"Till Death We Do Part" and "Why We Crave Horror Movies" are both written on the same topic, however, they make different arguments. The two stories connect with one other. We are obsessed with gonig to see these horror movies ("Why We Crave Horror Movies") to see the characters die a violent death. Seeing these actors and actresses die, we feel a ( Read more... )

Immediately after reading this quote, I automatically thought of my cousin, Mike Burke. My cousin took his own life in March of 2005. My family was devastated and is still in the process of recovering. I never thought that something this dramatic would ever happen to one of my friends or family members. It felt as though the Earth stopped moving ( Read more... )

Dear Tim ( Read more... )

Researchers on my planet, Planet X, have just discovered a new land mass or maybe even another world. Our space team is planning to travel to this mysterious location tomorrow. They have already pin-pointed a location in which they will travel to and it is my job to write down what I observe through my telescope ( Read more... )

The postcard that I stood out to me the most was the two-sided card. The front of the card says, "I was going to tell you that I love you...the night that you died." The back of the card shows a graveyard then goes on to say,” So I'm telling you now." As soon as I read this I was able to make an immediate connection. My cousin committed suicide in ( Read more... )

Bailey Hall ( Read more... )

It is Christmas day, 2002, and my father and I are at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California to watch our favorite team, the Los Angeles Lakers. There is a sold out crowd on hand and all 20,000 people are on their feet screaming at the top of their lungs. The score is 88 to 86. The Lakers are losing to their rivals, the Sacramento Kings. ( Read more... )

It was Christmas break during my junior year in high school. A group of my closest friends went skiing at Mountain Creek Ski Resort in Vernon, New Jersey. It was a very cold and windy Sunday afternoon and it had been snowing for a good portion of the day. We had decided to take one last run before heading into the warm cabin for dinner. We were ( Read more... )

1. Why is the sky blue ( Read more... )