Smoky Valley High School 1 Viking Blvd Lindsborg, KS 67456 Vol. 53 Issue 3 November 11th, 2011

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Inside This Edition• Bone marrow drive pg. 3

• Thanksgiving pg. 3 • 11/11/11 pg. 4

• Fall play pg. 5

11:11:1111/11/11

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“Strange Faces I Can Make III” because it’s really stupid but it always makes my day!

Crystal Walker, freshman

What’s your favorite Youtube video and why?

WOOs&BOOs

“I Ate All Your Halloween Candy” Most hilarious video ever.

Jamie Bergstrom, senior

Four page long government research papers

Snow

Beards

Raising over $10,000 for Aryanna

Winter sports starting

“Friday” being played on the intercom

inside opinions• Middle schoolers need to not put pictures of them-selves smoking on facebook. It’s gross and illegal! It’s not cute either. Also, flipping off the camera in the same pictures is not cute at all.

• God is great!

• I’m tired of people not respecting other sports and interrupting practices because they want to use the gym. Have some respect and wait your turn. We’ve had it reserved for over a year.

• This whole Justin Bieber scandal is ridiculous. I dont know why everyone is so obsessed with it. Either way that girl is going to get into trouble.

• I miss when people would put funny things in the inside opinion and not just complain.

Mirror BlogHayley Morrical, Ombudsman

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“Going to the store!” Who doesn’t like watching a naked clay figure flail his

limbs?

Abi Householter, sophomore

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andEmma Anderson

*STAFFERS*Emily Writer

Yearbook Editor

Breanne KrinhopAssisstant Yearbook Editor

Taryn ScottAssisstant Yearbook Editor

Hayley MorricalOmbudsman

Sam JohnsonMac School Zone Editor

Carrie AlbersSports Editor

Megan JamesBusiness Manager

Abbey BengtsonDesign Editor

Telea PetersonPhoto Editor

Katie KisorStaffer

Dani DeVoreStaffer

*ADVISOR*Mr. Kent Hildebrand

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Viking Mirror 3Bone marrow drive exceeds expectationsby Abbey bengtson

JUNIOR STAFFER

t BONE MARROW DRIVE

When we were ten, we shot hoops with our b e s t f r i e n d s , t a l k e d to the cute ne ighbor b o y ov e r t h e f e n c e , and played Sonic the Hedgehog, because i t was the coolest thing i n t h e w o r l d . I c a n guarantee that a large major i ty o f us never worried about wearing our masks in publ i c , about ger ms and get-t ing s i ck , or that we might need a hero to save our l i fe. Aryanna Nagy is forced to think about this dai ly.

T h o s e p o t e n t i a l heroes showed up at the bone marrow drive on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011 to be swabbed for testing to find matches fo r ch i ld ren a l l over t h e c o u n t r y. O v e r 4 5 0 p e o p l e c a m e t o be swabbed and over $10,000 was raised for Aryanna Nagy’s family and DKMS, the bone marrow bank founda-tion.

M a r g o L y s e l l , a par t i c ipan t who was l a r g e l y i n v o l v e d i n the putt ing-on of the b o n e m a r r o w d r i v e sa id , “Since we have

a community of 3,000 people, they thought we ’d ge t around 100 people, so I ’d say you c o u l d d e f i n i t e l y c a l l i t a succes s . We had a lo t o f people f rom McPherson and Salina come out . But I s t i l l wish we would’ve had m o re c o m e. T h e re ’s never enough.”

Many of the SVHS kids gave up one Sat-urday of their year to help out the cause.

“ T h e S V H S k i d s were amaz ing ! T hey d id so much to he lp with this cause by do-nat ing their t ime the

day of the drive, work-i n g t a b l e s , h e l p i n g with daycare, working the tai lgate on Thurs-day, and spreading the word by gett ing f l iers handed out al l around L i n d s b o r g , ” L y s e l l s a i d . “ I r e a l l y c a n’ t t h a n k t h e m e n o u g h . T h e y a r e w h y I d o the job that I do. We have g reat k id s here that are amazing when called to help others. I love them!”

