Monday, April 28th, 2008
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2:37 pm - Hate Crime Presentation
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My project for Hate Crime is finally tomorrow.
My part for the project was to write out the scene that we are reading to the class.
This is it-
Could everyone please close their eyes.
It is June 6, 1998. You, a well-liked local black man join your family at a party on one side of your small town of Jasper, Texas. Although alcohol is prohibited in Jasper, you and your family drink comfortably in the presence of each other and your friends.
At ___a.m. you leave the party to walk home. You begin walking down Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, a well-known road not far from the safety of your own home.
Across town, two white men, recently released from prison, drink in comfort at their apartment on the main drag of the city. A married ex girlfriend comes over to re-kindle a lost flame with James King, who shows her all of his racist tattoos he acquired in prison. One of which is a picture of a black man hanging from the limb of tree. While this is happening, the current pregnant girlfriend arrives at the apartment but is not allowed in. As she leaves, a third white man drives up in his truck after a late night of managing the movie theatre. The three white men, with nothing to do decide to hop in the truck to go for a joyride.
You are still walking when you notice _____ driving home. He doesn’t offer you a ride because he can tell form your staggered walk that you have been drinking and he needs to make his ___ a.m. curfew.
A few minutes later you notice a familiar face, Shawn Allen Berry driving down the road, he stops and offers you a ride and you accept, believing he would drive you home. You hop into the bed of the truck and when you are offered a beer, you gladly accept. You notice two other men in the front seat.
After stopping at a local convenient store, you switch places with the two other men in the cab of the truck. Moments later, you are on a far off logging road deep in the thicket of the forest. You ask where you are headed, at this point wanting to return home when you hear a pound on the top of truck telling the driver to stop. The 2 men in the bed of the truck come to your door and grab you, trying to pull you out of the car. You, unwilling to move fight to stay in your seat. Out of nowhere you hear “FUCK, LET’S JUST KILL THIS NIGGER,” and you become helpless with no one but the three white men around you. Next thing you know, you are on the ground. You feel excruciating pain all over your body from the brutal kicks and after one man hurts his toe, he blames you and kicks you in the face. You hear Shawn yell at the other two to stop but in no time, he joins in the beating.
After what feels like hours of miserable torture but what was just minutes ago a fun filled night with laughter and friends, your dignity sinks. One of the men grabs a can of black spray paint from the truck and you feel your eyes swell as it is sprayed in your face. You hear the clinking of chains as your pants are pulled down, leaving your flesh exposed, you urinate as you feel your ankles knotted together by the cold chains that are squeezing nothing but your raw skin and bony ankles together. You hear the footsteps crushing the branches by your ears as the men make their way back to the front seat of the car. The engine starts and you pray they are leaving. Suddenly you feel the wheels and the weight of the car squishing your entire body. You can’t scream and help is hopeless. You realize you are chained to the back of the truck and this is only the beginning.
As the truck drives forward, you feel EVERYTHING. Your blood continuously spills out of your open gashes. With your sight blinded, your senses focus on feeling every single blade of grass, every single open wound, every single crushed bone and every single link of chain wrapped around your bleeding legs.
You keep your head up, praying that the car will stop and this won’t be the last moment of your life. The dragging stops as your body is flung out of the chain. You think finally it is over and you have survived until you hear the car stop and the men walking back toward you. Once again, the chain is around your body and the car is started up again.
The dragging continues.
The snapping of twigs leaves from under your body and you suddenly feel the scraping of black asphalt along your back and elbows. Each rock on the road emits a sharper pain as your blood leaks out and draws a line of evidence that you were once here. Your face turns over and suddenly your dentures are slashed from your mouth. You continue to keep your head up when suddenly the long chain flings you to one side of the road where your head meets a curb and with the speed of the truck and the force of the impact your body, from your shoulders down, is torn form your head. You are now decapitated. Your headless body continues to drag down the road. The dragging ends after 3 miles of agony and torment. You headless body is left at the front of a segregated cemetery at the end of the road.
The sun rises while pieces of your body are left unfound. As local town members wake to prepare for a peaceful walk to church, limbs and blood are discovered up and down Huff Creek Road.
Thoughts, comments?
current mood:  accomplished
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
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10:26 pm - Spring Fling!
