In my English 102 class‚ my professor inquired us to write a story concerning Halloween. When being asked this question‚ a story popped into my head about the time Halloween was ruined for me. Halloween has always been my favorite holiday when I think back to my childhood. Halloween makes me think of a lot of great memories‚ hayrides‚ trick-or-treating‚ and dressing up. As a child‚ I loved the feeling of being able to dress up and get candy‚ but that has been distorted. As a child‚ I have always
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The Alamo On a hot and sunny day in Los Angeles‚ California‚ there were two friends who were talking about what they were going to do on vacation. Allison and Conner were the best of friends ever since they were young‚ and they always hung out together. They even took many martial art classes together just in case if they faced any danger. Conner had blond hair‚ blue eyes‚ and was wearing a gray football t-shirt and khaki shorts. Allison had brown‚ long hair‚ brown eyes and always wore blue jeans
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life with I wanted nothing to do with her. She knew my deepest secret‚ the things I did not want anyone to know about me. This my closest friends and family members did not know this girl who i barely knew‚ knew it all just by a dumb chance of faith. Because faith lead us both to Dr. Almer’s (noted adolescent psychologist) office on that cloudy saturday morning. The special thing about Dr. Almers clinic Dr. Almer’s office was located Carmel exactly 40 minutes away from my city. I know it was crazy
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Some of the exchanges we went to were bigger than others. Like they had tents set up with venders selling running clothes and food‚ but others were empty. For my 5th leg I ran that race it was about 3am the next morning on the 26th of September and it was freezing‚ pitch black outside. I put on under armour leggings and long sleeves. I had to wear a neon vest while I ran with a flashing light on the back and a headlight just to see. This leg I
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I began questioning my sexuality in seventh grade. I had just been given my first phone and suddenly a whole new world opened up to me. The LGBTQ+ community welcomed me with open arms as I read up on labels and identities‚ and I soon discovered that I’m bisexual. However‚ this “whole new world” also exposed me to bigotry‚ hate‚ and ignorance. Very quickly‚ I learned that people like me aren’t entirely accepted or respected. From hearing “f*ggot” and “gay” thrown around in classes to my friend’s negative
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I had no makeup on‚ my hair was in a pony tail. I was wearing a tank top and cotton shorts that were marked up from the spray tan. When you first get the spray tan‚ before you take a shower‚ you’re about 10 shades darker than intended. The orange tinted spray covered my lips and I looked genuinely insane and smelled awful. I pulled up to the restaurant in an uber only to see Tarzan sitting on the outside bench near the door writing in a journal with
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George Shirk sits in his office at the Mammoth Times on a Saturday afternoon‚ with his dog‚ Fido‚ who writes his own weekly column for the paper‚ curled up underneath the desk. Early December is the quiet time between the Thanksgiving and Christmas rushes at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area‚ and Shirk‚ a 60-year-old news veteran with a sandy smoker’s voice‚ has kindly agreed to give me an armchair tour of his adopted hometown. Mammoth Lakes is perched in the Eastern Sierra‚ a half-day’s walk from some
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there‚ as long as everything went according to plan‚ which it seemed to never do. But after five and a half hours of driving‚ they finally made it. Tyler dropped out of the small SUV and looked around at his surroundings‚ their campsite was small‚ about the size of a large classroom‚ with trees as tall as giants surrounding them‚ down
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water gently run through my fingers. It was my first time spear fishing and saying that I felt scared was an understatement. I was about to plunge into the water when I felt a shiver run through my spine; I had forgotten to pack my second oxygen tank. How stupid could I be? Besides the fact that I was as nervous as a fish in a shark tank‚ I decided not to worry about it as I still had my main tank. Holding the speargun‚ I leant back off the boat and landed in the water. The water was a
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The pain that shot through my veins and in my leg was like when I try to lick soup that has just came out of the stove. The agony I felt when I realized my feet weren’t straight told me that I was in trouble. I knew I had to do something because if not I would be left stranded on a mountain. I will never forget the moment I broke both of my ankles. The wind blew in my face as the fresh fallen snow was packed and hardened‚ leaving a perfect trail for snowboarding. As a novice snowboarder racing probably
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