Did Ya? by Matt Tracy I wonder if anyone ever thought of any of the stuff I propose? [597 words]
Turning Fifty by Danny I. Spitler The author takes a reflective look at reaching the half century mark. [999 words]
The Morning Shower by Danny I. Spitler Does anyone else suffer these issues associated with the morning shower? [940 words]
Stranger To Myself by Omar Longoria “Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secre... [1,225 words]
A Thanksgiving Monday by Danny I. Spitler The author has a reflective and enlightening evening following Thanksgiving. [809 words]
The Vaporeal Defecation Of A Mental Diarrheatic by Crazy Clown I just had so much fun writing the other two displays of inanit... [951 words]
The Unfortunate Homophobe by Crazy Clown An interspective on a homophobe who wishes he wasn't, and some ideas and opinions on ... [1,131 words]
The Demented Monologue Of A Downright Imbecile by Crazy Clown Another display of foolishness and inanity, from the one who can... [1,246 words]
The Bed by Danny I. Spitler The author gains appreciation for the consistency brought to his life by an inanimate object [791 words]
She's Just Relaxing by Danny I. Spitler She's just relaxing on the sofa; however..... [626 words]
Fathers And Sons And Baseball by Danny I. Spitler Three generations share an uniquely American experience. Opening Day. [1,078 words]
Well, Shit by Crazy Clown A rather... interesting essay on the worlds worst waste. Requires a unique state of mind to enjoy pr... [1,020 words]
Swimming With Sharks by Danny I. Spitler The author experiences an encounter with a large Lemon Shark in Tahiti [835 words]
Some Explanation Is In Order by Crazy Clown You might come to this title expecting a deep, philosophical, or thought-provoking... [447 words]
Ramblings Of A Crazy Dude by Michael Hunter hee hee. I can write whatever I want in here! bwa ha. Unfortunately, I can't thi... [629 words]
My Dog Opposes Communism by Tcn Actually submitted to a high school teacher. I guess I was feeling like a rebel at the... [862 words]
Free Food by Danny I. Spitler There's no such thing as a free lunch. Wrong. There is tons of free food, as this author points out.... [1,031 words]
Dragonball Z - Akira Toryama's Drug Trip? by Crazy Clown An essay worthy of the label of Crazy Clown, about the sheer ludicrou... [989 words]
A Place I'd Like To Forget by Tcn Another school piece. Writing about a grocery store job I held during the summer. I ... [898 words]
It's Wednesday by Danny I. Spitler The author reflects on his lover. [143 words]
Bruce Willis: One Of The Sexiest Men Alive by L Chapman - [176 words]
American Tale by Steven R. Kravsow "I stood behind the old man in the check-out line at the local convenience store. A navy blue Yan... [629 words]
Screw Common Sense by Michael Hunter It's a college essay thingy. I was just reading some sample essays and got an urge to write... [993 words]
Food Stamp Day by L Chapman - [247 words]
Cellular Consciousness: From Quantum Physics To Alternative Medicine by Lissa N Metz-Gomez A research paper linking quantum physics ... [1,660 words]
Why Do Some People Learn A Foreign Language So Easily Whereas Others Find It So Difficult? by J. Rodegheri Have you ever felt ... [2,257 words]
Think Before You Write by Richard Koss My observations, after reading the work of many aspiring young writers, prompted me to w... [988 words]
After The Rain - How The West Lost The East by Sam Vaknin An anthology of 180 previously published articles and essays regard... [11,318 words]
Philosophical Musings by Sam Vaknin More than 150 essays about various topics in current philosophy. The main emphases are on... [10,353 words]
Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited by Sam Vaknin The Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Pathological Narcissism De... [5,066 words]
The Value Of Material Things by Jennifer Nobile Raymond This was an essay I entered for a contest in Ladie's Home Journal. [749 words]
Lime's Diary Of Madness by Lime a true story [782 words]
Whispering To Death by Lewd Muse Not quite sure why I wrote this. I just let my muse take control and saw what happened. E... [279 words]
The Lost Generation by Julia Riffle A short essay. [789 words]
The Debate Goes On by Clark G Curtis This is a personal look at the wonderful world of boxer shorts and jockey underwear and why ... [1,507 words]
On Art (II) - The Response Of The True And Artificial Artists To Inspiration by Erik The second of my essays on art. H... [1,058 words]
On Art (I) - The True Vs. The Artificial Artist by Erik This is the first of a collection in the making on my views abo... [1,373 words]
Getting A Free Lunch On Bay Street by Howard Freedman This is about freeloaders and annual corporate meetings... They ain't there... [756 words]
Colombia by Iveth Jaramillo A DEEP SELF-ANALYSIS OF A CHILD'S FEELINGS. [370 words]
No To The Death Penalty by Alejandro Dubois Arrese This is an essay saying why the death penalty should be illegalized in the United State... [314 words]
Adoptions by Juliana Carrillo An essay. [678 words]
Qualities Of The Perfect Teacher by Laura Méndez This is just kind of a personal essay of what I think are the qualities of the... [449 words]
