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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Right now mii thinkin bout pla-ing mii WII butt mii cant cause mii got to do pallison&#039;s homework . random thought &amp;quot; mii on ur cumputr stealin ur data and everythin else&amp;quot; Sorry fours dee lol catz talk.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;What I did over the break was basically nothing but Christmas was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. I&amp;nbsp;got a Wii and a iTouch awesome!!!!!!!!!!!. New years eve was the best and so crazy so was christmas dinner SO&amp;nbsp;FUNNY!!!! &amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;didnt do nothing on vacation but play my Wii and watch Tv. No school no work dream vacation.i wasnt ready for it to be over but it is . It&#039;s back to the old grind huhhh. Im sad it&#039;s over but oh well in 6 weeks winter recess.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:12:14 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;This vacation I didn&#039;t really do much. I was home most of the time with my family. It was kinda fun and kinda not. My family and my cousins went to Manhattan to see the big Christmas tree which a lot of people talks about but I didn&#039;t this it was that especial because it was just a big tree with lights on it and a big star on top of it. But we ate outside that was good because I was pretty bored of home food. Then that weeks there was parties which were pretty boring. Then the week went  by too quick. I spent most of it with my cousins. New Years was interesting because we went out and ended 2008 by eating really  spicy food and started 2009 by eating sweets. We laughed a lot through the whole thing. That was mostly it there was no time to miss school it was great. Vacation went by too quick.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:54:04 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Everyday is a normal day. I don&amp;rsquo;t really have good memorizing skill, there&amp;rsquo;s not much I can remember even if it&amp;rsquo;s important. I been to a Christmas concert before Christmas, it&amp;rsquo;s Jay Chou&amp;rsquo;s concert. How&amp;rsquo;s the concert? Well, I really enjoy it, but there&amp;rsquo;s not much I can remember from, but still, I&amp;rsquo;m still going to Jolin&amp;rsquo;s concert this or maybe next month. Before the concert, I went to sleep in the casino hotel, which I&amp;rsquo;m not very comfortable with. There was nothing much to do in the casino for a kid, I went to play some games in what they call the RK, you win tickets and exchange them for different prizes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As we all know, there&amp;rsquo;s a lot of clearance sells at the end of the year through the beginning of the year. I went shopping, basically aiming for the items on sale, the higher the percentage off, the more I felt I had achieve.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:44:37 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;One thing that I did over the break that makes me feel good about myself is that I slept so much during the break that I might consider it as hibernating, I&amp;nbsp;slept about 12-14 hours a day which is incredible. I felt so good sleeping and when I tried to wake up i mostly could&#039;nt since i was still tired. This seems prety weird and I sonsider that as going into hibernation mode. Another good thing that I enjoyed doing the break&amp;nbsp; is that I played computer games during the whole break every day. It was fun but I also started geting really bored of them and i might soon need to find another hobby to keep me bussy. A bad thing that I went through during the break is thatmy parents argued all the time and it is always too loud in my house to do anithing. I wished for the break to be longer so I could sleep more and not have to wake up at 6:00 am again. I can&#039;t wait for the president&#039;s week and easter vacation.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:27:30 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;One thing that I did over the break that makes me feel good about myself is that I took care of my niece. I was home taking care of my niece. I was home taking care of her while my sister was working. I was home most of the time so I decide that I can take care of my niece while my sister was working. She was good and didn&#039;t bother me that much. I feel good about this, because I helped my sister out since she had no one else to leave her with. I played with her and it wasn&#039;t that boring because at least she was with me at my house. I&#039;m glad I did this and my vacation wasn&#039;t so good but it wasn&#039;t so bad either. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:09:52 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p class=&quot;blogContent&quot;&gt;Top Notch&lt;br /&gt;High above the rest&lt;br /&gt;Yes I must confess&lt;br /&gt;That you always treat me best&lt;br /&gt;I was lost&lt;br /&gt;Looking through&lt;br /&gt;Then I finally found you&lt;br /&gt;Knew what to do&lt;br /&gt;And gave my heart to you&lt;br /&gt;Then you came through &lt;br /&gt;You did the same too&lt;br /&gt;Smile to myself saying, &lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Yupp, that&#039;s my boo!