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Ahh what a fun week ahead of me!
Tomorrow night is Cinco De Mayo themed
Wednesday is St. Patricks Day
Thursday is 4th of July
and Friday is New Years
This is the best week at Arizona- FOR SURE!
Other than that- I am super stressed.
Spanish Test Tomorrow
Ag Ed Presentation on Monday
Psych Test on Tuesday
Geo Test on Wed
5-10 page paper due on Thursday
AND HOME FOR THE WEEKEND!!! yayyy
current mood:  stressed
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Sunday, March 30th, 2008
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11:13 am - Deep in the Heart
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Texas sounds SO good right now.
I hate these phases that I go through, as soon as my decision is made-what if I regret it?
The only reason I feel like I need to stay is because I don't want to mess up the room situation, but that really isn't fair to me, I have to do what I have to do.
I just want to be home right now.
current mood:  sad
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
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5:06 pm - back to school
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Got back to Tucson about 4 hours ago...
I am now ready for summer.
I hate school..well I hate school work.
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
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4:48 pm
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Ok- So I am READY for this semester to be over.
My classes are getting really hard, but im keeping up and making the grades so its all good.
I had a geo test on Monday and I studied REALLY hard for it. When I left the test I felt pretty good but I can't talk about it because my roommate ran off crying.
It happens...
Mmm. I don't know what to do about Texas!!
current mood:  determined
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
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1:28 pm - i got it from my momma
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Mom's weekend!!!
Mom comes today! :)
current mood:  excited
current music: Spice Girls- Goodbye
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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008
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11:16 pm - Here it goes again, put on that deserving tone.
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Hillary Clinton came and spoke at U of A tonight. I waited in line for about 2 hours just to get in. I had to go to the bathroom SO bad so Jessie came with me and we ended up getting these awesome seats! Carly, Jill, Leslie, Molly and Pailey didn't come and when we called them to come up, they couldn't make it so they had to stay downstairs where they couldn't see/hear.
Anyway, I didn't know how I felt about Clinton before tonight and though she isn't my favorite candidate, she had some pretty good thoughts. I really liked a lot of what she had to say and I would vote for her over any of the republican candidates, except Guliani who has dropped unfortunatley.
Anyway, Chelsea was with her and they were so cute together. When they were standing on stage they had their arms around each other and it made me miss mom So much! It was really cute.
During her talk a girl fainted in the audiene and Hillary noticed and started asking for help. No one was really doing anything so Chelsea grapped Hil's water and brought it over to the girl. The rest of the night, Chelsea was passing out water bottels throughout the speech. It was pretty funny.
Then we all went to dinner at the one and only IN-N-Out...so good..NOT!
we saw "Over her Dead Body" with Eva Longoria and it was really weird. There were some funny parts but overall the movie was just okay.
I am writing my Texas transfer papers tonight..not going out. I've got one down, one to go.
Lots to do.
current mood:  nervous
current music: Guster- C'Mon
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
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2:06 pm - She used to be the sweetest girl...
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Ohh what a week it has been so far.
This past weekend was SO long.
I no longer have class on Friday and we had Monday off...it was like the longest weekend ever.
Sunday night I wasn't able to go out because I got really sick.
I was up ALL night either throwing up...or loosing everything out of the other side (: /) eh.
I skipped Spanish yesterday so I could go to the health center. I have absolutley NO strength.
I went up to the PSU today and after I got up the stairs I was so out of breath...
Oy.
I do feel better..it just sucks have no energy and not really being able to eat real food..i have been eating crakers, jello and bread for the past 3 days!
This semester is going to FLY! Half way through it is Spring Break...as opposed to last semester when I had to go almost the entire semester until I got a break.
I like all of my classes. They are going to be HARD but good. Very interesting.
current mood:  drained
current music: Sweetest Girl- Akon, Wyclef Jean, Nila, Lil Wayne
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Friday, January 11th, 2008
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12:42 am - Fly away to someone new
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Just spent my last night with Nat and Linds of this break. They both leave tomorrow.
This break went by so quickly and I am sad to leave but I am also ready. I made it from June to Novemeber without seeing them and I know that SB will be here faster than ever.