M a n y s t u d e n t s w o u l d d o n a t e t h e i r t ime to help the cause o f s a v i n g a c h i l d ’ s l i f e a n y d a y. W h e n

The smell of deli-cious food enters your nostrils: turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, din-ner rolls, and casse-role. This is the smell of Thanksgiving, the smell of family and friends and everyone together. Everyone does something differ-ent for Thanksgiving. This is what several Smoky Valley students are doing this year. “I’m running a 5k with my aunt then we’ll proceed to stuff our faces,” senior, Em-ily Writer said. “My birthday is over Thanksgiving break so I celebrate

my birthday! It even falls on Thanksgiving sometimes,” sopho-more Katlyn Nimmo said. “Well this year I am going to my Grandma’s house and all my family is com-ing down from Ne-braska, Colorado, and Kansas,” freshman Samantha Stalbaumer said. “We have turkey and ham with stuffing with mashed potatoes and brown gravy, with green bean casserole. I love Thanksgiving. I get to see all my fam-ily, and we sometimes play card games or board games.” There are so many possibilities for

Thanksgiving. There are so many different kinds of food and va-cations, ranging from dull to colorful. “Get fat. That sums up everything literally,” sophomore Abigail Householter said. “This year I’m probably working, eating whatever I can find in the fridge, and traveling from my room to the table then back to my room to sleep,” senior Brain Graves said. “I plan to hang out with the family and have a very violent card game of spoons,” junior Cordel Bowers said.

Turkey day around the cornerby KAtie Kisor

SOPHOMORE STAFFER

t THANKSGIVINGTHE COLOR CORNER!

Color this turkey and turn it into Sam, Breanne, or Taryn. The best will win a

sucker... or just color it for fun.

asked about he lp ing out again, Lysel l said, “For a cause l ike this, I w o u l d a b s o l u t e l y help again. How could you know a l i t t le girl i n o u r c o m m u n i t y migh t po s s ib l y need help l ike this and not step up to do whatever you can?”

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Saluting our nation’s veteransby JessicA VAn rAnKen

CO-EDITOR

t VETERANS’ DAY

Excitement is rising for Nov. 11, the day that will consist solely of the number one, but in the midst of this anticipation, let us not for-get what is truly important about this November 11th; it is Veteran’s Day. Smoky Valley Middle School re-minds us of this fact through their annual Veteran’s Day program.

Much work is put into the Veteran’s Day Program, and each year it is put on with pride, teaching the youth of Lindsborg a great deal about the holiday meant to pay homage to those who have fought for our nation’s safety and security.

This important pro-gram is, in part, so impor-

tant because of the con-sistently great turnout it has every year. Each year, veterans and citizens wishing to celebrate the service of veterans show up to honor those who have given their time in the military. Some come from Lindsborg, but others from near and far locations come to participate in this event.

This event is put on primarily by the 8th grade; each student from the 8th grade class must write an essay about what patriotism means to them, and the top essayists, chosen by some of the staff, get the privilege of reading their essays during the program.

Not only does this read-ing of essays take place, but

also students in the band entertain and move their au-dience with patriotic tunes. One lucky 8th grade trum-peter always plays “Taps,” and then the rest of the band joins the soloist in other music.

A constant section of the Veteran’s Day Program is when a microphone is passed down the rows filled with veterans, and they state their name and what branch of military in which they served.

This program pays well-deserved attention to the men and women who have fought for our freedom. Try your best to attend this event and enjoy the respectful trib-ute to our veterans.

The sound of pound-ing hooves and dust fill the crowded arena as girl and beast, moving as one, round the first turn of the barrel pattern.

“It goes so fast! I am always nervous no mat-ter how many times I go around the pattern,” Jacey Crowther, sophomore, said. “The nerves really get to me, but we trust each other, and that is what makes a great team.”

Crowther has been par-ticipating in rodeos since she was four. Moving from her original pony, Little Joe, through a series of increas-ingly talented barrel horses, currently one named Kaze, Crowther is a serious com-petitor on the High School Rodeo circuit.

Crowther became in-volved in rodeo through her dad, Jim Crowther, a stock contractor known for his bucking bulls. As such, Crowther has grown up with the sport, traveling to 30 to 40 rodeos annually.