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;You, figured me out&lt;br /&gt;Like a puzzle or a book&lt;br /&gt;And you, always gave me that&lt;br /&gt;Sweet little look&lt;br /&gt;I just, laugh as I look back &lt;br /&gt;Because I had mistook &lt;br /&gt;You for, the one that had&lt;br /&gt;Made me look like a doof &lt;br /&gt;But uh, yeah that&#039;s over man&lt;br /&gt;That was in my past&lt;br /&gt;I can&#039;t, believe that I actually&lt;br /&gt;Thought that it would last&lt;br /&gt;Wow! That one month went by&lt;br /&gt;Really, really, REALLY fast&lt;br /&gt;WHAT?! I just made myself &lt;br /&gt;Look like an ass&lt;br /&gt;Ouch! My heart just stepped on a &lt;br /&gt;Big ol&#039; piece of glass&lt;br /&gt;That what, I get for making &lt;br /&gt;My heart oh so vast.&lt;br /&gt;And now it&#039;s, stuck up in this &lt;br /&gt;Permanent&amp;nbsp;cast&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/school/east-west-school-international-studies-flushing-ny-usa/150&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;East-West School of International Studies, Flushing, NY, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:08:13 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;If I could rewind back time&lt;br /&gt;Or just push rewind&lt;br /&gt;I would do it in the&lt;br /&gt;Blink of&amp;nbsp; an eye&lt;br /&gt;You would not wonder why&lt;br /&gt;You just can not cry&lt;br /&gt;To show your pain held deep inside&lt;br /&gt;You would have never been hurt&lt;br /&gt;Feel like an empty desert&lt;br /&gt;Or feel ashamed with no sense or pride&lt;br /&gt;Wouldn&#039;t want to run away&lt;br /&gt;Ask for your friends to pray&lt;br /&gt;For you when you feel like you want to hide&lt;br /&gt;You wouldn&#039;t take the blame&lt;br /&gt;or &amp;nbsp;feel so ashamed&lt;br /&gt;If it wasn&#039;t for my own father&lt;br /&gt;We could just walk away&lt;br /&gt;I&#039;d turn to you and say,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Forget him!!!! I don&#039;t want to bother!!!!&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/school/east-west-school-international-studies-flushing-ny-usa/150&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;East-West School of International Studies, Flushing, NY, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:06:46 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Love feels good and it lasts. When you&#039;re in love, you feel&lt;br /&gt;happy when you&#039;re with the other person. You feel like a&lt;br /&gt;better person. You feel safe. You trust your partner and the&lt;br /&gt;relationship. You know you can be yourself and the other&lt;br /&gt;person will still love you, warts and all. You are willing to&lt;br /&gt;open yourself up to the other person, let them know who you&lt;br /&gt;really are. And you care about that person&#039;s happiness, not&lt;br /&gt;just your own.&lt;br /&gt;You&#039;re also willing to work through the problems that always&lt;br /&gt;come with a love relationship. Just like everyone else, people&lt;br /&gt;in love often disagree over different things. Love means being&lt;br /&gt;willing to compromise. And, it sometimes means putting the&lt;br /&gt;other person&#039;s needs above your own.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/inquiry/love/4330&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;Love...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:05:33 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif&quot;&gt;I&#039;m tired of the tears&lt;br /&gt;Anger frustration&lt;br /&gt;There is no motivation&lt;br /&gt;I hated the way you made me believe that you loved me, when now... I DAMN well know that you don&#039;t! Curled up in a corner, crying over you? *hmph&lt;br /&gt;Stress? I&#039;M THE FREAKIN ONE WHO CAUSED YOU STRESS?! This must be some sick, twisted joke because I ain&#039;t never felt SOOOOOO crappy about the way I feel... I actually fell for every word you said?&lt;br /&gt;(how stupid of me)&lt;br /&gt;My stress: through the roof&lt;br /&gt;Heart: Broken... AGAIN (2nd damn time)&lt;br /&gt;Head: lost in my insanity &lt;br /&gt;(at first I thought it was only because of my dad)&lt;br /&gt;Tell me b.s to get me to believe you...&lt;br /&gt;(not no more!)&lt;br /&gt;Tell me some b.s about... &amp;quot;I&#039;m sorry, I&#039;m sorry!&amp;quot; Don&#039;t EVER tell me sorry again, because you say it over and over AND OVER AGAIN! Then do the same God damn thing again...&lt;br /&gt;What? Are you expecting different results? Do me a favor, don&#039;t EVER call me by my nickname again!&lt;br /&gt;Forget it, I&#039;M DONE WITH THE B.S! (no)&lt;br /&gt;I&#039;m done with YOUR b.s!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/inquiry/writers-well/1277&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;Writers&amp;#039; Well&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:59:03 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p class=&quot;blogContent&quot;&gt;Top Notch&lt;br /&gt;High above the rest&lt;br /&gt;Yes I must confess&lt;br /&gt;That you always treat me best&lt;br /&gt;I was lost&lt;br /&gt;Looking through&lt;br /&gt;Then I finally found you&lt;br /&gt;Knew what to do&lt;br /&gt;And gave my heart to you&lt;br /&gt;Then you came through &lt;br /&gt;You did the same too&lt;br /&gt;Smile to myself saying, &lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Yupp, that&#039;s my boo!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;You, figured me out&lt;br /&gt;Like a puzzle or a book&lt;br /&gt;And you, always gave me that&lt;br /&gt;Sweet little look&lt;br /&gt;I just, laugh as I look back &lt;br /&gt;Because I had mistook &lt;br /&gt;You for, the one that had&lt;br /&gt;Made me look like a doof &lt;br /&gt;But uh, yeah that&#039;s over man&lt;br /&gt;That was in my past&lt;br /&gt;I can&#039;t, believe that I actually&lt;br /&gt;Thought that it would last&lt;br /&gt;Wow! That one month went by&lt;br /&gt;Really, really, REALLY fast&lt;br /&gt;WHAT?! I just made myself &lt;br /&gt;Look like an ass&lt;br /&gt;Ouch! My heart just stepped on a &lt;br /&gt;Big ol&#039; piece of glass&lt;br /&gt;That what, I get for making &lt;br /&gt;My heart oh so vast.