Nike Park may very well be the best thing that has ever happened to me. The number of activities there to keep me and my friends occupied during times when everything else was closed was extremely helpful. Being able to just go 3 minutes from my house to a sports complex is one of the bright spots of living where I do. Now, let me give you a few memories that I made there with some of the best people.
The basketball courts there bring back memories of pure happiness. After all, I’m a hoopist. Going there the summer after freshman year and just hooping for hours and hours was just the best. It was a lot simpler than as well as a
ll we had to think about was summer homework if any of us had any. Making teams was always the hardest because everyone would accuse you of making unfair teams that favor you, but it was all laughs. I still go there now a consistent amount with good friends that create no drama and can just play. The all-time moment at Nike was when I absolutely took Trevor’s ankles and then hit the shot afterward while he was laying on the ground below me.
The weird thing was that whenever I played football at Nike, it would never be on the turf. It would be on the grass next to the volleyball courts. That same summer, Asim’s dad would come to play quarterback with us which just made the whole experience a lot better. I got closer again with some people that I didn’t talk to in a while. 
The rivalry between Asim and his dad, when they would both play quarterback, was hilarious to watch and so was Asim’s dad making sure we follow all of the football rules even though we were playing for fun. If anything, it made it all the more exciting. Also, the trash talk between us and Asim’s brother was just fun to watch as his brother was nearly our height during all of this even though he was 2 years younger than us. We haven’t played in a while, but that was definitely one of the best moments at Nike.
I was never a big fan of soccer or the World Cup til the summer before junior year. That summer, we would go to Nike and play world cup til the cops would come, and then try to play again after he would leave. Just playing soccer with a volleyball made everyone so skilled and it was just a blast. One of the most athletic kids I know, Peter Christiansen, was just insane every time even though he stopped playing soccer in 5th grade. 
The first night we started playing was because of a coincidence. We went to Nike to play basketball and saw some other kids we were somewhat friends with. Noah had a volleyball and after hooping, no one wanted to get sandy. So he suggested playing soccer with a volleyball and that’s how we all started playing World Cup with only a volleyball. I still haven’t played with a real soccer ball yet.
I had no idea what pickleball was til I saw it being built behind the tennis courts. I wondered why the idea of it had even existed as I just thought it was tennis for old people. I had no idea how fun it would turn out to be. Joe and I would go as many times as we could the summer after sophomore year and I can definitely say that we are both pros to this day. It still gets you a great workout even though it is a smaller tennis court and it is honestly just as difficult as tennis in my opinion. 
The reason is because of the rules that the game has. Thankfully, Joe and I were too lazy to actually follow the rules so we just used the rules of tennis and applied them to the pickleball courts. The only sad part that I remember was that there was one day that Joe absolutely got me going one way and then hit the ball the other way. This made me do the splits and I literally had to sit out the entire day, because it just hurt to do anything else.
Man, am I happy that Nike Park was built. So many great memories were built there and I know there will be more.
1:30ish if I genuinely tried doing it. Then I would have the entire day to do whatever I wanted. I watched so many movies and tv shows that I think that is where my love for movies came from. Another thing was that my brother was home. I personally like having my brother home, because he is usually the one who backs me up when I get in an argument with mom or dad. Although he did make me go crazy more than a few times, it was nice having him there. Also, not having to stress over school made the entire experience 100x less stressful. Of course, I wish this pandemic never occurred, but what was produced from it was an experience that I genuinely loved. 
had to do things in the school such as the hallway walking made me wish I just stayed home. I’m delighted that I also decided to wait to take ceramics til senior year because if I had to continuously take my piece home and then back to school, I know I would have broken it and my room would be a bigger mess than it already was. The last thing I remember about this year was that the summer that followed sophomore year was probably one of the best ones I’ve had.
stressful semester I’ve had. I even forgot to submit an application to some schools, because I was focused on other senior activities. Then I got the flu before thanksgiving break which made me miss the senior roller skating night and then the entire next week I was stationed at home while my family went to see all of my cousins. Thankfully, that semester is over and I’ve been relaxing more than ever now. I even have time now to take at least 3 hours every day to do whatever I want after school when I don’t have activities. 
to wonder whether your obsession with these pretzels is healthy. With Dot’s Pretzels, there’s a multitude of flavors, but you mustn’t choose the honey mustard flavor. That flavor is just downright horrendous when it comes to how Dots made them. The original Flavor is the best flavor and carries a punch that will knock out your taste buds. If you are feeling more sweet than savory, try their cinnamon sugar brand. That stuff is dangerous when paired up with the original flavor. Mix those two up in a bowl and have a party in your mouth with each pretzel. Another plus of these pretzels is that you don’t have to do any cooking and you can still munch quite easily. 
