Trench coat

contest, Krista arrived with Daniel and Lorraine a few minutes after seven. It was just starting to drizzle. I didn’t have a raincoat, so I searched several closets in the house before finding an old trench model that belonged to my dad. It had enough buttons, buckles and decorative flaps for ten coats. Climbing into it, it smelled of mothballs and hung on my shoulders, airless and heavy, like an old canvas tent. How he ever wore this thing, I’ll never know. Now it was my turn to try. Gathering…

The monotony of human life never ceased to amaze me. Their emotions, their beliefs, even their daily lives contained nothing interesting. Which is why I decided to dedicate my life to searching for an interesting human. An outcast, a deviant, heck, even a monster would do at this point. While I never truly found someone who embodied a single status, I did find a man who I believe contains characteristics of all three. An opportunity to examine such a human only comes once in a lifetime for a…

There have been many different versions of William Shakespeare’s play, Hamlet. Recreations range from plays to movies, and each one adds its own level of darkness. One recreation is the 2000 version of Hamlet starring Blair Brown, Roscoe Lee Browne, Campbell Scott, Lisa Gay Hamilton, and Jamey Sheridan, and directed by Campbell Scott and Eric Simonson. This version of Hamlet that we watched in class gives its own twist and darkness that the story needs. The opening shot of the movie is a close…

weatherproof and hardwearing fabric. In 1891 Burberry opened first store in London, in 1901 Burberry created its logo; The Equestrian Knight logo accompanied by the Latin word ‘Prorsum’ meaning ‘forwards’. The masterpiece in Burberry's collection "the trench coat" designed in 1912 for British soldiers during WW1. In 1919 HM King George V officially appointed Burberry a Royal Warrant as Tailors. The first step outside England was in 1909, when Burberry opened a store in Paris as wholly owned…

thump coming from somewhere within her room. I entered without knocking, and found her in her walk-in closet, throwing shoes on an immense pile of clothing. I Said, “Josie! What in the world are you doing?” She replied, “I’m trying to find my trench coat!” All of a sudden Josie looks up at me and says, “You need to get packing, we’re leaving in 30 minutes!” As I realized how…

In America, guns have been a part of the country’s society since about 1607, whether it be war, hunting, protecting your family, it has always been a symbol for many things. The gun control vs. gun rights debate has been an ongoing controversy since the late 1960s, weighing the rights and liberties of the individual citizen against the welfare and safety of the nation as a whole, has always been a precarious discussion. Now, 48 years later, nationwide shootings are occurring on a daily basis.…

The Devil’s Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three written by Mara Leveritt is a nonfiction story about a 1993 murder of three eight-year-olds and their three teenage killers. Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley Jr., better known as the West Memphis Three, abducted three children, Christopher Byers, Michael Moore, and Steven Branch, on May 5, 1993 in West Memphis, Arkansas. The children were last seen playing together around 6:30 p.m. the evening they went missing.…

Tanner lay in his crib fitfully as he navigated through his dream. A boy of four, he could hardly comprehend that he was in the grasp of a nightmare. He walked in this imaginary realm through a narrow valley, in soft green grass that reached his knee. It was a beautiful place with the songs of birds and the rush of water from a nearby river. On both sides of him were mountain peaks that rose high above him, frosted with early snow. Further above the rocky behemoths were puffy white clouds that…

who he turned into a vampire. She helps him on missions and does other tasks for him with the police. In the image they are dressed in costumes that they either bought or made with the majority being made by hand. Those that are wearing long red trench coats with a black shirt underneath are the ones who are cosplaying as the main character Alucard. The others are either dressed up as Seras Victoria in the light blue outfit and the yellow outfit, or as Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing the…

It was a perfect summer day. The sky was clear and there was cool light breeze. My family and my friend’s family were having a picnic in our backyard. I played tag with my little brother, Tommy, and my friend, Lucas. After that, we took turns using the tree swing. Then we went to go eat. After we were done eating, we laid on the grass. We stared into the orange sky, while holding a popsicle. When it was near the end of the day, Lucas, and his family left. Me and my brother shared a bedroom and…