Snow ((Hey oh))

Snow (Hey oh)- Red Hot Chili Peppers

Come to decide that the things that I tried
Were in my life just to get high on
When I sit alone come get a little known
But I need more than myself this time

Step from the road to the sea to the sky
And I do believe it, we rely on
When I lay it on come get to play it on
All my life to sacrifice

Refrain:
Hey oh, listen what I say, oh
I got your hey oh, now listen what I say, oh

When will I know that I really can't go
To the well once more time to decide on
When it's killing me, when will I really see
All that I need to look inside

Come to believe that I better not leave
Before I get my chance to ride
When it's killing me, what do I really need
All that I need to look inside

Refrain:
Hey oh, listen what I say, oh
Come back and hey oh, look at what I say, oh

Stick:
The more I see, the less I know
The more I like to let it go
Hey oh, whoa

Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Privately divided by a world so undecided
And there's nowhere to go

In between the cover of another perfect wonder
And it's so white as snow
Running to the field where all my tracks will be concealed
And there's nowhere to go

When to descend to amend for a friend
All the channels that have broken down
Now you bring it up, I'm gonna ring it up
Just to hear you sing it out

Step from the road to the sea to the sky
And I do believe what we rely on
When I lay it on, come get to play it on
All my life to sacrifice

Refrain:
Hey oh, listen what I say, oh
I got your hey oh, listen what I say, oh

Stick:
The more I see, the less I know
The more I like to let it go
Hey oh, whoa

Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Privately divided by a world so undecided
And there's nowhere to go

In between the cover of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Running through the field where all my tracks will be concealed
And there's nowhere to go

I said hey, hey yeah, oh yeah, tell my Love now
Hey, hey yeah, oh yeah, tell my Love now
Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow

Privately divided by a world so undecided
And there's nowhere to go
Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow

Running through the field where all my tracks will be concealed
And there's nowhere to go
I said hey, oh yeah, oh yeah, tell my love now
Hey, hey yeah, oh yeah

     Cocaine- (Street Names: Coke, Snow, Crack, Rock). Snow in this song refers to cocaine, a white powdery substance. Lead singer Anthony Kiedis' drug of choice. In this song he tells people "Hey oh, listen what I say, oh", so he can tell about being addicted to drugs. Only when the drugs are killing him does he look back to the decisions he's made "...When it's killing me, when will I really see...". The song has an abundance of internal rhyme as well. "Now you bring it up, I'm gonna ring it up", "Deep beneath the cover of another perfect wonder" and "Now you bring it up, I'm gonna ring it up". Along with the internal rhyme there is assonance "When to descend to amend for a friend".

In Memory

     I silently scuttled to my pew and sat next to my parents. The funeral was about to begin. A man who looked almost older than my late grandfather appeared at the podium.
     "To those of you who don't know me, I'm am the younger brother to the late Robert McWilliams", Grumbled the ancient man, "My brother lived a long tiresome life. He put in an unprecedented amount of hours into the workforce and double that into his family"
     He wore a solom expression upon a face that like a dirty old rag that had been discarded to lay folded in a heap.
     "For the greater portion of his life, he was the favourite in our family, he was choclate and I was black liquorice"
     A small laugh went through the crowd.
     Reluctlantly, the man continued as two pictures of my grandfather appeared behind him, "The years were rough on my brother, he was once young and had had the energy of a child on christmas morning, later in his life, he was stricken with arthritis, as you all know"
     A brief flash came back to me. A picture of my grandfather lying in his bed weeks before passing away. He was a dormant volcano waiting to explode in an eruption of pain in only a matter of days. The thought made me miss him more than ever. I let the old man continue....

     I am Stuart Johnston, The Great. Yes.  I am the definition of greatness. I am the role model to young children and misguided teens. I am on the path to destiny. My life has seemed to be: written, edited, proofread, and rewritten by the lord himself. If you have ever seen me, which you haven't, you would have been honoured to be in my presence.

     You could fill an entire stadium, yet only one essay, with all the achievements I've collected in my lifetime . In a single day I have been: on, under, around, and in Mt. Everest. I have taken a bullet for the president. Darkness scares me. I thrive on any kind of speed, minus the drug. I only catch a cold to throw it back. I can ski.

The Man of Mice

     In the book Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck depicts the character George as a quick-witted, crusty guy with a one of a kind friendship with Lennie. Gary Sinise turned this book into a movie. I felt his portrayal of George was off. At the beginning of the movie, George and Lennie are walking down the road to the ranch, George stood only slightly smaller then Lennie did. My impression from the book was that George was significantly smaller then Lennie. Also, in the movie, I thought George was too clean and his friendship with Lennie was not developed enough. I pictured George as being a rough little guy with some signs of hard times in the past upon him, but instead we get a clean shaven man that looks like he has no place on a farm. Lastly, I thought that the relationship that George and Lennie wasn't right. It seemed that George showed little optimism when reciting their "dream"  by the riverside for the first time. Also, when George talked of their past, he sowed more frustration than forgiveness. When the time came that they were sitting at the riverside for the final time, George just pulled the trigger on Lennie with no hesitation. I believe it was the book's dramatic build up to that shot, that reinforced their friendship throughout the entire story. Besides, what is Gary Sinise doing shooting people like that, I thought he only dealt with people that had already been shot.   (CSI NY)