The Lions’ DigestMarch 2013

Issue V

The Lions’ Digest

State College Area High School

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EDITORIAL

STAFF

MARCH 2013 ISSUE Vfeatures2

Discourse on drug abuse and sexu-ality are bound to pro-voke disagreement and controversy in our cur-rent societal system.

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only way to spawn change. Having worked in the

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almost 20 years, the direc-tor of The AIDS Project, Stephanie McGhee, has worked passionately in D� ÀHOG� WKDW� ZRXOG� PDNH�

most feel uncomfortable. McGhee works with or-ganizations to confront “touchy” subjects such as the malicious AIDS virus in order to spur the nec-essary change in society.

“The only way the world is going to change is if we talk about what is going on, and I mean really talk about it,” said McGhee. “Tell them not only why they shouldn’t participate in certain be-haviors, but share with them the consequenc-es of those actions.”

Working with The AIDS Project in par-ticular for 10 years, McGhee has seen it all. From people who some think “deserve” the vi-rus to children who are born with it, McGhee

strongly believes that no one truly deserves to be sick and contin-ues to spread awareness to prevent the inces-sant virus in humankind.

“I often hear people say, ‘People with HIV de-serve to get it. They are participating in bad be-haviors.’ So, how do you explain children that are born with it? Or the wom-an that has been raped and infected?” explained McGhee. “Yes, there are people that engage in risky

behaviors. But no one ever deserves to be sick. This disease rips families apart. It isolates people.”

To bring the matter closer to heart, even citi-zens living in our “Hap-py Valley” are infected with the disease. HIV/AIDS does not discrimi-nate. Whether it be rain or shine, poor or rich, or heterosexual or homo-sexual, if you participate in risky behaviors, you can become infected.w

In addition, the num-

ber of people affected by the AIDS virus in State College or elsewhere in the world is still a co-nundrum. “Only 40% of the population get tested for HIV, so you could be infected and not know,” explained McGhee. After all this talk about the growing incidence of the virus and the neces-sity for increased aware-ness, the annual Centre County AIDS Walk is be-ing hosted at State High.“This year, the Cen-

tre County AIDS Walk will be held at the south track on Sunday, April 14, from 4 P.M. to 6 P.M.,” said Principal Deshong.” Funded simply by the Red Ribbon AIDS Walk and donations, Direc-tor McGhee and her team running the AIDS Walk provide free-of-charge educational pro-grams to the community. In ordser to hold true to the community as-pect of the charitable walk, the AIDS Walk is

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at State High this year. “We wanted to hold our ‘YOUnity in the Community’ walk in a location that had ample parking and was eas-ily accessible to the com-munity members. We are excited to not only have a walk that day, but the PSU Greek Counsel will be hosting carnival games and booths for families to enjoy too,” said McGhee. To participate in the event, students need to raise money and walk on the designated date. “We want to show the commu-nity that we are a united front in our differences,” said McGhee. “We want the community to know that every single one of us is different, and that is okay. That is what makes us such an amazing com-munity to live in. It is also a wonderful opportunity for students to get their re-quired community service hours for high school.” In DGGLWLRQ� WR� WKH�EHQHÀW�RI �

supporting a worthy cause, students can log hours of community service. Having only the goals of raising awareness for this preventable disease and raising money to teach the community, advice like “Talk about drug use and sex with your children” be-gins to make more sense.

Raising Awareness: AIDS Walk

“No one ever deserves to be sick. This disease rips fami-lies apart. It isolates people.”

What: AIDS WalkWhere: High School South TrackWhen: April 14, 4P.M.- 6P.M.

Kevin XuStaff Writer

MARCH 2013 ISSUE V features 3

On March 20, 2013,

a second Panera Bread café is set to open in the North Atherton T.J. Maxx Plaza, specifical ly in the space previously occupied by the Sherwin Will iams paint store.

Until now, the only Panera in State College was located downtown on South Allen Street.

Many State High

students are looking forward to the new café because of its location on the other side of town.

“It’s conve-nient for me so I can go grab a snack when I’m hungry and not have to go al l the way downtown,” said senior Alden Anderson.