Viking Mirrort STUDENT SPOTLIGHT

SV’s very own cowgirlby MegAn JAMes

JUNIIOR STAFFER“I help my dad every-

day before and after school and on the weekends. It takes a lot of responsibility and hard work to keep the ranch running,” Crowther said. “We feed everything twice a day with 50 head of bulls around, around 75 head of horses, and several beef cattle and roping calves that tend to need doctored a lot!”

But barrel racing isn’t her only event; Crowther also competes in pole bend-ing. Because both sports re-quire high speed, Jacey uses special equipment such as splint boots, bell boots, and a bit guard in order to protect her horses from injury.

Like a true competitor, Crowther doesn’t care too much about winning.

“My favorite part is the life-long friends that you meet,” Crowther said. “We all help each other improve even as we compete against each other.”

t 11/11/11

Today’s date might bring you luck Some might say one is the loneliest number, but not so on 11/11/11 at 11:11:11. Wishing at 11:11 is supposed to bring luck to the wisher, whose wish will come true, providing he or she doesn’t tell anybody the wish. This prime op-portunity of luck happens twice a day, but today, on 11/11/11, the luck is multiplied with the date including three elevens as well. “My wishes never come true on just regular 11:11,” Emma Flynn, senior, said. “Maybe now there will be enough luck for my wish to come true.” This special event only happens every one

by cArrie Albers

JUNIOR STAFFER hundred years, and is probably the only time any of you will ever live in the moment of so many elevens. Superstitions say that this is a very lucky time when making a wish come true, only if the wish is kept a secret, but others believe that this is just a time and is complete nonsense. “All superstitions are stupid,” Magnus Peterson, sophomore, said. While some don’t believe in the superstition of 11:11 in numerology, 11:11 can be considered quite a phenomenon. For instance, on December 21, 2012 the world is supposed to end at 11:11, and today, the date of triple elevens, 11/11/11, is one year, one

month, and eleven days away, or 1111. Another theory is that 11:11 is a code in which DNA is activated, and the sign of the fourth dimension, time, which usually happens to be at 11:11. For those of you whose minds are blown, most just consider this time to be lucky because four values of the same digit have to be lucky, otherwise it would give us no other reason to make a wish. Enjoy and make the most of one second of wishing on sextuple elevens because, believe it or not, this won’t happen again for another one hundred years. courtesy photo

Jacey Crowther races around a barrel aboard her horse, Kaze.

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Viking Mirror 5SV’s very own cowgirl

meet at Minneapolis and went 2-2, losing to both Beloit and Southeast of Saline. However, the team beat both Chapman and Tescott with ease. Members of the team included seniors Emma Flynn, Grace Aspenwall, Katie Peters, and Vicky Voigt, and junior Carrie Albers. Emma Flynn was the high scorer with 120 points. Coach Hildebrand said that the team could improve in the areas of language arts and social studies, but overall the season is looking bright for the Smoky Valley Scholar’s Bowl team.

On Thursday, Oct. 20th, the Smoky Val-ley Scholar’s Bowl team kicked off the season with their first JV meet at Maize South High School, placing fourth overall. Members of the fourth place team in-cluded juniors Jessica Van Ranken, Naomi Shultz, and Alyssa Sharpe, soph-omores Magnus Peterson and Annie Reinert, and freshman Gabe Wilson. The team started out strong, beating Col-legiate in the first round to advance. Smoky Valley then lost by five points to Derby in the semi-finals. Continuing on to the con-solation round, the team lost to Bishop-Carroll by 20 points. “The season is begin-

ning well. I thought we showed a lot of promise in our first meet,” Coach Kent Hildebrand said. “We had some young kids with not much experience who competed very well and were pretty clutch. I thought we were aggres-sive on the buzzers and we weren’t intimidated by the bigger schools.” The team ended up placing second in their pool out of four pools. 30 teams attended the meet, placing Smoky Valley up with the best of them in fourth place. “We took Colle-giate down, which was a highlight, as was the free coach’s dinner at Span-gles,” Hildebrand said. On Thursday, Nov. 3rd, the varsity scholar’s bowl team had their first

Scholars’ bowlers buzz into a new sea-by DAni De Vore

SENIOR STAFFER

tSCHOLARS’ BOWL

Imagine ghosts from all different places of the world and time periods are living in an old retirement home run by Lucy Hedgepepper who also happens to be a ghost. These ghosts have lost their places of haunting due to demo-lition of their homes, mansions ect., so they now all live together in Lucy’s “Peaceful Rest Retirement Home.” This is the begin-ning plot of the play that will be performed at 7:30 at Smoky Val-ley High on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The leads of the play is Dani De Vore, senior, who will be playing Lin Fletcher and Mark Klassen, junior, who will be playing Jim Stoddard. A neighbor, Zeke Washington, who is a farmer, would like to own the property and tear down the house, which would displace the poor ghosts once again.

