Newspaper Article

New Engagements

By Justice Evans

Cassandra O’Brian, daughter of Joshua and Celia O’Brian, will be tying the knot with Thomas, a.k.a. Tommy, Macleod, the son of Robert Macleod and Theresa Ross.  The special day is scheduled to be July 15, 2012.  The young couple met while Cassandra was on vacation in Europe.

          “Cassie just didn’t leave me alone.  I couldn’t stop dreaming about her and was almost too embarrassed to ask for her number.”  An energetic Tommy said about his now blushing fiancé.

          “Tommy’s eyes were the first thing I noticed about him when we first met.”  Cassandra later said as she seemed to be thinking about another place and time.

          The wedding is planned to be on the Nice beach in France.  And will be around the time of 4 in the afternoon.

Wedding News

 

 

 

Romantic Poem

Image from Google.com/images

I could use a poem in my multi genre project to show some scenery.  It also shows the beauty that can be compared to a bride in her dress on a flawless beach.  I also want to maybe use more than just one poem that doesn't have to rhyme.

Sandy Beaches and Love

The eagerness of starting a new life.

No need for worrying about tomorrow.

The long, flowing white dress and clean cut tux,

Do nothing to disturb the silent beauty of the world around them.

Nothing seems to matter but the two people standing at the alter,

An alter made of sand and tiny seashells.

The sounds of gently crashing waves and nearby seagulls,
are all that disturb the otherwise perfect moment.

And a few chairs are placed to face the young couple,
who are so wrapped up in one another they ignore the ones around them.

There seem to be a few empty chairs scattered among the ceremony.

Were they forgotten or just simply not needed?

The beach's off white sand did not clash with the bride's snow white dress.

It is sand that with the coming tide will leave no trace of bride and groom.

Like so many before have been witnessed and forgotten.

Image from Google.com/images

Travel Ad

Here is the commercial I created for the Advertisement assignment.

Baraka

The foot represents the humans that are a part of everything with the world.  Humans have in some way been to every part of the world and left their mark in it.  Not all of the marks were good but, if our ancestors hadn't decided to go explore the world might have had a smaller amount of people or more people in a smaller area.

Underground crowded train stations.

People moving as if unable to think for themselves,

always worried about getting to work.

Horrible job conditions,

baby animals burned, marked, and tossed.

Working for little pay in over -crowded spaces.

Unable to fresh food.

Searching in the dump,

for anything that might help stop the hunger pains.

Animals that are just skin and bone

are my only companions.

The peacefulness of being in a calm place.

No worries about work or catching a ride.

Sereneness in everything around me,

causes me to think back to a simpler time.

Old civilizations now dead and gone,

have left their mark for future generations.

Will we end up the same way?

Just old buildings, sculptures that are

destroyed by the constant changing of time?

Friends are Forever.

Friends hugging taken from Google Images.