Students not only an-

ticipate the opening for

dining purposes but for employment opportu-nities also. Junior Sam

Schwab was recently hired by Panera and c u r r e n t l y works at the d o w n t o w n location un-ti l the open-ing of the new café.

“I applied because I thought it would be a

good experience work-ing somewhere I l ike to eat at, and it ’s a re-

laxing place to be. It ’s fun working at Pan-era because you get to see people who you know when they come in,” said Schwab.

Be sure to stop by on March 20th and check out the newest Panera Bread café. Chances are, you’l l see at least one of your classmates and enjoy some delicious food in the process.

New Opening: Panera Bread Café Casey McCrackenFeatures Editor

“I’m honored to be compared to Blake Lively. She’s so cool. I wish I

had her clothes.”-- Junior Aubrey Swanson (looking

like Blake Lively)

“Personally, I don’t see it.”

-- Junior Will Edwards (looking like Kevin Bacon)

“Mulan? I’m from Michigan.”

-- Senior Susan Moon (looking like Mulan)

“Well, no one has ever drawn that comparison before, or at least not that I know of. To be hon-est, I didn’t know who Prince Harry was until I asked my sister, but I’m sure he’s a pretty good

looking guy...I mean, he’s a prince!” -- Junior Kyle Adams (looking like Prince Harry)

State

High’s

Student

Celebrity

Look-A-likes

(do YOU see it?)

MARCH 2013 ISSUE Vfeatures4

According to UNI-CEF, malaria kills one child every thirty seconds. Al-though it may not seem like a widespread issue, malaria is killing people every day and it is a local organization’s mis-sion to end malaria for good.

Nets4Nets is an orga-nization co-founded in 2011 by Park Forest sev-enth grader Alex Small and his dad Kerry Small.

Kerry Small runs a company called Surge, his own small business, which helped create Nets4Nets.

“We have the big resourc-HV� KHUH� DW� WKH� RIÀFH�µ� VDLG�Kerry. Surge also has rela-tionships with Penn State and UCLA. “The universi-ties have lots of research DURXQG�µ�VDLG�.HUU\��´ZKLFK�can help with the distribution of nets which helps eradicate

malaria and helps with the GLVWULEXWLRQ� RI � PHGLFLQH�µ

The organization is part-nered with Malaria No More which was founded by Scott Case in 2006. Like Malaria No More, Nets4Nets raises awareness about malaria and is trying to end the disease for good. Nets4Nets’s team consists of the founders Alex and Kerry Small, Jay Paterno, who is the execu-tive director, four of Alex’s friends, two full time em-ployees, and twelve interns.

As a team, they are work-ing on the recently launched website, Nets4Nets.org. On this website, youth soccer players can sign up and ask for donations from their friends and family. After games or tournaments, they can enter their scores in the website’s database and with the amount of goals they

score, that amount of mon-ey will be donated for medi-cines and malaria nets-- thus the concept of nets for nets.

Nets4Nets came about when Alex was working on a project about Scott Case. Case is the founder of Price-line.com, and he is also the founder of Malaria No More.

“I wanted to help in the VDPH�ZD\�KH�GLG�µ�VDLG�$OH[���

“He said he wanted to do VRPHWKLQJ�WR�KHOS�RXW�µ�WHOOV�Kerry. “He didn’t want to do a lemonade stand or a grass cutting business; he wanted WR� GR� VRPHWKLQJ� ELJ�µ� 6R��Alex and his friends got together to help organize a charity that would help the world but also incorpo-rate their interest in sports.

Four of the boys involved play soccer, and one plays la-crosse. Currently Nets4Nets is only tied with youth soc-

cer, but they hope to expand it to other sports. “We start ZLWK� VRFFHU�µ� LQIRUPV� .HU-ry, “and we could go onto any other sport with nets OLNH� ODFURVVH� RU� EDVNHWEDOO�µ

Also, Nets4Nets is try-ing to reach out to Ma-jor League Soccer teams to help raise awareness.

“We believe that we can establish a relation-VKLS� ZLWK� 0/6� WHDPV�µ�said Kerry, “and we have one with Malaria No More already so we think WKLV� FDQ� JURZ� UHDOO\� ELJ�µ

Currently the organi-zation has only reached out to people in the cen-tral Pennsylvania area, but it has the potential to grow. “There’s a huge population of kids who SOD\� VRFFHU�µ� VDLG� .HUU\��“It’s a huge participa-tion of organizations.

