... a snake." I got up off the couch and when I looked at him he really started looking like a snake. I got scared and ran back in the bedroom. I sat on the floor with Amanda for a while, and then Jesse came slithering in. I got all freaked out, but then he was eventually able to convince me that he wasn ... , and feeling the little fuzzy things shake, while we laid there in silence. I remember for a while I felt like we were all one person. Then Kryssy sat up really fast, "Christie, come with me. I have to take you somewhere." We jumped off the bed and I followed her out to the front yard. W...

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... her as slow and as detailed as possible at the time being. As soon as I had finished my frantic attempt to slur everything out, she didn't laugh but instead sat there with that look in her eyes that she didn't believe a word of what I had just told her. The first thing she said in response was "Where did ... my mother. A subtle but shocked look came about my mom's face as she sank deeper in her stiff mahogany chair. Shutting off the now most annoying radio, I sat down next to my father asking what we were to do without heat. He had no answer, just a bewildered non-knowing look on his face...

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... placid in front of her pale blue eyes would at times seem to not have been washed for years. She's a small, stocky old lady who sat lifeless at any dinner table. My grandmother appeared to me as a wretched monster. By her appearance anyone could see she was a very unkempt person. ... to understand them. When I was six years old, I remember the whole family going to pay a visit to my grandmother. Being a kid I would have rather sat inside playing Nintendo, but really did not give much thought about going to the house of the grandmother I never saw. It was a beautiful day out and everyone ...

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... was in the boat with my brother, Carroll, Peter Mel and the Internet technician. When a couple of the guys screaming at the captain "Killers," dude look I sat straight up from my seat in the den and ran up to the deck to see these waves breaking as high as a four-story building, and roaring like a ... but of course to laugh, and have fun, I need someone else to talk too. Yeah right, well I do admit to talking a bit to the rocks that are my new found friends. I think it might rain soon, I can see the clouds growing darker and forming into storm clouds. I better prepare now. August 8, 200...

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... potential to go that direction was definitely a possibility. I was the only child of a single mother. During the summer before fifth grade, my mom sat me down by the pond at the Melbourne Public Library to discuss something very important with me. That day she explained to me that she suffered from ... kept me from becoming depressed. It also reinforced my desire to stay straight and do the right things, in that I really did not want to hurt my new family. I was a really shy young girl, and starting school was a very tough time for me. By fifth grade I knew that many "cliques" had ... to...

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... first entered through the doors of my French I class. Walking into the bright sun-filled classroom I remember hearing a bunch of annoying, immature, ignorant first year students new to high school. You can't count me out of that group! My first impression when looking at all of these students was who am I going to sit next ... I want to keep my own sense of style, so the only thing I came up with was to just sit by myself and just wait until someone came and sat next to me. While sitting in my rock-hard chair, I waited and nothing happened. Nobody came to sit next to me, but that was ok...

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... , the day of our class commencement ceremony. My best friend Kevin and I were already late because of downtown traffic and the new Mcgriddle biscuit at McDonald's. We had to go to the bottom half of the coliseum, which was a new experience for me and Kevin. We had been to plenty of Lizard Kings and Tomcats games. But we always were sitting up ... in the nosebleed section of the coliseum. The previous night we sat close to the balcony for our friend Corey's graduation from Fletcher. Once our class ... and prom, my mother would take at least a minimum 2 to 3 rolls of film, just on me. The...

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... right down to the youngest I stood alone for. Now it was 1973 I just finished high school, I got into Cal State San Bernadino. The start of my new life was just about to begin. I had two steady girlfriends at the time, Darlene and pam. I was too young to be tied down, and wanted to keep ... played basketball, and had no problem taking care of Anayla & Tc (Shalese was old enough). Alicia understood my aspects, she did what she was told. I sat with her through my rough times, and she took it away. Now what made Alicia special was she could handle a basketball. Alicia made all-league for th...

