After Tony and me took our minds off of the dance crew idea a new idea came to one of us like we knew one would, Tony had suggested going to a rave break-dance club and checking out some of the other crews to see some moves and see some of the composition. ... Tony and me decided that since we were there and that there were crews there we would visit with a few of the crews to get an idea on how they had started. ... Like our routine we wanted a name and style that was different then other crews, to make us stand out above the others. After debating for a while we decided on colors, out colors...

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I am from Wichita, Kansas, the middle of the map; more like the middle of nowhere. ... I remember it like it was yesterday, October 1, 1998 my dad received a call on the phone that seemed to work him up a bit. ... I asked him about the car and how he got it and why he got it and he kept making a nstrange noise as like he didn't understand what I was saying. ... The creature sat and stared at me waiting on me to make a move. ... He walked me into the darkness for me to see lots of people dressed in all black and lots of creatures like the one that was sitting next to me in the car. ...

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However, the forest to Hester is like a lolly-pop to small child's eyes. ... It is cold and dead, and can do nothing for me! ... Else, I should long ago have thrown off these garments of mock holiness, and have shown myself to mankind as they will see me at the judgment-seat. ... What can a ruined soul, like mine, effect towards the redemption of other souls? ... "and then look inward, and discern the black reality of what they idolize? ...

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However, the forest to Hester is like a lolly-pop to small child's eyes. ... It is cold and dead, and can do nothing for me! ... Else, I should long ago have thrown off these garments of mock holiness, and have shown myself to mankind as they will see me at the judgment-seat. ... What can a ruined soul, like mine, effect towards the redemption of other souls? ... "and then look inward, and discern the black reality of what they idolize? ...

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"Make sure to call me if you have any problems today," John said as I shut the back door behind him. ... As I was hanging a pair of John's blue jeans on the line, I felt a dull cramp-like pain in my stomach. ... I was lying on our black leather couch, underneath a wool blanket we had bought in Mexico, when I noticed my pain would come and go every twenty minutes or so. ... John was trying to talk to me and all I could do was hold my breath and squeeze the door handle. ... What she was going to look like; whose personality she would have; what would her voice sound like? ...

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To me it is a method of explanation that requires only physical knowledge, not spiritual awareness. ... He's like a bird without wings cursing those that move overhead, not subject to the ground. ... Science to me actually seems the simpler path, it merely explains the way things work, or how they relate. ... What put me here? ... Faith is the only answer you have, like having only air to walk on. ...

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There is also the impression that this place is remote and free of other people and influences, "In leaves no step had trodden black." ... "by myself but not alone | I ask no one" Wherever I May Roam also shows the independence and decisiveness needed for such a journey, constantly making references to an unwillingness to trust others as much as oneself and a determination to do what he feels is right, without input from others - "call me what you will". ... "I know it is easier for me to lose my way forever here, than in other landscapes" (Journey to the Interior) Although the imagin...

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He originally observes her, as if she were his finest specimen, like a butterfly. ... I will not give in.much like a butterfly before it's death. ... This introduces the theme of the stunted self, endorsing the idea that Clegg is a child, as he is unaware and has a narrow - minded view of the world, only seeing black and white. His diminutive character results in him having an absurd life, as he has no control, much like a child, where things just happen. ... Clegg's part clearly establishes his love for Miranda - Please marry me, I wont ask anything, anything of you, except to be my...

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Moreover, instead of acting like civilized adults, these characters decided to listen to an imaginative little boy's story. ... I'm Here Abigail: Oh Mary, this is a black art to change your shape. ... Abigail: Please don't hurt me. ...

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