Trivial Pursuit

SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS The pursuit of happiness is a path many in life do not dare to take. People stay on the safer, well-paved road to normalcy, hoping that it will bring them happiness, but knowing it will not. Hobbies and true interest are left on the side in chase of the career they have chosen. In the modern drama, You Can’t Take It With You, the authors Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman illustrate the meaning of true happiness and what really matters in life. They explore what value…

Get Happy I have to say, I really enjoyed reading this reading because I could connect to every content the author was sharing. The pursuit of happiness is something I agree with the author, Walter Mosely, with and also that the pursuit of happiness is different for everyone. My definition of my pursuit of happiness is, to make a difference in this world and accomplish all of my goals through hard work and no short cuts. I want to live my dreams and stay loyal and work hard every day, until I…

Just a little Advice Many students and great writers share the common first draft jitters. The most common writing challenge is getting started. In order to be a productive writer, we must start by putting our creative minds to the test and letting our fingers follow. If writing were as easy as walking thru an enchanted park, the writing process would be a breeze. In relation to Anne Lamott’s “ Getting Started” article. Writing is far from a walk in the park. “You clear a space for the writing…

was only temporally satisfied. Putting his dissatisfaction to the side momentarily, we can safely say that Ivan was well-off materially. Ivan maintained and even achieved all the desires of the American Dream. However his focuses were selfish and trivial, and thus brought no lasting…

Susan Sontag begins her article with a brief introduction to Walt Whitman’s dream of cultural revolution. In his assertion, Whitman maintains that discriminations of value seemed to be trivial and snobbish. He stated that individuals would not care about beauty or ugliness if they embraced a sufficiently large quantity of the American experience. However when the cultural revolution failed to occur, the American arts no longer were demystified but instead demystified experience themselves. In…

have learned invaluable skills necessary in the pursuit of becoming a successful and economically advanced adult. Mead states that, “Unaddressed” In the calculation of college value “Is any question of what else an education might be for: to nurture critical thought; to expose individuals to the signal accomplishments of humankind; to develop in them an ability not just to listen actively but to respond intelligently” (Rebecca Mead Par. 7). This pursuit of adult betterment holds the potential…

realities that threatened his own. He is forced with the pressure of growing up and having to finally absolve the presumption that his thoughts are superior than his cohorts and teachers. He falls into a vicious cycle to escape the monotonous and trivial pursuits typically lead by the everyday man. This narcissistic behavior leads to Paul’s downfall and eventual undoing.…

Fridriksson knows his company, Plain Vanilla Corp, is gambling by making changes to its popular app. “This is a risky move on our part,” Fridriksson said. “Popular wisdom tells you not to change something that’s working. Instead of incrementally changing QuizUp — which is a very successful game — we’re really going back to the drawing board.” Perhaps QuizUp’s fairy-tale rise to the top of the trivia heap has something to do with his stomach for risk. It’s an against-the-odds story that…

to sever but then i thought nope nah i ain't tryna die so eventually i see him and ask him how was it he said “it was crazy i see bodies here bullets ever where be careful because if you wasn't you would get shot”warrior who lives and dies in the pursuit of honor" and asserts his or her greatness by "the brilliancy and efficiency with which they kill". Each classical hero's life focuses on fighting, which occurs in war or during an epic quest. Classical heroes are commonly semi-divine and…

I went to see “The Odd Couple (female version)” by Neil Simon at Brodniak Hall in Anacortes on November 12 and 19. The play was directed by Scott Burnett and two student directors: Cierra DeCamp and Helena Pleet. I went to see the show twice with different casts. The First cast was Angelina Sasso as Sylvie, Kathleen Farr as Mickey, Trinity Bean as Renee, Maddie Hering as Vera, Aaliyah Cervantes as Olive Madison, Cabry Biddle as Florence Unger, Scott Geer as Manolo, and Jonathan Pringle as Jesus.…