College essay.
I need to write my essay for USM, however I have no idea what to write about. One of my friends suggested I write about being Black.
Really, though, how does one write a paper on the Black experience? One can't. There is no one black experience, only common threads.
I can write about my Black experience however. What could I say. How would I put my life on paper? I'm more than just Black, as you can see by my description. I'm a conglomerate of minorities. Tinged by the the madness of Bi-Polar Disorder. I'm a crafter, and a writer. I am so much, yet so insignificant.
Putting life on paper, breathing life into words. Fleshing out the one dimensional. That is what I must do.
Will I succeed? I shall attempt to do so.
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I'm afraid...
That's a phrase that is though for me to write. My whole life, I'm worked to be strong, to be to the good daughter, the good friend. I'm a people pleaser, I find solace in taking taking care of others. I rarely cry, I don't get angry to other peoples faces very often. I put on a facade of constant happiness.
Yet, I am afraid.
Today, I found out I have PCOS. There is a much higher rate of cancer for women with PCOS. I don't want to die young. I want to raise my future children and watch them grow strong and wise. I want the read all the classics and swim with the dolphins. I want to write a novel and see my nieces and nephews.
I don't want to die young.
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Prom!
The planning of the prom was actually big trouble this year I'm a jr. and the the jr. class plans the prom. Normally the Prom is held in the gym and we have grand march before it. Grand march is kind of hard to explain. We you walk out with you date onto the "set" are introduced and people take pictures of you.
Well, we didn't want to have our prom in the gym. We wanted something classier than that, so we rented the River Drivers [url]http://www.neoc.com/food-dining/river-drivers.asp[/url]. It's kind of like a country club and has there floors with a dance for on the top one.
People were pissed. Because it was cheaper to decorate the River Drivers and the Auditorium, we wanted to have the Grand March in the Auditorium. The Auditorium doesn't seat as many people as the gym so everyone wouldn't be able to go gawk at the Grand March as they normally did. We gave each student who bought a prom ticket, four tickets to the Grand March. People still weren't happy.
My class didn't give in and we had the Grand March at the Auditorium, Four of my Friends got King and Queen and Prince and Princess. The "Royal court" was taken to the Rivers Drivers in a Limo and everyone else drove their cars.
We arrived at the River Drivers and ate for about an hour. It was awesome food. We had chocolate and vanilla mousse, fresh fruit kabobs, pizza, and an open bar (Non alcoholic) among other things.
At 8:00 the DJ showed up and we danced. WE did the Cotton Eyed Jo, the Electric and Cha Cha slides. Some kids from dance class did thriller. We also danced to regular music and some other fun stuff. I got the DJ to play Love Shack. I love that song. After dancing the night away, while continuing to go downstairs to eat and cool off, the prom was over. We had also done prize drawings throughout the dance and people won some very nice things. Although the seniors had complained that we were ruining their prom when they heard the plan, everybody had a good time.
Then we went home and had an hour to get back to River Drivers for the Chem-Free. We got to use the hot tub and played some late night volleyball. I went in the hot tub twice the second time it was just me and my date... We sung Danny Boy. We're such music geeks.
I ate a ton of food and then went up stairs where people were watching Step Up/ Sleeping. I felt kind of left out as it was mostly couples cuddled under blankets. Josh, (my date) was downstairs playing video games. How ever it wouldn't have mattered, as I don't like him like that. The Boy/Man I like is all graduated and works out of town about an hour away. He still lives down the street from me though. But, he has to go away for the summer to cook for Congress(!). Saddeness.
Anyway I fell asleep around four and the woke up around six because my friend Scott is an asshole who talks more than I do. Everyone except a few people aka me and other people went white water rafting at 9:00.
I went home and got some sleep.
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Cult TV
Untouched means I've never seen it. Italics means I've seen it at least once. ("I" tag) Bold means I watched it a lot or watched it religiously. ("B" tag) Struck out means I've seen it but didn't like it. ("strike" tag) 30. Square Pegs 29. Rags to Riches 28. Wonderfalls 27.
The Daily Show 26. Firefly 25.
Freaks and Geeks 24.
Absolutely Fabulous 23.
Forever Knight 22. H. R. Pufnstuf 21. Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman 20. Twin Peaks 19. Dark Shadows 18.
Doctor Who 17. The Avengers 16.
My So-Called Life 15.
Quantum Leap 14.
Beauty and the Beast 13.
Babylon 5 12.
Family Guy 11.
Mystery Science Theater 3000 10.
Pee-Wee's Playhouse 9.
Xena: Warrior Princess 8.
The Twilight Zone 7. The Prisoner 6.
The Simpsons 5.
Monty Python's Flying Circus 4. Farscape 3.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2.
The X-Files 1
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Killing me softly...
One of my dear friends has Hepatitis C. She contracted it when she was born. She's been really sick for a while and was loosing a lot of weight. It sort of scares me. I wonder how long she'll live, and I worry about her when she doesn't eat. It's tough on me and I can't imagine how she feels. I love her so much and I'd hate for anything to happen to her.
Here are some facts about Hepatitis C.
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