Life by Carolina Arango - [591 words]
Global Vision by Iveth Jaramillo What I think all of us look like. [333 words]
Friends Are Forever by Adriana Garcia An essay. [991 words]
Poem Analysis by Ana Lucia Mora An essay. [807 words]
Cloning by Federico Rivera Burrowes An essay. [651 words]
An Education Problem by Juan Jose Duran Talks about how important it is to educate children. [317 words]
Rocky by Ana Torres - [436 words]
Evil Vs. Goodness by David Valencia - [217 words]
Jewels Of Joy - Life's Little Glories by Abigail I Copuyoc - [468 words]
Freedom by Maria Camila Bernal An essay. [786 words]
A Tour Through Colombia by Juliana Carrillo - [425 words]
Ironic
Songs From My Attic by Steven R. Kravsow While rummaging through my attic, I discovered a box of old sheet music from the turn of th... [1,878 words]
Pride by Erik This is the first of what is intended to be a collection of essays revolving around the Seven Deadly Sins... [1,469 words]
A Dream by Lawrence Vaduva Sometimes dreams are so close to reality it's hard to tell the difference.... [1,005 words]
Intolerance by Erik This is an essay about intolerance, prejudice, and other mad things which should not exist in socie... [1,525 words]
The Girlfriend Before I Lost My Virginity by Jimmy Hap This is a short Essay dedicated to the last innocent realationship an... [483 words]
Remembering Jamie by Jennifer L O'callaghan Thoughts following the unexpected death of an old friend [793 words]
Dragons, A Collection by Gary Bolstridge Dragons - The belief in dreams and inspiration must be encouraged in everyone. [231 words]
Paths To Take, Decisions To Make by A C Christine An essay about deciding on life's many trying ways that can confuse and astoun... [209 words]
Coffee With a Side of Greatness
A Slice of Hope
Saying Goodbye...
...Arawak Language
Hibiscus
Suomi (Finland)
Cuban Wall
The Child That I (Never) Knew
Thoughts on Mothers
Oh Canada
Go to page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 [11]
| |
TITLE (EDIT)
Ironic |
DESCRIPTION
-
[1,456 words] |
AUTHOR
Juliana Carrillo |
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
-
[March 2000] |
AUTHOR'S E-MAIL ADDRESS
julicarrillo@hotmail.com |
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (3)
A Tour Through Colombia (Essays) - [425 words]
Adoptions (Essays) An essay. [678 words]
Lake Wakatipu (Short Stories) It is a myth about New Zealand. It is not real, I invented it! [715 words]
|
Ironic
Juliana Carrillo
Sometimes things happen and we wish we had done something to stop them, but we didn’t. Or, sometimes we wish we hadn’t said or acted in a way, and only afterwards we realize how bad or inappropriate we were. Life can be ironic and sometimes these thoughts come to our minds. There are many stories, or urban myths, that we are not certain they occurred, they just pass on from generation to generation and we don’t know if they are true or not. Some of these tales make us think how ironic life can be.
An example of some of these stories is one that occurred in a low resource neighborhood in Cali. A woman was walking down the street when she saw a young boy lying in the ground, crying and badly hurt. She took him to the nearest hospital but the doctors refused to accept him since she said it wasn’t her son, and that she didn’t have money to pay the hospital for the treatment of the boy.
Eventually the boy died, there, in front of the nurses and the rest of the people in the waiting room. The lady told them to take the body because it was the least thing they could do for her. The mean doctor asked the nurses to take the boy to a room in the second floor. And as the nurses carried the body of the 10-year-old boy, the doctor looked at his face and realized it was his son.
The following is an urban myth that is very ironic, I got it by e-mail, and it was like a chain so people read it and think about drinking and driving. Jenny was so happy about the house they had found. For once in her life it was on the right side of town. She unpacked her things with such great ease. As she watched her new curtains blow in the breeze. How wonderful it was to have her own room. School would be starting, she'd have friends over soon. There'd be sleepovers, and parties; she was so happy. It's just the way she wanted her life to be. On the first day of school, everything went great. She made new friends and even got a date! She thought, "I want to be popular and I'm going to be, because I just got a date with the star of the team!" To be known in this school you had to have a clout, and dating this guy would sure help her out. There was only one problem stopping her fate. Her parents had said she was too young to date. "Well I just won't tell them the entire truth. They won't know the difference; what's there to lose?" Jenny asked to stay with her friends that night. Her parents frowned but said, "All right." Excited, she got ready for the big event but as she rushed around like she had no sense, she began to feel guilty about all the lies, but what are a pizza, a party, and a moonlight ride? Well the pizza was good, and the party was great, but the moonlight ride would have to wait.