goldfish. The way that it has the perfect amount of salt and still tastes somewhat cheesy makes it an all-time great when it comes to snacks. However, the flavor-blasted goldfish is the most popular among humans. The way the eater can taste even more cheese and have the option of licking their fingers afterward makes this type of goldfish all the more delectable. People can say it is unhygienic, but can they say they tasted true happiness in the form of cheese powder? I thought not, so next time you visit a store, you better pick up goldfish. You can get it in packets, bigger packets, and even a box. 
happiness. Also, with gushers, I love how some packets are multicolored while others are just red. This allows the eater to be surprised with each packet and also leaves them in suspense when they move on to the next one. The one problem with these gushers is that they are pure sugar. But that is a silly problem when compared to the greatness of what fruit snacks wanted to be. Gushers are every little kid’s dream snack and whenever I have just one, the little kid in me feels happy. I may be a little obsessed with them, but they also give me a nice pump if I eat them before I go to the gym. 
was that she could be planning a potential vacation to Alicante. In fact, it made perfect sense. Benitez-James wrote this poem from a tourist’s view. Before a tourist starts to go on their vacation, they generally buy new clothes for the vacation and also research the positives and negatives of the area. This person in the poem is buying bikinis for the beaches in Alicante and was afraid of seeing moon snails by referring to how she wondered,” What if I lost these breasts altogether?” I still had some questions as to why it felt so rushed with the italics, but I thought those would be answered later in the poem. Then I saw the last paragraph and felt my entire thought process go to pieces.
skipped over the “leopard-print bikinis” mentioned in the first stanza and once I went back to it, I knew that these two had to be connected. However, even with this thought, I still had no clue as to how this last stanza refers to the poem’s main message or main meaning. 
They just hit the spot every single time. It doesn’t matter when I eat them. It just matters that I do eat them at least once every two days. Also, you can make healthier meals taste so good and not have to worry about eating fatty foods all the time. Another plus of cooking is that you can attract so many people of the gender you like. I’ve seen it on tv shows so it must be true. I also see it all the time with my uncle, because my aunt always seems to stare at him in the kitchen. A little creepy in my opinion, but still I hope one day that this works for me. I do think that cooking has many positive impacts on my life and I just love when others eat my food and love it. It makes me feel proud.
I can reassure myself that this test won’t matter in 6 months or that this ceramic piece looks good after it explodes into pieces. I also think that talking to yourself helps pass the time. I like to have conversations with myself sometimes about my day or who I saw in the hallways. I think this is healthy but I don’t really know and care because it works for me. This may not work for you, but it works for me which means that you should definitely try it at least once. 
can just sweat out the disease you have. Some of the best experiences that I’ve ever had were waking up to snow falling outside and waking up to a snow day. Those experiences are just unforgettable. I remember the one time that we had Christmas with snow outside in elementary school, I was so excited because I had no work and I could just relax. Just seeing the snow is just somewhat peaceful. Sleeping is one of the best things people can do or learn how to do. It sounds weird, but if you sleep wrong or not for enough time, your entire day can be messed up. 
This was one of the few essays that I enjoyed writing because I was able to write about one of my past experiences and how I was able to grow my reading knowledge. Lastly, I learned how to do better close readings of novels, because both of the novels that we read were very difficult I would say in understanding initially. I would have to read three or even four times to understand what was happening.
Being tired and drowsy just leads you to want to fall asleep. Then when Mr. Williams passes out important information, it just goes through one year and out the other. Also, when you have blended, don’t just think of it as a free period to sleep in or just do whatever. I’m not going to lie, but I did forget a few times about this and I had to do catchup work the night after which could have been easily done in the blended period. 
I was really able to imagine the text and what was happening more in the novel this year which I thought was nice as well. I was also able to change my perspective on how to read novels on a schedule. I’m not going to lie, I thought that I would be able to just read 50 or 70 pages the day before to reach the page number that we assigned. I was only able to read around 30 pages. Then I started reading around 15 pages a day and then that really helped me when I had to reread a page. 
