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Life isn’t worth living for nothing. You have to find something to live for—and what you live for will always be unique to you.

Look around you right

now; there is only one set of eyes

seeing exactly what you are see-

ing now from exactly the same

angle. Only one brain is inter-

preting this completely unique

view in its own completely

unique way. When you think

about it, you are the only “you”

that there is, was, and ever will

be.

Your experiences are

all singular to you.

The need for compari-

son in this world is greater than

ever before because of the mas-

sive influence of media and en-

tertainment. However, there is

no comparison to you.

You are you, you are

the only person who can be you,

and you are you better than any-

one else. Take charge of that and

embrace it. There’s no need to

compare yourself to others if

there is no comparison there to

find.

You are the only YOU.

An overview of me; by me.

Established 1994

Version 18.0

Top Ten: K-Pop Artists 2

Runt, Twin, Meaning of Life

3

Time Capsule, Golf re-gionals,

4

Acheivements... 5

Roman Missal, Pope Francis

6

Gangnam Style, Hallyu Wave

7

Art 8

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Kylie Krummel

4 Super Junior — Siwon,

Leeteuk, Shindong,

Eunhyuk, Ryeowook,

Sungmin, Yesung,

Heechul, Henry, Zhou

Mi, Kangin, Donghae,

Kyuhyun, [Han Geng],

[Kibum]

1 G-Dragon

Top Ten: K-Pop Artists

Kyl ie Krummel Vers ion 18.0

2 BIGBANG — G-Dragon, TOP, Taeyang,

Daesung, Seungri

3 U-Kiss — Soohyun, Dongho, Kevin,

Eli, Kiseop, AJ, Hoon, [Kibum],

[Alexander]

5 Teen Top — L.Joe, Changjo, Ricky, Niel,

CAP, Chunji

8 VIXX — Hongbin, N, Leo, Ken, Ravi, Hyuk 7 B.A.P — Daehyun, Youngjae, Himchan, Zelo, Yongguk, Jongup

6 SHINee — Key, Jonghyun, Onew, Taemin, Minho

9 Nu’est — Ren,

Baekho, Aron, JR,

Minhyun

10 F. Cuz —

Jinon, Daegun,

Raehyun, Kan,

Yejun, [LeeU]

Personal Essay Reflection #1: Runt

Meaning of Life

Personal Essay Reflection #2: My Twin

It is always with a

teasing grin that my brother

tells me that I am the child

that wasn’t supposed to be

born. In reality, he and I are

twins so there is no way to

tell which one of us was in-

tended and which wasn’t, but

since he was born sixty sec-

onds before me, he assumes

that he is the intended child

and I am the “mistake”. Aside

from being the so-called mis-

take, I am the youngest, the

smallest, the shortest, the

weakest and the only female

child in my family. I could be

described as the runt of the

litter, if you can call our av-

erage three-child home a

litter. In order to dispel the

“runt” label, a majority of

my life has been devoted to

finding something in which I

can excel and stand out, be-

cause I’m always following in

the footsteps of others in my

family—somehow even my

twin manages to put me in his

shadow. However, this has

only encouraged me to be

even more creative in order

to be noticed. And there is an

advantage to my brother

automatically seizing the

leadership role; when times

get tough, those sixty seconds

can turn into several years of

maturity that enable my

brother to protect and lead

me the way a real older

brother would. (220)

eighteen years, keeping my

secrets and completing my

sentences without fail. Being

the exact same age provided

a similarity in interests during

our childhood that other sib-

lings never encountered. De-

spite being equivalent in age,

Colin, decided quickly that he

did have a “baby sister”—

even though I’m only 60 sec-

onds younger than him. I’m

not sure what I will be able to

do without him, because I’ve

always felt a sense of co-

dependence on him. While he

was only a minute older, I

looked to him constantly for

leadership and bravery, and

now I’ll have to come up with

those things on my own. (164)

I have something

that if one doesn’t have at

the moment he or she is

born, one will never have in

his or her entire life. It is one

of the few things that have

stayed completely constant in

my life since the precise mo-

ment of my birth; a twin

brother. My brother has been

my built-in best friend for

there is no “messing up”;

you’re going to live your life

the way you were supposed

to because everything you do

will immediately become

your life. You’re in control of

your own fate, though. Now,

God does have a pretty big

hand in all of this, but he

gave humans free will for a

So if you really are uniquee;

totally, utterly and com-

pletely different from every-

one else...what then? What

you do then is you figure out

what makes you unique and

why, and then you try to find

people who complement your

uniqueness with theirs. The

best thing about this is that

reason. So the overall goal is

to find a perfect balance be-

tween God’s will for you and

what you want to do, and

most of the time they will

end up being very similar to

each other.