&lt;br /&gt;And now it&#039;s, stuck up in this &lt;br /&gt;Permanent&amp;nbsp;cast&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/inquiry/screamoemo-group/588&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;Screamo/Emo Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:52:44 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Over my vacation I played pool quite a lot. I think I got a little better, but there is still a lot of room for improvement. I hope to get much better and beat Sam, Alvin and eventually, Raymond. &amp;gt;:D Watch out guys &amp;gt;XD!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;I also went bowling and celebrated two of my good friends birthdays. I saw the movie &amp;quot;Seven Pounds&amp;quot; which would have been great if the ending didn&#039;t...haha no spoilers. I cried a few times though during the movie. Will Smith is my favorite actor! I played some Maplestory and leveled up so I am happy about that. My vacation was pretty average. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;hearts;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:39:48 -0700</pubDate>
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 <title>CFlores is thinking...</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Right now I&#039;m thinking about how my vacation was and I think it was GREAT!!!!! I liked all the way, although I did miss people like all my friends from school, but other than that it was so much fun. I liked everything about it and what a good way to start it ouot when I get my report card the a few days before it. The fun started when we went partying (my family and I) on Christmas Eve. This was such a good party, we danced, talked, laughed, ate, etc all night and it was awesome. I got everything that I wanted for Christmas (I don&#039;t ask for much) and everything went perfect. We also went to a number of parties after that (3 other ones before new years.) The party that I loved the most was the New Year&#039;s Eve party which was out off the roof. I&amp;nbsp;liked this party because I met new people and because it wasn&#039;t in New York (New Jersy, actually), which made it even better and I had a lot of fun dancing, playing video-games, eating, and other things too. My vacation was great and everything went according to plan and if not even better than what I expected YAY!!!! ^.^&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:33:55 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;One thing I did over the break that makes me feel good about myself is when I learned how toi iceskate. My friends and I went iceskating and they invited me to go. I&amp;nbsp;never went iceskating before and my mind went totally blank. I didnt really know what was going on or anything and I was scared to go because I didnt know how to iceskate or anything and I was also scared to fall on my butt or fall and then hurt myself as well. I went with my friends and I couldnt stop thinking about how I was going to embarass myself when I fall and bust my ass and having all the people stare and laugh at me. When we got there I put my iceskate on and went to iceskate. I stayed near the corner and tried to maintain my balance and thinking to myself dont fall dont fall. Then later my friend pulled me in and I was about to slip. I slipped and I fell on my butt. I was wondering why no one was laughing at me and no one was. I was just thinking too much and it was also kind of fun that I fell. I fell so many times and it was so hilarious, I was laughing at myself toos. Iceskating was so much fun and I finally got the hang of it and I was really proud of myself. I want to go back to iceskating again. I&#039;m good at iceskating.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:34:27 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Well I don&#039;t know if its thinking but yeah. I was THINKING about stuff I did over the vacation. So much things happened and well it was.... weird. From ice skating to a arrest and more crazy things. Ice skating was fun even though i hurt my trying to help a friend of mine skate. She was.... let&#039;s just say not good. Also a few days later a arrest happened over at my house and it was terrible. It was RIGHT&amp;nbsp;BEFORE&amp;nbsp;THE&amp;nbsp;NEW&amp;nbsp;YEARS which sucks. My whole family felt so bad for them and we are very worried too since they have 2 kids to support. Other then that I had a fun but weird and creepy vacation and it&#039;s amazing what can happen in just a couple of weeks.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Over the vacation i had experienced alot of good and bad things as well but a good thing that i did and i remember&amp;nbsp; was that my parent wanted to me to do this thing that they alway tell me to do but i never do , but i decieded to do because i didnt want my parents to scream at me again for that again.So i do it and i ended up making my parents happy and im glad that i di that because when i see people like parents happy get happy as well.