liked it so much I finished my dinner and sat in the bathroom trying to pin my bangs to the side. I had the door opened and my mother walked by, I gave her look and said, ‘What?”. She just gave me a look that screamed “exhausted parent.” and left me. After I got the part right I was happy, happier than…

Forever and ever the road seemed to stretch, as though it was designed with no end in mind — as though it was designed to go on forever. This would not have been all that bad had it not been for the fact that I was treading in territory somewhere deep in the heart of Mission, Texas, a city entirely unfamiliar to me. I was surrounded by an unknown frontier, and I knew not which way led home. To make matters a little worse, I had my younger brother, Diego, age 14, in the passenger seat beside me.…

Introduction Many of us experience heartache and pain. Many of us experience the loss of someone we hold dear to us. The Semmes is a humble family, devoted to one another and always stood for what they believed in and what was right. This is their story of hope through many years of suffering they endured as a family over a loss that no family chooses to experience. Its times like these that love of a family has to dig down deep inside and somehow find the strength to go on, though you leave…

What 's the craziest thing you have done over spring break? It was a beautiful spring day, warm and humid with a cool slow wind, sunny the perfect day and it could only get better. It was the day that we had our trip to the lake planed. All of us got off work and we grouped up at my house. We all decided that we would take my car just for the experience, it is a very fast car that turns heads everywhere. The car is all blacked out with crazy rainbow headlights and ridiculously loud exhaust, not…

It was a windy fall evening when I heard the news. The news was that there was going to be a hurricane, Hurricane Sandy. She was given such an innocent name (Sandy). But she was as vicious as they come. I was scared at first, it was going the first hurricane that happened to me. But I told myself to toughen up. I texted my friends to see if they had heard about it. My best friend responded quickly by facetiming me. “Hey Fiona,” I said. “Hey Sarafina,” she responded. I facetimed you to talk…

When I first made it onto Beamer rd. that was when I notice half way down that there was a stall car with their bights sitting on beamer. First thought that came to mind was, “that’s a cop”. So I started to monitor my speed as I approach the parked car. I noticed that it was a cop that I passed. At that second that was then the cop turns around to follow me to the end of beamer. Instantly I thought the cop was running my license plate because they continue to follow without signaling me. Once…

Youngest Brother Shoulders back, head up. Look him in the eyes. The slow, drawn-out breaths from the air-tank are the only sounds filling the room. No, someone sniffles, a tear runs down a cheek; it’s my mother, it’s my sister. Stay strong. His bloated stomach moves with the sounds, in and out, out of his control. His flat chest quivers, I can see his heart-beating, I can feel mine. His legs lay motionless for the first time in many years. He was always moving. Moving ships off the coast of…

The Narrator finally acknowledges and grasp what Sonny was feeling all of those years. The Narrator’s fall from grace come originates from, is when he breaks the vow he made to his mother and doesn’t keep watch over Sonny, and make sure he is alright. Instead he denounces Sonny’s dreams and persuades him to stay in a community that eventually leads to his downfall and a life of drugs. Stone states in the text “Sonny’s fall from grace, in Christian terms.” Which that statement means, Sonny’s has…

The Golden Touch In this society, separated by wealth, one’s external appearance directly correlates with not only their lifestyle, but also his or her values. The golds, the masters, were driven, evil and unrepentant, while the reds, the slaves, were hardworking and loyal but distressed and worn out from the harsh labor. Darrow from Red Rising by Pierce Brown was a fortunate red as he was the only one given the opportunity to rebuild his life as a gold. When Darrow was a red, he was a…

Throughout my life I have had to deal with some pretty scary things. As a child, and even now, these things take a huge toll on how I deal with other things. I have always been an anxious person and I can definitely say that traumatic experiences (like the one I am writing about) have changed my mindset and how I live my daily life. The day started of fairly normal. My friend had just got her license and she offered to take me to Washington, Missouri to go shopping and just have a fun day…