Terry O'Quinn

For this week's essay I had the ability to learn about stress and the different categories that people can fall into. People who experience stress more are categorized as type A people why people who are less prone to these stresses are categorized as type B people. After talking the quiz I learned that I scored a 267. This places me in the low type A range. This was little bit of a surprise to me because I don't consider myself to be an over stressed person. I then thought about what causes me stress

Most sports have big events. Games, meets, matches. Swimming has meets. And the nerves you get are what I call meet jitters. These are the type of butterflies you get when you are about to race, or before you race. They make you swim faster, and want to throw up. In the end, they are just like any other nerves you get before any big event in general. “Come on girls let's go!!” , my dad said loudly. “Coming!”, I replied. And just like that two of my sisters and I were whisked away to my swim meet

I awoke on an early morning, my mother tugging on me. I ask, "What are you doing?" in a tired voice. She replied, "Get ready, Armani!" That's when I remembered, that today was the big day, where I would go to school for my first time. In a hurry, I jumped out of my bed and put on my clothes. I've never seen my parents so happy before, and I was confused why. I wasn't quite sure what "school" was, but I knew it was a place where kids like me went and I will learn things. Thinking about it, scared

When I was younger, I lived down the street from my grandma and grandpa. I would go to their house all the time. Whenever I went to their house, I would watch TV or movies, eat junk food, and if the weather was nice I would go outside and play in the hose water. But my all time favorite thing about going to their house was when they would swing me back and forth in a blanket. I would lay on the blanket and they would each grab an end. I’m guessing it might have looked like a hammock, I wouldn’t

Have you been single for a while now? Here are 15 reasons why being single is not that bad at all. When you are single probably all you think about is how awesome it would be if you were in a relationship. After being single how quite some time, the only relationship that I enjoy lately is with myself. This means no blind dates, no dating apps, and no set-ups by neither friends nor family. This means if some guy wants to get my attention, he really has to try hard and even then it possible I won’t

One person I’ve always looked up too since I was little would be my mother, Maribel. She is the most important person in my life and I honestly don’t know what I would do without her. Her smile could make anyone’s day just by looking at it. Many people often tell us we look alike or like sisters and it just flatters her. She has short light ash brown hair and brown eyes. She is a bit taller than me, and her skin color is more of a pale white. I also have ash brown hair and brown eyes, but I’m more

Twin Falls, Idaho “Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock!”. Our annual “fallback” just happened, and for most of us, we gained another hour of sleep. We deal with this time change every year, but do we really know why we do it, or how it even started? There were two known people who had ideas for creating a time change. One of the first suggestions for daylight savings was given by George Vernon Hudson. He proposed a two hour time change to the Royal Society of New Zealand, but it was not received. William Willet

My Relationship with Dad Someone once said, "Anyone can be a father, but it takes a real man to be a dad." The definition of a father is "A man who has begotten a child or children" (Webster's 493). The father I have known for the past 18 years meets this definition, but falls extremely short of my definition of a dad.  James Bond was born to a working class single mom in the run down crime infested neighborhood of Lincoln Park in San Diego. Growing up, my father never had the luxuries that kids

My Best Friend Buddy I remember the day quite well. I had just started 3rd grade at the time. It was about 7:15 in the morning. My mom woke me up so I could get ready for school. I got out of bed and went downstairs. My mom had set my clothes out for me earlier. I got changed and went into the kitchen. I ate breakfast and got my backpack ready. It was about 8:00 when I walked out the door. My dog, Buddy, was lying by the door. I went up to him and said goodbye. After that, my mom took me to

Happiness - Jack Life is tough, it always has been. Always hurling bricks at you at every opportunity. But it's up to you whether you evade them or let them strike you down. Bricks are just one of the obstacles a person will face, the biggest one being the wall, where the bricks come from. Any metaphorical wall is easy to climb over, it's that there are plenty of barriers you need to overcome before you can face the wall. This wall will block you from the other side, where your true happiness lies