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    “Yes!” I shout. I just woke up from hibernation‚ which can only mean one thing: Groundhog’s Day! I grin from ear to ear at the thought of finally seeing my shadow. I can hardly contain my excitement as I munch and crunch on my flower and bark salad. My father always told me that I‚ Punxsutawney Phil‚ will be honored by tens of thousands of people on this special day‚ but he never said that it would come so quickly! I slowly close my eyes and imagine the moment I’d been waiting for. A crowd will

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    On a humid‚ winter day in Hawaii‚ Mike decided to hit the road in his Infiniti qx60 with his friend Patrick. Patrick knew Mike well‚ because they play lacrosse together. Patrick had just moved to Hawaii. Pat is sixteen and Mike is eighteen years old. They went to a brand new theme park called Flyin Hawaiian very early in the morning‚ and tried to beat a record of going on 42 roller coasters in one day! They went to Screamin Splash first because that ride looked the most interesting. The line

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    Sept. 23‚ 1957: They finally returned today. All of the members of the LR9 made an appearance at school‚ or at least tried to. You weren’t around to see it‚ but the LR9 did not have the most exhilarating day. Maybe I should say half day. They didn’t stay very long‚ I believe they left at about noon. Thelma Mothershed was in three of my classes‚ and every time I faced her she looked sick to her stomach. However‚ I don’t think she was cold and flu sick‚ I would look the same way if I couldn’t make

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    One Saturday morning‚ I crawled out of bed and went downstairs to have breakfast. I looked out the window and saw a fresh blanket of snow which meant that it was a perfect day for snowboarding! About an hour later my brother‚ Jacob also came down and ate his breakfast. "Hey Jacob‚ want to go snowboarding today?" I asked. "Sure‚" he replied. We got on our gear one piece at a time. Snowpants‚ boots‚ coat‚ scarf‚ and gloves. "We’re going to the park‚" I announced to my parents

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    Kent was always by my side ever since I was born; I don’t remember a day in my life that Kent didn’t come visit me in my lonely and barren pasture. The excruciating noise and heat made me uncomfortable and irritable‚ but with one look from Kent I became calmer and less agitated. I soon realized that there would be no time

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    Losing Someone Close

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    Losing Someone Close Losing a close person to you is like losing an important body part. Knowing someone is about to leave your side but you just don’t know when and what time of the day is scary. Checking on that person to make sure they still breathing and still responds when you call their name and conversations are good. My grandmother was a great woman. She’s a great definition of what a wife‚ mother‚ grandmother‚ survivor‚ and a supporter should be. Knowing it was almost her time to leave

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    It comes around every year; not always on that same date‚ but always the same time. The weather is usually brisk from the wind that whips through the countryside and on occasion there might even be the blessing of individually unique snowflakes falling to the ground. None of this is a problem though‚ as we all sit indoors where the heat from the floor vents push out hot air filling the whole house. It is always the same‚ year after year‚ and I would never change it; because to me it is the best time

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    Fear In Frankenstein

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    shudders in revulsion at the ghastly sight of such an unnatural and grotesque being. Little did they know that horrified response was the key feeling Mary Shelley sought to evoke when she wrote her gothic novel Frankenstein; however‚ she manipulates that fear in such a way so as to show that what may seem scary in the moment is actually not the true danger‚ or rather‚ ‘monster’. Mary Shelley introduces a scientist‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ with great ambitions and also great flaws‚ so as to twist a seemingly

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    Someone Who Is Inspiring

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    Someone Who Inspires Me Have you ever known someone that has made a great impact on your life or is of great importance to you? Has that someone been there through all the good and the bad situations in your life? I am so proud to say that I can answer “yes” to all those questions. The special person that I can say inspires me the most is my father. He loves me through even the roughest of storms in my life and his. When my dad has had a rough day he still comes home happy just for my family

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    How to Forget Someone

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    How to forget someone fast It takes me one week at most to forget about someone I used to love even if the relationship lasted for a long period of time. You might think that I am emotionally strong or that i am an exception but the truth is that I suffered for more than a year after my first breakup and then after reading about love’s psychology I developed some kind of immunity to breakups. In my articles about breakups i will transfer that same immunity to you so that breakups won’t affect

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