My Diamante Poem

Homeless in Hollywood

Some people as Bruce Turner don't have to imagine having no home, no job, no family and no friends and trying to survive on the streets of one of the most dangerous cities. He spent two-and-a-half years living on the streets in Skid Row in Los Angeles, an area full of homeless people, drug addicts and prostitutes. Bruce, who is originally from Los Angeles, has been used drugs for 40 years, before becoming homeless. When he lived on the streets, he survived because of selling drugs and cheating people out of their money. Now, his life has changed. He stopped taking drugs and started working with the Los Angeles Mission, who has been assisting homeless people in LA for more than 70 years. Bruce started partecipating at the Mission two years ago. Recently he had a second job and soon he will get his own apartment. He said that being homeless was rough, but it was also fun because he could do anything he wanted. He had no bills. There were also women, so he involved with women. Some people think that who's living in Skid Row street is because of drugs, but they don't know that there are no drugs. The highest percentage of people out there have mental problems. Some others are lost and don't want to be found. For Bruce, the most misconception about homeless people is that they are dumb and dirty, but they're not. There are a lot of smart people out there and some others walk around looking sharp everyday: you can never tell they're homeless. People misjudge too much the homeless. They're not dumb because they nedd to be smart to survive!

Belt up, young men!

Florida's attempt to ban teenagers from "sagging": wearing jeans low just to show their panties, it has many precedents. In 2008, on the campaign trail, Obama told MTV that teenagers should pull up their pants. One year before the mayor of Delcombresaid that anyone who wears low jeans should pay a fine of $500 and spend six months in jails. The look os most associated to the hip-hop culture, that was born in the early 90's. The godfather of the skinny jeans, Heidi Silmane, deisgned his denims to sit well below the hip-bone, and a loot of brands have followed. Those kinds of jeans are not even easy to wear! So why do they do that? The answer is simply: rebellion. The look comes from prisoners having their belts taken away in case they use them to hang them. Showing your underpants in only an echo of lawless attitude. There's also a fact that showing your arse is just an insult that is centuries older than hip-hop. Hip-hop also permeated that boys pay no attention that a look could may seem threatening. When womes wear wear their jeans so low it shows off their knickers it's considerated alluring, while if boys do that it's a moral panic. Mosty gay-man have avoited the saggy-jeaned look. In fact, pointing out that in displaying your bottom you might be making it an object of deisre. Otherwise, no amount of nagging will stop young men sagging!

Voodoo donuts, the magic is in the hole.

Oregon is full of many bizarre tourist attractions. A fine example comes in the form of “Voodoo Doughnut” at 22 South-West Third Street. When you walk in you’ll see an oversize doughnut sculpture hanging on the wall. In the chiller cabinet big colorful doughnuts are waiting for customers. Open 24 hours a day, Voodoo Doughnut is the brainchild of two entrepreneurs and artists, Tres and Catdaddy. They wanted to open a bar, basically, is how this... how it ended up... and they couldn’t get a liquor licence. It was, like, really hard, and so they were like, “Well, let’s just do doughnuts!” And so they ended up going down to LA and went to Doughnut College, and decided to open up a doughnut shop, and wanted to do something a little bit different, and, you know, they kind of stayed with the bar idea and decided to be open all night, instead of during the day. Prices for these hand-made doughnuts start at under a dollar and go up to nearly five dollars for the most elaborate creations. The menu is constantly changing. You still find lots of All-American ingredients, such as Oreo cookies or grape frosting, and often a good dose of sexual innuendo. Death also features on the Voodoo Doughnut menu. Staff will be more than happy to prepare a coffin full of doughnuts. Sometimes new bands play in the store, there are Swahili lessons and doughnut-eating competitions. And customers can even get married beneath a holy doughnut. Yet Voodoo Doughnut’s pride and joy is the Voodoo Doll, which comes with a stake through its little heart.

 

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