Russian Roulette

I’m really not too sure what this song is saying I’m kind of lost as to its meaning. It really seems like she is talking about a game of Russian roulette so I don’t know how to relate it to love. I guess it might mean that she’s about to make a big decision that’s life changing, when it says “close your eyes, sometimes it helps” this shows that she’s scared and nervous. The parts that say “just pull the trigger” mean for her to just make her decision about love. I think she’s also scared because she thinks she may never get another shot at love “I’m wondering will I ever see another sunrise” shows her fear.

Bad Romance

So I think lady gaga’s song basically means that no matter what she wants to be with her lover whether it be good or bad she doesn’t car she just wants to be with them. She says “I want your ugly, I want your disease” to me I think this part stands out the most because it shows that there is no part that she doesn’t want. She doesn’t care about looks she doesn’t even care about if the person has a deadly disease she then goes on to say “I want your love” repeatedly to emphasize how she feels. I think she doesn’t even care if the relationship she is in is bad because she says “you and me could write a bad romance” that statement says a lot because honestly who wants to be in a bad relationship.

Shakespeare sonnet 130

I think that Shakespeare really does like his mistress but likes to make fun of her. He says their love is rare but he describes her with not so nice things wire for hair, her lips are not as red, and she doesn’t walk she treads.

Car Audio systems

My job title is a Autotech, what is an Autotech you might ask? An Autotech is someone who in installs car audio and other 12volt applications. I love car audio and I love doing it every day to me you can never be too loud or you can never have enough speakers and amps in your car. Yes I’m the guy next to you at the stop light that is vibrating your car and whose music you can hear five cars back and yes I’m the guy that drives through your neighborhood at 2:30 in the morning with no regard to other peoples sleep. To me being able to feel the music three blocks before you can see me is an awesome feeling, I hope one day to actually compete in SPL competitions.

Trying to get in shape

So my dad is getting married in a few months and I have to lose some weight and get in shape some to look good for the wedding. Losing weight and working out is a lot easier said than done every day for the past few weeks I keep saying to myself “today is the day I go to the gym and start eating right.” I finally put my plan into action and hit the gym for the first time in a long time; it was a rude awakening of how out of shape I was. I did a few weights and hit the treadmill for a while then finished off by relaxing on the sauna for a while. After all was done I enjoyed my work out and how it made me feel now I am actually looking forward to going back.

My Weekend Trip

This weekend I will be going on a trip with my girlfriend to see her brother and then to see my grandpa I am very excited. Her brother lives in Houston and I have never been so this will be my first time there I really want to check out the aquarium when we go down there. After that we are going to go see my grandfather that lives in Gonzalez it’s about two and a half hours away. I don’t get to see him as much since he moved there so any chance I get to see him now means a lot to me. We planned to rent a SUV for the trip but with the way gas prices are there’s no way we would be able to afford the gas so instead we are going to take her car I don’t mind sacrificing the space when her car gets 26mpg. Hopefully everything goes good and we have a good time.

Riveras Mexican restaurant

Today I went to a new place called Rivera’s Mexican Restaurant to have dinner with the girlfriend. We had heard of this place before but never went so today was the day we decided to give it a shot. As we started walking up to the door there was trays and trays of boiled crawfish apparently they were having all you can eat complimentary crawfish that day. I immediately think to myself “alright this place is off to a good start” so we have a seat and try the crawfish which was my first time ever to try them and some fried jalapenos both were great. We were then about to order our meals when the waiter informed us of the drink specials needless to say we didn’t eat anymore and stuck with drinks the rest of the night. Apparently they have drink specials everyday and on the weekend it turns into a club after dark  will definitely be going back again.

Doctor Visit

I've been to the doctor many times in my life but this post isn’t about me it’s about my girlfriend and how expensive health care is when you don’t have insurance. So we go to the doctor because she's been having foot pain we go to the front desk fill out the forms and the nurse informs that just for the basic visit it would cost anywhere from $110.00-$150.00. I was in shock but she says ok about 30 minutes later we get called to the room; the doctor comes for about 8 minutes asks a few questions and then told her that it would be best to have x-rays and blood work done. He then says that the x-rays will cost$100.00 and $25.00 for the blood work she agrees in total the x-rays and blood work take a total of ten minutes. After all was said and done she had to pay $282.00 for a total of about an hour of being there, we had seen the doctor less than 15 minutes the whole time we were there.

