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Skiing - Creative Essay
Number of Words: 705 / Number of Pages: 3
... with. The towering smokestacks
of the factories wou ld not have caught my eye had it not been for the tiny
stream of gray emerging from them. At this distance, the smoke spiraled
upward like tree branches reaching for the sky.
The air was raw and stung me through my many layers of clothing.
There was snow all around me. It was on the trail and in the trees. There
was so much white, that my eyes became blinded by so much absence of color.
It was too cold to remain at the top forever, so I decided to make
my run. I gave a strong push with my poles, starting my skis sliding
gentl ...
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Personal Writing: Piercing - An Extra Hole
Number of Words: 972 / Number of Pages: 4
... gave them to Tiffany's mom to sign on the line stating that we had authorization from an adult .The girl showed us all the body jewelry we could choose from to pierce our navels with. There were all colors of small rings with little colored beads connecting them . There was baby blue, teal green , royal purple, sterling silver, gold, and then I saw it - a perfect 12 gauge lime green loop with a smoky colored bead. Tiffany found a purple one that she had to have hanging from her belly button. That's when a couple came out from behind a string of beads that hung from the ceiling. The lady looked to be ...
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Creative Writing: Heroz
Number of Words: 1958 / Number of Pages: 8
... they were with their
jobs.
They wondered what would happen if things didn't improve. How would
they take care of their families if everyone continued to leave Lamron and
there wouldn't be any use for the arrows?
Apparently, many of the local Lamronians were unhappy living in
Lamron and were moving away. They had found that other nearby towns did not
charge as much for the dragon killing service as Lamron did.
Meanwhile, back at Lamron Castle, the King was meeting with his
Duke of Accounting and Duke of Operations, and found that much of the gold
received for their services w ...
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“The Night”
Number of Words: 1024 / Number of Pages: 4
... I Finally got on my trip down to my buddy Scott’s house, it seemed like a long trip because I had to ride my bike there. But he lived right down the road so it wasn’t that bad. Also I knew that it would all be worthwhile when I arrived there and we went to Mandys.
After a while of watching television, Scott and I decided to go on down Mandys. We got down there after walking down to pitch black, roughed up road. We turned up the pot hole filled driveway, I started thinking of what might happen at this so-called party. Would I drink alcohol? Would I smoke cigarettes? Or even marijuana. I tho ...
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Difficulty In Making An Important Decision
Number of Words: 385 / Number of Pages: 2
... If I failed or could
not find a new position, what would my family think of me? Failing at a new
career would also cause me to lose confidence in myself. These concerns,
failure and financial, and not finding a new job made this decision very
difficult.
The decision to choose a new career was an extremely important one. The sole
function of a career is not just to provide a means to make a living; it
should have a larger purpose. The work I was doing did little for others,
and in fact, served only a small, special interest group. In addition to
pursuing a meaningful career, a career should ...
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My Apartment
Number of Words: 552 / Number of Pages: 3
... the noise from the ceiling at night. Heavy walking, loudly music, children banging around stairs… these noises bug me sometimes! Whenever I could not stand it anymore, I would slam my door room, warning them to stop it. But my request from slamming the door is rarely satisfied.
At the corner of the apartment is a garbage-cart which is every morning there’s a old guy - wearing a worn, drag and dirty clothes - lean in and look for everything he can reuse. The unpleasant odors of rotten foods, of over-ripe cheese, the smell of cinders, acrid smoke, of musty, rusty metal from the old, broken table, chairs ...
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Creative Story: Intellegence
Number of Words: 1238 / Number of Pages: 5
... monetary deprivation on the plains of Colorado, and had proceeded to New York
by Amtrak with only a dollar and a dream. Things did not go as planned, though;
he could not find a job and had taken to panhandling and sleeping in the streets.
His dreams, no doubt influenced by the fumes coming up from the sewer, were of
money. A good man who only wanted to work and make a decent living, he had gone
to the welfare office a few blocks north of Goldstein's shop. He was sent to
the employment office downtown, and decided to take the subway. No doubt, the
welfare officials and social workers sent hi ...
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What I Would Place In A Time Capsule
Number of Words: 551 / Number of Pages: 3
... the new information and technology of today, computers serve as
the most useful tool for teaching and productivity across the globe. With the
aid of computers, new and better systems are manufactured and put to work
constantly. The amount of data storage, speed, and processing power is
increasing exponentially, and the obsolete models are taken off shelves and out
of business to be replaced. Within the next ten years alone, computers will
have evolved to what most of us can't even perceive now. By placing a top of
the line computer system into our time capsule, we can provide our futu ...
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Creative Writing: Hackers Manifesto
Number of Words: 559 / Number of Pages: 3
... They're
all alike. And then it happened... a door opened to a world... rushing through
the phone line like heroin through an addict's veins, an electronic pulse is
sent out, a refuge from the day-to-day incompetencies is sought... a board is
found. "This is it... this is where I belong..." I know everyone here...
even if I've never met them, never talked to them, may never hear from them
again...
I know you all... Damn kid. Tying up the phone line again. They're all alike...
You bet your ass we're all alike... we've been spoon-fed baby food at school
when we hungered for steak... the bits of mea ...
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Graduation
Number of Words: 618 / Number of Pages: 3
... in Amherst. The ceremonies were to begin at
7:00p.m., yet I had to be there at 6:00p.m.. When everyone arrived we
rehearsed on how we were to walk in and where we were going to sit. You could
the excitement in everyone’s eyes. No one could wait for the moment in which our
diplomas would be handed to us. They lined us up by height with the boys to one
side and the girls to the other. Each boy was paired up with a girl and was to
walk in side by side with her when the ceremonies began. Once the couple reached
the grandstands, where each member of the graduating class would be sitting ,
they were ...
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