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"Describe a Significant Interest or Experience That Has Special Meaning to You
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Meaning To You.”
Deep in the tepid gloom of late October I was gyrating, hip thrusting, and all manner of other obscene gestures to songs with the lyrical genius of a whale song. The fourth floor was sticky with evaporated sweat and I, for once, just didn’t give a fuck. Just me and a friend jamming because it seemed like it was the Right Thing to Do.
When I got home I was surprised to see that the world hadn’t shifted under my stomping feet and, in fact, that it was not even morning yet. Eager to escape the eerie calm of my living room as fast as I’d arrived, I darted outside for an adventure. Pumpkin guts disgraced the road in all directions. The air smelled like scorched leaves and an ancient diesel truck. I felt wickedly insignificant, standing there with a piece of chalk I’d somehow acquired, ready to defile an infinitely
Meaning To You.”
Deep in the tepid gloom of late October I was gyrating, hip thrusting, and all manner of other obscene gestures to songs with the lyrical genius of a whale song. The fourth floor was sticky with evaporated sweat and I, for once, just didn’t give a fuck. Just me and a friend jamming because it seemed like it was the Right Thing to Do.
When I got home I was surprised to see that the world hadn’t shifted under my stomping feet and, in fact, that it was not even morning yet. Eager to escape the eerie calm of my living room as fast as I’d arrived, I darted outside for an adventure. Pumpkin guts disgraced the road in all directions. The air smelled like scorched leaves and an ancient diesel truck. I felt wickedly insignificant, standing there with a piece of chalk I’d somehow acquired, ready to defile an

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