Haunting in the valley He brings two government people to the house to show them that no one lives there and hasn’t for over twenty years. They tell him that there are no known relatives that could inherit the land and house so the plot thickens as the greedy Zeke Wash-ington thinks he will finally get his hands on the property. But the ghosts along with two law students have other ideas and the comedy begins as they put their plan into action. “We have very strong actors and they are playing their parts very well, and very humorously,” Drama Club Director Lisa Christopher said. Everyone has been working very hard to get the play ready. “The play’s pretty funny. Let’s just say that 70’s costumes, a witch, a movie star, a broke poet, and a haunted house make for an interesting combination,” De Vore said.

tFALL PLAY

by KAtie Kisor

SOPHOMORE STAFFER

Early Monday morning, while most of you were still asleep, a few dedicated KAY (Kansas Association for Youth) members were on their way to the KAY regional conference in Goddard. At regional conference the KAY board get an opportunity to meet with other KAY clubs in the area to discuss projects and also learn how to run their clubs better. This year, Lori James, Hayley Morrical, Cecilia Gonzalez, Perla Vivanco, Nikki Taylor,

tKAY

KAY members attend conferenceDesiree Harrison, and Bryce Young attended the conference, spending the day attending meetings to learn how to get people involved in service proj-ects, listening to speakers about community service, learning how to swing dance, and on the way home, getting caught in a bad rain storm.The group brought back new, great ideas on service projects, some of which will be carried out this winter. “Overall it was a pretty good conference.

Those of us that went come home with several good ideas and we look forward to putting those into action later this year,” Lori James, senior said. “Another plus, was we survived the rain storm.”KAY members all encour-age you to get involved in the service projects going around in the school and join the organization next year.

by HAyley MorricAl

SENIOR STAFFER

courtesy photo

courtesy photoSammie Aeschliman, senior, Hunter

Cook, junior, Dani De Vore, senior, and Mark Klassen, junior, rehearse.

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Smoky Valley steps up its gameby eMily Writer

SENIOR STAFFER

t FOOTBALL

The “Friday night lights” have been turned off; the uniforms have been turned in. Another year of Viking football has come to a close, but the memories of the season will remain with the team for years to come.

While the season may not have been as successful as the team had hoped, much improvement was made from last year when they won only two games. After working hard in the offseason and implementing a new offense, the team was able to finish with a record of 4-5, with wins coming against Sterling, Lyons, Hill-sboro, and Chapman.

The Vikings had a

strong season, however they were unable to overcome playing in a tough district. With losses coming against Hesston and Abilene the team’s season ended fol-lowing a 42-20 defeat to the Cowboys in a game which senior Taylor Base led the team, scoring six touchdowns.

“I was pretty happy overall. We could have been a lot better football team if it hadn’t been for mistakes; if we would have played to our potential we would still be playing,” senior Cody Suhr said.

Regardless of how the season’s end arrived, the team is left with a good year to reflect on. For the seniors,

the 2011 season was espe-cially memorable, not only on the field, but also spend-ing time together.

“I will just miss the brotherhood that went along with being on the football team. Not many teams are as comfortable around each other as we were,” Suhr said.

For the underclassmen that will return next year, there is a lot to build and improve on.

“The team accom-plished a lot this year, and I am proud of them, we made good strides from last year, and we hope to continue restoring pride,” sophomore Alec Schneider said.

Tennis overcomes obstacles to finish strong at Stateby sAM JoHnson & breAnne KrinHop

SENIOR STAFFERS

t GIRLS’ TENNIS

The girls tennis season wrapped up with five mem-bers qualifying for state. The qualifiers were Emma Fly-nn, senior, Emma Anderson, Jessica Van Ranken, and Naomi Shultz, juniors, and Sam Stallbaumer, freshman.