Lost Phone

So I woke up this morning late to class I had to stop by the library first to print off some papers so I go to the computer set my bag and phone down print my papers grab my bag and off I go to class. I was in such a hurry I didn’t even notice I had left my phone! I didn’t notice until my class had ended that I had left it I thought to myself “hey maybe someone that’s a good person found it and turned it into the lost and found.” I go back to the library to ask and of course it wasn’t there I was crushed man it sucks losing a 500$ phone. I go to Best Buy to see what I can do and they tell me I am pretty much out of luck. So now I am stuck using one of the oldest flip phones I’ve ever laid eyes on, so what did I learn today? Print my papers at home and avoid using the school library.

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Bonded labor in India

http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/08/generations-pay-off-debts-through-slavery/?hpt=C1


Generations pay off debt through bonded labor

Cause: Older generations borrowed money and could not repay.
Some people are being bound to bonded labor because the generations before them borrowed money that they could not pay back, now the younger generations must work for free to pay off the debts.

Cause: The economy in India is bad so there are few jobs.
Some families are desperate to find work, they are being told that there is work in other villages but in order for them to get there they must borrow money. Once they borrow money and get to the village they are in debt and so are their children and must work as bonded laborers

Cause: High illiteracy.
People that are working as bonded laborers do not know how much they are paying back each day they work. They do not have balance sheets or any other form of showing them how long it will take them to pay back the debt and if they did they do not know how to read them so they can’t tell how much they still owe, how much longer they will have to work, or even how much they borrowed.

Cause: Lax enforcement.
Bonded labor has been illegal in India for over 30 years yet law enforcement does nothing about it and allows it to continue.

Thesis: Slavery or bonded labor is often thought of as being an issue of the past but many people do not realize that bonded labor is still going on in countries around the world today.

Libbya Journal/Solution

In order to fix things in Libya or help make things better many things must be done I believe the most important being the removal of Moammar Kaddafi, He has oppressed the people for far too long. I am on the fence if the United States should get involved or not on one hand I do believe so because the effects of this turmoil are making gas prices sky rocket, but on the other hand the Unites States already has too much going on. If the U.S. were to get involved they could demand that Kaddafi step down or even threaten to bomb if they continue to slaughter their people and the U.S. could establish a no fly zone over Libya to stop innocent killings. Other ways to help would be to help reconnect communications with Libya since most communication have been broken. Sim cards could be provided to the Libyan people so they can use their cell phones or for those that fear their lines are not safe.

Libbya cause and effect

Currently in Libya Moammar Qaddafi has his troops fighting and killing protestors. For 42 years Libyans have been ruled by Kaddafi and his oppressive reign and finally had enough. On February 17th a day of rage was planned that was inspired by pro-democracy uprisings around the Arab world. On February a lawyer that had represented families from the 1996 Abu Slim prison massacre was arrested, later that day he was released and the protest started thousands joined the protest and started battling Kaddafi’s troops hundreds have been killed.

Subway

So today I had subway not once but twice, yes I really do like subway subs. But today I'm not writing about how much I enjoy their food or how for five dollars you can get any sub you want, today I would like to talk about their employees. I have been to several subways and noticed a trend amongst them they all seem to hire incompetent thuggish looking individuals. Now I'm not one to pass judgement because I wouldn't want it done to me but when I go to subway and the person making my sandwich has a tear drop tattoo on their face and a name in old English on their neck it makes me think twice about who these people are and how they got hired. I have spoken to some of these individuals and they tell me that they are ex cons and some had recently gotten out of jail. I don't mind so much that they do have tattoos but I do mind when I am ordering my sandwich and the individual can't listen to what I say. If I have to repeat myself once or twice that's fine but when I have to say the same thing four to five times and they still get it wrong then it bothers me. How many times do I have to say no onions for them to understand but yet they still put onions! These issues will not stop me from eating at subway again even if I have to continue to repeat myself over and over to get my sandwich right,but it is just some food for thought. Eat fesh.

examples

Effects of smoking on non-smokers

·         The U.S. Surgeon General and the International Agency for Research on Cancer have classified secondhand smoke as a known human carcinogen (cancer-causing agent) (4, 8, 9). Inhaling secondhand smoke causes lung cancer in nonsmoking adults (

·         Approximately 3,000 lung cancer deaths occur each year among adult nonsmokers in the United States as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke

·         The U.S. Surgeon General estimates that living with a smoker increases a nonsmoker’s chances of developing lung cancer by 20 to 30 percent

·         http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/cessation

brainstorming

Why there needs to be a ban on smoking in public places.

