Smith English Comp 0810 Friday‚ October 17‚ 2014 Disastrous Date Men are clueless creatures when it comes to planning and carrying out a good first date. It seems that some have no idea how to act‚ what to do‚ where to go‚ or what to wear on a date. I am not speculating about this by any means; it is something I have learned from personal experience. I have had my fair share of bad dates‚ really bad dates‚ and even horrible disastrous dates. However‚ when thinking back there is one in particular
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A DISASTROUS DATE by Gizel E. Vega Oquendo I remember my first date. Not only because it was my first romantic experience with who I considered during that time "the boy of my dreams"‚ but also because it was one of the most embarrasing experiences of my life. I was 17 years old back then‚ but I remember it like if it was yesterday. We took a long road trip from Carolina to the Old San Juan. Along the way we were sharing experiences and funny anecdotes‚ we were telling each other the kind of stories
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There was this time I went out on a blind date. OK‚ not totally blind‚ because I’d met this guy on the Internet‚ and had sort of seen pictures. But this is back in the day when Internet dating only first kicked off and digital cameras weren’t what they are now. Anyway‚ you get the picture - the photos weren’t that clear. I thought it was a bit weird that when we were corresponding the guy kept on asking how tall I was‚ making a real big deal out of it. In one email he said he even got out a measuring
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WS201- Journal Writing 1 My disastrous date October 18th‚ 2014 was the day which I cannot not to embrace it in my mind. That was a Saturday‚ which I did not have to take my evening classes at IFL as weekday schedules. That was a very special day I wished to have in my life for these twenty years. Personally‚ it was supposed to be an exciting moment; however‚ things was not that as expected. The story was initially started by a night before it‚ which was in October 17th‚ 2014. On that night‚ I
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Most movies today‚ are pointless and are a waste of money‚ compared to how movies used to be with an interesting storyline and perhaps inspiring lesson learned. The movie‚ 50 First dates‚ is an inspiring‚ romantic comedy about how having hope inspires to accomplish the impossible. It stars Adam Sandler (Henry)‚ Drew Barrymore (Lucy) and Rob Schneider (Ula). Henry is a veterinarian at Sea Life Park in Hawaii. He has a reputation of womanizing female tourists‚ and shows no interest in a serious relationship
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The International Date Line (IDL) is an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth‚ that runs from the north to the south pole and demarcates one calendar day from the next. It passes through the middle of the Pacific Ocean‚ roughly following the 180° longitude but it deviates to pass around some territories and island groups. The International Date line is on the opposite side of the Earth to the Prime Meridian. The Prime Meridian helps to define Universal Time and is the meridian from which
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50 First Dates Henry Roth is a marine-life veterinarian at Sea Life Park on the island of Hawaii who has a reputation of being a ladies man and targets female tourists and he has no interest in committing to a serious relationship with these ladies. He constantly gives these women excuses as to why he can’t give them his number. He owns an old boat which he plans to use to fulfil his dream. His friend Ula who happens to be his workmate and his closest friend is a marijuana-smoking Islander and Henry’s
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christian M&F Mr. Bouma Unit 1 Dangers of Date Rape In America‚ a woman is raped every two minutes‚ according to the U.S. Department of Justice. One in four women are victims of rape or attempted rape‚ 84 % of those women knew their attacker‚ 57 % of the rapes have happened while on dates. About 42 % of the victims told no one‚ 38 % of the women raped are between the ages of 14-17. 75 % of men and 55 % of the women involved in date rape had been drinking or taking drugs before the attack
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Date rape drug From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Date rape drug refers to any drug that can be used to assist in the commission of a sexual assault (date rape). The term originated in journalism and has no strict scientific or legal definition‚ because a wide variety of drugs can be used to incapacitate a person‚ and all of them have sometimes been taken willingly by people in other situations. Drugs used to facilitate rape may have sedative‚ hypnotic‚ dissociative‚ and/or amnesiac effects
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50 first dates plot Henry Roth‚ a womanising marine-life veterinarian living in Hawaii‚ meets Lucy Whitmore‚ an art teacher‚ in a café one morning. They hit it off and agree to meet in the café the next morning. The following day‚ however‚ Lucy seems not to remember anything about Henry and their meeting. The café owner pulls Henry aside and explains that Lucy suffers from amnesia (called ’Goldfield Syndrome’ in the movie) as a result of a car accident a year earlier. Her condition has left her
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