I found that when we did that in class, I was able to get more thoughts flowing in my brain and was able to easily find solid connections to use in my writing. Lastly, an important lesson this semester that I will most definitely follow next semester is to be on time for first period.
everything is moving too fast. You can even gain new life skills that you may not obtain through college and you can also utilize these new life skills to make some quick cash. Of course, you could also just stay in your parents’ basement and just utilize this time to just do whatever you want and just be with your parents. You might go a little crazy with this option, but you also don’t have to pay anything like taxes or rent(unless your parents demand it) and you can get free food. You don’t even have to worry about having a car to drive then because, at college, you don’t get a car to use when you are a freshman. You would have to walk or bring a bike with you and a bike could get stolen. So why not just take a gap year and explore all of your options and really find out what things that interest you that you could do on a daily basis? 
important in the workplace, but also at home. For example, renovations in your place of living can be very difficult and time-consuming and it can discourage you. But with those two skills, you can easily finish renovations and not have to be worried. I’m not going to act like I have either of those skills, but I would understand why both of those skills are important to have, and hopefully one day, I have both. Anyways, a job can get you some quick money and if you work your way up, you can get so many more benefits. 
talks about how his current college life is amazing and how he doesn’t wish at all that he was back in high school. With college, you can gain a new set of friends and essentially start all over again. You also do get increased career stability as many companies prefer hiring people with majors. College can be a great experience and the possible connections that could be grown there could help you both at the workplace and outside the workplace. 
sit next to you. If you ever feel alone, the dog makes it less lonely. They also help relieve whatever stress you may contain as the dog can be an escape from the stressful life you may have. Even if you leave the house, the dog will still wait for you and when you come back, the dog will wag his tail incredibly fast just in anticipation for you. 
you causing you pain. They can also jump onto tables and other things causing glasses, plates, and other things to break. They can also lead to hard work being lost such as when my cousins and I made a 1000-piece puzzle that took us over a week to finish and all of that disappeared in a few seconds when their cat decided to jump on top of the table and completely mess up the entire board. The amount of anger that I had arbored and kept inside me during that moment could have filled an entire barrel. Although I would never harm an animal, I really really really wished that I hadn’t made that promise to myself at that moment. Anyways, that one moment really set me down this entire road of how much I absolutely despise cats. This moment also really helped me find dogs as true companions. 
like how I associate blue with happiness, that feeling of being able to understand a math concept is amazing. Just that feeling makes everything I have done in math worth it even though I have to put in countless hours. Also if you associate blue with chaos since oceans can be unruly, math still resembles chaos in the way that you are feeling overwhelmed by the homework you have. If you think math is not blue, I genuinely think that you need to be put in a room with me and try to argue your side. It will not work out. 
red to my inability to find the deeper meaning in texts. I always just find the surface meaning and then I can’t really figure out the deeper meaning without guidance from others. Then I get a little sad when I see how easy it is for others to just see it. Also, I don’t enjoy most books which then goes back to me feeling sad that I have to read that book. Also, I generally have the most stress in my reading classes, even more than math, because it usually takes me a few hours to fully understand a text and find a deeper meaning. So, reading must be red. 
with each other. Also, nature and plants are green. What class do we study plants and nature? Science class is the answer. You may do a brief study of nature in your other classes, but to get a deep knowledge of nature, it is taught in science class. Also, I generally see green trees and fields of green grass as delightful and more peaceful. I also find most of my science classes the same. Although I am not as sure on this one as the ones before, I could still most definitely argue this opinion til the other person wants to just stop talking to me. 
lovable class. In other subjects such as math and reading, there is always trickery. Especially if you don’t understand what is happening at that moment. In science, there is trickery with how much is actually needed to be known to be able to take a science test and do well on it. You think will be ready for the test and then there is that one question that focuses on the smallest detail in your textbook. In social science, everything is straightforward. It either is in history or supported by facts. As such, social science can only be yellow. 
meat’s flavor to come through creating juicy, tender meat. Their sides do not disappoint either with their peppery cheese grits and mustard-heavy pork hash. Then, if you want to kick it up a notch, they have special sauces such as spicy-sour jeow som to really elevate their meat. When(not if) you visit, you will certainly not be discontent. This place will leave you filled to the brim of collapse with deliciousness.
experience. As you move on to the main course, the amount of options is staggering. They have french toast that just melts in your mouth, plant-based meat that tastes just like 5-star quality meat, and so many more options. You can most definitely find at least one food here that will make your top 10 list of best foods eaten. I guarantee it. 
head roll and you just feel pure bliss. Their miso butter-kissed crab and Japanese black abalone themselves are outstanding. Even the presentation is so clean and spectacular that your eyes may feel moist since you may feel that you are in the presence of greatness. Okay, maybe they won’t feel moist, but you get the point. Even the decor this restaurant has is aesthetically pleasing. There is no wrong option of what to choose from their menu. 
vindaloo and truffle naan. Naan is essentially the best “bread” out there and can be eaten with anything. Vikram Sunderam took advantage of that and was able to create masterful dishes. His palak chaat is a customer favorite and so is his black cod. Even the Michelin Guide recognized both his food and him. If you don’t know what the Michelin Guide is, it is the ultimate guidebook to deliciousness. Rasika has the perfect blend of classiness and spectacular food. You will be left feeling content no matter what food you eat.