The items I would place in a

time capsule to represent me

may seem useless or pointless

to others, but represent a

great deal of memories about

my life.

1. My lacrosse stick: It holds

all the memories I have

from every season I

played the sport. It

represents something I

worked hard on.

2. My golf charm bracelet:

Given to me by the un-

derclassmen on the golf

team, it shows how close

knit we were.

3. My violin: I’ve partici-

pated in orchestra since

junior high and it is my

favorite peaceful hobby.

4. Headphones: I adore mu-

sic, and that is my favor-

ite way to listen to it;

blocking everything else

out.

5. The bible I got on senior

retreat: In the front

cover this bible says

“dear Kylie” and inside

the back cover reads

“from God.” It signifies

what I learned on the

retreat.

6. My mailbox: I have never

once moved ever in my

life, so my mailbox with

my address on it really

does represent my whole

entire existence.

her shoulders. She’d been having massive headaches, but she’d been playing through the pain. Our head coach then boarded the bus. Once we arrived, the other alternate and I helped unload bags and accompanied the rest of the team to the range. Not more than forty minutes before the regionals were

The morning of our Regional tournament, I woke up and drove myself to the school to board the small bus that be-longed to our even smaller girls’ golf team. I joined the girls who were already there with a smile, halfhearted because I was an alternate. Eventually our last player arrived with a blanket around

scheduled to begin, the coach spoke two small words to me: “You’re playing.” My heart went from excited to petri-fied—I wasn’t prepared to play regionals, mentally or otherwise. But I gathered my bag from the back of the bus where I’d left it, warmed up quickly, and played the best I

could at Regionals. (161)

TIME CAPSULE

Personal Essay Reflection #4: Regionals

player gets four marbles of

their color and tries to get

them around the board and

back to their home base. If

you land on another marble,

you can send it back to the

start. There are often

screams of joy and rage as we

pursue the home bases. Eve-

ryone has learned how to

maneuver around the board

expertly and distract their

opponent while they get

closer and closer to

“aggravating” them. I love

the memory of playing Aggra-

vation because it repre-

sented—and still represents—

the love that my family has.

(146)

Personal Essay Reflection #3: Aggravation

There are innumerable mo-

ments I could select as a spe-

cial memory of mine; my

childhood wasn’t one of fear

or trauma. One of the sim-

plest times my family shared

is also the time that stands

out to me the most. The

game of Aggravation is a

modern twist on a classic

marble board game. Each


Personal Essay Reflection #5: Values

Personal Essay Reflection #6: Jesus

“That’s what she said.”

Probably considered one of

the funniest comments a high

school student could make—

considered funny by some,

but not by all. I do not fall

into the category that finds

sexual humor amusing in any

way, shape, or form, and I am

acutely aware that this fact

places me in the minority. I

have not been in any minority

for the majority of my life;

growing up I was thin, intelli-

gent, blonde, blue-eyed, and

athletic. I thrived. However it

wasn’t until high school that I

started to notice differences

between myself and my fel-

low students. My morals and

my values, and especially my

decision to be abstinent until

marriage had unwittingly

separated me in a crucial way

from my peers. I’ve never

hung out with people who

would wish those sorts of

things upon me, so I never

encountered it until after I’d

been raised to disagree with

it. Currently, being the way

that I am, my judgment sharp

and sometimes harsh, my

friends and acquaintances

have naturally grown to learn

how to behave around me: do

not make sexual references,

do not make sexual jokes,

refrain from innuendo, and

under no circumstances are

they to detail their exploits in

front of me. This aspect of

life might seem like a foot-

note in some lives, but it is a

defining factor in mine. (227)

