I had been overwhelmed with the thought of cheer tryouts coming up. Completely submerged in the routines‚ trying to perfect every step. Thinking about tryouts worried me more than anything. I stayed cool‚ calm‚ and collected around my friends so that I didn’t stress them out any more than they already were. Every girl‚ whose goal was to be on the team‚ was on edge‚ waiting for that day. I knew that being a cheerleader on the varsity team was what I wanted most‚ and I was doing anything and everything
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“Yay!” I said when I got the goldfish. There were 2 of them. “I want to hold it‚ too.” my sister said‚ politely. ... I was 8 years old at that time; so‚ I didn’t know that having fish was the worst idea EVER. We were in Alhambra‚ LA‚ and there was a fair. There was also a fish game and if you got a marble into the cup‚ then you will with 2 goldfish. There were lots of games‚ it was very dense there‚ too. It was a lot of fun. We went to Yogurtland (a frozen yogurt place) It was like a flood of people
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EternalSleep A K Beck Chugga Chugga Thump Zing Digger0127 backed away from the neatly dug grave and retracted its powerful arms. If Digger had the capability‚ it would have been pleased with a job well done. However‚ Digger was an AI machine‚ and did what it was programmed to do. The owners of EternalSleep were initially reluctant to use AI‚ but in due course relented and purchased several Grounds. It was a cost-effective decision. Grass was mowed‚ shrubbery trimmed‚ decaying flowers whisked away
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Ailduin ran his hand through his long black hair and rubbed his neck with a sigh. "Yeah‚ being around Zoroail isn’t exactly easy‚ or pleasant most of the time. He is not good with other people‚ not even in his own race." Ailduin paused and closed his eyes a look on his face that told Amalthea he didn’t mean to say something. "Well I guess since you are stuck with him I will tell you a bit about him. Zoroail isn’t a normal human‚ he is from Zagrazat‚ it’s an island nation far from here past the Iileria
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“Not long after ice nine took over‚ the world became something I did not want to be apart of. H. Lowe Crosby and his wife Hazel died soon after Newt and I met Bokonon. They too did not feel excitement anymore and took their lives together. Frank died from being purely insane because he watched his ant farm for endless hours. I stopped talking to that frenzied man after he mentioned that he would create human-sized ants. Only Bokonon‚ Newt‚ and I were left on San Lorenzo‚ and possibly the entire earth
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Why does T-Ray care if Lily lives at August’s house for the rest of her life? He has never cared about Lily before. First‚ T-Ray treats Lily like a bag of garbage. He yells at her for the silliest reasons. One time her yelled at her for reading her book while she was working his peach stand. He said he wanted her to just sit all day and sell peaches but no one even came to buy them. Another cruel thing T-Ray did to Lily is slap her. When T-Ray found Lily at August’s house‚ Lily refused to go home
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To everyone’s surprise‚ Vargas is the winner. The camera pans to a shocked Mellie...Her face goes white‚ you can see the thoughts race through her mind. She clenches her hands and immediately suggests fraud or voter tampering; Mellie announces the race is far from over. Moments later‚ a panicking Olivia is in the corner curled up against the wall as Fitz walks up and attempts to console her. Olivia pulls herself together just in time to find a frantic Mellie ranting on about laws in counties and
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In the beginning there was darkness everywhere‚ and Chaos ruled.Within the darkness there formed an egg‚ and inside the egg the giant Pangu came into being. For aeons‚ safely inside the egg‚ Pangu slept and grew. When he had grown to gigantic size he stretched his huge limbs and in so doing broke the egg. The lighter parts of the egg floated upwards to form the heavens and the denser parts sank downwards‚ to become the earth. And so was formed earth and sky‚ Yin and Yang. Pangu saw what had happened
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That summer afternoon‚ as I remember it‚ was doubtlessly a commemorable one. Breezy‚ yet humid. Bright yet shadowed by the monsters that the afternoon sun cast upon all things animate and inanimate. Even though my generation belongs to one of technology‚ I will always be gratified to be able to claim that my youth was still filled with sweaty foreheads and rusty old bikes. I was only twelve when my great adventure took place. Keelan and Matthew Daniel‚ known to many as the definition of rednecks
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Prince Nathanael‚ accompany by his lovely betrothed and her family‚ sashay through the throng of people to his father and uncle. Kathrynne rises from her chair‚ spying on his every move. She eavesdrops on the conversation he is now having with members of the King’s council from the food table: “I hope this signifies my allegiance to you all‚” Nathanael speaks‚ “and when the time comes‚ you’ll demonstrate your loyalty to me.” “You’ll make a fine King‚” one says with the others agreeing. “You have
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