"Man if you gotta ask, you'll never know." Mike teased Aaryn as they headed to the school parking lot.  Aaryn made his please-tell-me look and Mike started to laugh.  As Mike unlocked his car, his gaze lifted from his keys to the crowd forming just a couple of spaces down from them.
"Aaryn can you stay here?  I am going to go see what is going on." Mike called over his shoulder already heading towards the crowd.  Aaryn opened his mouth to object but just shrugged and got in Mike's truck and cranked the radio.  As Mike worked his way through the crowd, he could hear a man's voice filled with venom and slurred from drinking. Josie! Mike thought pushing his way more forcefully.  He got dirty looks but his thoughts were on seeing if Josie was alright. The sight he saw in front of him sickened him to the core.
"I should have never let you happen.  You were the biggest mistake I have ever made." The man hissed kicking the downed Josie in the stomach.  Josie's face contorted in pain but wouldn't give her father the satisfaction of making her cry out.  She moved out of her father's reach when he finished kicking her and stood on shaky legs that looked like they were just about to give out.
"It's not my fault mother left.  It was your own undoing," The young woman all too coldly replied.  The anger that flashed across her father's face brought a smile to the battered woman's face.  As her father went to attack Josie, Mike stepped in front of Josie and pushed her angered father back.  Mike was fed up with the inaction of the students around him.  To him it seemed they craved the fight before them like a flock of buzzards waiting for the pack of wolves to finish their meal.  When Mike looked back into Josie's eyes, his heart sunk seeing the pain and sorrow in his friend's usually sparkling, light caramel colored eyes.  He clenched his fists and his jaw tightened as he looked back at Josie's father.  The man took a step back seeing the young man in front of him glowering down at him.
"It's time you left." Mike calmly said positioning himself between the monster of a man and the angel of a girl behind him.
"I am not leaving with out her." The man hissed pointing to Josie and took a step closer.  Josie kept looking at Mike wondering how he was able to keep her father at bay.  What Mike did next was burned into Josie's memory.  She had looked away and when she looked back at Mike he had pinned her father to the pavement and had the man's arms pulled tight against his back. She covered her mouth hiding the gasp that escaped her lips.
"You are going to leave now and Josie will be back when you are sober enough to feel this." Mike whispered in the man's ear as he wrenched the man's arm more causing gasps from the people around them.  Josie stared wide eyed at Mike and her father as Mike slowly let him back up and moved over to Josie putting an arm around her protectively.  The man glared at the two friends but got back in his car and drove to their house.
Mike let out a sigh of relief and his arm relaxed around Josie.  She rubbed his hand that was on her shoulder.
"Thank you Mike." She whispered watching the crowd disperse because the fighting had been broken up.
"Your welcome." Mike whispered back kissing the top of her head. "Happy birthday by the way." He said hugging her.  Josie giggled and looked up into his eyes.
"Thank you Mike." She said starting to head to her car.  Mike grabbed her arm gently to stop her. "Why don't you come ride with me and Aaryn?  That way we just have to take one car to my house." He said pulling her towards his truck before she could object.  Josie followed smiling not hiding the relief she felt from Mike saving her.
"Hey Josie.....Ah man. Does this mean I have to get in the back?" Aaryn complained getting ready to move.  Josie and Mike shook their heads.
"I am fine with riding in the back." Josie said getting in the back and touched Aaryn's shoulder. "You get to deal with Mr. Overly Protective." She joked looking at Mike.  Mike looked at them smiling and then started to drive.
"Hey! Someone has to keep you two out of trouble." Mike chuckled and looked back out the window.  Aaryn kissed Josie's hand and Josie leaned back closing her eyes.  When Mike looked in the rear view window to look at her, Josie was laying in the backseat with her hands under her head fast asleep.  He chuckled and poked Aaryn who nodded and then turned the radio down.
"I think I am going to talk to my parents about seeing if Josie could live with us for a while."  Mike said looking at Aaryn who raised an eyebrow.
"Are you sure you can handle living with her without totally going crazy?" Aaryn's mouth had the smallest hint of a smile at the corners as he thought of Mike and Josie living together.
Mike nodded. "I think we can handle it....I mean we practically grew up together anyway." He looked back at Josie and smiled to himself. She means the world to me and if anything happened to her... He thought looking back out the window sighing.  Aaryn watched him and touched his arm.
"Dude please don't say you are falling for her," Aaryn pulled his arm back sighing. "I don't know what I am going to do about you."
Mike chuckled looking at him "Why can't I fall for her?"  The question sat in the air between the two guys and the sleeping girl.  "I just want to be able to protect her from that man." His eyes hardened and Aaryn moved closer to his window.
"Hey man I was just joking." He said putting his hands up in submission.
Mike shook his head clearing his mind. "Sorry Aaryn.  I just can't take what he does to her any longer.  Something has to be done before something horrible happens to Josie."  Aaryn nodded and relaxed.
"My stop is just up here." Aaryn said smiling again. "What to catch the game tonight?"
Mike shook his head as he looked back at the sleeping Josie. "Nah....I have some other plans that I have to deal with." Aaryn nodded and rolled his eyes sighing.

Love Hurts.

