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- 4611: How I Learned To Ski
- ... you and a partner go down the hill and make the number eight in the snow with your skies, the team with the best looking eight's win. As usually my father won, and that day was when he first taught me how to ski. He showed me how to snow- plow down a hill, that is your first move you learn upon skiing, then he so ever willingly took me to the bunny hill and watched intently as if he remembers when he was that age and how strange and awkward he felt with those clumsy skis and big boots. That day was so hot but yet the snow remained and kept falling from the ski. Then my father showed me the basic techniques he acquired while learning how to ski, you see there is no standard ... not something you do good at right away, it takes time and practice to become good. When I got older we would go to bigger mountains in Colorado where he lives, we would spend all day skiing down difficult runs called double diamonds, that is the hardest run on the slopes. At first it was hard for me to keep up with my fathers tremendous speed and coordination he could ...
- 4612: Creative Writing: My Grandfather
- ... does not suggest joining the Air Force, but RCDD if you have the correct nature for the job. He does not have a set schedule, because of his job. He likes any part of the day as long as he does not have to do hard things. He likes any season without ice and snow. His worst experience with ice and snow is when John got killed by lightning. He likes ... with his family the most of all. His favorite experience is opening a new computer box. He believes that people get along by being tolerant. He said the greatest people of this century are F. D. R., Einstein and Gandhi. The greatest people of earlier centuries are Plato, Aristotle, Christ, Buddha and Newton. The most significant technologies are rocket science and space travel. The worst invention this century is the atom ...
- 4613: Creative Writing: No Coins Please
- ... to make money. Because it was summer, my mother thought it would be a good idea to send me on a trip across america with this tour she heard about called Junior Tours. Finaly the day came. A white van pulled up in front of my house, and out stepped 2 boys that looked 16 years old. I went out and they told me that their names were Denis and Rob ... Well, that's what alot of people thought and that's how I made my first sum of money. When I went back to Central Park, the whole group was waiting for me. The next day, I did the exact same thing, except that this time I snuck off from the group while we were on the way to Times Square. The next day, I snuck away from the group again while sitting in the planetarium, again I set up my Attack Jelly stand near Times Square. We, the Ambulance group continue traveling across the country. Me running ...
- 4614: Creative Writing: The Quest
- ... she finally seemed to figure out what I was saying. "No, but you can exchange your money at the service desk upstairs in Thrifty's." Finally, we were making some progress, only one problem, we'd never been here before. We had no idea where to find Thrifty's. "Where would that be," I asked her. "Thrifty's? Oh, that's right next to Payless Drugs," was her response. "Oh, gee ... in a very touchy tone, I said, "Oh, Do you think you could possibly tell me where I could find this?" "Well, basically, if you were to walk straight through that wall over there, you'd be right there," she said dumbly. Taken aback by the stupidity of yet another American, my friend and I turned and walked away. Before we got out of earshot, my friend loudly said to obviously ... we spent a few more minutes walking around trying to find this Hallmark section. We finally found it, and walked up to the service counter. Once again, I asked the same old question that I'd been asking for what seemed like hours now. And surprisingly enough, the response was, "Uh, ya, let me just check the exchange rate first." A little surprised, I figured that she must be a ...
- 4615: Creative Story: Racing Along Walls
- ... a 22 mm. socket so go tighten it." I replied in the middle of tightening another chassis bolt. It was July and we were preparing our cars for the Battle of the Imports the next day. Battle, as most people that attended the event preferred to call it, was the largest import drag racing event in the country. The event was scheduled four times every year at the Los Angeles Raceway ... be small accidents often end up more severe. It was not to my knowledge that the thin metal that Honda, Acura, Nissan, and Toyota use in their cars would affect Joe and I the next day. I finished tightening the last of the chassis bolts and started checking the exhaust hookups while I was still underneath the car. The bolt connection from the exhaust pipe to the muffler was a bit ... more than the projected 16,000 people attending. Most of the people there were young like ourselves and enthusiastic about cars. The first run was the only time we would race against each other that day. We each had different schedules of people we would race against. After my fourth run, I decided to take a break, mainly to eat, but also to meet new people. I bought a hamburger ...
- 4616: Creative Story: One Strange Trip
- Creative Story: One Strange Trip One day while lost in the vast woodlands of Scotland, I came upon a pop machine, I had no money, and because of my strong moral values, I felt I could not force it open with a ... see if any of the dreams were true. I quickly saw that they were not. I decided that I could not leave this place until I had enjoyed a can of pop. By the 3rd day, I had to scout for food and water because I was feeling malnourished. As I walked around I found a snack machine the kind with many divine foods inside such as candy bar and chips ... ate many fish, then thought that I should of cooked them first. On my way back, I got lost and had to sleep under a foreign tree and try to find my way home at day break. As I tried to find my way home, I found another machine. It was one with pre-made sandwiches. As I looked at it, a sign on it read "Sandwiches made fresh every ...
- 4617: Creative Story: Fast Eddie
- ... war, life is very hard. This brings us up to a week ago. My story, in my opinion, is about a kid trying to stay alive in the streets of the Mile High City. Each day a struggle for food and a safe place to sleep at night. I lost my mom at the disaster relief center set up in the city park. She was killed for the contents of her ... answer to me." He waved his arm and my two guards immediately took me away. One of the guards handed my a notebook and a pen and told me to spend the rest of the day writing down anything I could remember about the computer room. That brings me to now. I have sat here hiding in my cardboard boxes writing this story. Unfortunately I don't know how it will ... by my host just after dawn. He burst into the room with his aides following him like leaves behind a dustdevil. He had a huge grin on his face and kept saying what a great day this was going to be. I thought to myself that when he finds out that the computer is still active, it should make his whole month great. We ate hard bread and cheese. All ...
- 4618: Creative Story: The Crash
- Creative Story: The Crash It was a calm sunny day in mid-January as Bob climbed into his plane to go for a late afternoon flight over the mountains. He started the engine and it gave a weak squeal as it turned over. Bob thought ... rolled onto it's right side and plummeted to the snow covered ground. Bob awoke, not knowing how long he was out, hoping that some one had received his frantic calls for help. After a day he decided to try and hike out, he took everything he could carry. He made good distance during the day but at nightfall he knew it was over; the temperature had fallen below negative fifty mark. The rescuers sent out search parties and finally found him in his sleeping bag next to a burnt ...
- 4619: Creative Story: Dorko
- Creative Story: Dorko One day, Dorko walks into a popular fast food joint for no other reason than that is where his feet took him. Taking haphazard bites from other customer's food, he crookedly makes his way to the ... was the couple of blits?" The lady thinks for a few seconds. "Oh, you mean BLT's. I think I'm starting to figure you out. What's two plus two?" "Green." "I knew you'd say that." The lady cheers up a bit. "For the syrup I'll just give you a Pepsi, practically the same thing. Throw in a couple packets of ketchup and that leaves us with only ...
- 4620: Personal WritingAn Event That Changed My Life
- ... if you look, if you accept, if you are open. For the act of closing is futile. You cannot see his heart, but you can feel his love. The children run out into the new day to find the bitter cold exciting. When tucked into their warm beds, the world was dreaming. They dread the next day, waiting for the arrival of the school bus. But when they awoke to the whiteness, the pureness, a sort of childish bliss swept through them, for this kind of happiness is only felt with the drifting in of snow and the voice of the radio announcer declaring a day off of studies. Mothers curse the administrators, insiting the weather shouldn't stop the daily study of knowledge. Fathers curse the plow trucks for their hectic ride into work that awaits before them. But ...
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