VANESSA MELINA VÁZQUEZ VEGA WRITING WELL Never alone A blaring sound was shaking into that speedy white escort racing on the road. His hands were thumbing the steering wheel while “hold the line” was on the radio .The volume was louder every second‚ but Victor was careless about exploding his car speakers. Adrenaline went through his body as a drug running
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spent a weekend away from home to celebrate their anniversary. My first reaction to this decision was excitement since I could do anything I wanted—within reason—while they were away. However‚ as the weight of the announcement sunk in‚ I began to feel anxious. I was responsible for the house‚ myself‚ and our dog Rocky for the whole weekend. I could not leave for the night and had to feed and walk our dog everyday. These responsibilities were simple tasks that I have completed before
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office alone‚ while his mom finishes her work. As his mom is gone‚ he hears a noise claiming it to be a ‘monster’‚ so he investigates. As included in the second story‚ “Alone in the Universe” the main character and their friends go on a camping trip‚ when they are ready to go to sleep they see a plane that looks like a UFO and they all believe in aliens now. In‚ “At the Office by W.M. Akers” ‚ the author used the third person to narrate the story of a boy in an office. The other story “Alone in the
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Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Ourselves The day and the life of a teenagers‚ is consumed with text messages‚ Face time‚ Instagram‚ Twitter‚ YouTube‚ and Face book messages. Many of us watch TV‚ listen to music‚ and “live chat” with our friends by way of the “smart phone”. I’m sure our parents wished for once‚ we would “look up” from our phones and have an actual conversation with them‚ but we can’t. We’re addicted to our phones. And sadly‚ this is typical living
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elsewhere. The waves crashed on the shoreline‚ each sounding different to the next. The last few beachgoers were starting to walk up the sand‚ mottled grey-blue in the dying light‚ and I thought to myself – “lucky”. My wheels squelched on the few grains of grit that lay on the path. “I love this part of the day”‚ I thought. It meant I could just be me‚ who I was inside this shell. It brought back memories. Good memories. … I
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Shall We Walk? by Pura Santillan-Castrence This essay was written during the Japanese Occupation but it is as relevant today as it was then. I wrote an article some years ago on the benefits of walking. My automobiled friends praised the article politely enough‚ they liked it (at least they said so); the points were well taken; people should really walk more; it took someone like me to show in such graphic terms what could have been clear to everyone before… then they went on their morning-till-night
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pounding so hard you can barely see or even think. Then you look around and realize that you’re outside in some forest. You can’t remember anything but… this one lonely thought… a name… Del… Del is your name. So you get up from the grass to look around and all you see is forest. Suddenly your eye stops on something tall and broken‚ yet very straight. This mysterious pillar pierces the sky and looks amazing. You decide to get a closer look‚ but as you get closer you begin to realize there are more of these
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Living Alone Could you imagine coming home to a strange person crashing on your couch? I can only imagine how disgruntling that would be. This and other scenarios alike are not acceptable in a place you pay for. That scenario can be avoided in one simple step: Living alone. Although living with other people has its advantages‚ living alone can be freeing‚ save a lot of money‚ and be an a lot safer place There are also many reasons living with roommates or family can be positive. You can be less
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but when I went to the kitchen I saw that my breakfast was on the table‚ and also a brief note from my mother. My mother informed me that I have to stay at home alone‚ as she needed to help her sister to organise a wedding party. My mother left $300 for me. This took me with surprise at is was the first time that I stayed at home alone. Whilst eating my breakfast‚ I convinced myself that everything will be alright and I also thought about all the household chores I need to do in the absence of my
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the hotshots in our life. Many years ago we asked what we would use computers‚ Internet and artificial intelligence for. Now the question is what don’t we use them for (Turkle‚ 1). Now‚ through the new technology‚ we create‚ navigate‚ and illustrate our emotional lives by those electronic machines and those transmit signals. At the same time‚ we are losing something called “connection” or “relationship” which we are not born with‚ but we used to have it. This is a profound skill‚ which developed in
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