How would you SHOW this instead of TELL it?

Q. I'm trying to say how my bedroom is really small. But we have to like..show it instead of tell it. How would u do that? can u give me some examples? like..the only one i can come up with is "my room is 2 times the size of a jail cell" which isn't really that good so can u help me?

A. "When you first walk into my room, you might feel like you are walking into a jail cell. The ceiling is low, like a kids' jungle gym. When I lie in my miniature bed, I can never think about anything but the mere size of the space I am forced to call 'my room.'"

Something like that. =)

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Have you ever lived in a place you never wanted to live in and always hoped you'd get out of?

Q. 1. Did you end up getting out of it?

2. How much did you hate it?

It would help if you told me what you hated about the place too. Anyways, go on and tell me your story.

A. 1. I lived in HUD housing with my mom. My siblings and I were lucky to have a mother that worked hard to find a safe place for us to grow up. My siblings are much older and moved out when I was 15, so the management told us that we had to move into a smaller apartment complex in the rough side of the neighborhood, without a storage and was left in a dirty state (even though they say they cleaned it). They even hinted that although we have a choice of a first floor apt, we're safer on the second floor.

We spent the first week cleaning it and we put our stuff in some storage unit down the street (which we lost because mom was depressed and forgot to pay on time). We had to deal with the management sending warnings every week (even though we followed the rules), coming to inspect apts every few months, our broken down truck getting broken into, crazy people screaming bloody murder through the night, some guy beating his girlfriend right below my bedroom, mothers cursing out their kids, kids playing in the hallways and buzzing our doorbell, police cars and fire trucks coming once a week, gangs of teens walking around and destroying the one little jungle gym they built for the kids, loud music at all times, and a teen setting ablaze his grandmother's apt that was connected to our apt (she's now in an old folks home). Oh, and not to mention that there were rules on guests staying overnight and as big as the parking lot was, no one without a permit was allowed to park there after 6pm.

Where we lived before this was like night and day, even if only a couple of blocks away. People knew each other and watched everyone's kids, the place was cleaner and the management didn't breathe down our necks, plus I lived there all of my life there, so...

All of this just made mom even more depressed that she didn't have the education to get us out of the situation (being a cotton-picker for half of her life, and then moving north for a so called "better life" as a house cleaning lady).

2. Oh yes, I hated it. Although the government helped me and my family, the management at the apt complex didn't care a bit and punished it's residents for being in the situation we were in. So, I am weary of gov. programs because there's no accountability and us little people in bad situations are afraid to complain because we could get kicked out and put in a worse situation.

So glad I have a college degree. No more being pushed around like that! And I'm going to help my mom not be pushed around too!!!

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Need help in redecorating my room?

Q. I think I'm getting new furniture in my room and getting my walls painted. I'd like to keep it girly, but more than anything, I want it to be summery and beachy. If you guys find any furniture (like beds, dressers, nightstands, vanities), paint colors, catalogs/books I can look at, or anything, I'd love to see them.
Oh, and I'm in my early 20s

A. here's lots of ideas:
http://girlsthemebedrooms.com/exotic/tropical-jungle-bedroom-decorating-ideas.html

http://kidsthemebedrooms.com/underwater/bedrooms-bathrooms-dolphins-seashells-theme-decorating-ideas.html

http://mariesmanordecorating.com/beach/seaside-cottage-style-bedrooms.html

Don't let the titles fool you, these aren't "kids" themes or overly juvenile at all.

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Does anyone know the name of these old kids computer games?

Q. Okay, one of them was with a group of I think teenagers who went around the world and there was one that took place in Cairo and in the jungle or the amazon or something like that. There was also another one that is REALLY hard to explain. It had these weird creatures and the way you get to their little world is like it starts in a bedroom and it goes down a tunnel and then your there and whenever you get something accomplished, a bird with these weird things trailing on it's tail flew by. I love you all if you could answer this!

A. im not sure but ill type some names pac man, donkey kong, street fighter, conquest frontier wars, space invaders,contra, megaman, moon patrol, lunar lander,metal slug, Asteroids, ghosts n Goblins, Zelda, bomberman, and prince of persia. thats all i can name that are old. sorry if i did not answer any of them.

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