Popular Guy
.... know why they are looking at us right” busted out Thomas.
Yeah I know why, because we are the big men on campus and they will look at us even more after we win that Glendale game tonight.
Later that morning Thomas and I meet up with the rest of the guys from the team, they were all as nervous as we were. Knowing that there was a lot riding on this game, and for some it was even more important because it was the last game of the year. It was their last chance to show the scouts what kind of talent they .....
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A Chance To Shine
.... and just barely made the team. I was the "scrub" of the group, I always sat the bench, and never started. I was the kid no one wanted to be stuck with in partner drills and the kid no one wanted to pick to fill up there team when we scrimmaged ourselves. I was the kid who had to pick it up or be cut from the team, something had to give.
My fourth year on the team was like the ending of an era. Our three best players on the team had informed the coach before the season started that next y .....
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My Changes Over The Years
.... while. I do not know why I believed in it at all, I just did. It was probably from the whole rebellion aspect of my life. I started to slack off a little in school and my attitude was changing a lot, for the worse. This got a lot better as time passed.
Ahh the present, the me as I am right now. Just recently I have gotten a massive dose of reality. I do not know how, or what from, or anything like that. I woke up one day and it all hit me. I realize now that a lot of stuff in my past was stupid and me .....
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Father I Love You
.... old I did not quite understand what was going on with my father’s health. I saw my father go from a well-built six foot two inch construction worker to a skinny very sick man. My mother pulled me aside one day about a week after we all found out he was terminally ill and explained to me what was going to happen. The next day I went to go see him at the hospital. The minute I saw him I started to cry he grabbed my hand and told me “stop crying it’s not that bad “ The family tried to convince him to get .....
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The Morning
.... eat pro like myself.
I thought the bomb I dropped before I went to sleep would make for an easy morning. I was wrong. At 6:10 I found myself stuck in the library for what seemed like an eternity. It was not my typical morning dump, it was the never ending dump from hell. Every time I thought the nightmare was over, I found my self dropping more and more and more. It was already 7:30 and I had to leave by 8:15 in order to make it to my office by 9:00. This would only give me an hour to rehea .....
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Route 66
.... quickly john replies “My cousin owed me some money so he gave me the car and I haven’t had time to change the registration yet.”.
Doubting the truth of Johns answer the officer asks, “Then why is the car reported stolen?”. John refuses to acknowledge the officer. Sensing trouble the officer demands, “Turn off your engine, step out of the car and put your hands behind your head, NOW!”.
John shouts “No way pig!”. “I’m never going back to prison!”. Throwing the NSX into gear and h .....
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My New Car
.... The system is devised to protect against Car Jackers. In case of a jacking I can alert others by pressing the alert button and my car will then beep repeatedly and the lights will rapidly flash. The car does so until I repress the alert button. I can also lock and unlock my vehicle plus open the trunk. My car has seatbelts to fit each passenger and for added safety, dual airbags.
When I put my car in gear it automatically locks all the doors. This feature is to protect children form opening .....
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Just Trying To Help
.... I encountered a few years ago during my sophomore year in high school.
My high school is predominantly white, with a few Asians, and very few black students. One of the few black students, Kaasa, happened to be in my phy-ed class during the first semester of my sophomore year. The problem was that Mike Hartman was also in the same class. Mike was kind of known to the people in our grade as “Mr. Racism”. He was always quick to come up with a “nigger joke”, or to tell everyone how much better h .....
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The Orange Colored Sphere
.... hole into the end, inside of which several lumps overlap each other. The closest thing I can think of that resembles it is a thin person’s belly button.
The way the outside of the orange feels is also interesting. When I first pick up the orange it is cool to the touch. The slightest squeeze will dent the surface, only to just spring right back into shape. I can feel those dime shaped dents easier than I can see them. The surface is also very slick.
My curiosity gets the best of me and now .....
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The Fog
.... of the fog and slams right into poor Mrs. Little sending her smashing into the steering wheel and knocking her unconsciousness,
It was Mister Jones, who did not slow down in the heavy fog and did not see the stop sign at the intersection; he was thrown through the windshield.
Mrs. Little was rushed to the Hospital and listed in critical condition, gee gee and henry did not get dinner.
Mr. Jones broke both his legs and lost one arm, he is in Therapy and will need long term rehabilitation. Which .....
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The Time Of Christmas
.... Christmas tree blinked on and off all night. I could hear other people in the house milling around or talking but I felt like an intruder if I joined in.
My parents called once a week and I talked to my boyfriend everyday for awhile. A feeling of distance seemed to come between my parents and I. After the initial 'how are you' and the weather conditions at each location there just wasn't much to say. Instead of independent I was beginning to feel detached.
When my parents asked what I .....
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Jobs Are Not For Me
.... jobs are disgusting.
Bosses are probably the most difficult part of being employed to me. At the grocery store that I worked at for a short period of time, I remember being constantly pulled aside and being told that I wasn’t bagging the groceries properly. The strange part was that when my boss would tell me these things he would always take me to isle seven to yell and scream at me. Why couldn’t he take me into his office where it would be private? Instead he would make a big scene in front of all .....
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My Personal Belief
.... honesty, patients, values, and morals. These things assist me in leading a more fulfilling lifestyle, as well as making other people's lives better.
I also believe in Christianity because I feel that everyone continues their existence beyond this worldly life. I believe that there is a Heaven and a Hell, and everyone will go to one of the two when they die. I believe that if you choose to accept God as your savior then you will live a life of eternal happiness in Heaven. But if you choose to live .....
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Self-Improvement
.... time. However he got my attention when he said, "My home phone is on the top left corner of the page. Please call me if you need to talk to me regarding class, that statement stunned me. Never before in my academic career had I had a teacher give out his or her home phone number. How many teachers do you know that give out his or her home phone number during your academic career?
One seemingly endless week passed. Even with a burst of effort on my part, I received a D on his quiz. With the paper in my ha .....
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Basketball Dreams
.... I remember him always sitting outside watching me play. Through rain or shine he would always be ready to correct any of my mistakes. His comments were always to work hard, and all the hard work would eventually pay off. He always drove me to watch the older kids play. He also encouraged to play with them so I could get tougher and better. I was very intimidated by the older kids, but he always encouraged me to keep on going and to never give up. The biggest lesson I learned from him was if I lost .....
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