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... uncontrollably flopped about the front of the car in the middle of a rainstorm. My sister, Jenni, and I were on a road trip. The Red Hot Chili Peppers were playing in New York, and I was going to be there. I loved their lyrics, their melody, and their soul. Flea slapped out a bass line like nobody else and I was going to ... in Newton where we got lost and went through the Newton toll plaza three times, but eventually we made it to my home and prepared for our next trip to New York the following day. We had the trip all planned out. We"d leave at 5 o"clock, drive two hours to get there, ...

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... but when she had decided to join the Navy, I was the one trying to talk her out of it. One evening, she had a meeting for "new sailors" and we had previously made plans to hang out that night, so I went along with her. I received a lot of information at the meeting and ... Chief Diaz drove me to the Military Entrance Processing Center (MEPS). MEPS is a facility where newly recruited individuals take their ASVAB test (a test similar to the SAT containing math and english questions), complete a physical, and undergo background screenings prior to joining the military. Upon completion of t...

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... Finally the moment came when I had to say good bye to him since his plane was going to depart before mine. After saying good bye, to him I went and sat in a corner. I looked around everywhere and my inner-self was asking a lot of questions. Who am I? What am I doing here? It was such a different feeling ... to be more like what they call a farmers market in here. But that was not the case. Taking a cart and putting foods in it, was a new thing for me. When we were done and ready for check out the salesperson was scanning each item, which made me very inquisitive. I kept asking questions ...

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... of a table. We waited in that line for at least an hour. When we got to the table, a man tattooed a number on our fore arms, this was to be our new name. After we got through the line, the soldiers began to separate the men from the women. We struggled to keep our mother with us, but there was nothing we ... thought that they were going to get a huge meal, like my mother used to fix us. When we got into the mess hall, we found a table in the corner, and sat to eat. When my brothers saw what we were going to be fed, those big eyes suddenly got small. I hated to see their hopes get crushe...

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... why I was so upset; I felt betrayed by the women I had fallen in love with after discovering that someone before me had "deflowered- her. I had given her everything, even bought her a new house but all I received in return was betrayal. My family members dragged me back home from the town. I wasn't myself anymore and felt as if I needed another woman whom I really ... my attention. I placed my coke on the counter and accompanied her to a dance on the dance floor with everyone else. We danced, laughed and had a good time. When we had sat back down I soon found out that her name was Alexa...

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In the new Millennium today, because the divorce rate is at it's peak, thousands of dollars are being funded for such things as child support, counseling, and many people emotionally unhappy, which is ... were normal as usual there, we met up and watched movies on television, laughing, giggling, the fun things a family enjoys during the holidays. When dinner was finally ready, we all sat down as usual. The adults at the main table, and the children of course got the small card table. I always hated that table; it was so old that parts of ... it. They just looked at him and then continued t...

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... , i would atuomaticaly wake up and start crying thinkin that he left. Obviously the changes of not having my nana and papa around made me emotionally upset and hesitant to trust new situations. It got to a point where my dad made me go to the doctor to talk to him. I was at the point where i wouldnt play with my friends in my ... the phone. my dad looked at me, his face was beat red, for the first time i saw tears streaming down his face. i asked him what was the matter. i remember he sat me down on the bed and told me papa went to heaven that day. i started to cry and scream into the ph...

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... summer I enjoyed away at an overnight summer camp working with over 300 campers ranging from ages 5 to 14 years of age (this summer camp was brand new and a sole proprietor so I actually got to see first hand how a small business is operated). Currently I work for Topa Equities/Properties ( I organize ... in the historical district of Charlotte Amalie. So I may be traveling back and forth between St.Thomas and Pennsylvania a lot. I will be building my new business from scratch. Since I work for Topa Equities I will have someone I am familiar with to lease property from. This project will...

