Have you ever had a bad day and you just think “Where did I go wrong?” Or maybe something bad has happened in your life and you thought to yourself “What did I do to deserve this?” What if that was your life for two years straight? What if one bad thing happened right after another and every day was the worst day of your life? Would you like to know? Because I can tell you.
I climbed onto the school bus and was bouncing on my heels as I made my way to a seat. It was my first day of high school and to say I was excited would be an understatement. I could feel myself grinning from ear to ear as the bus drove on and more and more people climbed on. the smiled started to fade as the seats filled up except mine. No one sat down in the empty seat
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I’d wake up ready for a good day and few people would make an effort to talk to me, I felt alone and I didn’t know how to fix it. Then there was that guy…. Every morning he sat across the cafeteria and stared at me with those dark piercing eyes. It should have creeped me out, but I don’t know why it interested me so much, maybe because he was the only person who seemed to give me any attention at all. The third week of school I decided enough was enough, I was going to go talk to this guy. I wanted to know what about me made me worth staring at. When I got to school that morning I went straight to where he stands leaning against the wall, but he wasn’t there. I stopped and looked around and felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around to see him looking down at me, he wasn’t smiling, he didn’t seem to have any emotion on his face whatsoever. I was caught off guard by him standing so close to me. “um, hi.” I murmured. His lip twitched into a smirk. “Hi.” He responded and continued to stare at me with a lack of emotion. “I’m…. I”m Rose.” I managed to stutter out, I don’t know what about this boy made me so nervous. He seemed to mule over my name when I gave it to him. “Rose? Cute.” I could feel my cheeks grow warm at his compliment. “Oh thanks. I don’t like it much, I don’t think it matches my personality very much, plus people tell me that it’s a boys name although it’s clearly a unise name.” I rambled. He cocked his head to the side. “I think it’s a lovely name, I’m Daniel.” The bell started to ring and i adjusted my bag on my shoulder. “Well i guess i need to get to class now.” I said. I turned to start to my class and he grabbed my hand. “Skip with me.” he said as though it wasn’t a big deal. I had never skipped a class before, I had never intentionally done anything bad at school before. I stared at him for a moment and then pulled my hand away. “I…. I really can’t. I have a test today. I have to go.” I ran off to
On the about last week of March, I, Sgt. A. Walton confiscated an unauthorized Casio G-Shock Gray/Black/Light Blue in color watch that was sent to Nottaway Correctional Center by Offender C. Barker #1421016 family member.
Jerry wakes up in a dissociative state still hungover from the previous night’s drug binge, nullifying the pain with a fluffy, symmetrical line of Peruvian cocaine and a tightly packed bowl of luminescent green, trichome plastered cannabis nug sourced from California out of his Illadelph bong; naturally, Jerry was quite the aficionado in recreational drug use and progressive dependency. As dopamine floods his prefrontal cortex he’s invigorated with a renewed sense of grandiosity; he looks in the mirror, his eyes are sunken in, the pallor of his complexion is ghostly, an apparition of a once revered public figure. He averts his eyes to his many awards and commendations for a brief moment, before the cannabis takes effect. He brushes
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Picture this. The first rays of sunlight pierce the sky; smears of red and orange chasing away the darkness as its queen retreats behind the horizon. Dew shimmers across the fields of grass and clings to the branches of the trees. An elk’s call fills the early morning silence, answered by the bay of wolves. Their hunt is short; within moments the wolves have killed the weakest out of the herd of elk. They proceed to fill their bellies and chew the marrow from the bones before heading back to their den. Elsewhere, a similar scene starts the day. Only this elk’s call is met with the loud report of a rifle; the echo bounces off the crags of the Rockies. Having successfully made a kill, the hunter and his guide move in to snap pictures
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I believe that opportunities that are not taken only open up more opportunities in the future.
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I moved away as fast as i could to get some distance but then realized that this cat wanted me dead and i couldn't run so i had to fight. I ran and pounced on the cat like it did to me and i hit it with all of my force right on its chest. The cat let out a loud cry i felt relieved that i wasn't dying. I hit the cat again since it was still on the ground. Quickly the cat got up and ran away. I stood back watching this cat bllt down the street in pain and fear. The wound that this cat gave me on my face wa now catching up to me and it started to hurt. I turned around feeling like i was on top of the world reevaluating the fight in my mind thinking about how i could have improved my fighting technique. I kept walking until i got to the fence of
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I was born on the third of March, 2000, three months before Eritrea broke away from Ethiopia. Ethiopia annexed Eritrean in the late 1960s. Long story short, those nations started to fight over land and see. They had ongoing fights for about 30 years until a major war broke out in 1998 which lasted 2 years. In May, 1991, Eritrea had gained its independence from Ethiopia; however, the fight didn't stop there. In May of 2000 Eritrea was officially separated from Ethiopia. Since then, Eritrea and Ethiopia government haven't reunited yet. During the war, villagers had to leave their land and flee to the urban areas; the battle took place in most of those people's land. My farmer uncle had to move in to our house with his kids and his wife who had just given birth to baby
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