Today's a gift that's why its called the present.

While running today, it finnaly hit me that running wasn't just a way to excersize the mind and body, but was a way of life as well.

As you run, you realize what you past and you enjoy seeing it fade behind you, because then you know you're moving forward. You also see what's in front of you and chase them, just like we are told to chase another SHS member during practices. But what you chase isn't another person (might be? crush?), but you're dreams and goals. But yet the most important part of running is the actual running itself. You realize that yes you are moving forward and yes you are chasing your goals, but yet you're enjoying right now, the sweat, the pain in your legs, the heaviness of your breathing. You've discovered that it takes now to reach the future and now to create the past. And just like running, your life has times of uphills and downhills and curves, and straighaway's.But despite all of this you're still running, you are making the attempt to move forward, but not just move to your goals, not just create the past....

You create Yourself, who you want to be and where you want to go. Let's face it the ending flag is only a symbol of telling you "you've done it" but you had to run there first.

economic sanctions ought not be used to achieve foreign policy objectives.

This shall be fun, i have 2 weeks woot

"Major, He's wounded"

Got APWH score back today.....eh not that great, but not bad. 1st instinct was could've done better. 2nd instinct was you're an idiot you spent all that time for nothing. 3rd instinct was look at you, pathetic.

Its funny because everyone who knows me, knows I work hard and dedicated. But so what? A kid can be the hardest worker in the world, and when he sets his mind to something he doesn't stop till its finished. But he can still be as dumb as a rock. I don't know, its hard to believe that I spent more then half my freshman year studying for the final just to get a grade like that. Feels like a bullet just tore off both my legs, my arms and shot a magic bullet that completly destroyed my will power, and my opponent just stood over me and laughed. All that time in study groups and lecturing and what's even worse the assault from Dad saying "Why?" feels like a hot knife stabbed right into my skin. I could've done better. But why didn't I??!! WHY???!!!

A friend told me that "When you are at the top, remember what it felt like to be at the bottom. and when you're at the bottom remember what it felt like to be at the top." Well right now I feel at the bottom, but I don't know what it feels like to be at the top. Everyone expects so much out of me and I expect so much out of myself, but what happens when everything you want to be turns back and bites you?

"On the battlefield soldiers, there is only one rule, kill or get killed."
"Sir we have a wounded one in the field"
"leave him be"
"but sir.."
"I'm not risking two lives because one soldier couldn't push himself enough to survive"
In this world you either kill( get good grades, get into a good college, get a good job) or get killed( become nothing.)

I have to push myself harder, parents say I push myself too hard and I say "The skies the limit"

When reality hits.

have you ever felt that your life was like living in the mist? That you couldn't see what was in front of you or what was behind you or even if you're feet was on the ground? But yet everything was perfect, the silence, the calm breeze, the cool driplets on your skin, the fresh breath in the morning. But what happens when that mist dissaperars and you find yourself facing a storm. Lightling, thunder and pouring rain, and you realize this is the true world you live in, not that misty fantasy. And as you look at the true world you realize that everything you've been doing was just a dream. Cus in the End the Storm Will Take Everything Away From You in A Flash.

That's how I feel today, reality just overcame fantasy, and I've been hit hard real hard. I'm not going to be okay.

Resolved

I affirm the Resolved: Debate camp is more fun then being at home.

Value for this round will be fun, simply as stated in the resolution we are weighing how much fun debate camp is and how much fun home is.

Value criteria: Activities
AS the activities become more varied the more things one can do which increases fun.

C1: Debate camp has more activities then home.
Debate camp not only offers one meets new people but also endless amounts of laughter,debate, and advice. Not to mention constant drills. Where at home its only watchint T.V or on youtube, and those do not last long because one's attention span becomes tired of it. Impact: Debate camp outweighs home on inside activities.

Sub point A: Debate camp offers more time outside of the complex.
At home it is true one can go outside but one does not find enjoyment there all alone. Debate camp offers time to be with friends, such as south beach. It also offers other activites such as the dance this coming up friday but also a exihibtion debate in front of the whole camp(which i was nominated for :D). Impact: Debate outweighs home on outside activites

You automatically look to the AFfirmative side because 1: Debate camp offers more inside activites, and 2: Debate camp offers more outside activites. Thus outweighing the negative on the VC which outweighs the negative on the value of Fun.

P.S. I think you get the points, I'd rather be a debate camp.