Nicholas Cage

Dear Mr. Nicholas Cage,

I just want to thank you for your incredible acting in National Treasure because that movie is one of the greatest of all time. The way in which you steal the declaration blew my mind and left me speechless, it brought a tear to my eye. Furthermore, Your assistant Riley is a computer mastermind in the movie but you need to give him more credit than you five him because with out him you would be nothing. I always wondered if as a kid you were bullied for having the last name cage, but I just assumed that was a given. But anyways back to nation treasure, how much did you get paid for doing that movie? I hope you got a ton because the performance you put on in that movie was nothing short of a miracle. I instantly watched the second national treasure after the first because I was so blown away.

Keep Being a Legend,

Rainier

Heading Home

These past four years have been a fun experiment. I got dropped into the east coast of the United States in a small town. I made some life-long friends, gained some special memories but now it's over. Done.

By this time next year, I will be going to a college in Canada in (hopefully) a large city. A life completely different from my life now. I'm most looking forward to returning to Canada. I guess it was kinda neat to see a complete political meltdown of a country during my brief stay but I'm perfectly happy watching the calamity unfold from a distance. I return to a land not full of this whatever bullshit that American's have been told that it is. I return to a land of growing diversity, booming cities, community and a love for hockey (okay, I guess the stereotype was right about that one).

I will always treasure my time spent in Hanover, New Hampshire but god damn, I'm ready for a change.

Alpine

Alpine skiing is most totally the ideal sport to take part in during the winter months. This is due to three major facts, which I will outline below.

1. We miss a massive amount of school for about 4 minutes of actual exercise. Every friday for about two months Alpine ski participants get to miss all of class on Friday. Instead this time is used cramming into a bus, driving to a ski hill, then racing. To be clear, the race takes about 1 minute to complete, and we do 4. Four minutes of hell for 7 hours of adventure. Admittedly, at least once a year the race is cancelled, so the day turns into free skiing. Most times it is cancelled because there is too much snow, so it is a powder day. Over the years, I am proud to say for most of the winter months I am not in school pursuing what is kindly called my ‘athletic talents.’
2. The kids are legends. I am proud to say the lack of effort that goes into building fitness on alpine goes right back into team bonding. Coming from all different social backgrounds (I can’t call this diversity cause Hanover) we mesh into one large group. Some of my fondest memories are spending late nights at team dinners. I will say there is never much food at the team dinners (not always a bad thing because we are a pretty ghetto squad when it comes to cooking). Honestly though, it has made me closer with people that if not for alpine I would never have talked to. Example being the new sophomore on the team this year Caleb, who is a swell child.
3. Our Coach Gabi is the best thing to happen to skiing. I’ll keep this one short but sweet, Gabi is a legend. You really have to meet her to realize this, but when you do please, please bring up her son Thomas (TOE-moss) and his schooling. Or the Bruce Springsteen concert she went to. I promise you won’t be disappointed.

Overall, I seriously recommend this team, and don’t worry it is still not too late! Sign up now for an easy varsity letter, time off school and feeling circles during core workouts!

santa bb

Dear Mr. Claus,

Its that time of the year when I want to ask for stuff for christmas. So my list is here for your viewing pleasure.

Ipod touch

IHop Gift Cert

Nordstrom Gift Card

That is all I want for christmas santa. I have been a very good kid this year always trying my hardest and doing my best 120% of the time. I have been super good and gone to church every sunday. I am now going to put 100% of my energy into helping charities. So i am a really good kid and I deserve all this that I ask for.

Lafayette Essay

One group that I have come to love working with is Hanover Crew. I have grown to love this community and have become more and more involved over time. I enjoy the warm inviting atmosphere, and have been drawn into this corps of hard-working students. During the season, I put forth extra effort to help make sure that everything goes according to plan on race days. For instance, in addition to the usual checkout of the oarlocks and slides, I also assist the coaches by making sure the shells are ready for transport. The proper method for strapping shells securely to the boat racks is not easily learned, and I am one of only two or three people on the team who are entrusted with this important task.  I also promote the crew team to anyone who will listen. Not everyone at the school agrees with my enthusiasm for crew, but usually it’s just because they haven’t tried the sport. Usually once they try it, people tend to fall in love with it. So, I recommend crew to friends, teammates in other sports, and freshmen because the more people we can get to try out crew, the better.

Almost Winter Break

Well, only a about a week left until winter break. I am so ready for a long break. Sure the snow day was nice, but I need something more. There's just been so much going on and so little time to do it all. Plus there's all the stress of hearing back from colleges. I personally haven't heard back yet and I'm jealous of those who have. Apparently UVM is posting some of the early action admissions tomorrow so that'll be interesting. Only people who sent in the application and supporting materials on time will hear tomorrow, others will hear later. Hopefully I sent in what I needed, haven't heard otherwise. Should be interesting. I think Worcester respond around December 20th, so a week from today. But they did send the application received notification by mail instead of email, which was interesting. So maybe it'll be later. Who knows, hopefully sooner than later.

Darkness

Now that we are approaching December 21, the days seem to be getting shorter and shorter. I don't like getting home and only having an hour of daylight. While December is a fantastic month filled with breaks and festivities, its darkness is something that I will never like. In general, darkness in itself is not a good thing in my opinion. It makes people scared, people do more crimes in the dark, and it makes many people tired. It also makes the days feel shorter, which I don't find good. I want the days of Christmas break to feel like the longest days of the year, not the shortest. Looking at this problem from a broader lens, however, I suppose that there are more serious things to complain about than the simple fact that it is getting dark too early. Even still, I think it needs to be complained about. I am already looking forward to December 22nd, because from that day and on the days will slowly feel longer instead of shorter. Until then, I suppose I will have to muddle through these mid-December days....