treat, God has been changing

my mind. The confirmation

retreat initiated the change;

it was a slap in the face to

push me out of the darkness

of my self-destruction. Then

Destination Jesus 2012 en-

couraged me to notice the

faith. Destination Jesus 2013

catapulted me into Mass

every Sunday, youth group

every Sunday, positive Chris-

tian radio, the Daughters of

Christ, and being faith con-

scious in my everyday activi-

ties. It has been a long proc-

ess to get from where I was

to where I am. And I’m still

not where I will be. Unless

my mind is wiped of the last

four years, my life will never

be the same. (161)

While this may sound selfish,

the greatest change I have

noticed while in high school

has been in me, not in others.

During junior high, I was not a

religious person. Even fresh-

man year and sophomore

year—before the confirmation

retreat—I didn’t acknowledge

religion that much, if ever.

However, retreat after re-


is huge. So I made sure to

watch the news and this was

actually the first event I’d

ever seen as “breaking news”

or while it’s occurring. Usu-

ally I’m the last to know. It

was refreshing to be able to

feel in the loop with every-

one else. Also it is a very ex-

citing thing for the Catholic

There was certainly more

than one Pope over my life-

time and childhood; no one

can really be effective at

their job that long. But this

time was the first time I was

old enough to pay attention

to the news and broadcasts.

The Roman Catholic church

was getting a new pope. This

church to have a new leader.

I’m excited for Pope Francis,

I’m sure he will execute his

duties wonderfully and in the

name of the Lord. (135)

The New Pope Francis

it was the new translation of

the Roman Missal. The trans-

lation hasn’t proven to be as

bad as people predicted it to

be, however. After its release

and the beginning of its use in

Mass on November 27, 2011,

it seemed to me that people

had really embraced the

change. In a book by Matthew

Kelly, he mentions his appre-

ciation for how the creed said

“We believe,” that way the

belief of others could support

him. With the new missal, the

statement is “I believe.” In

my opinion, this is equally

powerful. With work, the new

words come as easily to me

now as they did before, but

now it is more thoughtful.

(169)

The New Roman Missal

One Sunday, the

priest stood and greeted us.

“The Lord be with you,” he

said, as he always did. “And

also with y—,“ I started to

respond, unaware until that

moment that nearly half of

the people in the church had

responded with “And with

your spirit.” New words. For

mass. I realized quickly that


The Hallyu Wave

“Gangnam Style”

promoting on purpose in

America; they thought it was

a waste. Little did they know

that Gangnam Style would

make its way to America and

people would fall in love with

it. But it happened. I was

delighted to see everyone

getting excited over PSY’s

new song; I was able to call

hipster on it forever. I had

watched the Korean music

show Inkigayo the day before

and PSY had premiered the

song on the show. So by the

time everyone else was lis-

tening to it for the first time,

I was already a veteran. (144)

Crossing your wrists and pre-

tending to trot on a horse

used to mean...well, nothing.

These days, it means you’ve

probably seen PSY or some-

one else singing/dancing to

Gangnam Style. The song

became widely popular what

seems like overnight. Al-

though PSY’s company, YG

Entertainment, did not to any

people of non-Korean de-

scent. Super Junior’s recent

concert in Chile, for example.

A country that certainly does-

n’t speak the band’s native

Korean, but where fans

crowded the airport so tightly

that security had to take ac-

tion. This wave of entertain-

ment from Korea is helped

Initiated by the popularity of

Gangnam Style, the Hallyu

Wave is following close be-

hind and ready to crash into

North America along with the

rest of the world. Hallyu is a

term given by Koreans to rep-

resent the phenomenon of all

things Korean being accepted

and actually obsessed over by

along by Korea’s advanced

technological system. Their

government has a strong hand

in television, broadcasting

and entertainment, and it

seems to be a good strategy

so far. (121)


Thanks to my mother and father for being such fantastic parents and

keeping me always in a safe and loving environment.

You are the only YOU.

Kylie Madison Krummel

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