Responses to Journal One
10 January, 2000
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S1: The most interesting thing I have ever done is nothing.  I have never been to another country, much less out of the state.  I go to school because I have to not because I want to.  I live with my dad and my brothers and sisters go to Missou. If I had to pick something I would say that I'm a twin, but we are not identical.  We are two totally different people.  She is away at Missou, I don't see or talk to her much.  We have different color hair, I'm skinny she is over weight, and she id very outgoing and I'm quiet.

S2: The most interesting thing I have ever done. That would have to be playing the saxaphone. I am now in the process of organizing a band. So soon I will be very rich I hope. I love to get up in front of lots of people and just play straight from the soul. I would'nt call myself a professional yet. But I am on the way to becoming either a sychologist or musician. I have also always had the dream to help people; since I have allready been through alot of it myself. So basically I have the back up plan. If I don't become famous. Then I will become a sychologist. If I had a choice between the two. I couldn't really say what I would want to do more. The reason I would love to become a musician is because of the ladys. A sychologist doesn't get all that attention.

S3: The most interesting thing I ever did, would have to be going to Texas for spring break. I flew down by myself to see the guy I was seeing. I stade on the army base of Fort Hood. I got to see the life that one would lead if they chose the path to honor their country. While I was there I was allowed to shot a gun and ride on a tank. During the days when my friends were at work, I got to relax and get a tan. The trip was fun until the last day when we missed my plane. I sat in an airport for three days on standby. It took so long, because there was a music festiful. I finally got home from my amazing week.

S4: By far, one of my favorite passtimes is participating in the exciting sport of ice hockey.  I learned to ice skate at the young age of four.  I have enjoyed this sport ever since.  One of my most memorable expieriences was playing in the old St. Louis arena.  Tis was the place I scored my first goal of my carear.  This was a big deal because this was the same ice the teams from the National Hockey league.

S5: The most interesting thing I have ever done happened 5 months ago. I was admited into St. Mary's hospital to have my baby. I was excited, the nine month wait was finally over. I was filled with all kinds of emotions. The labor wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, it was long but not to pain full. After it was all over I was tired, but filled with the most joy any person could have.

S6: There is not too much about me that is interesting. I play baseball and basketball. Ialways loved the game of baseball. I played baseball everyday with my cousin. I hated basketball at the start. My freshman year in high school a friend bet me $50 that I could not make the freshman-sophmore team. I proved him wrong. Later he bet I couldn't make the starting 5. Proved him wrong again.

S7: The most interesting that I have ever done is go out of the country to Jamaica.  This was an experience I'll never forget because I got to see how people really live.  There was a two hour bus ride through all of the different towns and you got to see how people in their country live.  I was very sad to see small houses with little support to hold it up.  Driving through the towns made me realize how good I got it which, I may take for granted sometimes.  In response to what my family and myself saw we adopted a child from a foreign country in which, we send money each month to help pay for food, clothes, and schooling. 

S8: This past summer I went on a float trip with some of my friends and I.  It was a weekend trip, we left Friday morning and, and by the time that we got thereit was time to set up camp.  As we set up I remember it being one of the hottest days and the only air conditionming that we got was in the car.  That lasted for about an hour, then we were off to the busses to head down the Meremec river.  It was a wonderful relaxing day  and we needed it to be ready to prepare us for what was in store for the next day.  Once we got back to camp we had bbq and sat in the tents as it poored down rain.  The next mo=rning finally came and now it was time to jmp out of a plane!  We got all geered up after about a fifteen minut discussion and the next thing you know we were back on the ground.

S9: The most interesting thing I have ever done. That would have to be playing the saxaphone. I am now in the process of organizing a band. So soon I will be very rich I hope. I love to get up in front of lots of people and just play straight from the soul. I would'nt call myself a professional yet. But I am on the way to becoming either a sychologist or musician. I have also always had the dream to help people; since I have allready been through alot of it myself. So basically I have the back up plan. If I don't become famous. Then I will become a sychologist. If I had a choice between the two. I couldn't really say what I would want to do more. The reason I would love to become a musician is because of the ladys. A sychologist doesn't get all that attention.       

S10: The most interesting thing I have done in life was recieved Eagle Scout when I was younger.  I started in Cub Scouts and worked my way in to Boy Scouts. I was one of the few kids to recieve this award.  I was told that only two percent of the boys in scouts make it that far.  The intresting part of it is the experiences that came from it.  Learning how to work as a group, rather than an individual.  Learning, what it means to be a good citizen, how to surive in the woods, take care of yourself, and not to depend on others to take care of you. 

