Open Mic

I have tics... not the little black bugs that live in the water, those are spelled T-I-C-K. The tic I'm talking about is spelled T-I-C. A tic is an involentary, sudden, rapid, recurrent, stereotyped, motor or vocal involvement. In other words a tic is a movement or sound that the body makes that can not be controled. I have tics because I have Tourette's Syndrome, a very misunderstood and misdiagnosed disorder. Most people think that Tourette's is just about swaering, but in reality it's not. Tics can be something as small as the blink of an eye to something as complex as throwing yor hands down while stomping your right foot and making the t sound. Trying to hold it in is liek trying to put a cap on a running hose. But eventually the hose will either have to break or will crack at the edges. Even though it cause a lot of physical effort, like trying not to blink, even though it makes it very difficult for me to pay attention, and even though I know that some people will be okay with my tourette's I hold it in. I hold it in because I find it embarrasing that I have to kiss dogs on their forheads, embarasing that I shake my whole body, and afraid because I know that there are still some people who are out there, who eill not understand and accept me. The will say to me "O well I've never noticed it before so it must not be a very bad case" or "Oh well why don't you just stop." to me that is like telling somebody who needs a wheelchair to move around " Hey just get up and walk". It just soesn't work that way. Now some of you, even right now, may be saying to yourselves, "Oh well I've never seen him act like this before, so he must not really have it." Well let me tell you, I do have it. I am only being more ticy right now because I feel uncomfortable. And that makes my tourettes worse. Let me just say one more thing, and I know that i am not just saying this for myself but for the thousands of people who stand behind me that also suffer from tourette's, and the millions out there that have any sort of mentall, physical, or emotional  Handicap, even thought I do not act or function like you do, that doesn't mean that i don't feel emotionally like you do!

Friendship's Field

Ordinary World: Iris is a tom-boy. She is 11 and so she does not have to work on the farm yet. She runs around playing all day long. She pretends that she is a Scottish soldier. She plays pranks on her sister. "You have an amazing imagination Ira." Her real name is Iris, but she hates it.
Call to Adventure: Ira's dad hires some mexican families to help out on the farm.
Refusal to Call: Ira and her sisters do not really want to have Mexican families around because it will be the source of fights.
Meeting with the Mentor: Ira meets Oscar, one of the helpers on the farm, he teaches her to accept all people.
Crossing the Threshold: Ira plays with Oscar everyday. "This is my new friend Oscar." They become good friends.
Tests, Allies, Enemies: Kids in the town are mean to Ira and Oscar. "I wouldn't bring him out in public if I were you."
Approach: Kids pick on her, but she is still nice to Oscar, and stands up for him.
Ordeal: Oscar's older brother gets ran over bu Todd.
Reward:  Ira and Oscar are still friends.
The Road Back: School starts again and she makes new friends at school. Oscar stopped playing with her and talking to her. Ira gets in a fight.
Resurrection: Oscar hears what Ira did for him and starts to play with her again. Oscars older brother is nice to Ira's older sister.
Return with Elixer: Ira and Oscar have an unforgettable and unbreakable friendship. They keep little pictures that they drew for each other forever. The are great friends even though they never see each other again.

Ordinary World

Georgie was living in an ordinary life. Georgie was a chicken, and lived everyday the same as the one before it. She woke up every morning at sunrise, and sat on after a man had collected her eggs she would peck first at the south-west corner and then move on to the south-east corner. Then she would listen to the stray cat Matilda, and gossip with her, until noon. The She would rest until dinner, and after dinner she layed her eggs, and then went to bed. Now she could have easily entered into a special world. Say, if Matilda got caught by a dog catcher or if a fox entered into the chicken coop. Or if the rooster, Bill died, but Geaorgie never thought that any of this would happen.
Then one day Everything changed... A mountain Lion came down from the mountains, and shredded the chicken coop. Georgie ran as fast as she could, and she did make it away alive, but was lost in the woods to the side of the coop. She never found her way back.