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Ten Tips for Writing Poetry79

Ten Tips for Writing Poetry

Stuck at the keyboard, full of emotion, but you can't seem to figure out what to say, how to start, or how to format? Picture any movie you've ever seen. Okay, any movie where there is a couple. What does the woman always complain about? "You...

6 comments    advice poetry writing
Anti-Depressants: Beneficial or Dangerous?74

Anti-Depressants: Beneficial or Dangerous?

"Rather, I was done with the world. I didn’t need it. I was better off without existence—I truly wanted rest; eternal, dark, silent rest." "...in the last months of 2000, apropos of nothing-no life...

2 comments    health family depression
The Only World: A Brief Overview of and Position on Jean-Paul Sartre's Philosophy71

The Only World: A Brief Overview of and Position on Jean-Paul Sartre's Philosophy

"The popularity of Sartre’s philosophy had largely to due with the atrocities visited on the inhabitants of Europe after World War II. “God is dead,” as Nietzsche claimed, would be a suitable and...

0 comments    education philosophy france
The Sexuality of Everyday Physical Proficiency68

The Sexuality of Everyday Physical Proficiency

Self-confidence is alluring, and that coupled with intense physical aptitude will be an irresistible draw... ...a magnet forcing her to find out why she's so attracted. I have just come home from two...

1 comment    love how to sex
Scholarship Tips for High School Seniors65

Scholarship Tips for High School Seniors

In a world with too much information, sometimes it's hard to know where to begin. It is expensive to go to school. I know -- the one and only college that I'm looking at for myself costs $31,000 a year...To quote my father, "Almost my entirely...

1 comment    education scholarships seniors
The Intelligent Woman's Not-So-Happy Ending64

The Intelligent Woman's Not-So-Happy Ending

In today's world, there seems to be an abundance of "Gaston"s and a shortage of "Beast"s... Beauty and the Beast is the classic girl-meets-boy, girl saves boy, girl and boy fall in love, story. Belle is exquisitely feminine; the Beast is as...

4 comments    love relationships education
Webspeak: Harmful or Helpful?64

Webspeak: Harmful or Helpful?

Is the new era of "webspeak" corrupting the English language, or ushering in a new era of creative informal literary expression? (the above is not "webspeak," but it is a picture made of words, so I used it)...

3 comments    education language teenagers
"Family" Language: sacred and set-apart, or something to be shared?63

"Family" Language: sacred and set-apart, or something to be shared?

"It seems, however, that people not only get used to my overpowering intimacy, but, over time, they truly enjoy it..." I have often been heard exclaiming-in an oddly slow and accented voice-the phrase "pants...

0 comments    love family friends
How Enlightening: A new band in the Seattle music scene; NOT your run-of-the-mill grunge63

How Enlightening: A new band in the Seattle music scene; NOT your run-of-the-mill grunge

How and Lightning's Aaron, Rick, Paul, and Ezra, with me, your very own Sunstruck Amber Actually, it's "How and Lightning," but the tricky play on words is lost on most people. Watching How and Lightning play at the Queen Anne Silver Platters...

2 comments    music arts rock
Visions from Poetry Dance in my Head62

Visions from Poetry Dance in my Head

Poetry! I went to this event called "The Round" in Fremont where lives musicians play and live artists paint. My sister had gone countless times, and my mother once or twice. They both raved about it, but,...

1 comment    poetry writing arts
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