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... decided to take her to a shrink or a psychiatrist. Psychiatrist told the family that she had a big problem with alcohol. The family later gave her to a rehabilitation center and moved to New Jersey to help her out. When my family and I found out we were shocked. I decided to visit her in the rehabilitation center. Since I was one of her friends she only ... going and always fun. I soon weight 90lbs I am 5 feet 11 inches I looked sick, at least that was what my "straight" friends said. I didn't need them. I soon started having seizures. My "new friends" would get me through these and whe...

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... year we would sell everything and move to another country. My earliest childhood memories are of Sao Paulo, Brazil and my later childhood memories are of New Jersey. Being able to experience two distinct cultures as I was growing up has had positives and negatives aspects in my life, but I am grateful ... to have had this rare experience. I was born is a hospital at the heart of Sao Paulo. This busy city is very similar to New York City. The streets are crowded and cars leave pollution everywhere. Most of the people live in high-rise apartment buildings. My parents owned an apartment ....

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... to see the town grow, how he would use his own fortune to make such a thing possible. Silence had been non-existent. There was constant chatter everywhere all about the new member of the town. "I have an appointment to see your father."" The request to speak with my father was reasonable, so I called for him, but I received no response. I told Mr ... . Adams that I would send for him when my father returned, but he insisted on waiting. I did not trust him enough to leave him on his own, so I sat with him. "When we spoke yesterday, your father assured me that he was eager to sell the cott...

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... I wasn't scare of going into that closet, an adrenaline rush made me feel differently. I had to know what was going on. So we both entered that room. My twin and I sat in the closet to see what we would hear. All of a sudden we heard my mother ask my grandmother what was the reason she had call her. With a very weak ... appointed to be a General in the lands proclaimed by Spain. He was married and had a daughter, they were both left behind because he had to first settle down in the new country. Then my grandmother paused and my mother told her to rest, that she could finish her story la...

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... . Bottled water was an expensive two dollars and seventy-five cents a bottle, as was bottled pop. My family and I were walking to the famous New York, New York. Once inside, the place was decorated like the streets of New York. The stores looked as though they were each an individual building on the side of a cobblestone street. We walked to ride the roller ... hotel to eat. Unfortunately, the air-conditioner had not been turned on while we were out. The room was almost as hot as it was outside. I turned it on and sat by the vent. To be able to relax and watch television in the air-condi...

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... What about the emotions that something temporary brings- do they always stay with you? The first Christmas my family and I celebrated when we moved from New York to the Jersey Shore was spent in a winter rental home. Never would I have thought that Christmas at our rental would change my life ... we had followed every Christmas since I was young. Seeing the two of us in our "Frosty" pajamas made me think. Although we were in a completely new and different environment, our family's traditions remained. As the morning continued the bonds we shared as a whole became more evident. "Smile for...

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... until people cannot define what it is. Even though he is a wealthy man, he is very wise in using money. My grandfather doesn't like buying new things. He has a pair of broken glasses, which he attached, together with tape so he can still use them. When the sole of his shoe ... which involved holding ritual ceremonies for the king's ancestors, a very important event at that time. When grandfather was young he lived in a 76-room house, which sat next to the king's royal palace. He had over 20 servants that served his family. Grandfather said, when he was a boy, he got everything he wante...

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... was easy but perhaps that was due to the innocence of a small child. The world was just black and white to me. Making friends and adjusting to a new place is a breeze when you are a kid but relatively much harder as you get older. Four years of my childhood, since fourth grade was spent in ... London, although we had returned briefly to Gujarat in India for a year. That again was a new experience altogether. I had grown up in Delhi and had never realized that there could be so much of a cultural difference between two places in the same ... school or elementary school. The world wasn't ...

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... member (my brother) who just came to US from VN. Normally, after my father's statement, everybody started eating, talking and giving to each other all the best wishes for new year. I sat at the corner of the table and looked at every single family face. I mutely thanked God for he has given us the strength to pass all the difficulties. I suddenly remembered ... ...

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