So we could really push this for a long time until it reaches market satu-UDWLRQ�µ� 7KH� 1HWV�1HWV�organization hopes to keep expanding: “Maybe we can expand it across WKH� FRXQWU\�µ� VDLG� $OH[���

The goal for Nets4-Nets is to raise awareness about malaria and ulti-mately eradicate it. The organization is working on spreading the work lo-cally and raising awareness and money through youth soccer organizations.

The money they raise provides malaria nets and medication for people in Africa at risk to the disease. “The medicine to eradicate malaria, to cure someone, for two doses only costs a dol-lar. So for one dollar, you FDQ� VDYH� VRPHRQH·V� OLIH�µ

Sarah McNuttStaff writer

Local Soccer Fundraiser Aims to Kick Malaria

Ben BerkmanEditor-in-Chief

On Monday, March 11th, prinipal Dr. Craig Butler of-ficially resigned from his post to take a job as a Hazleton Area School District a d m i n i s t r a t o r .

Butler has served as a prinicipal in the

district since 1999, after mov-ing from Wyo-ming where he was also a high school principal.

Prior to his ad m in i s t r a t ive responsibilities, Butler attend-ed the Univer-sity of Arizona, Penn State, and taught music for eleven years.

During his

tenure, Butler helped reform the dress code, handle budget cuts, lead an ef-fort to combat bullying, and effectively man-age the normal c o n u n d r u m s that constitute high school life.

“My 14 years here have been marked by many wonderful rela-

tionships that I will treasure IRUHYHU�µ� VDLG�Butler. “The students here are remarkable, intelligent, wit-ty and fun to be around. The people at State High have made my years here YHU\� VSHFLDO�µ

Butler, the day after his resignation, at a farewell lunch. Photo by Emily Bickell

The Lions’ Digest extends its gratitude to Dr. Butler for his countless contributions, advice, and supervision of the newspaper. We wish him the

best of luck moving forward.A Farewell to Dr. Butler

from the Lions’ Digest

MARCH 2013 ISSUE V opinion 5Most Anticipated Movies

of 2013

Susan MoonEdior-in-Chief

A little over a month ago, I celebrated my birthday as an 18-year old (on January 30th, for those of you who don’t know it or for-got it. Imbeciles.).

I went out for breakfast, smiled and thanked more people than I usually do on a daily basis, raved about the possibilities of be-ing 18, hugged people, kissed a few babies, and so on. I came home from school, ate a very normal dinner, stared at my homework, looked at my laundry, watched TV, and went to sleep. I woke up the next day and felt very much the same as I did before, which was the same as I felt the day before that.

I was fairly disap-pointed as all of this hype about being 18 had led me to the as-sumption that I would suddenly arise as a new-found human being. Or become a real woman.

Grow taller. Be miracu-ORXVO\�ÁXHQW� LQ�$UDELF��

Grow birthing hips. Everyone builds up

an unnecessary amount of hype and excitement over being 18. There’s apparently supposed to be a feeling of growing maturity and increased respect. Well, certainly, but all I really feel is anxiety and annoyance at the fact that I can now be reprimanded for taking six mints rather than one from Kelly’s Steakhouse. Who decides these rules? Who are you to tell me that I can’t have minty fresh breath?

Through strenuous

research, I uncovered the hype surround-ing this rite-of-passage age. It’s fascinating. I can now do things like:

1. Donate blood2. Open a savings account3. Rent a house4. Sue someone5. Be sued6. Finance a car7. Start a 401k plan

8. Get a PayPal account

I would really like to start a 401k plan. Nothing says “Welcome to adult-hood” better than retire-ment savings. On the other hand, I found that the fol-lowing are the most over-looked and underhyped:

1. Cash a savings bond2. Pay a utility bill3. Open an AOL account4. Write a check5. Get a water bill in my name6. Pay taxes7. Get a Sam’s Club membership8. Adopt a child

All of this hype about tattoos and lot-tery tickets and no one ever mentioned paying taxes. You don’t know fun until you know tax day.

