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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Describe an Emotion:
I am sitting on a dam watching the lake water sway back and forth in the wind. As my head swells up, I begin to contemplate everything that has happened. There is a numbness creeping over my body. I begin to stare, not at anything in particular, but just to stare. To be still, in this one single moment, to take one moment just to relax, just to breathe. No thoughts go through my mind while I’m in this state, just blankness. Soon enough a sound engages me, and I lift my head to answer. It is nothing more than a past memory, which is seen so vividly, as if happening before my eyes. The wind begins to blow vigorously and the water twists and turns. Suddenly the dam burst, letting out the pounds of salty water that is has held up in the lake for many years. Slowly my body looses sight of my mind, and all action is un-restrained. When I turn back into consciousness, and the dam walls begin to repair, the wind calms, but the lake still remains, with the potential to crash through the walls of the dam at any moment, causing more destruction. Soon, in the distance, I see a figure walking my way, briskly as if they have somewhere to be in a hurry. As they approach me, and take my hand, they lead me away from the lake, and back into the comfort of my own room, and my own bed. Tucking me in, and putting me to sleep, underneath the fluffy and warm comforter, where I am safe.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Describe: the White Board, the White Dry-Erase Board, the White Dry-Erase Board with no words on it, the White Dry-Erase Board with no words but the smudges of past brilliance which have been swept away:

The board is big. It is all white and rectangular. Things are hanging on the board and sitting on the ledge at the bottom of the board.

The dry-erase board is big. It is shiny and white, and is 16 feet tall and 4 feet wide. Their is a strand of snowflakes hanging at the top of the board. There is a figurine hanging on the right side of the board. On the bottom left there is a towl and the board cleaner. There are markers, dry-erase markers, and erasers scattered on the bottom ledge of the board.

The dry-erase board is big and white, with the light spoting off it in different places, creating a reflection of shine. There are no words written on the board. It is positioned 3 feet off the floor and is placed in the middle of the wall, with six feet on either side. Their are not any words written on the board. The snowflakes that run across the top of the board are positioned in the middle. The Edgar Allen Poe figurine is hanging from a string on a metal clip that is attatched to the top right of the board. There are 3 board erasers on the ledge at the bottom of the board. Their are two dry-erase markers on the ledge at the bottom of the board, and one normal this crayola marker. The greenish-gray towel accomponies the board cleaner on the bottom left ledge of the board.

The rectangular white dry-erase board at the front of the square room is placed 3/8th of the way up the wall vertically, and in the center of the wall horizontally. The strand of white paper snowflakes is hanging at the top in the middle of the board, and is made up not only of snowflakes, but of reindeer. There is an Edgar Allen Poe figurine hanging by a white ribbon on the top right side of the board. The ribbon is wrapped around his neck, and he is clutching onto a raven. There is one green and one red dry-erase marker on the silver ledge that is at the bottom of the board. There is also one thin violet (purple) crayola marker sitting on the ledge at the bottom left side of the board. There are no full words written on the board, but only the remains. This array of smudges covers the entire board. Some smudged vertically, and some horizontally. These smudges may be absconded by the towel and cleaning solution at any time. These smudges are only the remains of the past thoughts of others. In the bottom right corner there is a sticker on the board.