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:27:27 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;My christmas vacation wasnt to bad! It was for the most part,a bit boring. There wasnt much that i did. I guess thats my fault because i ddint make any plans whatsoever. I ddint completely waste my vacay though,i did hang with two freinds last tuesday. They came over to my house and we were on the computer and we watched movies and did other....things that you do on when your not at school. Personally, i felt this vacation ws a very insightful one for me because i read and studied a whole lot during the break. I was taking notes on the human body and nutrition,basically anything related to medicine. I love knowledge! i have a ardor for it. Technically we all do to some extent. We all want to just &amp;quot;know&amp;quot; everything and anything so its not a constant flaw in our lives or something that adds to our insecurities. I dont do it for other people,i mean i really do like learning and then teaching and helping out,i want to be a source of information but it sort of fills a void for me and thats mostly what i got out of the vacation. I felt that ive grown intellectually,obviously we all have but that was my ultimate goal. To learn and add to what i already know. Besides that,i saw a couple of movies and went to a buffet to eat one night,that was pretty cool. I talked on the phone alot with my one freind. Thats about it,ddint do much else over the vacation.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;I&#039;m listening to really good music and obsessed with this new singer. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:45:27 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Im working on my homework. Im thinking bout how am i gonna pass 10th grade. I will work my hardness and i hope the best for me.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:27:52 -0700</pubDate>
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&lt;p&gt;i&#039;m working on homework and thinking about sleeping =]&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:58:16 -0700</pubDate>
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 <title>The City of Sin</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;The City of Sin&lt;br /&gt;invites you in&lt;br /&gt;with glitter and lights&lt;br /&gt;riches, food and women,&lt;br /&gt;wearing nothing but bangles&lt;br /&gt;and high heels.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;City lights, meant to blind,&lt;br /&gt;and dazzle,&lt;br /&gt;Keep you wrapped up&lt;br /&gt;in whatever vice you like.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here you can buy anything,&lt;br /&gt;and find entertainment in the&lt;br /&gt;illusion and cigarette smoke.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oh yes, the City of Sin,&lt;br /&gt;invites you into the golden paradise,&lt;br /&gt;where only money speaks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But that thin veneer is easily chipped&lt;br /&gt;and&amp;nbsp; neon lights fade&lt;br /&gt;in daylight&#039;s harsh glow,&lt;br /&gt;and that dancer&lt;br /&gt;in her glittery costume and high heels,&lt;br /&gt;is only a worn out, aging woman&lt;br /&gt;with smeared make-up and sore feet.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;A&amp;nbsp;little background on this...i recently came back from a trip to Las Vegas, and that&#039;s basically the impression I got from it. It&#039;s a grand illusion, that only really works at night. During the day it is a different city, a fake one. Maybe that&#039;s why everyone stays in the casinos...don&#039;t get me wrong, it&#039;s a fun place to visit, if you can ignore the certain raunchy, greedy atmosphere that seems to be prevelant. I do like the shows though. Cirque de Solei is amazing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/inquiry/writers-well/1277&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;Writers&amp;#039; Well&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:02:32 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;On January 2nd 6th ranked Utah finished a 13-0 season with a 31-17 victory over #4 Alabama in the All State Sugar Bowl.&amp;nbsp; It marked the second undefeated season and second BCS bowl victory in the last five years for the program, gave the Utah the largest active bowl win streak in the nation, the largest active winning streak in the nation, 17 million dollars, but most importantly it gave the program the national respect that it long deserved.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The way that the current BCS system is makes it impossible for Utah, or any other team from a mid-major conference, that chance to play for a national championship, even after going undefeated.&amp;nbsp; The reasons are many but it basically boils down to the fact that the schedule strength of these teams is sub par to the six major conferences in nation.&amp;nbsp; Utah broke the norm and found serious flaws in the BCS system.&amp;nbsp; Utah defeated four ranked teams this season, TCU, BYU, Oregon State, and Alabama.&amp;nbsp; TCU defeated a 9th ranked Boise State team, Oregon State defeated a 5th Ranked USC team, and Alabama was one game away from playing in the national championship.&amp;nbsp; Even after all this success Utah still does not have the opportunity to play for a national championship and will most likely end up ranked number 2 in the nation even though they are the only team in the nation to go undefeated.&amp;nbsp; The Utah victory adds much weight to the establishment of a playoff or at least to put an end to the aristocracy of the BCS.&amp;nbsp; Utah is as good as anyone in the country, and they proved it in the Bayou.