If you are currently under the age of 18, let me warn you in advance that you may too be dis-DSSRLQWHG� WR� ÀQG� WKDW�

very little changes. And if you are 18, then I say celebrate. Celebrate by doing something listed above. Now that this hype has been uncovered and unveiled, I will enjoy the rest of my year as an 18-year old. Perhaps I’ll buy a lottery ticket. Write a few checks. Get a PayPal account. Adopt a child. You know, big things. YOLO. Or Whatever.

M y T h o u g h t s : 1 8Michael O’Neill & Amy SchuhStaff writers

1. Only God Forgives: The main reason this is on my personal list is because I’ve seen Drive, a near perfect movie in my opinion that combined the action sequences of something like Fast and Furious, with a plot out of something like No Country for Old Men. The same team responsible for that movie is mak-ing this movie. They describe it as a modern western set in China. Also, Ryan Gosling. Did I mention Ryan Gosling? Because Ryan Gosling.

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movie about how San-dra Bullock and George Clooney are trapped in

Space, directed by the guy that did Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azka-ban, thought to be the best in a series that was arguably never bad to begin with. I’m sold.

3. Much Ado About Nothing: All I know about this movie is that Joss Whedon (Cabin in the Woods and Avengers) is directing it. That’s all I need to know, consid-ering the many aspects RI� :KHGRQ·V� ÀOPV�

�VSHFLÀF� XVHV� RI� UKHWR-ric and irony) that seem inspired by Shakespeare.

4. 3DFLÀF� 5LP: I’m a slave to nostalgia, and this looks like a good live action anime. Although, I don’t know whether to be scared or excited for my sanity, since the thing that appealed to me the PRVW� LQ� D� WUDLOHU� ÀOOHG�

with appealing sequenc-es was a cameo from Ellen McLain, someone you might know better as the voice of GlaDos from the Portal games, but that fact just ex-HPSOLÀHV� ZKDW� W\SH� RI �

movie this looks like., and while I don’t hate Michael Bay, it feels good to know that that for-mula is in the hands of someone like Guillermo

Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy 1 and 2) instead, for once. Even if it’s not well written (although it still might be), it looks like it will at least be fun.

5. Man of Steel: Super-man is an American icon, and some of the best versions of American icons are the ones that reimagine them. Times change, and sometime the icons need to as well. Some people have the talent for this type of adaptation, and oth-ers don’t. So far though, this movie looks inter-esting to say the least.

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the second movie in the blockbluster Hunger Games series. This sec-ond installment contains a large number of new cast members including 6DP� &ODÁLQ� DQG� -HQD�

Malone starring as fan favorites Finnick and Johanna. Oscar nomi-nated Philip Seymour Hoffman also stars as new head gamemaker. Fans cannot wait to see their beloved characters come to life on the big screen this November.

MARCH 2013 ISSUE Vopinion6

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MARCH 2013 ISSUE V opinion 7

ask your date a week before prom

DO’S and DON’TS of promwear a full length dress

ask your date in a creative way

match tie and dress

DO

XXX XXX

invite yourself to your date’s prom if you ask

them to yours

go out to dinner before prom starts

DO

DO

DO

DON’T

DON’T

DON’T

DON’T

DO DON’Tgo with someone you know you’ll have a

good time with

go with someone just for the sake of going

wear an uncomfortable dress

get too stressed over small details. Have

fun!

So by now, mos t peop l e a t th i s s choo l a r e p robab l y f r i ends w i th “S t a t e H igh Compl imen t s” on Facebook and have (hope fu l l y ) been comp l imen t -ed v i a th i s r e -sou rce . BUT, no t a l l t h ing s a r e pu re g ood . S t a t e H igh Compl imen t s ha s r e su l t ed i n numer-ous sp in -o f f s tha t a r en’t exac t l y so u se r- f r i end l y. From “ C o m p l i m e n t s ” to “Cr ushes” to “ Judgmenta l s ” and more , the se knock o f f s have tu r ned the t ab l e s f rom s ince r e comp l i -

i t was even s t a r t ed . Back i n 2007 , Penn S t a t e s chedu l ed i t s sp r ing b r eak ove r S t . Pa t r i ck ’s day, r e su l t i ng i n a d i s -t r augh t popu l a ce s eek ing to r e loca t e the ho l i day be fo re b r eak . T hus, i t was r e s chedu l ed to March 2nd , and the pa r t y p roceeded . S ince then , how-eve r , i t h a s exp lod -ed i n to a mas s ive d r unken r ampag e , s t i l l c e l eb r a t ed even when S t . Pa t t y ’s i sn’t du r ing b r eak . T he r e a l r e a son th i s i s t r u l y the s tup id -e s t ho l i d ay eve r i s because peop l e a t

