Doughnuts revisited

Delectable Doughnut Delights
These Krispy Kreme doughnuts are phenomenal! Regardless of what other people say about them I feel they are unequalled in flavor and quality. I always revel in the mid-morning rush to school along the roads leading to the epicenter of my breakfast needs. The thrill of knowing that I have so many choices brings me to the point of pure ecstasy and upon viewing the Krispy Kreme neon sign stating “Hot” and “Now” I feel within a surge of pure joy that I will once again be able to taste the many varieties of this confectionary masterpiece. Although simple in nature the versatility of this device is unparalleled. Some days I prefer the jelly or cream filled doughnuts and others I prefer the doughnut holes themselves. Such delectable morsels these “holes” it makes me wish they gave you the hole from every doughnut. Not only are the sizes and shapes dynamic but even by changing the simple coverings of these pastries Krispy Kreme has created numerous delectable variations that anyone could love! This brings me to my main point that all of the doughnuts produced by Krispy Kreme seem to me to be elevated to a higher standard than those other doughnuts found elsewhere. For example when I do not have time to visit the Krispy Kreme or I perhaps am in a different area than normal, the gas station doughnuts do not even cross my mind. This is because they have never even come close to satiating my desire for doughnuts and to even indulge in a mere imitation would be a smack in the face to the food I have come to love. This at the same time would be an insult to my craving and leave me wanting even more. Even the doughnuts from other bakeries cannot fully indulge my hunger. Just as cigarette smoker’s dream of the morning cigarette, I dream of the morning doughnut. If Krispy Kreme were to go out of business (which I should hope they do not) I would feel withdrawals and most likely never enjoy mornings to their full extent ever again. Like a regular coffee drinker I imagine myself being irritable, on edge, and unhappy for the course of the day without doughnuts and almost cannot even stand the thought of not getting my fix. This being said with a loyal customer like me, and many others I am sure, I do not see the future of this bakery being a dismal one and hope that they stay in business producing these consumable works of art until long after I am dead.
-This was an in class assignment that we wrote about in about forty minutes and was on the subject of doughnuts. I chose to write a rave about Krispy Kreme doughnuts from the perspective of a very satisfied customer who felt very strongly about their doughnuts being the best. The posted essay however has been improved in a few ways. Originally the intro read, “Regardless of what other people say about the sugar content or health risks I find them to be unparalleled in flavor and quality” and I felt that that was not what I wanted to say. In the same sentence I also substituted the word unequalled for the word unparalleled because when I was rereading my essay I found that I used unequalled only a few sentences later so I changed the word to add diction variety. Finally, to further emphasize my point on how only doughnuts from Krispy Kreme would satisfy me, I added the line, “Even the doughnuts from other bakeries cannot fully indulge my hunger” to simply place more emphasis on how serious I am about my opinion. All in all, this was an easy assignment that I think I did well on to begin with, but the revision process can only make my work better and refine the quality of my work.

Small moments

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I came upon this event today and did not realize what I had seen. Along the usually empty road I saw almost a hundred women cycling in a large pack. As they were passing the oil rig, many took notice and seemed to pedal on with renewed vigor. Perhaps they were involved in some race, their colors certainly denoted they were sponsored and their determination suggested competition. Looking quite small, as we all do, against the tall sand dunes these women seemed to fly by and within two minutes they were gone. I, however, did not forget this scene, I took a mental picture as they passed me and thought long and hard about how symbolic this mental image of mine could be. In the foreground there were the female cyclists and in the background there were large tan sand dunes and one lone oil rig lit aflame at the top. I remembered seeing some of the cyclists push on harder even though they were obviously tired and I thought that perhaps this flaming landmark was also a marker in the race and that the end was perhaps near where I was currently. The beacon of light may also have given the riders some confidence. I say this because motion is relative to your location and if your eyes can not see that you are moving you will not feel that you are moving, like when you are in an elevator you know that you are moving up but you do not see the movement. This would not apply fully to them, but because of the barren landscape of this desert there would be relatively few if any landmarks to notice your motion from. Although they know they are moving quickly the length of the desert most likely seems tenfold due to the empty nature of it. How happy would I have been if I had biked some designated mileage through this landscape and finally gazed upon the tower aflame? Perhaps it felt to them as a needed checkpoint on their long race. I wondered if any of the ladies had remembered that point of the race as I had or thought back on it deeply. I also wondered who won but I had plenty of time to figure out that later, and right then all I wanted was to remember that moment and how without either me or the women expecting it, a simple oil rig had perhaps impacted part of our lives. I do enjoy these little moments where life takes us by surprise and feel that those are moments I live for. I always try to take a different path than I did the day before and look for the small things, because I feel like it is these small moments and small victories that lead us to a satisfied and happy self throughout our lives.

The Forgotten and Discarded

Books come in all shapes and sizes. Ranging from pocket sized novellas to novels that are thousands of pages long; books have always played an important role in society. When writing began they were first used as the keepers of history and the cultures of people. Eventually evolving into many forms other than information storage, books have varied greatly in design, physical structure, and purpose. For example, after the long oral tradition of myth and legend telling came books that recorded these down to the exact word and no longer did any have to slip away in time. Even today we have classic children’s stories (based usually on darker predecessors) that children can use to learn how to read or parents can use to help their children fall asleep. My first book I ever read was a Dr. Seuss book called “One fish, Two fish” in which colorful fish adorn the pages alongside the rhyming diction commonly found in his books. However, with the invention of computers, the internet, and movies, most people have seemed to forget how important and most of all entertaining a book can be. They contain stories that stimulate the mind and imagination far beyond that of a screen, yet they are consistently overshadowed. I am even guilty of reading less and less as I have gotten older. I replaced my consistent reading with video games (I think this is because I have had to read more and more for school but who knows) and now I read less frequently for pleasure than ever before. I feel that instead of wanting to use their imagination people now are always looking for that instant gratification and entertainment that requires the least amount of effort. Watching television, for example, is probably one of the laziest things a person can do, yet almost everyone does it daily. I’m definitely not saying there is nothing good about television but when compared to the great things books and literature have done for us, there’s hardly a comparison between the two. One has given us the ability to gain, record, further, and pass along knowledge while the other is filled with one “reality” show after the next (which I loathe). I know I probably sound like a nerdy bookworm, but I feel desperate to revert to the days when I would stay up late at night not playing video games or watching television, but when I would catch myself awake hours past the time I wanted to fall asleep because I just had to finish the chapter in the book I was reading. Books are not only important, but amazing. Let’s just not all forget them within our busy lives.