Tumbling

“Ouch, this life jacket is super tight on me,” Elias yelped with so much pain he couldn’t bear to live with. It was 6:00 on a Friday night football game, 2015. It was Beach night for the student section and we were wearing life jackets, goggles, scuba gear, and my friend Elias with his pink water shoes and pink lifejacket. We hopped on our bikes and started to ride to the game. There is something about me and my friends that we do as an inside joke. Who would have ever thought that making a…

Leaves were falling off the ground, tumbling as the wind swept them away. As I got dressed, I kept wondering why I had to volunteer for this event. If I saw a homeless person on the street holding up a sign, craning their head downward, or holding a change cup, I typically would pass/avoid…

the bigger problems of the real world. At the opening of the book, it seemed as though Tom was more concerned about licking (punching) other boys. In chapter 1 page 16, Tom got in a fight with a boy for no essential reasoning. “ In an instant and tumbling in the dirt gripping together like cats; and for the space of a minute they tugged and tore at each other's hair and clothes, punched in scratched each other's noses, and covered themselves with dust and glory.” Then at the end of the book on…

No sports, clubs, activities, almost nothing. The only things I really do are play guitar and sketch. I’ve been begging to start tumbling classes that are one day a week just to see if I still like doing gymnastics. Although, I still haven’t gotten to do that, so I'm just patiently waiting until I have an opportunity to do something that catches my eye. The guitar is fun, but it’s…

innocent - then I understand the position of the hands..." (Eisenberg 49) The same scenario comes up the final paragraph as the narrator strives to escape from her strained everyday life by meeting with her lover ;"we had done it - the thought kept tumbling over me like pealing bells as we rose in the elevator, our hands lightly clasped" (Eisenberg 67) Circling back to the beginning of the story strengthens the idea that the narrator craves space to imagine a future of freedom but it is stifled…

As an American, it is one’s duty to support and stand for the views of the United States through various policies, human rights, and the classic American ideals. However, over the years, these ideas and interpretation of rights have often changed. We have seen this though radical new laws that would have never been accepted a few centuries ago. Some of these new policies are things such as the legalizing same-sex marriage through the entire nation, legalizing medical marijuana, or death with…

The cocoon is an all too familiar place for me, it is a place in which I find comfort - a protection mechanism that I have built in order to deal with challengers that I do not have an alternative means to deal with. Trungpa Rinpoche, explains the cocoon as a place of cowardice, a place in which a person escapes to in order to land back into a place of comfort. This familiar place allows is to “surround ourselves with our own familiar thoughts, so that nothing sharp or painful can touch us”…

a terrible accident and is being med-flighted to Johnson City Medical Center.” The entire gymnasium began whispering in astonishment. I was in shock; this couldn’t be real. I knew I had to get to the hospital, but my body felt paralyzed, tears tumbling down my cheekbones. I felt in my purse for my car keys; hands shaking, I dropped my keys on the ground. Mr. Robinson then approached me and asked if I would go with them to the hospital. I graciously accepted, knowing I was not capable of…

The Grief Inspired by the Falling Man Photo The Falling Man photograph was in a series of photos taken by photographer Richard Drew, which depicts a man falling in a seemingly peaceful position, vertical to the buildings behind him. This particular photo drew attention because of the position the man took, as opposed to other photos of people falling in panic. The attention gave rise to questions of the identities of these people and why did they jump? This photograph in particular elicits…

ahead is dangerous. Flying monkeys scatter around him as he drives, “Why must these monkeys be inspired by birds today” As he drove out of the flock of monkeys he realizes that 15 hungry elephants are crossing the street. They see Howard and come tumbling towards him. “AHHHHHHH.”…