Penn S t a t e don’t need an excuse to d r ink , y e t they do i t anyway. So why, why i s i t nece s -s a r y to wea r g r een wh i l s t do ing i t ?

Dur ing the Gram-my ’s when Fun . was named bes t new a r t i s t , mus i c l ove r s a c ros s the wor ld we p t . How cou ld Fun . eve r w in ag a in s t the Lu -minee r s ? T he Lu -minee r s have hea r t -f e l t and beau t i fu l l y r i c s abou t l ove and lo s s wh i l e , Fun .’s mos t f amous song i s an an them fo r you th , bu t have you s een the se guy s ?

men t s to conce i t ed i n su l t s. And no t to men t ion the f a c t tha t they now span Facebook , Tw i t t e r , and In s t ag r am . And in c a s e you d idn’t have th i s r eve l a -t i on be fo re s end ing your “c r u shes” i n to S t a t e H igh Cr ush -e s, whoeve r c r e a t ed th i s da t aba se knows E V E R Y O N E ’ S c r u shes. Come on , guy s.

Nex t , whe re does one even beg in w i th the mons t ro s i t y o f po in t l e s sne s s. In o rde r to p rope r l y unde r s t and S t a t e Pa t t y ’s day we mus t f i r s t r emember why

What GRINDS our GEARS

Caroline Boston

& grant davis

Staff writersT hey a r e a l l i n the i r fo r t i e s and s t i l l wea r ing neon sk in -ny j e ans and h ip s t e r g l a s s e s. T he i r cha r m unrave l s qu i ck l y ; i t a l l j u s t becomes too much . I t ’s l i ke those mar shma l low Pee ps.

Ea t a coup l e and they ’r e de l i c i ous. Ea t more than th r ee and you ’ l l wan t to th row up eve r y -where .

T he re ’s a r e a son they on l y s e l l t hem on Eas t e r.

MARCH 2013 ISSUE Vspotlight8

State High Thespians Present....

“This show has so much to offer. It has a little bit of everything; something for every age and the story itself is ageless. The characters are fun and endearing. There are terrific dance and production numbers and the costumes and set are going to be really delightful. Audiences will both laugh and

cry and hopefully exit the show singing and smiling.”- Jill Campbell, Director

From center, clockwise: The of-ÀFLDO� SRVWHU� IRU� ´7KH� :L]µ�� WKH� FRO-RUIXOO\� SDLQWHG� VWDJH�� WKH� VWDJH� ZLWK�VWHSV�� UHDG\� IRU� D� GUHVV� UHKHDUVDO�� WKH�FDVW� DIWHU� D� UHFHQW� UHKHDUVDO�� WZR� DVVLV-WDQW� VWDJH� PDQDJHUV� SUHSDULQJ� IRU� WKH�VKRZ�� -HVVH� 0RRUH� VWUHWFKLQJ� DW� D� UH-FHQW� UHKHDUVDO�� D� EDFNERDUG� IRU� WKH� VHW�

WHEN: THURS., April 11th (7 PM); FRI., April

12th (8 PM); SAT., April 13th (8 PM); SUN., April

14th (2 PM)

WHERE: North Auditorium

MARCH 2013 ISSUE Vspotlight9

“Last week when we finally ran though the final scene of the

show off book, I realized that in the end, this show is going to be a kind of farewell to a huge and amazing Senior class. So putting it to bed after the final perfor-mance is probably going to hit me

pretty hard.”

