... plastic clothes basket. This is jammed tight between the garbage can and the desk, which sits near the corner. The tops of the desk are white, but the supports are black. School books cover the bottom shelf, while the next two have miscellaneous items on them. On the top shelf, an encased basketball sits. It's an Olympic ball dipped in gold. Next to the ball, hanging on the gray, black, and white marble-like painted walls, is a tournament bracket for last year's College Basketball Championship. Under the bracket is the light switch, and next to it is a black light. The next wall is bare, but in the corner ...

... mouths with pig. One by one, with their stomachs full the men dozed off to sleep, with their mug in hand and head on table. I found a quiet place near the window of the mead-hall. There I would sleep with a napkin as my pillow. The stars and moon shown so bright that it made it hard to sleep. Even when I closed my eyes the sound of a random man’s snore would jolt me awake. I thought it was hopeless to even attempt to fall asleep, therefore I gazed up at the sky, hoping I would tune out the dreadful noises of drunken men. A shadow crossed my face, blocking the stars glow. A sudden rush of fear went through my body. ...

... zip up his book bag, concealing a large box. I knew what was going on. I’d heard about employee theft occurring at Staples in the past, but this was the first time I’d ever witnessed it first hand. The day before, Rich and I had a conversation about it. “We’re the only ones who don’t steal,� he said. And I knew we were. Over the course of the next few weeks, I watched loads of equipment leave the store. Three Palm Vs were now in Martin’s possession, Jesse made off with some RAM, Doug robbed some hard drives, and Jason even pilfered a laptop. Most of the guys claimed that the lack of proper wages just ...

... very knowledgeable and were able to tutor me in all my subjects as well as any teacher could. Therefore I always had very good grades in school. But, I wasn’t a nerd. I loved to make friends. One of the many differences between America and China is the fact that computers and the Internet were not easily accessible there. But once I came here, I immediately fell in love with web surfing and online chatting. I love flirting with guys, however I understand the importance of studying so I tend to have little time for that. Therefore, I gave them a Chinese riddle. I said I would talk to anyone who could answer it. ...

... of some sort, this may show that I like to help people with problems. Water, war (death), and girls (one particularly) are a few of the things I often see over again in different dreams. I don't know why I have dreams that include water, maybe my body is telling me I am thirsty or that I need to drink more water. My war dreams are the ones that I would be most interested in learning the latent meaning to. After waking from one of the war dreams I feel great, like a hero, like I accomplished something. I was recently thinking about joining a military service so I could be related to those thoughts. Often, ...

... career, the All-Star team. It was the summer of 1998, and I was in eighth grade. I had played baseball since I was a young boy, starting with T-ball and moving my way up. I was always a good player, able to keep up with all the other boys. Baseball was my life. That year, I was juggling three baseball teams, an intramural league, a travel team that everybody made, and I was trying out for the All-Star team for the first time. I did well for my intramural team, and my coach, Mr. Keubler, was also a coach for my travel team and All-Star team. He asked me to play for the travel team, called the Devlin Team and ...

... party like a vulture. She must tell everyone how terrible life is treating her. She can be famous for saying “Nothing in life is fair,� or “This world sucks!� She is never satisfied until she has drank as much as she can and has informed half of the party of her problems. The best drunk known to man and this party was Fred Funny. Fred is the kind of drunk you want at every party. He has everyone on the floor, rolling in hysterics. He has people crying because they are laughing so hard. Fred likes to have an audience of at least five people. The group seems to grow as everyone hears what he is ...

... Vietnam, I could no longer take anything for granted, our standard of living or even my parents' ambitions. However, as my two older brothers and I matured, we could see how this once tangible dream began slipping through the fingers of my parents' out stretched hands. That was just it. Once in America, my father and mother expected success to land in the palm of their hands. Unfortunately, it did not. Without a formal education and the ability to speak English, it was impossible for them to exploit the opportunities that were presented. I, being the youngest in my family, watched as both my older brothers be ...

... with their flowers shaped like the cross that Jesus died on, the reason we were celebrating , the tulips fresh and sweet on the mind, the roses, queen of flowers, stop you with their fragrance and make you believe for one moment that you are a princess in a white cloud castle. The day would start off waking up to the smell of fresh bread rising to the occasion in the oven, then the thrill of brightly colored jelly beans being hidden all over the house. It was a tradition; the bunny would come in the middle of the night, hopping about delicately as not to wake my brother and me and spread the magical colored jelly ...

... anything else, we care more about the presidents sex life than we do about our education, economics, or our country’s other political status. , I think we need to change that, we need to make other issues more important. In addition, stop exploitation, oppression, racism, sexism, and discrimination against gays and lesbians. Secondly, , We also need to look at what we are doing to our environment. We are walking all over it, not thinking twice before dropping trash on the ground. Our country needs to recycle… that is the end of it. We are filling our earth with trash… just think what could be in place of ...