Writing Workshop

When seeing someone you don’t know for the first time don’t judge them solely based on their appearance.

Many people get judged by their appearance and are profiled to be a certain way just by their looks. I have had it done many times the most memorable was at Dillard’s when I was accused of stealing based solely on my appearance. I was wearing a hoodie and Dickies pants and apparently because my outfit was one of what a shoplifter would wear I was profiled as one. I have never in my life been in any kind of trouble but because I didn’t fit the “non shoplifter” image it was automatically assumed that I was one. Staples uses examples of this in his essay, when the gentleman is walking down the street behind the young white woman she gets scared because of his appearance. He is described as being a “youngish black man – a broad six feet two inches with a beard and billowing hair, both hands shoved into the pockets of a bulky military jacket.” The lady perceived him as being dangerous based on his looks when in reality he posed no threat to her at all he was walking at night not to catch people and hurt them but to catch some sleep since he was suffering from insomnia. Staples goes on to say that the gentlemen had to change the ways in which he conducted himself the guy had to start whistling classical tunes as he walked at night to make others feel at ease or would have to walk by a building

walk on by journal entry

I can’t really think of a situation where I knew I was perceived as being threatening but I can remember a situation where i was profiled for how I looked. It was the day after Thanksgiving and I was on a break from work I decided to go the mall with some friends to kill some time and look around. I did not go home and change I didn’t think it would matter I found that out the hard way. As we got to the mall we entered through Dillard’s I looked around at some clothes and tried some shirts on we decided to go out into the mall. As we entered the mall I felt a tug on the back of my hoodie I turned around to see three police officers standing in front of me. They didn’t ask me my name first or who I was but asked where the merchandise was. I looked at them with a puzzled look I did not steal anything but was profiled because I was wearing a big hoodie because it was cold outside and I had on my work pants which were dickies.

just walk on by

I think what stands out to me most are the precautions the gentleman has to take, he really can’t live his life normal. If he is walking to a business and the people in front of him are going to the same business he can’t walk in like a normal person he has to continue to walk passing the business up then return and enter so it doesn’t seem like he is following anyone. Also for him to walk the streets at night he whistles classical tunes so others will be calm around him. It sucks that someone has to live life this way

Reading Tattoos

1.       The heart tattoo with the name is large it has the name “Lisa” on a banner with a line through it to show it being marked out, under it there is another banner with the name Karen. What obviously stands out the most is the name that was there that has a line going through it also to me the heart seems very plain and boring. The heart almost looks like a weird circle, the name with the line through it is right in the middle of the whole piece, the line through it seems to be darker than any other part of the tattoo.

The next tattoo is one of a rose on a shoulder it looks old and the lines look somewhat blurred together. To me this tattoo looks very old the lines look blurred together and don’t have much definition.

The next tattoo is one of Jiminy Cricket it is also on the shoulder and shows him holding an umbrella. This tattoo looks to be not very old you can see most of the detail you can really see his top hat and the lines in it.

The last tattoo is a whole back piece and looks to also extend to the front; it is of a samurai holding a sword. There is so much to this tattoo there is shading everywhere no part of his back is left untouched. The giant samurai in the middle is decorated by intricate designs and shading all around him.

2.       I think people get tattoos to express who they are and how they feel.

3.        For example the first tattoo of the hearts with the names was probably done when the gentleman was with an ex-girlfriend named Lisa things who he cared about very much he expressed his feelings for her by getting her name and heart on his arm, things probably went bad and they broke up. The guy then got with another woman named Karen he wanted to express his feeling for her and had her name tattooed on him to show her and scratched out Lisa’s name. This was all done for him to express how he felt for these women. The guy with the samurai tattoo had his done to express himself and be different

describing detail

·         The wife’s lipstick was so vivid and bright

·         The sign said something about a town meeting

·         The milk man had to handles that had 8 bottles of milk each

·         There was a person walking in the background as the milk man was walking to the house

·         The roses had color

·         The wallpaper in the kitchen was drab and boring it was some design of lines

·         The husband had a twinkle in his when the wife said no

·         He had a vest and tie on

·         The house in the background of the milk man walking was a two story

·         The wife had pre made his lunches

·         If he put the pie in 40 min before it would be done in time for dessert

