good food review

I am going to review a restaurant that I have been eating at for years, Carms. I am sure this is the first time you have witnessed someone doing a restaurant review on Carms but I like their food and I have been a loyal customer for years. The food there is delicious. When I go to Ella’s I order the same dish every time, which is a chicken strip meal with cheese on the fries, and ranch dressing sauce. I get the ranch dressing because it gives my chicken more flavor and that is just how I like my chicken, with lots and lots of flavor. The cheese on the fries is just something I have been getting since I was a child and I have always liked it. The service is also good, u can walk in, order your food, and within five minutes or less you can have your food and be ready to eat. The owner knows us because we have been going to, and eating at his restaurant for just about four years, since freshman year. So since he knows us we can call the restaurant ahead of time and let him know exactly what we want to eat, and when we will be there to pick it up. When you go in it always seems like it is crowded but it is not, they move very fast getting customers in and out in a hurry. , it is a relaxing environment. It just makes one feel like they are eating dinner in the kitchen at home. What really keeps me going back is the location, it is basically around the corner from school, so on my lunch break I can go there and be back at school to sit and actually enjoy my food not having to rush and eat while thinking about being late for my next class.

winter poem

My winter poem does not really have anything to do with winter itself but the prompt just brings back memories. It reminds me of a few winters ago when I wrote a poem called “Love Love.” And I am going to share that poem with you instead…

“Love Love”

A lot of people love love…
But does love love them back?
And sometimes love loves us, but we don’t reciprocate that.
Why can’t we just love love while love is loving us?
And I mean LOVE love and not just simply settle for lust.
Many people search for this tornado of love and many will never find.
Because they are hit with lust's gusts
and are turned back to what's behind.
And while lust leaves us in a bind trying to tend to the wounds and scars.
We forget that love may hurt, but love heals.
So why not love hard?

king still king??

There is no doubt that Dr. Martin Luther King was a great man. No one is questioning what he did for us, and when I say us I am not just talking about the African American people, he helped everyone in some sort of way. But is he still “the king”?... I honestly do not think he is still “the king.” It is not because I am belittling what he did because that is not the case at all. But there are many people In this world that do not even know who he is, and today’s youth does not make it any better because not only do they not know who he is or what he did, but of course there are some individuals that are curious and are interested in knowing facts about Dr. Martin Luther King but there are those who don’t even care to know what he did to help the people back in the day even though him helping them ultimately opened doors for them to be whatever they want to be in life. Many of todays youth look up to the wrong people. Instead of wanting to know about Dr. Martin Luther King, they want to know when Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne are getting out of jail and when are they coming out with a new mixtape. It is sad that many children today can recite every word in a song but they don’t even know what Dr. king’s most famous speech was.

if i was a shoe

If I was a shoe I would have to be something of style, something nice. Not too cheap but not too expensive. I would not be anything that I would not wear myself some that means a lot of shoes are now ruled out.  I think I would be some type of retro Jordan’s, probably the space jams or the cool greys. I think I would be one of these hoes because they are really flashy and they draw a lot of attention as I tend to do at times. It is kind of weird that I chose those particular shoes because of course I own a few pair, who does not but I usually don’t wear Jordan’s.  I usually wear canvas shoes like vans or Ralph Lauren shoes, kind of like vans but they look better to me.

I would be canvas shoes because they are all purpose. You can wear them to school, out with your friends and many other places. Just like me. I am not one of those friends that you can only talk to at school; you can hang with me anywhere.  They are also very sturdy shoes, but you have to wear them the right way. If you tie your shoes too tight they don’t look right and you will crease them. So when dealing with this type of shoe you have to either know how to wear them or don’t wear them at all.ni compare my shoes to all my friends, if you do not treat them right they will not treat you right

globalization

Globalization… what is globalization?

Globalization describes the process by which regional economies, societies, and cultures have become integrated through a global network of political ideas.
Globalization does not only effect economies but they also effect cultures. Culture is what people eat, how they dress, the beliefs they hold, and the activities they practice. Culinary culture has become extremely globalized. For example, Japanese Noodles, Swedish Meatballs, Indian Curry, French Cheese, and American Burgers nad Fries have all become popular outside their countries of origin. There are two American companies (Mcdonalds and Starbucks) that are often cited as examples of globalization, with over 31,000 and 18,000 locations operating worldwide. Another common practice that has been brought about by globalization is the usage of Chinese characters in tattoos. These tattoos are popular with today's youth despite the lack of social acceptance of tattoos in China.

In many poorer nations, globalization is the result of foreign businesses utilizing workers in a country to take advantage of the lower wage rates... we call these sweat shops. Sweat shops are most commonly used by sports shoe manufacturers, mostly NIKE. There are factories set up in the poor countries where employees agree to work for low wages and if labor laws alter in those countries and stricter rules govern the manufacturing process the factories are closed down and relocated to other nations with more business favorable policies. It depends how you look at this. Seeing how this is a capitalist country that idea is genius but it is morally wrong.

sports in my life

Sports (basketball) have played a huge role in my life since the second grade; that is when I started playing. I was not very good but just like everyone else, if you want to become good at something you have to practice and put in a lot of hard work. Over the years as I put in countless hours of work and fought through the blood sweat and tears I became one of the best. This was around 4^th grade. ironically that is when basketball became competitive for me. I earned a starting spot on my grammar school team playing alongside my good friend Anthony Davis. Day in and day out we imposed our will on everyone our age until our coaches decided to test our abilities on older competition. In 6^th grade we were playing u on the 8^th grade team so basketball then became very time consuming. Entering high school I didn’t really know what to expect, but it was not that different from any other grade level of basketball, just faster. As I entered the AAU circuit that is when I met real competition, playing with and against the best players in the country. This is when I met back up with an old friend that I played with in grammar school but he was the number one player in the nation and me on the other hand, I was having a hard time getting in the game on my school team. This obviously made me jealous but it just makes me work harder. And that is what basketball has done for me; it has taught me the values of hard work.

open letter to cormac

Dear Cormac McCarthy,

I really liked your book. I can honestly say it was the first book I actually enjoyed reading in a long time. It was surprisingly interesting to me. You know the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover,” well that is exactly what I did. When I saw the book for the first time I did not want to read it, the cover was so dull to me but when I started reading it i grew more and more interested, so I kept reading. Although I liked the book, the setting and the whole atmosphere was saddening. When we watched the movie on the book I never saw the sun once. Neither did I see any animals. Well, you rarely saw other people in the movie so should I be surprised that I did not see animals or the sun?

Many people talk about love, but what is love? Do they really know what love is?...  I know what love is. Love is not what most people think it is. It is not, “I love my girlfriend/boyfriend” or I love those jeans on you girl.” Love is what the father and son have for each other. True love is when you are willing to die for something or someone. A question was posed, and it was would you kill your son/daughter to protect them from being raped and eaten. This was by far the toughest question ever. One side of me wanted to say yes, because who would want a loved one to suffer like that. But the other part of me wanted to say no because who could kill a loved one, and most importantly who could live knowing that they killed one that they love.