S11: The most interesting thing I have ever done, would have to be the time my mother took my brother and I on a cruise that made three wonderful stops.  The first stop was Cancun, the second Cozumel, and finally the third Progresso.  This trip came to be the most interesting thing to me because, the atmosphere of everything you do is to have fun.  Furthermore, I learned that a fake I.D went as easy as the fun came.  I was sixteen, had a New Jersey I.D that was pathetic, and they looked and said, "From New Jersey, WOW"  I grinned as they gave me my dos aqui.  The stops were all very eventfull and this is why this trip was one of the most interesting things I had ever done.

S12: The most recent interesting thing that I have done lately is meeting Marshall Faulk.  I was at dancing at Have A Nice Day Cafe and he was there as well.  I heard the DJ announce that he was there that night and really didn't care that much.  About 1 hour later, I was dancing with my friend Dave when this guy pulled my arm so I would start dancing with him.  I introduced myself to him and then he did the same.  It was really weird.  I was dancing with Marshall Faulk.  We talked for about 15 minutes while dancing and then he had to go.  He kissed me on the cheek and I wished him good luck for the rest of the season.  He thanked me and then left the club.  I had a really good time dancing with him.  He is a very nice guy.  I was shocked to see how small he was for a football player. 

S13: When I was five, my mother took me to my first dance class.I rember feeling a joy of exicment because I had watied for that day.  When I walked into the room I meet a girl name Andera, she became my best friend. As we grew older we were still danceing together.  We both entered many dace compations and won a lot of money.  On comption, we won a thousand dollars.  The dance was called No Limit and was a jazz dance. When aunnonce  called us to come up on the stage I felt famous. Everyone in the bulding was looking at us with joy.   That was the most exciting moment and interesting that I have done.   

S14: The most interesting thing I have done in the past couple of years was going to Mexico.  I went with my family to visit my grandparents which lived in Texas near the border. It was just fun seeing new people and a different culture. Going to Mexico is something I will never forget.

S15: The most interesting thing I heve ever done is move to U.S.It was a very good chance for to make something out of my life.I had to learn a new language,find new friends ,and most important of all start school.I did miss Bosnia and my parents ,but I had no choice.I started with High School two weeks after I moved here and I didn't speak any English.Now I getting better at it but its never going to be as good as I want it to.Well,so much for this time.    

S16: The most interesting thing about me would have to be that I was born in Saudi Arabia. I was born to a Saudi father and American mother. I was born and raised there, so I have learn a lot about the culture. There are many intresting things in my culture. For example the way we talk, dress and live.
     Life is Saudi Arabia is considered very interesting, that's what all my friends tell
me. Being there I have traveled to many countires on my way to St. Louis. For I have been to most of Europe and North America and parts of Africa. Traveling has been a part of my life ever since I was born. My family and I have been traveling all over the world in the Summer. We have visited many places and seen differnt cultures.
    This would have to be the most interesting thing about me. It makes me different from others.

S17: The most interesting thing I have ever done is jumped out of an air plain. Before I could take the leep of my life there was a four hour class I had to take.  The first twenty minuts of this class was the things I had to do to make it to the ground safely.  The rest of the three hours and fourty minutes was all the what if's.   The things that could go rong.  This made me wonder if I realy wanted to do this.  After traveling to over three thousand feet, I had no choice but to continue to do what I had pland to do in the first place. So when the door opend I climed out onto the ledge of the Plain and hung from the wing untill the instuctor gave me permition to let go.   

S18: Football has played a big role in my life. I spent 3 years of high school playing football, it would have been four but I was ineligible my sophomore year. My freshman year was probably my best year, the varsity coach was already looking to see how I played and he set me up with a recruiter. The only thing I could really do my sophomore year was try and get stronger for the up coming year. As my junior year was beginning everything was going as planned, until the first game of the season. I was on the punt team, I began to run in the direction of the ball when I was hit from the side. As I laid on the ground in pain I was told that I had torn my ACL(ligament). This ended my junior year of football, which I had a hard time accepting. When senior year came I thought to myself, what could possibly happen to me this year. After about three games I began to run short of breath, I went to get x-rays at the local hospital. When I got the results I had phemonia, which caused my left lung to partially collape. In gen...(cut off)

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