In Over Your Head: A Guide to Making Shrunken Heads Hello and welcome to the wonderful world of weird! The leaves are falling, and the weather is chilly and windy. That can only mean one thing...it's October! October is, by far, my favorite month of the year. Not only is it beautiful with all the leaves changing color, but you also get to dress up as crazy as you wish and eat lots of candy. With my month long movie marathon (this year's movie list grew to a total of 39), those of you who know me
encounter. With Jerry as an alien realtor, Queen Mooby, and King Zoodle. The alien king and queen were deciding to buy the planet. Giles had though that they should not. Giles has seen the brochure for this planet on sale. He even has been warned by a shrunken head that Earth’s humans would be kicked out and aliens in. He couldn’t let that
savage or rustic. Some of the Jivaro people are not far from town; therefore, their connection to people in the towns is not rare. For years, they have traded goods, and land for more goods. Trading shrunken heads was also once common. In the 20th century, once shurken heads was outlawed the heads started to become counterfeited for trade. There are different ways to get to and around this community. In the village, it is easier to walk or bike, but it is important to be aware of surroundings since
“Ma’am,” he addressed the shop’s owner, “are these real?” A pretty, young Colombian girl sitting with one long leg thrown over the other while filing her nails answered without even looking up, “Oh yeah, those are real.” “Real heads? Human heads? Real human heads?” my dad asked in disbelief. “Yep, straight from the Amazon,” she answered indifferently. I stared at the skulls in disbelief wondering who the poor victims were. I’ll intentioned intruders who tried to harm an Amazon tribe? Nosy tourists
The story starts with the Narrator, an engineer, who is temporarily staying at the Hale house in Starkfield, Massachusetts due to a project in a nearby town. Dealing with a delay in his work, the Narrator decides to observe the citizens of Starkfield. He notices Ethan Frome at the post office and wonders why a man with immense strength seems so physically and mentally crippled. He decides to investigate and finds out that Ethan was a victim of a “smash-up”. The Narrator had been using Denis Eady
It was a very cold winter day in December. I was heading off to a hockey game just like any other day. My dad screamed down the steps, "Ryan, did you pack your bag? We got to go!" My dad never wants to be late for hockey or feel rushed to get there. I woke up earlier than normal on this day in December. My inline hockey games were not typically early, but this day in particular, it was at 8 am. I skipped breakfast at home, but my dad asked, "Do you want something small from McDonald's?" I
door. I followed after her. She opened the door and stood staring. Looking down at us was a tall slim figure of a woman. She had such a pinched up face and I wondered how uncomfortable it must be. “Sophia, Ava?” She said sharply. We both nodded our heads in unison. “I’m Mrs Cox the Principal of Greenvale Girls Boarding school. I’ve come to pick you up” I looked at Sophia. She shrugged and went to tell mother who was probably in the kitchen. I was left with this woman staring at me. We stood awkwardly
of the morning cruising on our boards and sitting, drinking various sodas we had brought, and chatting. It was a rather enjoyable start to the day, but by the time noon rolled around, most of us had to use the bathroom. So we collectively decided to head down to the skate park because it was close, had a bathroom, and sounded like it could be fun. Little did we know how much trouble would come from this little trip. We arrive at the skate park to find that, surprisingly, no one is there. I make my
breeze coming in from the west. Inside his house, coffee started to pout in the kitchen while his wife started to prepare breakfast for the children. Sprinkle got up from his sleep, still sore from the previous day’s workout at the gym, and proceeded to head to the closet to get dressed. After putting on his collared dress shirt, he went to the bathroom to brush his teeth. Along the way, he stumbled upon a couple of the kid’s toys left on the floor from last night. One of which was an unsolved Rubik’s
Narrative Essay As times goes on you, realize life isn’t all it seems to be. You learn life lessons and certain life events teach you things that can lead to you improving yourself as a person. As you realize most things in life are provided to you, you never truly realize how much everything can mean. As teenagers most of us are immature and do not realize how easy it is for us to lose everything we have. As we could lose everything and anything in a matter of seconds if we are not careful.