Crystal eulogizes Robin Williams: "He was the brightest star in the comedy galaxy" A tearful Billy Crystal toasted his longtime friend Robin Williams during the Emmys to cap off the show's "In Memoriam" segment. "He made us laugh hard, every time you saw him on television, movies, nightclubs, arenas, hospitals, homeless shelters, for our troops overseas and even in a dying girl's living room," Crystal said of Williams in a carefully measured tribute. "The brilliance was astounding. The relentless energy was kind of thrilling. I used to think if I could just put a saddle on him and stay on for eight seconds, I was going to do okay."
Ellie Grohoske Modern 4-14-13 The Pennsylvania Ballet Nutcracker This winter when I went home for break I saw the Pennsylvania Ballet perform their annual Nutcracker. It was my 5th time seeing this company performance from the audience, however I have been in over 50 performances total with this company performing various roles in The Nutcracker. I’m not sure why so many dancers hate this ballet, because it has always been my favorite ballet since I was little. It could be because it was the first ballet I ever saw before as a 3 year old, and that was what got me truly interested in dance. I can’t even count how many times I’ve seen George Balanchine’s Nutcracker, but I can tell you it will never get old, and always be a tradition that I look forward to every year during Christmas time.
In the book A Child Called “It”, David Pelzer describes his life as it went from perfect like the Brady Bunch, to a pure “hell”. In his younger life, his family got along and his parents were deeply in love. They would dance around and the mother would cook huge dinners and put on a lot of makeup for when the father got home. One day, it just started going downhill. The mother became an alcoholic; an abusive alcoholic.
This was the first party that Nick attended at Gatsby’s house but he could immediately tell that Gatsby was a perfect gentleman. At Daisy’s party, Gatsby is almost sure that Daisy’s love for Tom will be transferred over to Gatsby himself. Gatsby, thinking that it is only going to be him and Daisy at the party, is shocked to see his friend Nick, Daisy’s husband Tom, and Jordan Baker. The day turns out to be intolerably hot, making all the guests at the luncheon even more uncomfortable then expected. Tom receives a phone call from his mistress and leaves the room to have a word with her.
Despite the crisp cold air and the endless drives to tournaments, I would always see him in the stands pounding his hands together rooting for my team. However, I believe that family can include people that are no blood related. Almost everyone has best friends, boyfriends, and girlfriends whom they love and respect just as much as their own family. I see my close friends five out of seven days of the week. We do everything from just hanging out when were bored, going to Giants games, going to parties, and all other sorts of activities.
In this Bob and all of his gang go out of their way to throw Wendy a huge surprise welcome home party. As they run into mishaps and get the wrong things, Bob and his gang manage to pull it off. This show is great for preschool children. As I watched it my 2 year old son joined me and loved it. I feel it’s a show we may be watching more often now.
As the cabbie gets paid his fee, we scamper across the street with a slight bounce in our step, and turn the corner to find our favorite pre-game bar. The Cubby Bear is an everyday sports bar until the game arrives. Then, the spacious building, wallpapered in Cubs jerseys and old photographs, becomes alive with fans, scalpers, and tourists. The pre-game show is on every television in the bar, beer is tumbling out of the taps, and everyone is friends with everyone. Round after round comes to our table and we talk to anyone we can about how exciting today’s game is because every game is a big game for Cubs fans!
Double Standards As a child I always noticed I am treated very differently from my brothers. I am babied. I am daddy’s little princess. If you saw my dad when I was younger most likely I trailed behind him, fighting for his attention (I was a very jealous girl). To me having this type relationship with my father was a great thing, I got to pick what we ate for dinner, I got all the treats I wanted, and my father was always on my side with the arguments that occurred between my brothers and I.
We may not had the best of everything, but what we did have we appreciated. Holiday where the best for me growing up I can remember all my Aunts and uncles and cousins coming over to our house and we had a ball the kids ran around and played while the grownups BBQ and drank and played cards I looked forward to holidays because you know it was going to be fun I always hated to see it end and could not Waite until the next big holiday came
The teenagers tend to stay uptown, mainly concentrated in one mini-shopping complex that runs parallel with the main street, separated by a parking lot. To the left of the shopping complex, will be the young 8th and 9th graders wondering around the nearby elementary school playground like zombies, staggering back and forth from the four shots they snuck out of their parent’s liquor cabinet. Throughout the entire parking lot you have the rest of the high school socializing mainly through screaming because no one realizes how loud he or she is actually talking. Also, I always see the occasional small group of pompous Guido’s from Nanuet, our rival school. They think they look so tough walking around in either their black or white guinea tees, or their custom shirts from the mall that says, “I’m not Irish but kiss me anyway.” Every time I see them I say in my head, “Get out of my town, put on a regular shirt, and stop using so much hair gel.” I usually keep my distance from these