·         She made him meatloaf

·         He had to turn the oven on to 350 degrees

Revising a short story

Last night it snowed like it had never snowed before the forecast predicted 2 inches of snow it was more like 8 all you could see was a white wintery wonderland. Still I was a trooper and made it to work while on my break I was talking to my buddy Rich. I was telling him how I had no social life and planned on staying in that night with nothing to do but maybe sit on the couch and drown my sorrows in a bucket of chunky monkey. He invited me to a Christmas party I was ecstatic like a fat kid getting a whole chocolate cake to himself, but in the back of my mind questioned if he invited me because he wanted me to go or if it was more out of feeling sorry for me either way I didn’t care and gladly accepted. As we continued our conversation I noticed the reflection of a girl sitting alone at a table, she didn’t seem like your average girl she sat there with an aura of fear and loneliness I couldn’t help but wonder who she was. She looked like a Sally or maybe Mary I wanted to go up and talk to her but was overcome with fear and nervousness. I motioned for my Buddy Rich to check her out, Rich being the kind of guy that he is made it very obvious that he was looking at her; she noticed him looking at her and gave him a look back of disgust she then walked out never to be seen again. I felt somewhat sad knowing that I will probably never see her again, maybe one day our paths would cross again.

After work I went home to my lonely house not only was it lonely but it was scary and unnerving well not the house but the neighborhood I lived in. I had a bought a 9mm for protection hoping I would never have to use it I don’t know if I had gall to actually shoot someone. It was about 8 o’clock and I had just finished getting ready I picked up Rich and off we went to the party I was getting nervous as we neared the party I mean this was only like the fourth one I had ever been to in my life.

Narrative brainstorm

The moment the doctor called me to tell me to have surgery

I remember I was lying on the couch it seemed like a million thoughts were going through my head but at the same time my head was empty. I felt scared but not a regular scared feeling you get when watching a scary movie or going to a haunted house it was the kind of scared feeling you get when you know something is terribly wrong the feeling you get when you know your life is going to change. I was checking my phone every thirty seconds I was anxious for it to ring but at the same time I was dreading it, I was waiting for a phone call from my doctor. After what seemed like an eternity of waiting it finally rang I answered it so fast I almost dropped it, I remember the doctors voice it was stern and somewhat cold as if all the emotion had been sucked out of him. I answered with “hello” he identified who he was and that he had the results of my tests the next words he spoke will forever be etched in my mind, “Mr. Esparza the results show that you have gall stones “my heart sank, “I don’t mean to scare you but you have to drop what you’re doing and get to a hospital immediately and have emergency surgery, if you don’t have these gall stones removed they can kill you.” I felt numb I felt no emotion at all I remember thanking him for the information and hanging up, I took a seat on the couch and just sat there the idea of me dying is indescribable. I really don’t remember how long I sat there but I remember streams of tears rolling down my face I had no control over my emotions all I could do was cry out of fear. Finally after my eyes were red and swollen I pulled myself together I knew I had to be strong I knew I would get through this and be stronger at the end. I called my dad to let him know the news it seemed as if he already knew what I was going to say he assured me things would be fine and we would go to the hospital just hearing him be strong gave me strength. After hanging up with him I called one other person, my girlfriend, I told her what the doctor had told me, she spoke with a certain warmth to her words that comforted me as if being wrapped in a warm blanket, she told me things would be ok and that she loved me and was on her way over. I had my gall bladder removed and spent three days in the hospital after the whole ordeal was over I can look back now and see strengths that I never thought I had I can see how this changed me and will affect me for the rest of my life. I don’t regret going through this it just made me a stronger person in the end.

Poe Imitation

It was a glorious and sunny day as if god himself had personally decided how the weather would be. The sun shined like it had never shone before shining off every surface imaginable and bringing about a feeling of new life somehow, not a cloud in the sky was to be seen it, if one were to look hard enough you could almost see into the heavens. The clock ticked away tick tock tick tock gradually making its way closer and closer to three o'clock Oh how I loathe that clock, then as if somehow knowing three o'clock would bring me down, would kill my spirit and bring dark clouds over me it struck three. Then as if choreographed from the other side of the door the old grey paint peeling with scratches all over as if it were about to die I heard knock knock knock. It was my three o'clock appointment oh how i dreaded opening the door and hearing the horrible words “I have a three o’clock appointment to get my radio installed.” The man stood there covered in sweat and yet I could not understand how someone could sweat when only talking, his stench was horrid something that the devil himself would cringe at.

