Pearl Jam IN retrospect, when we look back at the earlier rantings of grunge today it hovers nebulously like some foggy hangover intermingled with the bittersweet scent of alienation and teen spirit. We remember the blonde haired saviour and martyr Kurt Cobain who will never fade from our memories and remain as the most anguished of them all. We think of Llayne Stayley and Alice In Chains and the intense violence of Chris Cornell and Soundgarden. Alice In Chains have disseminated themselves
“Dibs on the last bowl” I said. Zach looked at me and said, “Sure man but lay it on me, what’s wrong?”, “Last time I saw you this stoned was at your 18th”. I thought about it for a while, felt like an eternity, I sat there for a good ten minutes. I almost forgot what I was supposed to say. I stood up to clear my head. Upon standing I decided to sit back down, I was really stoned, and standing was a chore. “The stars are so pretty, makes me feel so small in this vast world”, Zach looked at me and
was worthy of writing a report on. If one has ever been a fan of Pearl Jam, they of course know that Eddie Vedder is the lead singer, and right beside him with his wicked lead guitar playing, Stone Gossard. The other guys on the strings are, Mike McCready on guitar, and Jeff Ament on bass. My favorite band player of any band is the drummer, and for Pearl Jam, this guy is Matt Cameron. He is the only unoriginal band member when they formed in 1991 and produced their first album, Ten. FYI, the original
Reading to the Children I want to share the experience that I got from reading to the little kids in Washington school. This had been my first time doing community service so I was a little nervous, I didn't think that the kids where going to like me. But when I go to the school and saw the lovable little kids I felt much better. When we got into little groups and started reading they started hugging me and reading along. They made me feel good and I was ready to come back next Thursday. This
He searched for something, a pulse, a sign. Anything that would indicate she was still there, still alive. There was nothing. No pool of blood or tears to drown his sorrows, just a pit of emptiness in the bottom of his heart, a void that could never be replaced. Holding her weakened body closer to him, if possible, he left a sweet kiss on her forehead. A trail of dried tears stained his cheeks as he hummed softly to her in an attempt to bring her back. Beside her lifeless body lay an empty bottle
Let Us Go To the Mill Again! “Milligan had said he would die before he let any harm to them.” Milligan, a character from the book The Mysterious Benedict Society, shows many wonderful attributes that make him an inspirational hero. Milligan, a once government secret agent, is a bodyguard for Mr. Benedict, the leader of a small organization that fights against his evil twin brother Mr. Curtain. Mr. Benedict creates a team of children to go behind enemy lines at his brother’s school, L.I.V.E. When
There are two things in life one must understand in order to survive: One, it is better to give than to receive. Two, you cannot save people, you just have to learn to love them. Life is a beautiful horror film that we live everyday. With time, we as humans learn things we never knew, and forget things we once understood. We have this tendency to want to take control of EVERY situation, and sometimes ignore the fact that some things are completely out of our control. The say the as we age, we
The last chapter from the book “Seedfolks” presented the last character - Florence. Certainly, she was one of the watchers from the neighborhood, one of those people who could not stay apart, one of those who carried for others, and, with any doubt, we can relate her to Sam from the previous chapter. Florence was a descendant of a freed slavery family who moved from Louisiana to Colorado and homesteaded along the Gunnison River. Since her family was the first African-American family in Colorado,
The entire floor was covered in vibrant golden flowers, a tall, fuzzy monster draped with a pale, purple cape stood in the middle of the flowers back turned against the doorway. Naruto shifted his way through them to get to the towering monster, the yellow petals lightly scraping against his knees. "Hey, you, Goat guy! You're...King Asgore, aren't you?" "...just a moment...I'm almost finished watering these." Asgore set the watering can down and turned to Naruto. For a brief moment, the two, Asgore
Dual Aspects of Good and Evil in Rappaccini’s Daughter “Hawthorne shows in the tale that the inner world of human experience is a complex and ambiguous mixture of good and evil (Stallman 2).” Hawthorne portrays that the existence of good and evil is part of life and that a person can make a decision which way to go. From the story, Hawthorne presents to the reader the character of Doctor Rappaccini, a scientist who experiments with poisonous plants and later on injects poison into his daughter Beatrice
