Personal Narrative: Ru Paul's Drag Race

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1. I dislocated my kneecap one day at my old school. It was lunchtime, and the crowded cafeteria was full of noisy teenagers. I was sitting at one of the small round tables at the far end of the room with my friend Cheyenne. Finished with my lunch, I got up to return my tray and felt an unnatural popping sensation in my right knee as I stood from my chair. As my weight shifted I felt my kneecap pop out of place, slide over, and lock into place on the side of my leg. Immediately I fell back into my seat and grasped my knee in pain, and a wave of panic came over me as I looked down. My kneecap was now protruding from the right side of my leg rather than the center. I saw the school principal, Mr. Johnson, standing a few feet away superivising …show more content…
I cried over a ship. I was sitting in my living room alone. My parents had left to go to a car show in a town a couple of hours away. Slouching in my dad's recliner, I turned on the TV and started watching Ru Paul's Drag Race. Despite the level of fierceness displayed on the large flat screen before me, I found myself losing interest fairly quickly. I began surfing the internet on my phone and logged onto YouTube. Being the emo piece of trash that I am, I clicked on a video suggested for me called "Ryden Seattle Theory" that caught my eye. The video described an alleged affair that took place in the city of Seattle between band members Ryan Ross and Brendon Urie of Panic at the Disco, with footage of the two demonstrating their obvious attraction to one another. I was shocked at the very convincing evidence put together by the creator of the video. I became highly emotional because Ryden is my second favorite ship after Frerard (Frank Iero and Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance). Ryan and Brendon's relationship was too pure for this world, and I began to cry as the video confirmed my assumptions. However, I also began to question my sanity as I realized that I was legitimately sobbing over something that happened at least a decade ago, between two men who now have little to do with each other. Unfortunately, this thought only triggered me further as I began to slip into an existential crisis. I gazed at myself in the framed mirror that hung next to my front door in an …show more content…
We were going to go see my birthdad's side of the family and my grandma and cousin. As soon as we took off, I began to freak out. My sister held my hand and I focused on ahead of me. I can't handle heights or intense speed during heights.

7.) I lost a close friend to me for a while last year. We were in History when it happened, at the far end of the school. I opened my mouth to speak to her, and when I did, she cut me off and said she never wanted to be my friend anymore and for me to not speak to her again. I cut myself off and looked back and continued to work- even if it was slower than before due to my now ruined mood.

8.) There was one time when I came back from a friends house. I was walking into my room when I found it torn apart by someone who seemed to be looking for something. I was mad, so I questioned everyone in the house and they all said it wasn't them when it had to be someone. I walked back in and began to clean and re-do my entire

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