A Charlie Brown Christmas

“To an Athlete Dying Young” is a a poem about an athlete dying suddenly during the height of his career. It’s about how athletes themselves come for the funeral of the fallen athlete. Honestly this poem doesn’t really do anything to me. I don’t feel sad or anything when I read this poem. Some people can get this crazy reaction, where it makes them think of their deceased grandpa, who died ten years ago. Some may think of their mental illness such as depression or bipolar, which I myself have both

grades, and the newfound stress of rapidly approaching adolescence. That wasn’t going to happen though. I had already dug myself deep into that hole, and there was no way in Hell I was going to exert all that effort to climb back out. His name was Charlie, and I liked to think that he was good looking. My friends have now supplied me with the information that he is not in fact bad looking but, like Steve Buscemi in Fargo, funny

to coach you how it's supposed to look, but when you do it, it starts to cramp up your muscles like, "This really hurts!" But everything else was really fun, and everyone was super nice. The guy who directed my episode was the same guy who plays Charlie on the show. Since he was directing, I got to meet him, and we wouldn't have gotten to meet if he hadn't been

works. It is normal for an artist to be inspired by other artists, and then invents a work of art that is similar to his/her inspiration. For instance, Lethem gives an example of how South Park, the TV show, was inspired by Rankin/Bass and Charlie Brown Christmas specials. Most of the time, plagiarism could lead to a great work of creativity. Today, almost all work of art, whether they are movies, books,

This quote furthers the idea that no idea can be totally original and that everybody’s creations and ideas are based on something or somebody else. We are reminded that without people being influenced and taking ideas from things like the Charlie Brown Christmas specials and The Flintstones, we wouldn’t have the very popular modern shows such as South Park and The Simpsons. In the same respects, some people consider the idea that without Ovid’s “Pyramus and Thisbe”, we may not have Shakespeare’s Romeo

face. Today felt colder than usual nevertheless, it was a typical weekend for me. My mother dropped me off at the mall. I headed straight to the food court seeing as though I didn’t eat breakfast this morning. I am amazed by the Christmas lights and decorations. Christmas is my absolute favorite time of year. It can’t get any better than this. I am craving taco bell, so I walk up to the counter and proceed to place my order, “Hi Douglas 2 I would like to get...”. Pause. What is happening? I am feeling

The trial of the century, as most would call this circus in a courtroom, happened in 1994 when O.J. Simpson was the only suspect in the brutal murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson as well as Ron Goldman. I was only four during this trial, but I have heard my mother speak of the day the verdict was read. She said she was in the car and heard the verdict on the radio, she swears to this day traffic almost seemed to stop. It was such a shock to the majority of America. Interesting to me not because

Caught in the Act was released on November 15, 2005 and recorded live at the Wiltern Theatre. Country Artist and American Idol winner Carrie Underwood also released her album Some Hearts that same day. Later that month, Chris Brown entered the music scene with his first album. The CD portion of Caught in the Act includes eight songs from the show which are also included on the DVD. The live album kicks off with “Feeling Good” with a very dramatic introduction – the song is a

Twilight typed (How I would die by Carter Burwell) I never thought about how I would die, but dyeing in the place of someone I love seems like a good way to go. So I can’t bring myself to regret the decision to leave home. I would miss Phoenix id miss the heat; I would miss my loving erratic hair brain mother and her new husband. (Edward eats deer) “Come on you guys I love you both but we have a plane to catch” Phil said. But they want to go on the road so I’m going to spend some time with my dad

“I see the turning of a leaf dancing in an autumn sun, and brilliant shades of crimson glowing when a day is done”. This quote by Hazelmarie Mattie Elliott describes what I see in a day of fall. The colorful leaves in the crisp cold air where the sun shines. My favorite time of year is Fall because of all the Pumpkins, and celebrating Halloween and I get to celebrate thanksgiving. The first reason why I like Fall so much is because of all the dazzling pumpkins. My favorite thing about pumpkins is