Rappaccini’s Daughter - An Exploration of Human Nature The key to my understanding Hawthorne’s perspective on Science and Nature in Rappaccini’s Daughter was his cheeky introduction, when he placed himself somewhere between transcendentalists and "pen-and-ink men who address the intellect and sympathies of the multitude" - too unpopular for the multitude, and too popular for the transcendentalists. Choosing not to fit in either camp, he seems to tease us with the merits and deficits of each - science
I when I was little, I had always been afraid of needles. The feeling of a metal rod being penetrated through my skin always made me cringe. But about a year ago, a situation had occurred that changed my perspective on needles completely. I was 14 years old and my mom had told me that I had to take a blood test a week from then, and it killed me because I knew that it would mean that the doctors would be sticking a needle inside of me. I am extremely afraid of needles and this is one of the huge
Speech Title: The Hometown Hero Public Figure: Mike Alstott General Purpose: To inform + To persuade= To praise Specific Purpose: To praise Mike Alstott to my classmates as a role model and hero to the Tampa Bay area. Thesis: Mike Alstott is a true warrior, a role model, and an example of a hometown hero. I. Introduction: A. He hasn’t stood in the face of danger for his country. He hasn’t started a new religion. He’s not a Mother Teresa and he doesn’t have his own
taught the boys to eventually use your day job to begin minding your own business. The first lesson the two boys learned was that the rich do not work for money. One should work to learn, not make money. At age 9, Robert Kiyosaki and his best friend Mike asked Mike’s father to teach them how to make money. After 3 weeks of dusting cans in one of Rich Dad’s convenience stores at 10 cents a week, Kiyosaki was ready to quit. Rich Dad pointed out this is exactly what his employees sounded like. Some people
Themes Envy and jealousy are the catalysts for Hugo’s desire to hurt Odin and Mike. Hugo envies Mike for Odin choosing him over Hugo to share the coveted Most Valuable Player award (MVP). At the presentation Hugo’s own father, Coach Duke Goulding states boldly, “…And I’m not ashamed to say this in public but, I love him like a son.” The camera shows the dismay displayed on Hugo’s face. From this point on Hugo envies both Mike and Odin and pledges to do whatever required of him to ruin both their lives
The Day I Almost Lost My Father One day in the midst of summer, my friend Mike and I got off from a hard day of work and were on our way to the mall. While at work we had planned to meet a few people there. I was going to be seeing my friend Jessica who I had not talked to in years. Before leaving, we stopped off at our houses, took showers, and got ready. As I anxiously waited on the stairs for his car to roll into the driveway, my mom said, “Be careful and do not drive like an idiot.” I obviously
Under the Overpass This was a story about a man named Mike, and how he found God all over again. Though you may or may not believe in God himself, I believe this book would touch your heart regardless. Mike had been an upper class college student who was doing very well in his life. He had, money, an education, respect and overall he had a great life. He was considered a Christian and even attended a Christian collage. He had grown up in the church, and was what most people viewed as the perfect
similarity with Mike from ‘The House of Games.’ Why I think Mike and Spade are similar? For one thing Brigid O’Shaughnessy gave Spade a talk/speech about him using her pretty much the same thing Ford asked Mike in the airport. Brigid’s comment (p. 211-212) “You’ve been playing with me? Only pretending you cared-to trap me like this? You didn’t-care at all? You didn’t-don’t-I-love-me?” Ford’s “You used me...” speech is strikingly similar to Brigid’s including the reaction from Mike/Spade. The two
closeness develops amongst us as if we’ve grown up together. At times we may fight as if we hate each other but we know that the fight isn’t usually a big deal. Generally, by the next day we are back to getting along. Mike, Ashley, and my cousin Kadie are more or less my adopted siblings. Mike and I have been friends for five years. We became good friends almost immediately. Since then we have developed the friendship of a brother and sister. He and I go round and round picking on each other and horsing
Business Evaluation The subject that I interviewed was Mike from Allstate Insurance. Mike is an agent who owns his own office and has his own employees but at the same time is also an employee himself for the Allstate Corporation. The nature of Allstate is the sales of different lines of insurance policies. Mike's office is very service oriented although they are in the sales business. He classifies his office as a retail business with the explanation that he is selling something that is not