Van Ranken finished 10th in number 1 singles after she won league, beating Ali Anderson from Hesston in the finals.

“Our goals are always to try and get as many to state as possible, and we accomplished that,” Head Coach Ryan Biegert said.

Van Ranken had a couple of close matches

throughout the tournament. The first day she won a match in a tiebreaker that gave her the opportunity to advance.

Shultz and Anderson won their first match 7-5, 6-0. They lost their second match 3-6, 3-6, to the team that placed fourth overall. The two lost their last match 7-9 and ended up placing in the top 16.

“I was going to be hap-py with however Emma and I did because I was just happy to have gotten to state, and I’m happy we had done so well,” Shultz, junior, said.

“Everyone competed

very hard throughout the year. We had some ups and downs throughout the year, but that is expected, and the girls brought it together in the end,” Biegert said.

Sammie Aeschliman, senior, got the short end of the stick at the end of the season and wasn’t able to compete at regionals due to an illness that con-fined her to the hospital.

The team is going to miss the three seniors, Emma Flynn, Dani Rome, and Sammie Aeschliman but they have high expecta-tions for next year and a good team coming back as well.

Hayley Morrical

Dani Devore

Jessica SmashJessica Van Ranken prepares to hit a

shot.

Stop Drop and RollHolden Hendricks moves to catch the

ball as a Pratt player prepares to tackle him.

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Viking Mirror 7Peterson and Dippel compete at Stateby teleA peterson

SOPHOMORE STAFFER

tCROSS COUNTRY

On Oct. 22, the sub-urban with Smoky Val-ley’s two state qualifiers headed out for Wamego. To make it to state de-pends on the runner’s regional race. Only the top 10 individual runners from each regional are qualified to run at state, and Lars Peterson and Quinn Dippel both placed 6th and 9th respectively earning them the right to be “statebound.”

“The Wamego course is a very tough course,” Coach Holly Lindquist said. “It is hilly, but it does have several down-

hills to go along with the uphills. The weather was perfect! We couldn’t have asked for a better day. The crowd was plentiful!”

Peterson placed 30th and Dippel 65th out of over 100 of Kansas’ best runners in all 4A.

“I was happy with Lars and Quinn’s places at state, because I was just excited for them to be there,” Coach Lindquist said. “It is an honor to get to run in the state meet. They were running against some of the best distance runners in Kan-sas. Of course we hoped to bring home a medal,

but the experience was worth it, too.”

“State Cross-Country was way cooler than what I had dreamed it would be,” said Peterson. “It was a very exciting and the atmosphere was unlike any other. Also, the idea that I was about to race over 100 of the fastest cross country runners in the state was a challenge which I had been looking forward to for a very long time, so I was ecstatic.”

Next year, the team will be losing some great runners due to gradua-tion. Peterson, Dippel, Emily Wolf, Joshua Jo-

Volleyball draws to a closeby tAryn scott

SENIOR STAFFER

t VOLLEYBALL

The Smoky Valley vol-leyball team’s season came to an end Saturday, Oct. 22nd. The girls competed in 4A Substate at Concordia High School.

The teams that played at the Substate in Concordia were McPherson, Abilene, Smoky Valley, Buhler, Hesston, Concor-dia, Clay Center, and Chapman in order of rank.

The Vikings first and final match was against the Clay Cen-ter Tigers. The first game started at 3 o’clock and the Vikings lost 19-25. The second game was a nail-biter and kept everyone on their toes. Clay Center didn’t get it easy. The score ended up being 26-28.

“We continued to improve throughout the season. It was dis-appointing that we lost in the first round but that is just how things go sometimes,” Callie Weibert,

senior and captain, said.The Vikings had a killer

season this year. The team ended at Substate with a record of 25-12. The record was deemed the eleventh best record in Smoky Valley High School volleyball history. Senior, Taryn Scott, was named All-League first team. Juniors, Kellee Carson and Eryn Stockman, were named All-League honorable mention.

The team this year con-sisted of six seniors, and each girl played their part in lead-ing the Vikings to a successful season. The team will be losing many great leaders on and off the court, as the captains were two seniors.