Milk ad thesis statement

Most people dont realize the importance of drinking milk, it can help make strong bones and help you grow, drinking milk also helps you live a longer healthier life.

Marykate and ashley

The Olsen twins are pretty hot that is the first thing that comes to mind. I like to drink milk and I guess they do too. I don’t know which one is which but i really don’t care. I wonder how old they are. I remember watching them on TV i think the show was full house. One of them has a really weird shirt on that only has a banana on it. I just now noticed that the picture has writing on it, it’s a caption about drinking milk and that drinking milk during your teen years helps you grow. I hope this ad makes more people want to drink milk I know I do now. I think they should do more ads like this for example maybe one about eating right or exercising I’m sure if they did it would be a good one. Well what else is there to say about them? I’m kind of out of ideas I guess I can talk about their clothes. The one on the left looks like she just got off the couch she’s wearing clothes that are comfortable. The one on the right looks a little more dressed up like shes ready to go out for the day maybe not anywhere nice but ok for daily wear.

Biography

Well what is there to say about me my name is Richard Anthony Esparza and I am 23 years old. I was born in Fort Worth Texas and have always lived in Texas I love it here and couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. My parents divorced when I was about 4 years old and my grandparents pretty much raised me in my younger years. My parents were around but weren’t what I would consider parents I was never really close to my mom and when I was around 12 me and her got into a big fight we didn’t speak again until I was 20. As for my dad we became close and have more of the best friend relationship instead of the father son relationship he is a big influence in my life and one of the driving factors that makes me want to better myself. I attended Bryson Elementary and was an all A-B student, I went to Wayside Middle school for grades 6-8 in 7^th grade I got my first C I remembered being devastated I had no idea what it was like to get a grade other than an A or a B. I graduated from Boswell High school in 06 I was so close to not graduating I didn’t know if I was going to graduate until about 6 hours before graduation. When I graduated it was an amazing feeling I made my family so proud. After High School my plan was to attend TCC for two years then go on to a university unfortunately things didn’t go that way. I got too caught up in my social life and partying I failed my first two semesters with all F’s. I didn’t go back for about a year and a half and probably wouldn’t have gone back if it weren’t for my Girlfriend Ana. Thanks to her she has helped me get my head back on straight and get back on track. Now I am in my 3^rd semester and will hopefully finish up and have my associates by next semester. After that I still plan on going to school I just don’t know where but my overall goal is to become a pharmacist.

diagnostic essay workshop

Everyone has a name for a purpose; it is meant to identify everyone as an individual.  Names are more than just letters put together, they can have deep meanings to them, and they can also be used to represent things or be a legacy. When Mr. Wilson calls the father  “George” it belittles him and shows that he is not even worthy of having his real name known. He doesn’t respect colored people for who they are as an individual, but instead sees them all as one. I can relate to that because I am Mexican American and at times I hear people say something about me because I am Mexican. I would find it very offensive if every person I met were to call me “Juan” and not take the time to know my real name or who I am. I would not go around calling every person of a certain ethnicity one name. I do however still have a sense of humor and could laugh if someone were to call me a typical Mexican name but only if they have taken the time to get to know me and I am comfortable with them. There are a lot of different stereo types for every race and even though people know that they are “stereo types” some intend to still judge people based on them. This deeply affected the son in the story after that happened he never looked Mr. Wilson in the eye again; I believe this is because he had no respect for him. At a young age it is hard to understand why some people can be so closed minded. When this happened it gave the son a glimpse of what his mom called “one of those things.” He witnessed what was then a socially acceptable norm that colored people had to put up with. It is sad that the son had to know that instances like these would be acceptable when they really should not. He may grow up thinking other racially motivated actions will be acceptable. People suffer from other peoples actions and can be the victims like the son in the story. He was hurt to hear his father be called George knowing that that was not his name he didn’t understand why Mr. Wilson couldn’t just call him by his real name. The father might have not done anything wrong to Mr. Wilson either but because he was colored Mr. Wilson automatically categorized him as “George.” It’s sad to know that there are actually ignorant people like Mr. Wilson out there to this day. They don’t wait to meet a person before they make an assumption about them; people know it as “judging a book by its cover.” I just can’t understand why even though the father was the only colored person in town that could actually eat in the corner store his real name is not known. It seems weird to me that his character is special and treated differently but yet at the same time he is not treated differently.