The Weirdos

character Gladys is, and that Scarlett Johansson is in this film. The film opens in classic giant monster film fashion with a barrel of chemicals falling off a truck and contaminating a local water source. A week later, Joshua (Tom Noonan), the local weirdo who collects rare and exotic spiders for his spider farm gathers crickets from around the contaminated water source, where the barrel of chemicals has come to rest. Joshua's visited at his spider farm by Mike (Scott Terra), the son of the…

She also mentions that she “had to eat Spam in private” because of “class-based Spam shame.” While growing up in the Midwest, where people look down on her culture as “weirdo Oriental way,” she hides her cultural heritage to protect herself from being judged. Her heart touching stories form the article enable readers to relate to her life in a personal and emotional level, and captivate readers' attentions. Especially…

When I was getting ready to go to bed before my first day of high school I was nervous. I wanted to just get the day over with. I tried going to bed but just couldn't sleep. After I finally got through the long night, it was time for my first day. I thought most of the upperclassmen were going to make fun of me. By thinking and worrying what others would think of me I was showing insecurity. Insecurity isn't the best character trait to have, but on the other hand, it can help get you mentally…

Mikey. What’s hanging? Besides that saliva from your mouth”, one of them says. The rest of them stifle their chuckles. They begin to imitate my hand motions, their eyes rolling back and their mouths shrieking. I feel tears well up in my eyes. “Hey, weirdo. Don’t cry, we’re just having fun!” another says. They all snicker. One of them stands up and starts moving my chair around. I make noises to show my disapproval, but either everyone thought what I was doing was normal or they didn’t care. They…

to her. Melinda had a moment where she made a new friend, and was slightly on track of becoming popular again. Sadly, Melinda was too depressed to have a friend like her, so she went back to being an outcast. People kept thinking that Melinda was a weirdo and no one ever talked to her, not even her old friends. They were either her old popular friends or her art…

In Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, a young boy named Arnold realizes that he needs to leave the reservation to fully succeed. When he gets to the small town of Reardan, it’s difficult at first, but he ends up in a more supportive and friendly environment. Throughout the book, Arnold faces many hardships, but he manages to get through them. Although Arnold faces racism at Reardan, and poverty and depression on the rez, he uses his sense of humor, romanticism, and…

Autobiographical Essay- Just One Earthly Being A person is often so heavily characterized by their past, that a future for that person is built upon remnants of who they were, what they did, and how their past influenced them to the present. I have always found it so intriguing that by merely looking at a person for the first time, you have no idea who they are, what their story is, and the thoughts and feelings that rack their brain. By looking at me, a person would see a goofy, nineteen-year…

Sometimes autism can be favorable but other times it can negatively affect people's lives. Through Oliver Sack’s visit with Temple Grandin, he demonstrates that having autism can be beneficial. Temple Garden who had autism, used words like “autistic weirdo” to label herself, but Oliver Sacks shows that Temple Garden embraces this label and that autism does not have to be detrimental. Today in our society, every person at least ones have been labeled by some name. By labeling these individuals it…

About six years ago I met a girl who was my age. We did not know each other, but our mothers did know each other. I had a good friend named Kesiah. She was just a little bit older than me. When we got together we had a lot of fun. I also had some other friends. We played together sometimes, but Kesiah was my really good friend. One day, though, that started to slowly change. It all stared at a convention at the Mayo Clinic Area in Rochester, MN. I was playing with my friends, running around,…

Susana Siegel made a convincing case how cognitive penetration (CP) may be problematic for dogmatism. Still, I feel that CP has some shortcomings. First, it is plausible that CP is out of our control – in Siegel’s terms, all cases of CP may be analogous with being “zapped”1. Second, it seems that one must be aware of CP in order for it to be problematic. If a subject has such awareness, however, CP becomes a sneaky defeater and fits the mold of dogmatism. Before proceeding, I will define…