My Basement

... a home without inhabitants. When I was told to write about a place, which has special meaning to me, the very first thing came across my mind was my house. To be more specific with the location is the basement. The interior of my basement is simple. Just like myself, and is special to me and in several ways. This particular room symbolizes many of the aspects of ... important for me to work out on a regular basis in order to keep fit. A reason why I prefer to work out in my basement is because it is easy access and convenient which means I do not have to go out of my way to a gym or spo...

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... much. The house had two stories with the bed rooms upstairs with a bath and the kitchen down stairs. And we had our own basement as well. Like always I had to share a room with my sister while my brothers had their own. The room was small, had old white walls, a bed and a dresser table, and also a huge teddy bear ... was down there but because of what went on down there. Usually on Friday and Saturday the basement got loud. Even when I was up in my room I could clearly hear the sounds of bachata music and many very animated conversations from my dad's friends. I tried and failed many tim...

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... with its windows busted out, plumbing, electrical wiring and internal fixtures being stripped by neighborhood "scavengers!" When you first entered the my little house you could see the devastation and destruction caused by neighborhood thieves and scavengers, holes in the plaster walls the water damage done to ... look even more attractive! In those days I used to love to go into the basement which was a finished room and run around and play with my friends, but now I can barely even recognize the basement as it has suffered so much water damage and is such a state of virtual disrepair ....

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... ? When people hear of seizures they think of someone on the ground shaking violently but there are many different types of seizures people can have. In my case absence seizures can be mistaken with daydreaming or a lapse in attention that last between 5 to 15 seconds. When the seizure is over, the ... may go on with his/her activities, acting as though nothing happened. It was no wonder I almost finished high school not knowing about this crucial part of my health, when they only lasted for 5 seconds followed by a full recovery. They were so unnoticeable that I probably had several a da...

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... . It was quite entertaining at times and to this day she gives us the same lines. Also, my mom is the type of person who can do anything she sets her mind to. Once, she built a fireplace, in my basement of a house I grew up in, all by herself. Another one of her past times is tailoring ... men's suits. She earned a certificate in sewing, when attending a technical school in Italy; there she learned how to tailor men's suits. For instance, when I was younger she used to make my suits with fabric she bought ... For example, back in high school I went to a technical high school where I lear...

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... Patricks Day. St. Patrick was served a glass of whiskey that was less then full. He told the innkeeper that there was a devil in his basement that fed on dishonesty. St. Patrick told the innkeeper that the only way to banish the devil was to change his ways. He returned some time ... for the whole family to get together and reminisce about the past, watch the parade, and of course, wear green (Norman). On Christmas Day, when my Great Grandmother was a young girl, she would have to first go to mass and eat Christmas dinner with the family before she could open her presents (O" ... . Howe...

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... can you in your right mind convict me of this crime? Maybe, you wouldn't have done the same... but it would haunt you, you would fantasize my crime night after night, and appreciate the person who had the strength to act upon it, perhaps glorify them, perhaps not? Regardless, I am innocent, ... fantasies. So I figured why not carry this one out and it was surprisingly easy to convince some friends to convene at least once a week in my basement duplex and read aloud everything from the Nancy Drew series to say more heavy items like the Unbearable Lightness of Being; of course some alcoholi...

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My Friend Bill Bill was a guy I used to hang out with back when I was in junior high. He was a really good friend to me, and since I was new to the school, ... me because he was taller than I was, so I couldn't block any of his shots. Behind the basketball player though was a really shy guy who never would say anything to hurt my feelings. He would laugh all the time, but it was sort of fake, as if there was something underneath. Bill grew up in Colorado, back in the mountains, and his ... would say that he was sleeping and that there wasn't anything she could do to get him up. I had my lic...

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... street. It has stores, resatraunts, people, everything, its the buisiest street in London, and is awesmoe to walk down. Then we went to a mcdonalds, with a ground foor an upstairs and a basement. ground is where u ordered ur food, upstairs is where there is a big screen tv booths couches internet and videogames, and downstairs is family dining and coed bathrooms. Yes, Mcdonalds. We ... a test. the time difference was weird, getting up at 8 am was actually getting up at 3 in the morning. ive never had so much trouble getting myself out of bed in my entire life. the tv was the same, on a ...

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