I feel good about things right now.
current mood:  mellow
current music: Counting Crows- Holiday in Spain
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Monday, December 10th, 2007
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11:37 pm - so little time so much to do..
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HOME TOMORROW.
5 weeks of beaumont!
current mood: accomplished
current music: So Little Time Theme
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007
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2:41 pm - stop right now...thankyou very much.
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I just remembered why i was OBSESSED with the Spice Girls. They are fucking fabulous!
I got invited to go to their concert this friday in L.A.- but i have an effing final!
I am almost done though. I went to my last class today.
Tomorrow is dead dead.
Final on Friday
Final on Monday
FLY BACK TO BIG MONEY TUESDAY!
Represent.
current mood:  anxious
current music: Stop- Spice Girls
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
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6:38 pm - Driving through New Mexico...
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HOME in 4 days!
Get excited, Texas...IM COMING BACK.
Tonight should hopefully be fun.
I am about to go to a Margarita dinner party at La Fuente for Ashley's 19th birthday and then late night at A E Pi.
Hope the rest of the weekend is fun too.
current mood: excited
current music: Augustana- California's Burning
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Sunday, November 11th, 2007
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3:07 am - woah!
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WHAT A NIGHT.
cab ride was AMAZING. so amazzzzzzzinnnnnnng...
ka was funnnnn
what a night.
current mood:  drunk
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Friday, November 9th, 2007
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10:37 am - Now somedays...they last longer than others
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I miss you 3 so much!
You know who you are...
...but this day, by the lake went too fast.
current mood:  nostalgic
current music: Rilo Kiley- With Arms Outstretched
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
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2:50 pm - Jesus Camp
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I watched the sickest thing in my english class today.
Never in my life have I felt so physically sick to my stomach.
current mood:  sick
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
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1:45 pm - Be my friend, hold me.
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I am feeling a little lost right now.
I am ready and I know I am.
Thanksgiving break in 2 weeks! I am SO excited. It's like 2 sessions of ToKs or something like that...
I haven't been home in SO long.
Abby is in Chicago..she love it.
Benson came home yesterday. Dad says he won't leave his side. Poor thing.
I'm not sure whats going to happen with the B-dog. But i hope its good news and not bad news.
I have really come to realize that I am ready for a relationship. It's time. I always thought I was ready before but I think it was just that I wanted one. But now, I am actually READY for one. I can handle it. It won't be like that first one I had and I think part of the problem was that I wasn't ready...I didn't know how to handle it and now I do. I wish he knew that.
current mood:  indifferent
current music: Breathe Me- SIA
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
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2:06 pm - b-dog
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I miss Benson.
current mood:  depressed
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Sunday, October 28th, 2007
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2:18 pm - It started with rush, A E PHI was our crush...
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I am an official active member of Alpha Epsilon Phi.
Initiation week was this past week so I am sorry if you couldn't get a hold of me.
LML,
Rachel
current mood: accomplished
current music: Bubbly-Colbie Caillat
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007
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10:56 pm - monkey see...monkey do
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My parents dropped me off at my dorm about 30 minutes ago and i don't get to see them again until Thanksgiving.
I am in tears right now. I hate leaving them. It was like this when they left after moving me in.
Move in was the first time I had seen them since June 18th and I got to spend less than 48 hours with them then. I thought that was the reason I was so sad but here I am, crying again after spending 3 fun days with them.
4 more weeks until thanksgiving (about) and I feel so stressed. I have a paper due Monday and a Spanish test Wednesday and I need to register for next semester and who knows when initiation is.
I just really miss my 3 girls. I miss having that set group to go out with.
But even my Beaumont friend don't sound comforting (except nat, al and linds of course). Half of those city kid hate me for no reason. They just judged me on what they thought they knew.
I love Arizona- it is just so hard to make good friends and everyone says it won't happen for real until I move into the house next year.
I have thought about a transfer to Texas but I don't know if that is something I want to do anymore either. The greek system is going downhill there.
I just want to be in my house with my family.
current mood: depressed
current music: DMB-Proudest Monkey
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Sunday, October 14th, 2007
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11:38 pm
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I get to see my parents this Thursday!
I am really excited. That means -1 month until I am back in Texas.
current mood: bouncy
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