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/school/judge-memorial-catholic-high-school-salt-lake-city-utah-usa/152&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:05:46 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Week 12 of the NFL season was not a happy time in the San Diego Chargers&#039; locker room. &amp;nbsp;They were 4-8 and everyone was already counting them out of the playoffs. &amp;nbsp;The Chargers on the other hand, had their own plans. &amp;nbsp;They still believed that they could make the playoffs and even win the Superbowl. &amp;nbsp;They went out and won their next three four games to finish the season at 8-8. &amp;nbsp;The Denver Broncos meanwhile were simply falling apart. &amp;nbsp;They lost their last three games, only needing to win one. &amp;nbsp;The final blow was when the Chargers beat them in their season finale to move into the playoffs. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In the first round of the playoffs the Chargers knocked off perennial power Indianapolis Colts and moved into the semi-finals. &amp;nbsp;They were without star running back Ladainian Tomlinson for that game, but the managed to bond together and fight for the victory. &amp;nbsp;They never gave up, and now they are within reach of a Superbowl title.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;&gt;The Chargers finally jumped above .500 and earned a rematch against the Steelers by outlasting&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=1428&quot;&gt;Peyton Manning&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/clubhouse?team=ind&quot;&gt;Indianapolis Colts&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;23-17 in overtime Saturday night.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/inquiry/sports-group/2638&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;Sports Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:52:30 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;I wanted to write about the history of Christmas. I see Christmas as one of the largest, in terms of observers and the industry built around it, holidays in the West. In fact&amp;nbsp; I would say it is undoubtedly the most popular holiday in the western world. I mean, who doesn&#039;t love toys and celebrating family? Its a cool holiday even though it has become more about material than loving one another. However, I think the idea behind the materialism is what is important. We strive to give those we love things that they will like, because we love them, and we want to see them happy. This is, at least, the ideal of Christmas materialism. &lt;br /&gt; So in this post-holiday season, I wonder, where did Christmas begin? Was it really Jesus&#039; birthday? Who was St. Nick? Was Santa just the creation of a British Author? &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;blockquote cite=&quot;Christmas history before Christ&quot;&gt;The middle of winter has long been a time of celebration around the world. Centuries before the arrival of the man called Jesus, early Europeans celebrated light and birth in the darkest days of winter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;citation&quot;&gt;       &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thehistoryofchristmas.com/ch/before_christ.htm&quot;&gt;Christmas history before Christ&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;citation&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;citation&quot;&gt;Before Christ, people, especially in western Europe where winters are harsh made a habit of celebrating during this period. There was no farming to do, little game to be had, and spending time outdoors was not especially pleasant. People would come together and spend time together in their boredom, and it can be inferred that from these gatherings sprouted celebrations from which Christmas stems. During the rule of the Roman Empire, these Western European pagan rites were adopted into the Roman culture and woven into the Roman rite of Saturnalia:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;citation&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;citation&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;blockquote cite=&quot;//flock/content/shelf/notesSidebar.xul&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;Saturnalia was a hedonistic time, when food and drink were  					plentiful and the normal Roman social order was turned  					upside down. For a month, slaves would become masters.  					Peasants were in command of the city. Business and schools  					were closed so that everyone could join in the fun.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This rite, as a period of debauchery, was replaced by the season of Advent after the time of Jesus in the Roman empire. The Advent season was longer, and its stark contrast to Saturnalia as a time of reserve and self-denial was something that, echoed in Christianity&#039;s adoption into Roman culture, was sought after in Rome. In Rome, there was a great discrepancy between those who had and those who did not have. This resulted in the oppression of the masses and the uncouth decadence of the few. Christianity was adopted by those who had been oppressed, most likely because they connected with the ideas of unity and oneness, espoused by the early Church. Christianity grew, and as a result, Christmas blossomed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/school/judge-memorial-catholic-high-school-salt-lake-city-utah-usa/152&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a class=&quot;tabcontent&quot; id=&quot;publishedDocumentUrl&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://docs.google.com/a/erhsnyc.net/Presentation?id=ddthms3r_8crfz89dk&quot;&gt;http://docs.google.com/a/erhsnyc.net/Presentation?id=ddthms3r_8crfz89dk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This is the presentation that we had to do about two photographers. I picked Lewis Hines and Jacob Riis because their work was familiar to me, being the fact that I learned about them in the eighth grade. I like the way that they used photography to get a message across to the world.