Blushing

“From holding in our urine the whole day, my friends and I felt a great sensation from releasing. As my friends and I pee together, the officials from the Peninsula Athletic League watched us like an hungry bald eagle staring at it’s prey. As they stared, I thought to myself is this what we are always going to do, pee in front of the officials?” This moment was very awkward, but fortunately for me I could “go” while others couldn’t handle the pressure to “go”. I can remember this moment clearly since

The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien and “The Grunts" by David Wood are both about the experiences faced by the soldiers during wars. Although “The Grunts" is nonfiction and The Things They Carried is a work of fiction, both pieces touch upon the experiences and hardships soldiers face during war. One idea of moral injury is the shame and guilt the soldiers feel for their actions during the war. Another idea is the awkward situation the soldiers face, and the internal conflicts they experience

that sits in front of the door when you walk in. Who? Aunt Grace! Looking up instantly smiling trying to straighten myself up. A 5-foot 10inch guy with curly hair and a smile to die for says “hello beautiful” while extending his hand to greet me. Blushing I looked at my aunt confused. “This is Dillon, I talked about you so much he wanted to meet you”. “So this is who you have talked about and she lives up to everything that you have told me”. Dillon asked for my phone number, which

On a bright sunny Saturday afternoon, the sun was pounding, and Anthony decided to go outside to play basketball. Besides it being ninety degrees out he practiced like he was Michael Jordan. The sound of the ball swishing is like heaven to him. With a big,bright smile on his face he looks at the rim, and is set up ready to take a free throw. He gets in position, shoots, and makes it! He looked around him to see that his neighbor was having trouble with her groceries. Her two kids were screaming,

In a society where girls weren’t allowed to go to school and they were often expected to stay home and do the housework, there was a girl who thought it should all be different. In the big city of Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai felt passionate about girls having the same educational rights as boys. Because she fought for what she believed in, she was able to change the world. Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize winner, knew that it wasn’t right for boys to have more educational rights than girls. She

In Jean-Honoré Fragonard painting The Happy Lovers (appendix: fig. 1), viewers are able to get a glimpse into the light-hearted, playful Rococo period. The Happy Lovers is a 35.5 x 47.75 in. oil painting, that was created between the years 1760–5 in France for an unnamed aristocrat; however, it can now be found in the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California. The Rococo period was a result of artists resisting the stiff monarchy, and desiring open expressionism–this was particularly emphasized

Not many people know a lot about social anxiety and what treatments are available. In “Social Anxiety Disorder (Social Phobia),” S. Seedat informs us, “Rates of social anxiety disorder (SAD) or social phobia range from 3% to 16% in the general population” (192). It’s difficult to notice people who suffer social anxiety and it is, especially difficult to overcome it without having knowledge of what social anxiety is and what treatments are available. In “Shyness and Social Phobia,” Joseph Walsh explains

my locker while I was getting ready for my next class, Roma and Aaron walked up to me Roma introduce me to Aaron and said, “this beautiful young lady here is Gailene, my best friend”. Aaron smiled and said, “very beautiful” couldn’t help from blushing since I was a shy person, didn’t take compliment very well.

Diagnosis of lupus is complex. From the appearance of the first symptoms to an adequate diagnosis, on average it takes six years. Women are 10 times more likely to develop lupus than men. African American women aged 45 to 65 have the highest risk of developing lupus (Sacks, J J, 1). SLE accounts for 70% of all cases of lupus. Approximately 10 to 15% of patients with lupus will have a premature death related to lupus (“Lupus Facts and Statistics | National Resource Center on Lupus.”3). The figure1

1931, my eyes gaze upon the surpenginous movement within the painting. I am able to observe his intimate portrait of Marie Therese Walter, Picasso’s seventeen-year-old muse. Picasso’s playful color pallet uses saturated hues in great contrast with blushing pink tones. This technique demonstrates her surreal, dreamy state. A single, curved line creates the profile of Marie Therese Walter. Her profile is the most outstanding part of Picasso’s portrait. Her unusual profile, closed eye, perfectly arched