It wasn't a rough town but it was it pretty bad to grow up in. ... At these parties teens would smoke marijuana and if anyone ever offered him some he would gladly take a hit. ... He was a good kid, I know because we grew up together and he lived in my neighborhood. ... The type of kid your parents talk to you about how nice he is. ... As soon as he was arrested it quickly became the talk of the town. ...
"How much money did it end up needing?... He wasn't stupid and anyone could tell that car needed more than $2000 dollars to get it up to tiptop shape. ... It was primed for a night out on the town, and I wasted no time finding someone to ride in its first voyage. ... Even though we were still on the ground, it felt pretty close to what I must imagine heaven would feel like, peacefulness and complete bliss. ... To me that car is my high school career, given up so that another American dream could live again, even if my time had to be sacrificed for it....
Timmy J was a boy from a Sino, a small town in Texas. ... Timmy's father died when he was just 4 years old, and Timmy was never told how he died. ... Many people who knew Timmy however, said Timmy loved his grandmother more than anyone else in the world. ... Based on Timmy's sophomore and junior years of football at Sino High School, most people were pretty confident Timmy would be offered a scholarship somewhere to play football. ... She knew that if they lived in Canada he could not get drafted (Surrey 105). ...
