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...playground. Those were legendary back in the day. We didn't have uniforms. It was just shirts and skins, and we just went at it all day in the 90° heat. It wasn't about money. It wasn't about fame. It was just your love and passion for the game. Those were guys that nobody would ever know, but those were the best one-on-one games I ever had in my life...
...account for OTD. I was reminded as I read that as you move through adolescence, your life gets so much bigger so fast; not just your hands and feet but your thoughts, temper, moods, doubts, and so all your relationships are vastly more complicated than in the days of playground tag. Melodrama comes so naturally: friendships dissolve into feuds, rivalries ripen, parents are useless, nothing goes according to plan, temptation is everywhere. These stories throw all that normal teenage drama into such high relief that the picture is suddenly clearer. The stakes in Edward and Bella's world really...
...This is about your will," Bob Turco said to rookie players as they gathered around him on the school's small turf playground. "Your will to accomplish something you don't understand and just say, 'I'm going to prove I can do this.' " With the backdrop of classic Harlem brownstones behind them, the students split into lines and learned basic skills, such as passing and scooping the ball, while Turco called out instructions. "I never see them listen to anyone like this," said Anderson from the sidelines. "This is really something...
...acts such as Regina Spektor and Arcade Fire, which lays on a coat of artificiality right from the get-go. After complaining about life at home, he proceeds to describe San Francisco in the way that same seven-year-old might describe the circus—the ultimate playground to run away to, an indie paradise. “Up in North Beach they drink spicy Italian liqueur / Down on Market there’s a lot of hobos and hustlers / Down in Hayes Valley there’s a lot of good restaurants / Deep in the Tenderloin...
When she began her outreach, she says, "I thought, I'm one of the lucky ones; I have to be there for the next person." Well, now she's the next person all over again. She was on the school playground a few weeks ago when she got the call: That lump she had felt a few days before? Not good...