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/community/digital-photography/273&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;Digital Photography&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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 <title>	Why are teens being sexually active if we are being taught about it more than those in the past? prt 4</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;If you can not see, this image shows two stuffed animals sitting against the bottom of a bed.&amp;nbsp; hanging behind them are jeans and a black shirt.&amp;nbsp; I chose to set it up this way because the stuffed animals represent childhood.&amp;nbsp; when we were young most of us had a special teddy bear or something that we ADORED and couldnt stand losing.&amp;nbsp; This image is suppose to show how some very young teens abandoned the childhood world (you can call it) to do adult things.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; i did have some problems taking this picture.&amp;nbsp; One was the stuffed animals didnt want to stay seated and use to fall on their side and that looked pretty weird.&amp;nbsp; Another was the jeans looked like they were neatly placed in the position they are in, i tried throwing it against the bed to solve this problem but it was still the same.&amp;nbsp; At the end i jus made the jeans into a ball so to wrinkle it, and then just put it on the side of the bed.&amp;nbsp; I realized all the time i had taken to get the jeans to look &amp;quot;right&amp;quot; was a waste of time.&amp;nbsp; it turns out they dont show much in the picture.&amp;nbsp; the light in the room was not enough and the bed is almost jammed up against a wall.&amp;nbsp; i forgot how but i managed to lay down on the floor pressed against the wall to take the picture which was a little blurry, but i think i like that effect on it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/school/baccalaureate-school-global-education-queens-nyc-usa/1480&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;Baccalaureate School for Global Education, Queens, NYC, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:08:24 -0700</pubDate>
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 <title>Reading, Literature, Books</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;I&amp;rsquo;ve been thinking about these three things and their place in a secondary school curriculum. So far, I&amp;rsquo;ve been thinking that I need more clarity on what we mean by each of these terms.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;What is reading? There are a sorts of reading behaviors that we value in schools. Do we mean that we want students to enjoy reading fiction? Where does non-fiction fit? And within that unhelpful category of &amp;ldquo;non-fiction,&amp;rdquo; what do we emphasize? Op-ed types of essays? History textbooks? How-to guides? Math and Science texts?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What is literature? Do we mean storytelling? Or is there a body of information about literature and literary terms that we want students to know? I think that we mainly mean storytelling. And this leads me to think about digital storytelling. Don&amp;rsquo;t we want students to be critical users of a bunch of different media used to tell stories, of course including stories in books.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;What&amp;rsquo;s a book? Part of what books are has to do with editing and peer-evaluated texts. So are we really talking about the authority given a text when it gets published? I think we probably are, and I&amp;rsquo;m happy to ask students to include quotations from books in their writing. But maybe finding such quotes on Google Book Search would be smart, no?&amp;nbsp; Maybe it has something to do with endurance, getting to the end of a long text?&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;These are some of my questions these days.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/school/east-west-school-international-studies-flushing-ny-usa/150&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;East-West School of International Studies, Flushing, NY, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Family time is something that comes along with holiday&#039;s.&amp;nbsp; It can be deceiving sometimes when Christmas comes around and their is the picture perfect setting of the family dressed up sitting together at a nicely put together table and food spread everywhere.&amp;nbsp; Not to say that this isn&#039;t achievable on any day in the year but Christmas has a way of making people set aside their problems and be a picture perfect family, at least through the meal.&amp;nbsp;Family&#039;s can spend all of Christmas day together playing their with their new toys or watching a game it is peaceful. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The sad thing about this peacefulness, and the part that worries me, is that at times the only reason why it is so peaceful is because of the presents that were received.&amp;nbsp; A child is a lot happier during the whole day if they like the presents they got.