Waltz

It was Easter Sunday 2008. My mom and dad had just recently divorced, and me, well I, was greeted with a warm welcome to the world of angst. As an almost eight year old and as a kid with a handful of friends, video games were my escape, my retreat from the rest of the cold, dark and vicious world (It would remain as my escape until I was about fifteen or so). The next year and half would be one of the most difficult durations of my life and throughout it, nothing compares to the sheer pain I…

or denied further funding fishy, right? The journal Nature acknowledged that a “large block of scientists . . . denigrate research by other legitimate scientists in a knee-jerk, partisan, emotional way that is not helpful in advancing knowledge.” (Waltz)When media tries to bring these issues to light they are often told that is not important enough or are just completely told not to cover that topic, otherwise called…

I walked into the Louis K. Armstrong Theater on February 11, 2018, where the sold-out show was about to begin. The lights went dim, on stage sat a little old woman whose hair was slicked back into a tight bun with a pioneer style dress, that flowed down to her ankles. She stared blankly into the distance while she turned the crank over and over repeatedly. I distinctly remember the props on stage, the large wooden wagon with a huge hay bail set on top accompanying a quaint prairie style house.…

Doodle walked slowly across the room and sat down at his place at the table. Then Mama began to cry and ran over to him, hugging him and kissing him. Daddy hugged him too, so I went to Aunt Nicey, who was tanks praying in the doorway, and began to waltz her around. We danced together quite well until she came down on my big toe with her brogans, hurting me so…

Tori Pharris Music History II MUSI 3353 Dr. Stephen Crawford February 10th, 2016 Beethoven’s life is generally divided into three creative periods. Give the dates and major works of each, and briefly characterize the features of Beethoven’s style during each period. The first period in Ludwig van Beethoven’s (1770-1827) life was from his birth in 1770 to 1802. During this time he composed many piano sonatas, simply because it was his primary instrument. Beethoven’s composing style was…

Animal Diversity Report: Comparison of the Nervous and Reproductive Systems of the Compass Jellyfish, Axolotl, Horseshoe Crab, and The Compass Jellyfish (Chrysaora hysoscella) - The Compass Jellyfish (Chrysaora hysoscella) is a species of jellyfish that can be found in cold and temperate waters near the continental shelf regions of the Irish and North Seas, the Mediterranean, and coastal regions of South Africa (Doyle et. al.). The Compass Jellyfish belongs to the Genus Chrysaora and the…

Within in a crowded neighbour of youthful families and abundances of children, was Aunt Hecate. A beauty in her own right, nothing like her five sisters within a family of eight. Aunt Hecate had never been one of the five Williams girls to be courted by many bachelors. She simply stayed home with her mother and father, doing nothing but reading. Filling her head with knowledge unlike her sisters who were filling it with something little or more no use to them. “Come out with us Hecate! You’re…

The city’s populace celebrated the marriage of Princess Marie to the Duke of Hamilton’s son along with the nobles from the German Confederation. The palace gates thrown open and everyone invited into the square to celebrate the grand occasion. Inside the Knight’s Hall, Karolina did not notice the noble guests were dancing at one end of the great hall and she and her friends relegated to the other end. In fact, she did not care. This was her first royal invitation and she was going to be eighteen…

According to Shikha Dalmia in The Case Against Banning Guns, nothing can be done to help the growing gun issue. There is not a single law, bill, or restriction that could be put in place to save any lives. Any form of monitoring such as monthly psychological tests or rigorous aim evaluations would be expected from a dictator- anything keeping dangerous individuals from obtaining and using guns is unconstitutional and pointless according to him. He makes it seem like all gun owners would…

growth on the manuscript, called at diverse times Among The Ash Heaps and Millionaires, Trimalchio in West Egg, The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night, where the theme of betrayal is steady. Zelda included elements of that event into Save Me the Waltz too. In his Notebooks, Fitzgerald wrote: “That September of 1924, I knew something had happened that could never be repaired.” (Bruccoli, 1978,…