My War

When I was in 8th grade, my soccer team was in the final game of the maysa Cup tournament. We had worked our way up through the bracket that weekend, and the next couple hours would decide who got the golden first place trophies and who world cry as they held their little silver tropgies. It was a bruttle game. Both teams were increadibly even as far as skill level went, and we were back and forth and all over the field. The parents were going crazy; the ref. had to go over and threaten to send them to the parking lot if they couldn't cool off. One rough point of the game was when Emily was knocked out of bounds and broke her arm- a sacrifice. At the end it was still a tie, so we ended with a shoot-out. After four out of the five people shot, it was still tied. Then their player missed and opened up an opportunity for us. Our player kicked, but the kick was weak and their goalie took a step forward to pick up the ball. This was an illegal move since the goalie can only move side to side, so our player got a second shot, made it, and we won!

Absurd old ladies

Last summer when I was helping out at a vacation bible school in New York, I came across severals absurdities. One day we took the kids to a nursing home to sing and give tissue paper flowers to the residents. In the middle of one of out little church songs, an old lady bursts out and starts singing a patriotic tune. Some of the little kids looked nervous while others just wore a "what is that crazy old lady's problem" expression on their faces. It seemed like she was probably a decent singer back in the day, but this was just absurd. While in China Town on the same trip, our youth director pointed down the street at an old lady approaching us and exclaimed, "Just look at the culture!" The lady was wearing a long skirt, shawl, and head covering, and was hobbling in our direction. As she approached, we could see that her teeth had rotted out, and she was swearing like a sailor about loosing money she had bet on a soccer team who had just lost. We laughed at our youth directors exasperated expression as she realized she probably should have picked a better example of culture to point out.

journal entry- my bbq experience

With boxing matches, pants less closes, and sprayer wars, McDonalds is a very entertaining place to work. What I have learned from working there for two years is that you can get paid for socializing. (and doing a some occasional work) I've got quite a few interesing stories from the past two years of service there, but I'll focus on last Tuesday. At the beginning of my shift, I took a few orders. Then I sat in the office and talked while eaing leftover Halloween candy the store had handed out. After that I learned how to make a funnel cake... take a pancake, fry it put on sugar, whipped cream, and chocolate topping, and enjoy! We've come up with several tasty concoctions that don't appear on the menu. Another lesson I learned that evening is people tend to react negatively when you pour barbeque sauce on their head. They may react by head-butting you and getting bbq all over your shirt. Ahh, the memories. Most people are repulsed by the idea of working at McDonalds, but it's really not that bad.

Pie Safe relationships

There is without a doubt something to be said about the relationships between Mrs. Hanson and Mr. Albright. Since the story is told from Victor's point of view there is a lot for the reader to interpret and piece together about this topic. In the beginning when Mrs. Hanson pulls up in her nice car, Mr. Albright steps forward but then stops when he realizes who it is. Rather than going to greet the visitor he does an awkward wave with the gun and then becomes embarassed because he is without a shirt. Mrs. Hanson proceeds to give a half wave as they just stand and look at eachother, not knowing how to deal with one another. I think this suggusts that there was some drama previously with their relationship. Whether their relationship was personal or strictly buisness is unclear, and there is evidence that suggusts both. I'd say the previous example stated would be because of a personal relationship that ended badly; however, another piece of the story directly before this scene told us that the Albright family is financially unstable as Mrs. Hanson, wife of a judge, pulled up in a nice car. This suggusts that there may be some insecurity in the relationship because of a social class gap. The reason Mr. Albright and Mrs. Hanson aren't best buds is unclear, but sometimes it makes for a more interesting story if certain aspects are left up for interpretation.