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...they heard me shrieking from the bathroom. Apparently, our luxurious accomodations did not include hot water for showering. We later complained and the temperature of the water improved somewhat. However, we all agreed that it would be best if we spent as little time as possible in that hellish, closet-sized hotel room...
...wasn't willing to give up on my fantasy world, though. I just moved my imaginary self within that world and decided that I was going to be a detective. I pulled my grandfather's old hats out of the closet and borrowed a cigar from a friend's father. Standing in front of the mirror, I'd practice saying "Sho, shweethaht" in my best Bogie voice. I carried a pen and pad everywhere and made notes on suspicious individuals (including my eighth-grade science teacher); I bought clothes based on whether you could conceal a gun in them...
Wink professes to be a "closet gossip-monger" when it comes to the activities of her dormmates. "The best is when you catch someone on a quasi-walk-of-shame. When it's still dark out, but you can just tell that they are all flushed and touseled from, you know, hooking...
...more ridiculous than the nebulous and elusive word "merit" itself. Let's take a simple example. If two seeds are planted and one is watered, given fertile soil, exposed to sunlight and otherwise nurtured while the other seed is neglected and left in dry, rocky soil in a dark closet, would scientists be correct in stating that the first seed (which sprouted, of course) had "merit" while the second (dead on arrival...
...would be the ogre to deny some young, yearning student in the inner city the opportunity to go to the college of his choice because he never was given the gift of "merit"? Who would continue to pigeonhole this person in a closet, without mental nourishment and encouragement, denying him the opportunity of growth and development...