The Year of Magical Thinking

People believe in many sources. It could be a religious source or a magical source. I believe that there is one, true person who listens to me in my time of need. But, that was not always the case for me. There was a time where I needed help and it was not given to me. Three years ago, my grandmother had gotten really sick. She was in and out of the hospital and it got to the point where she had to go on life support. My mother explained to me that a machine was basically breathing for her.…

Viona looked at him, then looked at her knife and with a quick movement of her hand the knife flew at the Raven and hit him straight in the heart. “I never really liked him anyway.” Viona pulled out the knife and let the blood drip into a vile. “Magical Raven blood, that’s bound to come in handy at some point.” She wiped off her dagger and laid it neatly on a small table next to four other daggers. The next morning Viona awoke early, she had decided on finding a dragon; but first she would…

‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ was rejected by no less than 12 publishers before it was finally published in 1997 at the insistence of Bloomsbury chairman, Nigel Newton’s daughter Alice. (Vincent; Lawless “Nigel Newton”) The story of an 11 year old orphan thrust into an unfamiliar world of magic and set on a course to defeat the dark Lord Voldemort who killed his parents transformed into a 7 book series that has sold nearly 500 million…

really content. I love showing the class my glitzy yet genuinely informative PowerPoint slides to my peers, to show them my hard work and time devoted to each assignment. I loved having presentation. I loved to be on stage and in the limelight. Ten years of practice for one minute on the stage. I 'm never a slacker for projects that will leave my mouth wide open or stutter like a prisoner in the interrogation room. I spend time researching, googling, emailing teachers. I devote my time to every…

on a tight budget, but quite determined to have a destination wedding. So, ultimately we put our trust in the wedding planner and decided to go with her plan. The result of this was a captivating wedding experience that lasted us long; even after 6 years now. Many couples, like us, have chosen San Miguel…

This is a day I will always remember. I was packing up to go to a New York Giants football game. It was the summer 2017. Me and my dad were waiting for Claire and her dad to come. Claire’s dad would be driving,my dad sitting next to him, and Claire and I in the back. Finally, they came. We hopped in the car and we were off. It was going to be a 1 hour and a few minutes drive. Right, then Claire started to play with our super supply of stuff. The car was filled with stuff top to bottom. We…

it than he did. Gatsby only focuses on one, selfish goal. He directs all his time, energy, and imagination thinking about it. This builds up, and when five years passes, he suddenly has this idea of a person who cannot possibly be human due to the unrealistic expectations he has for Daisy. Again, this parallels in the lives of everyday teens. They know their dream college for four plus years and they work for it and imagine their future there, only to be disappointed because their expectations…

What changed the way we think? Kaitlyn Huff HIST 110-07 Professor Geraghty October 15, 2014 The changing of the human intellect during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries can be contributed to multiple aspects that were seen during those time periods. There are three aspects in particular that can be said to have the most significant role in changing the way individuals of those times thought and their daily life, in general - royal societies, coffee-houses, and salons.…

I recently completed the Wellness Index (Travis & Ryan, 2004), a self-assessment that includes areas such as self-responsibility and love, eating, breathing, and thinking among others and must admit I discovered aspects of wellness in which I could improve. The whole idea of wellness and self-care seemed a little trendy for me but I soon overcame my reluctance, becoming more intrigued as I delved into the statements, bonus questions, and sentence completions. In the past, as both a teacher and…

disturbing and fascinating at the same time. It felt like they were giving me an exclusive window to look at the inner workings of the world and everything in it. According to the scientific community, the universe began its "life" roughly 14 billion years ago when space, time and even the atoms in our bodies formed in less than a blink of an eye. The universe expanded rapidly - from the size of a pin's head to that of the entire Solar System in less than a few seconds, and it is still growing…