-Jill Campbell, Director

From top left, clockwise: Lights on stage; the Friends cast Erin McQuay, Jeremy Edelstein, Mitchell Cornwall, Jacob Hopkins, Jesse Moore, and

director Jill Campbell; costumes for the show; the Friends cast on stage wedges; part of the script for act 2; the Friends cast’s shoes behind Dorothy’s

silver “slippers.”

Karstteter Verbally Committs to UVALuke Charles & Nate FieldStaff Writers

A dream that many teenages have but few ever achieve. The dream of playing sports for a top Division-one school. A task that has rarely been done by State High athletes. Some notable alumni that have played D-1 sports are Larry Johnson and Jordan Norwood. A new athlete has been added to the list this year, Ryan Karstetter, a sophomore that has verbally com-mitted to play baseball at the University of Vir-ginia. Virginia is one of the top ranked schools for baseball in the country, ranking in the Top 25 in this year’s USA today coaches poll. In 2011

the team made it to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. Virginia was not the only top school that wanted to add Ryan to the roster. “North Carolina, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest, Maryland, UCF, South Carolina and a few others recruited me.” said Karstetter

MARCH 2013 ISSUE Vsports10

Getting to this point at such an early age is not a remedial task. The amount of work and effort that Ryan put into getting achieving this, is immense. Karstetter states,”I practice/train whenever I can. I play basketball so its hard to practice and train in the winter.” Even out of baseball season, Karstetter keeps his endur-ance up to par with Basketball. Not only does Karstetter play basketball in the winter, he is the only sophomore on the Varsity basketball team. As you can tell, a sophomore who plays two varsity sports, is no average student. Even if you

have all of this going for you, you must have de-cent grades, and must be charismatic enough to WDON�WR�FROOHJH·V�WR�JHW�DFFHSWHG�LQ�WKH�ÀUVW�SODFH�������7KH�UHFUXLWLQJ�SURFHVV�FDQ�EH�GLIÀFXOW�DQG�take a toll on a person, but Ryan looked at it in a more positive way. “It was fun. Visiting different schools and talking to the coaches is something I’ll never forget.” Even though Karstetter has grown up in State College he did not want to attend Penn State because his mind was set on playing down south. “I wanted to play in the south,” he said. “Obviously we live here and Penn State is a great school academically and it has a great baseball program, but my goal was to play down south and it always has been.” Although he was recruited by several division one schools, the choice was clear in Karstetter’s mind. “I chose Virginia because it has great academics, the campus is nice, and the baseball program is one of the best in the country.” Ryan Karstetter will be remembered after he gradu-ates as a great athlete here at State High.

“The venues the

kids get to play at ... they get to play

in like a dream.”-Karstetter

Karstteter in 2011 with his Canes team. A trav-el baseball team that Karstteter says got him the attention from college coaches by playing in all different states. photos courtesy of Karstetter

Karstetter playing on another summer travel team, the State College Storm. Coached by his dad, this team gained him a lot of experience.

MARCH 2013 ISSUE Vsports11

National Signing Day Signing in... For Penn State Football

Kimi Cramer

Staff Writer

On Nov 9th mass chaos broke out at PSU when long-

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FEBRUARY 2013 ISSUE IVgrid12

The GridNo hesitations. Just honesty.

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7:45am - 2:45pmwww.scasd.org/roarstore

FebruaryEmployee of the Month:

Dakota Breindel

Sam Bollinger

Ty Millward

Boyoung Kim

Julia Moyer

Jesse Moore

My ideal Spring Break would be...

The next pope should be...

Who is your alter ego?

Dream prom date?I am a closet...My hidden talent is...

in San Diego. Mitt Romney Pinocchio Criquet ;) Maddie Marshall

Korean.YMCA with Saad

Ahmad. Mr. Bob White Ben Berkman . . . inhaling wings

Eric Pauley. Will you go to prom/froshmore with

me?

screw beaches, get money.

Bob Furmanek 2013

Fergie

Pretty Little Liars, crafts,

pancakes.Nikhil Ananth, undoubtedly

The HulkConvincing

people the food I make is really

vegan ;)

carnivore. Jim Halpert

Supa Hot Fire Limbo, Twister, and fine dining

I am a closet, a walk-in closet. You. Disco party.

in Montana 2 Chains Going Switchy Furry. Oprah