Santa Monica

Chandler Bing is one of the main characters in the 90’s sitcom Friends. He is very outspoken with his quick, sarcastic jokes that constantly poke fun at his other friends. Chandler is the son of an erotic writer and a crossdressing burlesque show member named “Viva Las Gay-gas.” He works in high positions in the statistical analysis and data reconfiguration field, but even though he is paid well, he dislikes his job. Freud would say that Chandler’s childhood experiences would have an enormous…

On August 17, 1998 President Bill Clinton delivered a speech to the American public addressing an inappropriate relationship with a former White House Intern, Monica Lewinsky. In comparison to Robert M. Eisingers “The Political Non-Apology” Clinton 's public apology has some of the characteristics of a full apology but, is predominantly a non-apology. Although, acknowledges the offense committed, he minimizes his offense throughout the speech and plays the victim card in attempts to…

Federal Express (1995). A courier was harassed by a customer on her route. The customer made such comments as saying she looked better without any clothes on and repeatedly asked her out on dates. She brought this issue up with her supervisor who wrote to the customer asking him to refrain from ?any future conduct that could be perceived as offensive or intimidating?. The harassment continued and the whole building, not just the tenant was taken away from her route. The courts ruled in…

Be it through television, radio, or toys, we are a product of our childhood. The things we experience as children daily have an enormous, impressionable impact on our lives. For me, childhood wasn’t a typical cookie-cutter situation. For me, the character that stuck with me the most during my childhood wasn’t a toy or television character; it was a tennis player by the name of Maria Sharapova. To understand my––for lack of a better word––obsession, let’s set the scene. It’s been approximately a…

The year 2016 is one of the worst and stupidest years in American history, but at least frail, sickly, and old Hillary’s recent collapse helped restore America’s faith in the power of love. The moment Bill heard that she was sick he rushed to his woman’s bedside. And then, as soon as he was finished, he picked up the phone and called Chelsea’s apartment to see how Hillary was doing. Where was Bill in all this anyway? Even if some media hack had suffered an unexpected bout of Sudden Onset…

1998 is when it all started for Monica Lewinsky. The scandal changed her life forever, it made her the center of everyone's attention everywhere. All everyone thought was. “poor Hillary Clinton” or “I can't believe that Bill would cheat on her with That Woman”. No one actually knew Lewinsky's story, because no one dared to hear it, because as far as they knew, it was all her fault. In June of 2014, Monica Lewinsky posted an article called Shame and Survival. It told her story about everything…

Some of the lines say “So hang your stockings and say your prayers,” and “So let 's give thanks to the Lord above 'Cause Santa Claus comes tonight.” This shows a combination of the two, secular and Christian elements, which would not seem to belong together. “He 's got a bag that 's filled with toys for boys and girls again”, this is obviously part of today’s legend, but it…

A Worn Path During our life we face many challenges. We have the ability to either choose to face them or run from them. Some challenges can be more difficult than others, for we are alone to face them. We encounter many crossroads during our journeys where we have to choose which path we take in life. Sometimes we open a door just to see that on the other side there is another closed door. Even though sometimes we are defeated by challenges they make us stronger and give us the ability to keep…

asking my parents for a baby brother or sister. They refused to reason with me, so I took matters into my own hands. The upcoming Christmas I asked Santa Claus to bring me a younger sibling and he carefully considered my request. On Christmas day I was very disappointed when there was no bassinet with a baby under the Christmas tree. But little did I know Santa had in fact delivered my gift. At the beginning of February, I caught my parents whispering in the kitchen. I heard…

Spookley the Square Pumpkin is a musical about accepting each other’s differences. On Halloween one day on Holiday Hill Farm, Jack the scarecrow finds a pumpkin in the patch- only unlike the other pumpkins- Spookley is square. Much to the dislike of the others, the Toms, BoBo, and the Honeydoos, Spookley is bullied for being square. It’s only until Spookley saves the day with support from his new best friend spiders- Edgar, Allan, and Poe that the pumpkins realize being different is great after…