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up next on beam. “Up next on beam is Julianna Smith.” announced the announcer. My heart was pounding, my palms were sweaty, and stomach started hurting even more. I mounted on the beam. I did my first skill which was a back handspring step out, layout step out. I stuck it perfectly. I feel so confident when I’m on beam. This was the only time that I felt like I could do anything in the world and that was how I felt now. After I did my standing full twist, I knew all I had to do was stick my…

the first parents to come up to me and introduce themselves. We were about the same age and he hesitatingly gave me a once over and smiled in a way that said I look forward to working with you and also in a way that silently questioned my ability to take care of 25 5 year olds when I don 't even have kids of my own yet. I remember him saying "You realize I am entrusting you with a piece of my heart" to which I replied, "Seeing you both I don 't think you are being honest. You are trusting me…

year, and then thanked everyone for my presents like every year. As we had just finished up opening presents, expecting no more, my mom told my brothers and I that there was one more present and got out her phone. Whenever my mom pulls out her phone, the family knows she’s about to record something or take pictures . So, my brothers and I cautiously looked at each other, deciding if we should get excited or not. As we walked down the thirty foot wooden hallway with the dining room to the left…

Everyone could see the fear written on our faces. We were worried that we would lose if she did not play. Then, our coach called a time out, and told us not to give up, because we were only down a few points. In my head I was thinking a few points or more like fifteen points. The second quarter ended, and we were down ten points at the half. We ran out once more to begin the third quarter, and to my surprise it seemed as if every shot we threw up went in, but eventually we got tired and…

On National Coming Out Day the rainbow center held an event for students to listen to poetry and other students’ personal experiences with coming out. Walking in I was a little nervous and was not sure what to expect. No one in my family or my close friends have ever dealt with coming out, so this was new to me. Although I was not very knowledgeable about what it is like to come out, I was still interested in learning about what other people have gone through. As I walked in my eyes went first…

Out of all three of the main characters, my least favorite would have to be Cody Splunk. I personally loved the overall melancholy feel of the book despite what the cover would have one to believe prior to reading it. The stories behind both Laura Freedman and Janice Gibbs flow seemingly concurrently and are almost poetic in nature. There are many similarities found between Gibbs and Freedman that are not found in Splunk. He’s the odd man out basically. But, of course, him being the odd man out…

Out of the Silent Planet A Take on Philosophy In Out of the Silent Planet we see the bent, the broken, and the bold and how each of them holds a standard on the value of life. The character Weston was a physicist, obsessed with the idea of living forever. Later in the book Oyarsa (a sort of spirit entity) says that Weston has been “bent by the Bent One”. Bent is the Malecandrian word for bad or evil, meaning that in the sense of an allegory Weston had been corrupted by Satan. Satan being “the…

songs in this album. The Ballad of Mona Lisa,Let's Kill Tonight,Hurricane,Memories,Trade Mistakes,Ready to Go (Get Me Out of My Mind),Always,The Calendar,Sarah Smiles,Nearly Witches (Ever Since We Met...),Stall Me (Bonus Track), and Oh glory. The lyrics touch on themes like manipulation and confusion.Vices & virtues took over two years to create.The single The Ballad of Mona Lisa came out number 7 on the Billboard 200.This album was made on Fueled by Ramen.Produced by John Feldmann and Butch…

this point because she pointed out plan B did not involve the coverage of test strips. Kenzie explained that she had a first-hand account of understanding how important test strips are as well as how costly they become Kenzie stated they were “about a dollar each.” For Gerald’s case that would have easily added up being as though he would need to take his blood sugar levels frequently. Anais Schlosser took time to do the assignment…

He says that “...they swim into a hole where there’s a lot of bananas. They're very ordinary-looking fish when they swim in. But once they get in they behave like pigs...after they eat so many bananas they can't get out of the banana hole..they die.”(pg.14). It is a very strange way to explain an imaginary fish that you just made up to a young child, it’s a rather sad and grim concept. Unless you look at the whole thing as a way for Seymour to express his complex thoughts…