The Weirdos

Timothy Walter Burton was born on 1958 in Burbank, California. He had a hard time maintaining friendships during his childhood because other kids would brand him as a “weirdo” and would tease him for being so eccentric, so he grew up as an introvert and loner child, who would spend most of his time by himself, drawing, reading Edgar Allan Poe’s stories, watching Vincent Price’s films, and making short films in his backyard using stop-motion animation techniques. One of his early animation was…

it is stupid that if I die everyone will act sad then but until then just a nuisance, my family, and everyone just looks at me and stares like I'm a weirdo or I'm a ghost-like they are just scared of me, then afterward they all treat me like I'm a retard. maybe I am don't know anymore. I don't know what to type anymore I wouldn't even write a letter if I did kill myself id just do it and leave this…

One day after coming back from a family vacation I, Kerri Benard, am on my way to softball practice. I have missed to days of practice and my friend Laura says that the new coach has been working them hard. As I show up to practice I see all my friends and I run over and give them hugs. "I missed you guys so much!" I exclaimed, But before they could answer a new girl walked up. I had no idea who it was so I just stayed quiet. They were all huddled up laughing and I was still confused as to who…

And thirdly after 9/11 we needed heroes so we turned to the nerds and put there superheroes on the big screen. And I can't deny The Big Bang Theory has pulled us across the last few miles into the mainstream. I mean its great that geek and nerd and weirdo are no longer the hate words they were created to be. But we did that. No one else, definitely not the media. We decide we were not going to let those words hurt us anymore. That instead they would empower us. And it's great that the young…

Iggy Pop is an enigmatic figure in the history of rock and roll. On the one hand, much his music is very well-known and can be found in movies and television being made to this day. On the other hand, he has a strange, abrasive and somehow appealing persona that has added to his fame. Find out more about the singer and musician below in part one of this list. Number Fifteen: He Was a Close Friend of David Bowie. They were close for decades until David Bowie's recent passing. Much of David…

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.” ~Mark Twain The Tiger Team is deeply honored to have chosen Megan McDonough as our Phoenix of the Month for December. Megan is a wonderfully intuitive young woman and mature beyond her year. She is continually reflective in all that she does. She exemplifies a student that has a strong growth-mindset. She truly…

The club usual pre-empted them to remote. Both groups buried in weirdo behavior—skipping motor coach, combat, and devastate property—but well-received variant returns. The teachers, the escort, and the camaraderie typify the Saints’ behavior in search they believed the Saints were good boys accustomed. The alike people…

saxophone, Michael Attias on alto saxophone; Thomas Heberer on trumpet, Kirk Knuffke on cornet, Ben Goldberg on clarinet, Omar Tamez on guitar and percussion, John Hébert on double bass, and Sam Ospovat on drums. The welcoming composition called “Big Weirdo” is a notably orchestrated avant-garde piece that gains a scintillating epic…

Author Nathaniel Hawthorne quoted, “She poured out the liquid music of her voice to quench the thirst of his spirit.”( BrainyQuote.) Similarly enough, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story The Birthmark is about an obliging and alluring wife, Georgiana who loses herself to change for her narcissistic, controlling, and unsuccessful husband named Alymer. While, Radiohead’s song Creep is about being in love with someone, but not feeling worthy enough. (Yorke) Luckily, between Hawthorne’s The…

of Frederic highschool. The black clad, pale as a moth teenager kept walking by with his head down, unaffected by the sneering from the walking hulks. Lost their interest, the footballers kept going on, not before reminded Aleister how much of a weirdo and loser he is, then quickly went back to their usual topic: sports and girls. As Aleister was walking to his locker, he heard their voices from afar, “Jesus! Watch where you are going, nerd!” followed by the sound of books being slapped away…