Modesto: A Short Story

I stand and stare in disbelief as the car’s bonnet is crumpled into the bulky metal pole on the side of the road. My limbs are numb and I am drenched from head to toe. The glistening droplets continuously drip off the tip of my nose as I realize how much trouble I’m going to get into. The wind wails around me as if it’s saying “you’re going to be in so much trouble”. I suddenly get back into the car and attempt to reverse the car so no one will see the car rammed into the power pole. Mum and Dad's pristine new car. Scratched. Dented. Ruined.

Even though I didn't move far, the school change caused a lot of my previous

had been weathered. And then in 1986, Chris drove out to El Segundo, made the

the car and the money although, the old lady wanted to get rid of her

My family was doing everything they could in helping maintain my household bills. The money my husband was sending me

Pretty soon, you'll be entering the doors a new school, you'll have a fresh identity, and a new set of friends. This is your opportunity to start over. Start by defining yourself and your friends. “Friends are people” And I will repeat this quote so that it resonates with you, “friend”. It is said that are friends are elements that help define us. It is important that you choose the right friends. Choose friends that will make positive impacts on your life. Choose friends that are willing grow with you and help you get through any and everything that can possibly be put in your way. Choose responsible friends and be that responsible friend.

They didn’t make sense since she had daughters that always watched tv and I had a feeling she had stole them at that moment (I still do ) . I told her to get out of my house and I'm going to call my mom and I locked the door and I ran to tell my mom . When I got there my mom had a face of pure shock so we went back to the house and she didn’t say a word as she was just in shock . When she opened the door the room where we keep the money she just stood there and first went to the drawer and she saw a bunch of my dads checks gone and she just broke down crying cause obviously its money . We also looked for my aunts money cause we hold our aunts money cause her house was previously robbed as well while my cousin was asleep and my aunt trusted us with the money . We saw it was gone as we kept it hidden in another placement in the room and it was gone as well . My cousins wife came in and said it was open when she got home

The faceless men appears in both oscar and beli dreams. It happened right before something bad is going to happen. It’s a curse on the family which informed them something wrong that’s going to happen. Its also horrible because its like they know their death is something close or nearby with is a supernatural causes, at this point it seems like fuku is a new world that takes over people family. tons of Trujillo's victims have remained nameless. Fuku messed with oscar whole family.lives through a long prison term, but emerges as a shell of his former life. Oscar is a fat regular Dominican boy who a ladies men. As he gets older he becomes a nerd and starts to get hard for him to find his perfect female.

Another thing that I cannot leave is my grandmother’s jewelry. This is jewelry that she gave to me when I was very little and that I still have till this day. The importance with this jewelry is that it’s from my grandma, who is the only grandma out of four that I know. It is also definitely important because she is the only grandparent that I have ever known. It would be a very upsetting thing to loose the only thing that connects me to the only grandparent that I have met and love. Another thing is the stuffed animals that have been passed down to me from my older sister. The thing about these stuffed animals that make them different from any other stuffed animals is that they are from my sister who I don’t really see anymore. My sister has Down Syndrome and it is not an easy thing to see her, so these stuffed animals are the closest things that I have. I would be like loosing her if I were to loose these stuffed animals. The last things that would fit into a box if it were the size of a senior locker would be my golf clubs. Those are my prized possession because I have spent many years with these clubs and golf is one of my favorite things to

Have you ever wondered what it like getting yelled at in spanish when you don’t know it and you are in El Tapatio? That’s a pretty odd question to ask and it was an odd situation to be in because i’ve been in it. It’s very weird how you would even get in that situation but sure enough i’ve been in it. This is the story about how a man named Hayden Scott got yelled at in spanish and was in El Tapatio

Oh how wonderful I am, no one understands my value, I shall be respected. Later on I plan on attending a party, in my favor of course. Hopefully i see more people that wish to be me. As I arrive, everyone greets me, as should. Taking a take sip of my first glass of wine of the night, I feel as if all eyes are on me, wonderful. My good friend Amontillado, being dreadful as always, smoking a pipe.

If I turn my head to the left, I can look out and see Mt Baker through the masts of the sailboats here in the Marina. The view changes daily depending on the weather. Right now the peaks on Mt Baker are cold and sharp, covered in snow. I can gauge the wind just by looking at the flagpoles and the compass I placed on my desk letting me know which way is up. I am constantly confused as to which direction I am facing, confusion which increases with my age. I always took pride in my memory, being able to remember names and faces of classmates from 36 years ago, but since starting this job a year ago, I find my memory not as good as it used to be. Thankfully, most everyone here at the Marina are at that stage in their lives also, so it is ok to ask over and over- What was your name again?

Packing up your life and belongings is a difficult task to do. My family lived in Apple Valley, MN, until the week before my 7th birthday. My parents told my younger brother and I that we were moving to Hastings, MN. I had no idea where that was as a child. I was excited about this new experience. I have always been interested in travelling. When we arrived in Hastings, it was nothing like my old town. I knew nobody, all I knew was that I lived in the middle of the woods. Moving to a different town isn’t just about the new house, it is also about making new friends at a new school, and living a different lifestyle.

In the middle of the night, Judal was tossing, turning, and groaning in his sleep. Sinbad had awakened from the constant movement and his eyes widened as he looked at his lover's face that showed discomfort. " Don't touch me... stay away... no more..." The magi called out in his sleep. Sinbad took a moment before he was hit with the sudden realization of what the raven could possibly be dreaming about. " Judal... Judal, wake up. You're not there anymore, I'm here with you now." He said as he gently rubbed circles into Judal's back. He could feel the cold body within his arms tremble as tears ran down the magi's face. Sinbad sat up with the raven still in his arms which caused Judal to jolt awake from the movement. He breathed heavily to

Modesta Pozzo or Moderata Fonte (Venice, 1555-­1592), although little known to modern criticism before around 1980, is now recognized as one of the most accessible and appealing of sixteenth century Italian women writers. Her best known work is the dialogue Il merito delle donne (The Worth of Women), which was published posthumously in 1600, and is one of the liveliest and most original contributions to early modern debate on sex roles, as well as one of the earliest to have been authored by a woman. Fonte 's oeuvre also encompasses a number of other works deserving of critical attention, notably her chivalric romance, Il Floridoro (1581) and her two poetic narratives of Christ 's passion and resurrection (1582 and 1592).