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My intellectual capability and skepticism is my greatest achievement, I’d say. It sounds completely silly written on this weird, slapdash writing exercise, but I find myself pretty smart, in some ways. Just not really the expressing myself sort (which, of course, is how most of us delude ourselves into believe we are secretly so ground-breakingly intelligent even though there’s really no evidence for it at all). But I’ve achieved a level of meta thought that I think is uncommon and, additionally, very self destructive. “Greatest” doesn’t mean most beneficial. But it’s the thing I’ve polished the most and that makes me stand out, when I’m visibly demonstrating my ability. Luckily, I’ve barely touched upon what I actually mean, but I’m sure you can read between the lines and see that I’m definitely like the most awesome person ever. Totally.
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Regardless of the amount of time I spent in the ocean, the marine organism I would always choose to be is the cuttlefish. An intelligent mollusc, it surpasses the octopus in overall coolness by possessing the ability to “strobe”, change both color and texture rapidly, and be cuter. Much, much cuter. So, for those two years scuttling around the ocean floor, I would happily hypnotize my prey, hide from my enemies and have a really good NOVA documentary made about me. I probably could not maintain my current vegan lifestyle, but that’s true of most interesting marine organisms. I wonder if I could kiss other cuttlefish or if our neurotoxic saliva would get in the way… Ho hum! Life as a sea-dweller is complicated indeed.
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Training dog leashes are an important accessory for any dog owner to have. It’s illegal to walk your dog without one in public, so it would save you money by helping you avoid having to pay penalties. It also saves you from lawsuits because people won’t get bitten. Even if your dog isn’t normally a bitter, you never know what kinds of situations can arise, and the leash helps you keep control at all times. It’s also a lot easier to train a dog with a leash. You can teach them to come to you and also to follow you obediently. If your dog has the ability to wander away in the middle of your lesson, it won’t be nearly as effective. Keeping them with you makes them pay more attention and learn what you want them to.
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On the hour-long bus ride to and from school, I had a lot of time to think about things as a little girl. What I would be like as president, what the truth could be behind the story of Santa Clause and what life might be like after death. I imagined a place where all those who passed would be greeted by whoever seemed most suitable. An avid Christian might see Christ. An atheist, Darwin. If you were more dedicated to your loved ones who were beyond, you might see them. And then you would be taken to live whatever you wished, someplace new, a period in your life, the past… But all this, I was convinced, would probably be in your own head. It would simply be a shift of consciousness; your own projection of what a Heaven-like place might be. But, now I live in a place where I can’t believe that the brain continues processing after it ceases to pump blood. I live in a place where every choice I make is overshadowed by the fact that I have to make the most of what little time I have left. So, for me, heaven is any moment where I can forget that there will never be one after all this.
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