neon sign, illuminating the darkest crevasses of my (in)sanity. It's always the same. Why? Why do I do this? And I always have the same answer; it's not even an answer, just a shrug and a 'mind your own business'. The response is shot back at my reflection as I begin to admire my work. Red locks curl around my now hazel eyes. Red. Yes, a very fitting colour I think. I wondered if I should add anything else, freckles maybe... Redheads normally have freckles don't they? I decided against it. I had
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How many nights have you spent in bed tossing and turning because the woman from your wallpaper keeps creeping around your room? For most people the obvious answer is ‘None of course’ but for some, the question wouldn’t seem that foreign. In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” we are immersed into the mind of a mentally ill young woman who is forced into solitude as a supposed cure for postpartum depression. We read her story as if reading her diary; an intimate look into
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Car surfing just for idiots. By ******* For the British newspaper… Hello. I want to write something to your article in the paper yesterday. Here’s my opinion for car surfing: I don’t have any idea, for what’s going on in their head. I think it’s sick, and I don’t understand why young people want to do that. Car surfing is dangerous, and I think that YouTube has an effect on the young people. When they see these videos on the internet, they think they can do it too. They don’t think about the
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like to be kept waiting so I should go," she smiled once more at the man before reaching for the exit, groaning when he followed. "Your boy-friend's waiting out here is he? Where?" he asked as they stepped out onto the street his hands coming to rest on his hips. Anna turned around, opening her mouth to answer when she felt two warm, strong arms wrap themselves around her slim waist pulling her back against a hard, lean body. "Hey baby what took you so long." Anna immediately relaxed recognizing
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rivalry between the two schools, Creekside hadn’t beaten the Condors in a basketball game for 7 years. That’s why this last minute was so important. Both my team and the Condors had really good records that year, and throughout the whole game we were neck
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their friends. And when they didn’t want to go outside, they sat down, read a book, played cards, or even drank hot cocoa. Now a day, it’s all about getting an ipod touch or a phone with a touch screen. Soon, people will have chairs that will fly around to get a soda from the fridge so they don’t have to get their butt up and walk. Though there seems to be more negative influence of technology, there may still be some silver lining. Technology is taking over our world. People don’t realize what
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same house where you have children and a husband that provides, but yet you still felt like you are living in solitude. Visualize a situation where your husband becomes deathly ill and the only way for him to heal is if you move somewhere very warm. Sounds picture perfect if you had the money to do so and there was hope that this move could change your feelings of alienation. In the 19th century marriages were defined with patriarchy. Where men rule over women in every aspect. Put yourself in a woman
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documentary shows us that discrimination doesn’t just go to the extent to the color of your skin or what your ethnicity is, but can fall into any physical characteristics, your social status, where you’re from, having a developmental disability, simple as being a woman and what not of other things, and in this case the color of your eyes. Nevertheless, we past judgment and prejudice based on these types of things where the person themselves are not accounted for. The concept that Jane Elliot is
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rose water and apply the paste on the black spot on skin. The citric acid in it will work its magic on your skin. Cucumber and squeeze: Grate a cucumber and squeeze out its juice and add it to curd for natural bleach. These ingredients will not make your spots miraculously disappear in a day. However regular application will not only heal the spots faster, but also improve the overall texture of your
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company sticks with to make sure the plan doesn’t deviate away from these numbers; (2) Timing-everything is done is timing. You must make sure that your company is doing the hiring and recruitment in a timing manner. Hiring someone that is retired may be a good move to make as well. You want to make sure that your timing is on the same page with your budging; (3) Resources- this is a big step in the components. You will need to know who will be responsible for this project. What resources will be
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