the background calling my name. "Kayla‚ are you up?" echoed down the stairs in the deep male voice of my dad. While stretching my hands and feet to the four posts of the bed‚I hesitantly answered "Yes" as my eyes opened after several watery blinks. I crawled out from underneath my covers‚ emerging like a butterfly from a cocoon‚ swinging my legs over the side of the bed. As my warm feet hit the cold floor‚ I got shivers that send chills all the way up my spine. I shook off the chills and drag my
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someone thought people would enjoy the above torment. As an adult‚ it is precisely this thrill and excitement of having survived the ride that keeps me coming back for more. My very first ride that day was on the ferris wheel with my aunt. Looking up at that looming monstrosity spinning the life out of its sardine-caged occupants‚ I was dumbstruck. It was huge‚ smoky and noisy if not a little intimidating. Ever since that initial impression became fossilized in my grey matter‚ these rides have
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Dylan Farmer 1/24/2012 English 101 Spring break is mainly a time of partying for most teenagers that go to my high school‚ but I was off to California with my girlfriend’s family to pretty much explore a whole other side of the U.S. California is the place that every person and the world wants to go for their spring break. I was very happy that my girlfriend’s mom is a travel agent‚ so we got a pretty good deal for the prices of our flight and on the hotel prices. Just for extra fun we
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New England Frozen Lemonade While growing up on Smith Hill in Providence‚ Rhode Island‚ I had a lot to look forward to by the standards of a young elementary school boy. I followed my older cousins where ever they went through the neighborhood‚ usually the park. Around the corner from the street I lived on was Camden Park where my cousins and I spent hours during the summer and after school. Up the street from this park was a stand called New England Frozen Lemonade. Making the trip around
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Asparagus 1 Walking up to a cozy‚ tan ranch-style house in southern California‚ my stomach was howling for attention‚ waiting for a scrumptious meal to help ease its hunger. My aunt’s house was filled with the rich scent of roasted chicken and garlic‚ a smell that would drench my taste buds when I would have eaten mammal flesh. I could almost smell the tenderness of the succulent meat as it baked in the oven while mashed potatoes churned in melted creamy butter. The smells of a fulfilling feast
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My Grandmother’s House My grandmother’s house has a very special place in my heart. I lived with my grandmother for many years when I was little. Her house always seemed to have something about it that set it apart from all the rest. When walking in the front door of her house‚ there is a stairway as long as the Red River. It leads to the main hallway of the house. The strong smell of cigarette smoke would tickle my nose by the time I made it to the hallway. My grandmother’s house was always
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How to Write a Descriptive Essay More than many other types of essays‚ descriptive essays strive to create a deeply involved and vivid experience for the reader. Great descriptive essays achieve this affect not through facts and statistics but by using detailed observations and descriptions. What do you want to describe? As you get started on your descriptive essay‚ it’s important for you to identify exactly what you want to describe. Often‚ a descriptive essay will focus on portraying one of
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beans the rhythmic dance performance that was once going on came to a drastic halt. After a few hours of plowing through my day‚ I subconsciously start to yawn‚ little did I know it was the coffee coming back to bite me in the butt thinking I would one-up the laws of nature by drowning my sleepiness in a 16 ounce cup of generically overpriced coffee that I could make at home on my Keurig‚ saving me money and satisfying my taste for
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constantly asked me where I was‚ who I am with and the forever said “You don’t understand now but someday you will when you have you own kids.” Of course now I do. I have one child. I always thought why is she saying that? It was because she cares about me and she loves me. I also remember my first day of school‚ Mom was there with me. To me‚school
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come support us in this huge game. The sound of the cheers echoed through the halls like yodelers shouting off of mountain tops. During the pep rally the cheerleaders did many cheers and everyone in the gym joined in on them‚ making the hairs stand up on each and everyone’s necks. After the pep rally it was time to get on the bus and head to Canton for our game. The parents of all us basketball players decorated the bus with red‚ black and white ribbons and shiny balloons. Everyone in town followed
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