For the past 15 years, I was never allowed to sleep at a friend’s house. My parents were afraid that I would be kidnapped or murdered. I wouldn’t even ask my parents if I could sleepover at this friend’s house because I knew the answer would be no.
As I joined soccer during freshman year, I knew there would be a Lock-In, where team bonding occurs by having sleepovers. Our Lock-In would be held in a soccer dome near Zona Rosa. I was hesitant about asking my parents. My teammates and coaches were concerned that I wouldn’t be able to come. I decided to explain the event to my parents a week before, and they gave me the “why” face. They began discussing privately in Cantonese and Vietnamese, which I can hear and understand. Since this was a school
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We were having a great time. Ralphie and Raumin were dancing, which was probably the funniest thing I have ever seen in my life. Later, C team’s bet was mentioned. Earlier, we had made a bet with our coaches that we could wax their leg if we win against Oak Park, and they agreed. We won 3-0 and I had prepared the wax. Ralphie and Raumin thought we were all joking about bringing it, but when I revealed the strips to them, they began to panic. The waxing strips were about 5 inches long and an inch wide. Before I could wax Ralphie, he placed a soccer glove in his mouth because he needed something to bite on when the pain occurs. I positioned the wax strip on the side of this left leg vertically and pulled. “AAAAHHHHH!!” His reaction was priceless. He was screaming in pain and upset by the fact there was a clear 5-inch spot on his leg. Raumin’s leg was waxed the way Ralphie’s was waxed. Although they had the same response when I pulled, Raumin was calmer. I never knew how hilarious waxing could be.
The remaining people awake at 4AM headed to the field. We brought our blankets and pillows there. We were all having those night conversations where we just talk about whatever pops up in our mind, and some were kicking the soccer ball. Leidy attempted to draw on me when I fell asleep, and Ralphie also tried to draw on everyone that was asleep. One by one, we fell asleep by
December 3 2015 was the Newton Railers seventh grade basketball team second away game. I was waiting all day for the basketball game it seemed like the day was endless. Finally 2:50 came up on the clock to let me know it was time to leave class and get ready to get on the bus. I got all my gear and got on the bus. I put my headphones on a got pumped for our game.
The announcer said who got second place, and everyone on my team started crying. “ The first place team advancing to Florida is the La Porte Slicers!” My team stood up and started screaming. As a result, we made it to Florida! My coach went up to get our trophy and we all took pictures with it.
Doctors advised that he should have his leg surgically removed. His parents had no money for such a costly operation. But, luckily a specialist offered to perform a surgery on his leg if he allowed his students to watch it. This surgery saved Tommy’s life and was the very moment that inspired him to come up with universally accessible medical care. He knew instantly that just like him there are others who would undergo the same situation.
“‘The body,’ he said ‘looked like that of a jack rabbit which had been skinned by splitting the skin down the face and rolling it back off the entire body. In some places considerable amounts of flesh had been taken off with it’” (Larson
He didn’t know whether peanut butter had the same effect, but he didn’t think he had much to lose if he gave it a try. ”(p. 170) with the smearing of the peanut butter it soothed both Sandra and Morris and made it possible for them to continue. While carrying the burned lady they come across the legless man who needs a ride. Morris makes the responsible choice to help the man.
The clock hit six minutes left in the second quarter, which meant it was time to head over to the end zone and get lined up for the performance. As I got off the bleachers, I stretched forgetting that our 20 year old wool,
The day did improve, somewhat, as it went on and everyone was quickly enjoying themselves again as we attended the women’s Gopher game to watch my older cousin, Taylor, play. Throughout the game, I could still sense the agitation between Alex, my dad, I, as we covered up the awkward silences by burying our noses in our phones in between the periods. To end the afternoon on a high note, the Gophers played an outstanding game and beat Wisconsin in overtime. We all left the stadium in high spirits, reminiscing over the great plays and unforgettable overtime goal. At the same time, we were exhausted from a long day and ready to head home and watch the girl’s State Tournament championship game.
The clock ticked down fast up on the jumbotron as the pace of the game gets faster and quicker. Both teams screaming, shouting, cheering, and encouraging at each other, eager to advance to the next round. The game gets more physical, and players are banging the other team’s players to the boards. Coaches are yelling to give us more confidence. This is the first round of the Quebec Peewee Hockey Tournament.
He thought quickly, and used a knife as a tool to pull it out. After, Cabeza used a deer bone to stitch up the wound in order to finalize a successful operation. (Doc. C) Because of this remarkable act, Cabeza became “famous”. The Indians now
He was crying hysterically looking at the razor in his hand. He lifted the razor in the air, blood ran down the length of the razor onto his arm dripping from his elbow; he let his arm fall, as he did, the
It was a Fall night wear the stars were out and all you could ever do is hear coach yelling to stop moving away from our positions. That night we were training for a very important soccer tournament that was only a couple weeks away. Coach smith liked to win but i think what he liked most was that we tried our best. We were a very hard team to defeat but we had our moments where we would lose games by a landslide.
“The embarrassment must've turned a screw in his head. . . . The dentist couldn't find any problem, but Lemon kept insisting, so the man finally shrugged and shot in the Novocain and yanked out a perfectly good tooth.” (O’Brien 63-64). In a previous visit to the dentist, Curt Lemon had fainted which built up his shame when he had stop by the dentist again. To ease his preceding embarrassment he chose to get a perfectly fine tooth pulled.
The wax body could have been sweating if the heat broke because wax melts when it is heated. This is another reason that Elvis is still alive. Some people may say that dead people’s fingers don’t always look good (Lacy) , but they made a hasty generalization. Most dead people’s fingers look normal. That is why it is weird that Elvis’ looked different.
Overworked. That’s the closest word that I could use to describe this week. I feel like this journal is going to be about me just bickering, yet there is some stuff you might want to read about. First of all, I have been sleeping three hours this week because of upcoming midterms, quizzes, and assignments due. I am sleep deprived and mentally drained and as my second year in college I have never had my life drained out of my body like a passing shadow.
Initially, my mind was set to join the soccer team. However, I found out there weren’t any openings available. The only team that had an opening was The Cross Country Team. I was terrified…my parents encouraged me to join as there wasn’t an option not to.