"Today spells love, merriness, and breakups," Josie muttered as she walked through the crowded halls of East High.  This was the only day if the year that Josie truly despised.  As she walked past couples holding hands, sneaking kisses, or just plain making out, Josie kept thinking about what awaited her at home.  A father that instead of chocolates handed out a lovely array of bruises that she covered up with long sleeves and sunglasses."This is disgusting." She rolled her eyes as she stopped at her locker and pushed a couple out of her way in the process.  They should just get a room.  She thought sighing inwardly.  Josie grabbed her binders and shivered slightly imagining her father's hands hitting her fair skin.  "I don't even get why they created a day that made people who didn't have someone feel lonely and let couples flaunt about that they have someone."
As Josie shut her locker, she was aware of the pair of dark brown eyes watching her movements. She didn't look at Mike as she started to head to her locker.  Mike followed her and matched her stride.
"Well hello to you too," He stated putting an arm around her shoulders playfully.  He felt Josie tense under his arm and wondered why she seemed to flinch at someone's touch.  Josie shrugged his arm off and looked at him.
"Who says I wanted to talk to you?" She asked slightly smiling. Mike was the one person that could take her mind off of her father and what awaited for her at home.  "How are you doing on this horrible day?"
"Just fine.  Got a letter from someone...." He nudged her arm and chuckled. "You wouldn't happen to be that person would you?" He met her gaze with his smiling one.  Josie shook her head.
"I don't believe in those things or love for that matter." She coldly replied looking ahead.  If you love someone you don't beat them.  She thought heading into her class leaving Mike standing in the hall with his mouth hanging open.
Mike shook his head and headed after her. He put a hand on her book causing the girl to lift her eyes to meet his. "What do you mean you don't believe in love?" He half demanded. His eyes searched hers for an answer.  The image he got sent him reeling and he pulled back his hand.
Josie watched him and then looked out the window. "Because my reason's are my own and you need to just stick to your own business." She snapped turning on him. She stood putting her shaking hands on the desk in front of her. "I don't have to tell you a specific reason why!"
Mike walked over and touched her hand. "But I want to help Josie and if..." Josie cut him off with a swift slap to his tanned face.  His eyes widened in surprise.
"Just leave the subject alone Mike." Josie said grabbing her books and moving to another seat. As she set her books down she realized that was the first time she had ever hit anyone, let alone her best friend. When she turned to apologize she had to take a step back from Mike. Josie couldn't meet Mike's gaze with her own.
"Nothing is wrong really." She slowly turned her gaze back to him. She concentrated on the Polo brand on Mike's shirt.  "I just don't want to talk about it." She whispered slowly closing her eyes.  She seemed to shrink in front of Mike's eyes and he pulled her into a big friendly hug.
"If you need a place to stay just ask." Mike whispered into Josie's blue tinged black hair. He rested his head on hers and pulled back after what seemed to be minutes but had been seconds.  He lifted Josie's eyes to meet his own and smiled. "I deserved that slap though.  I was getting a little to personal."
Josie giggled and blushed slightly. "You are like a brother to me Mike and you know how much I love you." She smiled and pulled back adjusting her sweatshirt. She looked around and chuckled. "Mind if I crash at your place tonight?" She whispered low enough for only Mike to hear.  Mike nodded and looked at the time. "Well we better get to our seats before the teacher gets mad at us.......again." He smiled and sat in the desk by Josie.  Who would have thought these two would ever have become friends.  The jock of the high school football team and the girl that kept to herself.
Josie smiled thinking of the last time the two had been sent to detention.  "That was a fun half hour." She whispered poking Mike.  "Even if we almost got suspended for it."
Mike nodded and looked at her. "Are you ever going to let me come over to your house?" He asked raising a dark eyebrow.  Josie lost her smile and looked away. "It's a mess Mike and if you come over I don't want you to think that me and my dad are total slobs." She said balling her small delicate fists.
Mike shook his head and looked back at the clock. "Listen we have 2 minutes before the bell rings.  Can you at least tell me what is bugging you?" He gently pulled her eyes back towards him and looked in her eyes with a brotherly love that meant nothing more that than. She was like a sister to him and him a brother to her.
Josie took a deep breath thinking about if she could even get that off of her chest. It's a lot to keep hidden Josie.  Maybe if you told Mike he would be able to help you. She heard a voice say in her head. She nodded and sighed.
"Mike you won't like what I have to...." The loud ringing drowned out Josie's voice. Mike huffed and silently cursed in his head hating that the bell had to ring right at that moment.  He hated seeing his friend hurt and was hurt that she had never told him. As they turned their attention to the board for class, Josie slipped him a note.  The note read: "Come on over tonight and I will show you what I can't say and that love isn't always flowers, candy, hugs, and kisses." Mike's jaw dropped and he instantly looked at her.  He could see the faint outlines of bruises hidden by makeup on Josie's face.  A face he had always looked at and could never see anything wrong. He reached out to touch her arm but was brought to attention by the teacher speaking.