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Teeball
I hated Teeball. What was it? Was it baseball or vertical golf? It was dumb and I was not good. All I wanted to do was catch a ball or do something right. All the sudden a ball is flying in my direction. But of course, I completely missed the catch and got hit right on the head. I turned around and everyone was laughing at me like they did to Carrie in the movie Carrie. Yes, even my mom. I didn't care though, I was just glad I made everyone smile. After that game I never played Teeball again. -
Dad Gets Remarried
We had met her maybe twice before. Only twice and all of the sudden she was there all the time. All of the sudden my father had a new house and a new wife and a fresh start. For some reason, however, he did not feel the need to tell us any of this was happening. All of the sudden me and my brother had to adjust to this new creepy and cold house that we hated with a woman who wasn't our mother. We liked the way it was before, when we would stay with grandma. But there was nothing we could do. -
Calling 911 Without an Emergency
One of the first things they teach you is to never, EVER call 911 unless there is an emergency. Apparently I didn't learn this lesson when I was 6, but I certainly learned it then. I dialed the numbers and all of the sudden a nice lady's voice answered. Once I heard the voice It all became too real. I hung up swiftly and sat there with a pit in my stomach. It wasn't long until the cops knocked on my front door. I started balling tears and apologizing. That was the last time I made that mistake. -
Mini-Golf
Mini-Golf was a complicated game for me growing up. I either had a blast or ended up crying. The first time we played, it was the ladder. Everytime I hit the ball it went nowhere near the hole. I started crying and pouting until my brother hit me. I told on him to my mom and she said that he was just trying to toughen me up, and that I was embarrassing them. She was right. After that I learned to control myself the best I could and worked hard every day to stay calm. That was hard for me at 7. -
Drop Tower
I was never into roller coasters growing up. I was always cautious and careful, because I did not want to die. It seemed reasonable to me. But when I was 8, my best friend really loved roller coasters. So of course we go to an amusement park and he forces me to go on the drop tower ride. This was and still is my least favorite ride. But I caved to the peer preasure and faced my fear. And it was as expected, terrifying. I screamed all the way down. When my feet touched ground I wept tears of joy. -
Piano Recital
When i was 10, I was in yet another one of my grandmas piano recitals. She taught my brother and I when we were young and her recitals always had a show around them. This year my cousin was going to sing, but she got too nervous and couldn't do it. So instead I stepped in and told a joke I had heard the other day. It was a long joke, and it was a stupid joke. When I was done her nerves cleared up and she sang Firework by Katy Perry. It was nice, and I felt proud that she found her courage. -
Horseback Riding
Think horseback riding is fun? It is not. I once tried horseback riding with my family and the horse was not a friendly one. My horse liked to not move with everyone else and bite the other horses, so I was stuck behind everyone with a mean ol' horse with no name. Or maybe it's name was biscuit. Anyway after the ride my whole family was making fun of me because of how I called my horse an "asshole". I was 12 and I was so mortified that my 72 year old grandma heard me say asshole: to a horse. -
Making My First Short Film
Film is something I have a passion for. I'm a total movie nerd. So I was excited when I took a Video Production class in school. The first movie I got to write, star in, and direct was technically just a trailer. A trailer for a movie that doesn't exist. So when I saw my completed project (a trailer for a movie about a guy who falls in love with a sock puppet...No, YOUR ideas are stupid. I like it) I felt accomplished. I had done something that meant a lot to me, no matter how silly it may seem. -
Driver's test
I got my license a year ago, but it feels like it was a month ago. It wasn't until the day of my test that I learned to parallel park. I spent an hour in a parking lot doing it over and over and over again. I could do it in my sleep. As soon as I get to the test area I start to sweat. Don't worry, I passed. I did, however, get 10 points taken off during the test. I didn't signal before I parallel parked. Hundreds of times in right before and I never signaled once. I still took it as a win. -
Saying Goodbye to My Brother
On the drive to the airport that cloudy summer day, I held back tears. I enjoyed our time together for it would be the last time I would see my brother for a year. He was taking a gap year to serve at the Bahai temple in Haifa, Israel. Walking in to J.F.K. with him, my mother, and my grandmother was strange to say the least. I held back tears as we walked in, I held back tears as we watched him go through security. And when he passed through to the gate and he could not be seen, tears rolled.
