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Coppola’s One from the Heart, a notoriously out-of-control production, is experiencing a minor revival, even though it’s a poorly acted, badly scripted snorefest with a few beautiful images – just like everyone thought upon its release. Cameron’s perfectionism is heralded as genius; Scorsese’s drug addiction becomes inspiration as some try to rescue the nightmarishly bad New York, New York; Peckinpah’s ridiculous outbursts are justified as “personal demons”—the list goes...
Unfortunately for the Farmington faithful, Haviland was not given the start and was instead called upon in relief with his side already down 1-0. Haviland, not surprisingly, allowed zero runs the rest of the way. Of course, it was already too late. Farmington’s opponent, the eventual state champion, was equally stingy...
...Haviland continued to tinker with his pitching mechanics and perfect the curveball he’d come to rely so heavily upon. When he finally did grow—seven inches prior to his sophomore season—he skipped the transition required of the many hard throwers who then decide to become pitchers, and suddenly his coach wasn’t limiting him to playing shortstop any more...
...think the main problem is that uncertainty is scary, and leaving college and going out on your own is scary, too. It would be nice, upon graduation, to have somebody to go with you, find a crappy apartment with you, open a bank account with you, and spend Saturday night in a strange city with you. I might be doing those things on my own, while the girl behind me at the Pudding knew she would, after July, be doing them with somebody else...
...future is guaranteed. Things happen. People get job offers in other countries, become pregnant accidentally, develop drinking problems, win the lottery, or accidentally poke their own eyes out while they’re waving the (small) diamonds on their engagement rings in their friends’ faces. Upon entering college, I would never have predicted that I’d end up in a two-year relationship at all, never have imagined everything that would happen to my original blocking group, and never have known that one night in the spring of junior year I’d be sitting...