&amp;nbsp; The holiday&#039;s are suppose to be the season of giving not about the getting.&amp;nbsp; Getting is what holiday&#039;s have turned into.&amp;nbsp; The questions that I hear more than &amp;quot;what are you giving?&amp;quot; before the holiday&#039;s is &amp;quot;What do you think you are getting?&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now the idea of Santa and the myth is a great thing for kids but in a way it shows them that the holiday&#039;s are about getting and receiving presents.&amp;nbsp; Parents and families need to not only get presents but give more to those who really need it.&amp;nbsp; Families should show kids how to give at a young age in order to get it through the kids heads that giving and helping others in need is not just something that can be done it is something that needs to be done.&amp;nbsp; Something that more fulfilling than getting and something that is more necessary than getting.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Giving is not the emphasis of the holiday&#039;s at least not in most of the picture perfect homes around the world but in needs to be the emphasis in all homes.&amp;nbsp; Giving needs to be taught to kids.&amp;nbsp; And families need to not only show giving to their own little ones but to those who need it more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/school/judge-memorial-catholic-high-school-salt-lake-city-utah-usa/152&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This is a collage of pictures that portray homeless people and how they are forced to suffer because of the lack of money and help that they recieve. They way that this relates to the main question that I&amp;nbsp;have been blogging about is that people do not realize the impacts that poverty has on people and how they suffer. Because of this lack of knowledge or just lack of caring, they do not understand or try to change the way things are. Through this collage, you are able to see the many ways people are affected by poverty and how this struggle causes a never ending cycle. Because parents are poor and homelss, their children are forced to follow in the same footsteps, due to the lack of control that they have and the little money they have.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/school/baccalaureate-school-global-education-queens-nyc-usa/1480&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;Baccalaureate School for Global Education, Queens, NYC, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;This image relates to my main concern which is &lt;b&gt;&amp;quot;Will children all over the world be able to overcome poverty and become educated?&amp;quot;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;I feel that this image relates to my topic because it shows a white flower with origami hearts on top of a textbook. The image made me think of other kids who probably don&#039;t have the many &#039;priviledges&#039; we have, including learning how to read and holding a textbook in their hands, plus attending free public schools. Or making crafts with other children in school... I re-edited the image with a blue shading for the image because blue meaning sadness, ( plus the image looks dreamy... in a way) I thought the flower would be cute since it reminds me of little girls in different countries around the world, picking up wild flowers in forests or gardens.&amp;nbsp; I guess the only thing the kids do have are their hopes, dreams and their laughter. I guess thats what this image means to me.&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:31:38 -0700</pubDate>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;I ran up the stairs with the lycan. We&#039;re both incase within each other. So I had to kill this vile witch too. I took no damage but the body did. All the gaurds were dead and we were back in the same room we stared in. And there she was she was there sitting down. And she never changed back. And the gaurds were all dead so there was nothing in my way anymore. As i stand there looking eye to eye with her. I&amp;nbsp;see that she obtain a nice peice of blade. She stood up and explain to me that this was the blood blade i use to wage war between every creature of the night. And i said enough talk my lycan borther lunge into her and stabbed her right in the heart. She did not budge then i felt the cold steel blade go right though me. And i feel it cutting open my stomach. And i quickly jump back. I could not belive that it was that painful. We were pukeing blood and we were dieing. So the battle went on for hours. Just sword classhing and then at the end of all of it there was all blood. And the room was all red and it just smelled really bad. the lycan threw the sword at her and she said dont you know that dose nothing to me. Then the lycan said some words that was not clear to me and then he howl and after that all i heard was BOOM&amp;nbsp;BOOM&amp;nbsp;BOOM. And in the end the lycan killed everyoen and himself also the taranda. I never got to finish my work but i never got to live my life so this is what i deal with now. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/inquiry/serial-stories/3129&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;Serial Stories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;We are in turkey and for the first time I got to turn back into human form. And then we went into a gun shop and bought all the guns we can buy. And we load and walked and we walked the streets screamming and having drinks. And we walk and walk the night and then we got to the boader of Italy. And we walked into it and killed all the guards that was standing there. There nothing that can stop us now. I&amp;nbsp;put my hand on the back of my neck to signal put away all the guns. And they did so this might be the last time writing in my journal.