“Expect the worst‚ that way‚ if it’s bad‚ you’re prepared‚ and if anything else should happen‚ it’s a blessing.” My grandmother repeated this to me throughout my life and it finally sunk in today. My grandma went in for surgery at 8am this morning (Tuesday September 24‚ 2013) to have a malignant tumor removed from her large intestine. She’s 82 years old and has lost upwards of 60 pounds due to this obstruction; therefore her risk of complication during surgery is high. We were told that the surgery
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Kane’s apartment. The beer cans are gone. A wooden chair is far stage left and covered with mail. It is facing the center stage. AT RISE: It’s 24 hours later. The spot is on Kane’s door. A knife blade slides down the crack‚ into the chain and jerks forward‚ breaking the link. The blade glides to the catch. The door swings open. Without a noise‚ Uncle Seoul enters and creeps into the bedroom. The lights flash on. After a shout and a grunt‚ it becomes quiet. KANE (Stumbles from his bedroom‚ a pillowcase
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Deserted island My name is Lisa. This year I’m thirteen years old. I live in Queenstown‚ New Zealand. My house is a villa near the sea because my parents like sea‚ and from my bedroom you can see the best view of the sea. It seems to me that toward evening‚ the sea is the most beautiful‚ and usually at that time I just sit down near the window and enjoy the scene. I have a sister called Rosely‚ she is one year older than me. Our personalities are quite similar‚ so we are very good friends‚ and
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Shauna avoided Cort on Friday when she spent the day shopping with her mother. She avoided him on Saturday when the McCabe family got together to tromp through the woods in search of the perfect Christmas trees. Sunday was a different story. "Hello‚ Shauna‚ nice to see you again‚" Cort said when he walked into the parlor where Shauna was expertly weaving a burgundy and gold ribbon through the branches of the twelve-foot Frasier fir Susan had chosen. "Mr. Mackenzie‚" Shauna answered‚ keeping her
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During this school quarter‚ students have been called to take a closer look at the Catholic Social Teachings that our faith has advised us to follow. Specifically‚ we have been focusing on one teaching‚ option for the poor and vulnerable. When my class began to elaborate more on it in religion‚ I began to find connections to the teaching all around me. The most significant factor that caused me to really contemplate the option for the poor and vulnerable‚ however‚ was the song that Ms. McCready played
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1 Anything could melt in the blazing summer of 1998. Birds went silent; grass stood lifeless; even the old electric fan in grandma’s house seemed ailing and needed an occasional nudge. Everyone in town‚ including the primetime news‚ were complaining about the seemingly endless summer‚ with the exception of me. I found it quite tolerable. In fact‚ I loved summer. For me‚ summer was a great opportunity to catch up on some of the longer books on my reading list. Without school or homework‚ I could finally
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Second Chances “What can I say my darling? You are the love of my life‚ the reason why I smile.” he said‚ as he held her hands in his. “You‚ give a whole new purpose to my existence‚ gifting me the ample joy to wake up every morning with a bright smile on my face.” His hand now draped the back of her neck while the other traced her lips with the back of his other. Her eyes drifted from his eyes to the lips‚ and he seized the moment to rather savagely kiss her as if tomorrow was on the verge of extinction
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Hachiman didn’t know when it happened. One day‚ he noticed the light touch of lipstick on her lips and her beguiling figure. At first‚ he didn’t mind it and thought of it as a trivial matter. But a few days later he realized how charming her smile is and her amicable attitude is. "When did Yui become alluring?" Hachiman mumbled to himself while sneaking a peak at Yui across the room. As days passed‚ his feelings became stronger. Hachiman wanted to make his feelings acknowledged by her. From time
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September 18‚ 2013 Reflection #1 In Sociology there are many interesting topics‚ people and facts that are discussed. I personally find this class to be very interesting with the new material that’s taught to me. In my breakout session I attended Friday‚ I learned about socialization and at the end I was assigned an assignment. My assignment was to find a section in chapter 3 that was interesting to me and express my opinions on it. The most interesting section to me was‚ Isolated Children
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“The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse” is narrated by nine-year-old Aram Garoghlanian‚ a member of an Armenian community living among the lush fruit orchards and vineyards of California. One morning Aram is awakened before dawn by his thirteen-year-old cousin Mourad‚ who is thought to be demented by everyone except Aram‚ and has a way with animals. Aram is astonished to see that Mourad is sitting on a beautiful white horse. Aram has always wanted to ride a horse‚ but his family is too poor to
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