On being a captain, “I learned that you have to really work to get to where you want to be and it isn’t always fun to get after people to push themselves. As I captain I felt that it was part

of my job to make sure that everyone was giving their best,” Weibert said.

Next year, the Vikings have only two returning starters, but there is much potential to have another great year, as there are going to be quite a few seniors. Coach Schneider has high ex-pectations for his team next year, and it already looking at the things they will need to improve.

“I think we learned some things about our upcoming players that will enable us to make decisions as we go into next season,” Coach Sch-neider said. Our offseason will be very important because this is truly the time when players are made. It will be extremely important for us to have play-ers who will continue to play volleyball in the offseason as well as get into the weight room.”

hannsen, Nels Berggren, Katie Peters, Kelsey Pis-tora, Andy Patrick, and Lori James have all fin-ished their last year of Cross Country.

“I hope to recruit or gain runners who can fill the senior’s shoes next year,” Coach Lindquist said. “We are losing sev-eral successful runners due to g raduat ion. I hope that we ear n a couple of league titles and make a state ap-pearance once again! I feel that we had a good season. I would like to find a way to motivate all runners to work hard

in practice and meets. I would also like to see all of the athletes get into the weight room during the summer and also put in some miles through-out the summer. That way when the season begins, they have a base to work off of.”

After four years of hard work Peterson is very grateful for his suc-cess.

“I would like to thank both of my coaches for encouraging me through the four years of intense training which led me to State Cross Country 2011.”

Carrie Albers

Carrie Albers

Heads Up(Above) Megan

Forsberg passes up the ball for Kellee

Carson as Eryn Stockman comes in for the spike.

(Left) Taryn Scott spikes the ball over

the net.

8November, 11th, 2011 Vol. 53 Issue 3

New Coldplay album warms the soulby eMMA AnDerson

CO- EDITOR

t MUSIC REVIEW

Coldplay’s much-awaited album, “Mylo Xyloto,” was released on Oct. 24th. This was their fifth studio album, and it is not to disappoint. Although Cold-play always has a pretty chill sound, this album is a good mix between relaxing and upbeat tunes. The songs “Paradise” and “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall,” which were released prior to the whole album, are two of the more upbeat songs.

All of the songs on the album are enjoy-able songs, except for “Major Minus,” which is not a good song in my opinion. Another thing that is slightly disappointing about this album is that there aren’t as many songs on the album as it says there are. “Mylo Xyloto,” “M.M.I.X.,” and “A Hopeful Trans-mission”, are less than minute long melodies that lead into the fol-lowing song. Even with these slight letdowns, the album as a whole is

still awesome, as are all the previous Coldplay albums. In my opinion, the best songs on the al-bum are “Charlie Brown” (which reminds me of the movie Avatar) and “Us Against the World.” The whole album is, however, a must on your list of things to listen to, so start listening. And now, some sen-tences comprised solely of Coldplay song titles: it doesn’t take a “Scientist” to know that you don’t need “Clocks” to know that “Life is for Living.” If you’re in “Trouble”, there will always be “Parachutes” to

Viking Mirror

t OPINION

by sAM JoHnson SENIOR STAFFER

Top tweets from

“Fix You” while falling faster than the “Speed of Sound.” “What If ” you start flying “Up With the Birds” in a place called “Paradise?” Would you be “Mov-ing to Mars,” or would

Comic by Bryce Young, sophomore

you become the “Princess of China?” “What If ” it “Hurts Like Heaven?” Whatever you do, “Don’t Let It Break Your Heart.”

@AndreaRussett Andrea Russett“I wonder how much a zebra would cost if you scanned it.”

@GingerProblems Ginger Problems“Keep your friends close, and your gingers closer. #GingerSolutions” @emmamaria13 Emma Anderson“Everyone in Africa speaks Swedish.”

Anonymous“I understand how people feel when they see their ex with someone else. I feel the same way when I see the pizza guy at someone else’s house.”

@Mikejmont Michael Montgomery“Sometimes, sentences don’t always end the way you think they octopus.” @rachel_loder Rachel Loder“In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” Anonymous“I asked my friend if there was a limit to how much you can talk about Mean Girls and she said ‘The limit does not exist’”

@OMGLifeHacks Life Hacks“Applying lemon juice onto freckles fades them and can even make them disappear.” Anonymous“We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public.”