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;nbsp;just cant belive the way i cam from was such a short journey. And then we walk to we hit the metal hospital. And then we rigged it with bombs and load s of C4 and we were going to blow the whole place down. But then the lycan jumped out of me and i turned into him and he pulled out a sword from out of no where and he said this is a battle i must fight for myself......... if you hear me howl that means blow up the place with me inside.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/school/east-west-school-international-studies-flushing-ny-usa/150&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;East-West School of International Studies, Flushing, NY, USA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;So it was day break and the whole village was going to coming with me to fight the creature in the metal hospital. And the whole day I was lost. I had no clue what were they saying and i started to think to myself. What am i doing why am i here. I ask myself alot of question and i also found a lot of my self. And it was just so amazing and I could not stand the excitment. I was just going crazy i stated to feel like one of them. I am living in this body forever now. And i crave blood.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We stop to eat and we were eatting better food. And since we were in france we found some cheese and other stuff to eat. And i just dont know how it taste anymore. When I put it in my mouth it taste so good i just wanted more and more. So we did and we went to get a lot o chesse. And we went to steal a lot of chesse. And then we ran back into the forest where no one can find us. Not eve the police can chace me. I felt good and we had to take a long trip back to the metal hospital in italy&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/inquiry/serial-stories/3129&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;Serial Stories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;As we ran though the woods of Italy. We found food to eat and it was disgusting because a lot of it was just naked mole rats. And then one night right before we got the border of France. We were shot and even though it didnt lay a hit on us we were still scared. &amp;quot;I was startled&amp;quot;, even though I was in the lycan body which wasnt mine anymore I can feel the pain. And all I can see is this person that has a hunting rifle staning on the cliff. I&amp;nbsp;can see what the lycan see i can feel what he feels. I notice that the lycan did not want to hurt anyone. And all it wanted was to know the name of the sniper. And the lycan screams out what is your name. The guy says my name is Yori what is yours the lycan response by saying im your lycan brother. The shooting stopped and i was less scared to walk out. I just didnt know what happen i saw the sniper jump down. And they were speaking to each other. And i was like whats going on. Later the sniper turned into the werewolf. And after that the lycan explain to me that you can have total control over anything even me. So i felt a little more at ease.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That night we went to this village and they were full of lycans. And I also&amp;nbsp; found out more about how to control the beast with in. And I&amp;nbsp;felt good and relieve but I also notice that my life wasnt going to be the same. And it also intertwain with there war of the night.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/inquiry/serial-stories/3129&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;Serial Stories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;Now he is on the run......... there will be no more explantion&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Im fell into the water. A really long drop and I just dont know what im doing now. I&amp;nbsp;have no control at all my body is moving by it self. And then&amp;nbsp; I found my pen and my journal on the shores of a the river. I quickly grabbed it and ran into the woods. I dont know what to do now and im not changing back to human form this is bad. I&amp;nbsp;started to cry in the inside because i was so scared. Then I heard the lycan say dont you dare cry you a soilder now and you dont cry. And I found out that night that i can talk to myself and it would anwser me. So the whole night as we ran though the dark woods. I&amp;nbsp;can hear myself talking and asking about the creature past.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;So the information i have is that this creature is a ghost that enter my body when it dies. And that happens to eveyr other spirit wolf. So now we are off to find his brother to take down the wretch little girl. And that is why its hard and long road. The same night we ran into a cave and stayed there for the night. And our location we are going to is the graveyard in moscow. I havent been out for so long.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;og_rss_groups&quot;&gt;&lt;ul class=&quot;links&quot;&gt;&lt;li  class=&quot;first last og_links&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/inquiry/serial-stories/3129&quot; class=&quot;og_links&quot;&gt;Serial Stories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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