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A Portrait of Unfiltered Emotion, The Embodiment of Music Itself

             As the opening chords commence, I witness his face painted through my mind. His lips, in sync with Lil Nas X’s. He serenades me with a powerful tale of emotional persistence, inciting us to carry on our journey across the insurmountable. I am, of course, speaking in concern to Lil Nas X’s hit song “Star Walkin’ (League of Legends Worlds’ Anthem) [Explicit]” and my wonderous beloved idol Robert Gao. “Don't ever say it's over if I'm breathing Racing to the moonlight, and I'm speeding I'm headed to the stars, ready to go far I'm star walkin' “ -          Chorus of Star Walkin’ (League of Legends Worlds’ Anthem) [Explicit] by Lil Nas X   The song, a beautiful work of art commissioned by Riot Games, brings me back to Valorant lobbies duo queueing with jynzu, Robert’s alias, his in-game name or ign for short. Throughout these multi-game marathon win-streaks (we never lost together), I could only hear ...
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To All My Haters,

“Haters are a good problem to have. Nobody hates the good ones. They hate the great ones.” -             Kobe Bryant      To all my haters,                It’s a fine line between love and hate. Y’all on the wrong side and you know it.            I respect your commitment but it’s time to come to your senses.                I see where you’re coming from, hoping you can steal my spot at the top and everything, but know that I earned my place here and don’t plan on moving anytime soon. I’ve worked and worked and worked and can say I deserve what I’ve got. It’s an earned position, one that can be mine alone. I’m open to sharing, but you’d have to get on my level, something I don’t expect to happen anytime soon. Like Messi and...
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Alexa, Play “Despacito”

            In the tumultuous society that we find ourselves living in, there isn’t a more underrated pastime than doing nothing. The world around us is moving at 1037 mph. Most people think they must keep racing around, caught up in the plague of hustle culture. Why not take a break for a little while and enjoy the ride?             Slow up. Take a deep breath. Put off that nagging worry that you’re convinced will be the end of the world. I’m sure you’ll be just fine. Try doing just a little bit of nothing. Trust me, it’ll help you enjoy life some more. You’ll get time to enjoy your present situation or reassess your priorities. Maybe even get the opportunity to just give your brain a chill pill for a little while and let the neurons rest. They don’t have to fire 24/7/365 for your lifetime.             It’s like giving ...
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Yao Ming: Oh, How I Wish You Were Mine

              Celebrities are fun people, but I’m not sure I could stomach constantly being around one. If I lived next to one, it would be tough to deal with the media swarming my house 24/7. Paparazzi and the 24-hour news cycle suck. For this reason, I think it would be cool living by a retired celebrity. The type who had their moment and still make an appearance every now and then but is content to rest on their laurels at home. Given my personal predisposition to basketball and nice people, I think I would love to live next to Yao Ming.                Ain’t nothing worse than waking up every morning to see a news van parked in your driveway with a 2-foot-long camera pointed through the bathroom window of my neighbor. Some woman in a suit walks up to me and sticks a microphone down my throat while her co-conspirator blinds me and asks if I saw anything funny going on next door. ...
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A Therapeutic Action: Archery, a Success-Filled Escape

              In middle school, I relished my time spent competing in archery. The sport was somewhat of a therapeutic experience. For hours on end, I would enact the same action over and over, concentrating on achieving exact repetition. My mind would lock into a trance, the troubles in my life a forgotten figment of imagination. My life was full of activities, as I balanced my schoolwork, my personal life, and my sports, of which I was often in at least two of every season. As my life has only gotten more chaotic, as I am involved in so many more activities, I wish I could return to competing in archery. Archery provided an opportunity to destress, as if it was some form of meditation.               Every day 15 minutes after the last bell rang, my team and I would walk a brief way to a neighboring building to where we kept our equipment. We would spend t...
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