For Jeff was half drunk by this time. But he kissed her and said that he was just fine. Then the room filled with smoke and Jeff took a puff. Jenny couldn't believe he was smoking that stuff. Now Jeff was ready to ride to the point but only after he'd smoked another joint. They jumped in the car for the moonlight ride, not thinking that he was too drunk to drive. They finally made it to the point at last, and Jeff started trying to make a pass. A pass is not what Jenny wanted at all. "Perhaps my parents were right....Maybe I am too young. “Boy, how could I ever be so dumb." With all of her might, she pushed Jeff away and said: "Please take me home, I don't want to stay." Jeff cranked up the engine and floored the gas. In a matter of seconds they were going too fast. As Jeff drove on in a fit of wild anger, Jenny knew that her life was in danger. She begged and pleaded for him to slow down, but he just got faster as they neared the town. "Just let me get home! I'll confess that I lied. That I really went out for a moonlight ride." Then all of a sudden, she saw a big flash. "Oh God, Please help us! We're going to crash!"
She doesn't remember the force of impact. Just that everything all of a sudden went black. She felt someone remove her from the twisted rubble, and heard, "call an ambulance! These kids are in trouble!" A voice she heard, a few words at best. But she knew there were two cars involved in the wreck. Then she wondered if Jeff was all right, and if the people in the other car were still alive. She awoke in the hospital to faces so sad. "You've been in a wreck and it looks pretty bad." These voices echoed inside her head, as they gently told her that Jeff was dead. They said "Jenny, we've done all we can do. But it looks as if we'll lose you too." "But the people in the other car?" Jenny cried. "We're sorry, Jenny, they also died." Jenny prayed, "God, forgive me for what I've done I only wanted to have just one night of fun." "Tell those people's family, I've made their lives dim, and wish I could return their families to them." "Tell Mom and Dad I'm sorry I lied, and that it's my fault so many have died. Oh, nurse, won't you please tell them that for me?" The nurse just stood there-- she never agreed. But took Jenny's hand with tears in her eyes. And a few moments later Jenny died. A man asked the nurse, "Why didn't you do your best to bid that girl her one last request?" She looked at the man with eyes so sad. "Because the people in the other car were her mom and dad." This story is sad and unpleasant but true, so young people take heed, it could have been you.
Sometimes life can be very ironic. Who would have imagined that the little boy was the doctor’s son? Imagine his anger with himself afterwards. Or who would have thought that Jenny’s parents were the ones in the other car that crashed with them. It may be a coincidence, who knows, or simply bad luck. This reminds me of a song of Alanis Morrisette called Ironic.
IRONIC
Alanis Morrisette
An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It’s a black fly in your Chardonnay
It’s a death row pardon two minutes too late
Isn’t it ironic...don’t you think
CHORUS
It’s like rain on your wedding day
It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid
It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take
Who would’ve thought....it figures
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed is kids good-bye
He waited his whole dam life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
Well isn’t this nice...
And isn’t it ironic...don’t you think
CHORUS
It’s like rain on your wedding day
It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid
It’s the good advice hat you just didn’t take
Who would’ve thought....it figures
Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything’s okay and everything’s going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything’s gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face
A traffic jam when you’re already late
a no -smoking sign on your cigarette break
It’s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It’s meeting the man of your dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn’t it ironic...don’t you think
A little too ironic... and yeah I really do think...
CHORUS
It’s like rain on your wedding day
It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid
It’s the good advice hat you just didn’t take
Who would’ve thought....it figures
Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out
As can be seen many ironic things happen in life that may seem unfair but true. Like the stories you have just read about the doctor that let the little boy die and then realize it was his son, or the one about Jenny, the girl that disobeyed her parents and then died in a car crash. Or even the song from Alanis Morrisette; make you ponder if they are really true and if they will ever happen to you. These three examples are pretty ironic don’t you think?
|
READER'S REVIEWS (2)
DISCLAIMER: STORYMANIA DOES NOT PROVIDE AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWS. ALL REVIEWS ARE PROVIDED BY NON-ASSOCIATED VISITORS, REGARDLESS OF THE WAY THEY CALL THEMSELVES.
"Isn’t it ironic...don’t you think!!!" -- Nerpis, Normal, IL, USA.
"I'm have litl dog & cat! I want to share with you were you'll be find this for your pets: collar nice buy cat buy nice cat collar collar buy cat nice nice collar buy cat nice collar cat buy nice cat collar buy buy quality cat collar nice buy cat collar nice buy collar cat dog collar " -- Mark, Berlin, Berlin, France.
TO DELETE UNWANTED REVIEWS CLICK HERE! (SELECT "MANAGE TITLE REVIEWS" ACTION) |
|
Submit Your Review for Ironic
Required fields are marked with (*).
Your e-mail address will not be displayed.
|
|
Submit Your Rating for Ironic
|
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
© 2000 Juliana Carrillo |
STORYMANIA PUBLICATION DATE
March 2000 |
NUMBER OF TIMES TITLE VIEWED
2387
|
|
