The Heart of Sports

     As Jack walked into his apartment on the 137 floor, he looked out his window. He saw a world greatly controlled by technology and computers. the whole city was controlled by computers and every small job was taken over by robots. Jack didn't really like this because as a kid, his dad lost his job to a robot. Jacks dad was a sales man but it wasn't very important anymore. if people wanted something they would just buy it off the internet or a robot would give all the information about a product. Jack then looked at the giant clock that floated over the city. It was a digital clock that read "May 7, 2163. 8:04 PM, New York City, New York". Jack was very sore after his day of work. He was lucky though because his job was playing basketball in the NBA. Jack really focused on basketball because sports was one of the only things that wasn't really affected by technology or more importantly robots.
     Jack was a tall guy at 6' 2". he is very muscular, quick and athletic. he was a point guard and a very good one at that. He had the leadership skills and the basketball skills to make sure his team would win. Jack played for the New York Galaxy. the names of the NBA teams were changed to fit with the more technological society. The next morning, Jack went to practice. He came into the locker room to get ready.
     "Hey Jack", said Mike, the teams best shooting guard.
     "Hey Mike, are you ready for practice today?" Jack asked.
     "Of coarse. I'm about to break Darren's ankles again!" , Mike said laughing and starring at Darren. Darren was the team's best defender so he took this personally.
     "Shut up Mike! That only happened once and the floor was slippery" Darren explained.
     "Ya sure it was, whatever you say" laughed Ben. Ben was the team's post and the team's tallest person at seven feet tall.
     "You cant even talk Ben," Jordan said, "I swatted you so bad yesterday the ball went out of the gym!" Everyone laughed except for ben who was a little embarrassed but he still chuckled under his breath.
      "Alright guys thats enough" Jack said, "Its time to go practice hard."
      The team had a great practice. every practice was great it seemed like. it showed on game days because their record was 46-5. their only losses were to their rivals the miami Robots. the Robots' team captain was Chet Douglas. Jack didnt like a single ting about him. Chet was cocky and mean, but that wasnt the main reason why Jack didn't like him. Chet didnt seem normal. he wasn't weird but he didnt seem human in ways. he seemed to perfect.
     the season continued and the galaxy kept on winning. they went to the play offs and won the first series. they kept on winning and finally arrived to the championship game and of coarse it was against the Miami Robots. except the team had a lot of their players injured in the last game. almost all of the starting five were hurt except for Chet Douglas. the league thought it wouldn't be a very good game if most of the team was hurt so they made a decision. they decided to replace all the players with actual robots. this made Jack mad. he already didnt like them to start with and now they were going to come into one of the only things not affected by them. they fames started and it was weird playing against a thing not a person. they were didnt get  tired but they did have some kinks in them. Jack took advantage of this. he could tell that they would get confused and he would find an opening to get an open shot or make a steal. Jack felt like there was similarities between the robots and Chet. after the first half the score was 57-49 the robots with the lead. at the start of the second half Chet went up for a lay up. Jack was getting frustrated so he took this moment to give off some steam. he hit Chet hard and Chet went sliding into the floor. his face had skid on the floor but when he got up the skin on it was coming off. it seemed like a mask and Jack realized Chet was a robot. no wonder he had hated him form the beginning. the robots didnt have any change in play, they all played at the same pace all the time. they never got angry or had a burst of energy. by the end of the third quarter, the score was 82-81 with the Robots up by one. the fourth quarter was close but it came down to the last 30 seconds. the Galaxy was only down by one. Jack pasted the ball to Mike. Mike crossed one of the robots and drove into the paint. he dished it out to Darren at the three point line. he made a quick pass to jack who shot with one second left. he sprayed Chet and won the game. after the game in Jack was approached by a reporter.
     "Jack, how do you feel the game went and what do you think about the robots playing basketball?" the reporter asked.
     "the game went great but i dont think the robots belong in this sport. they dont have the heart to play the game that any person can put into this sport." Jack said.
     Jack walked away to go celebrate his win with his team.

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Movies Movies Movies!

 i watch a lot of movies. i like all types from action and comedy to thriller and horrors. i dont like chick flicks and romances but there are some i watched because i was forced. my favorite movies are comedies. i like step brothers. Will Ferrel was really funny in this movie. i couldnt stop laughing when i watched it. i also like tropic thunder. it has a lot of good actors but i havent seen it in awhile. another good movie is i love you man. i watched it with my best friend and we use lines from the movie all the time. one line we always say is i love you broham. it made us laugh so hard when he said that. i like horror films also. i recently watched Saw Seven. i saw the whole Saw series and it was a great story line. it was interesting to see the traps but sometimes the traps were pretty graphic except that was part of the fun. i also just saw paranormal activity 1 and 2. i didnt find them that scary but there were some parts that made me jump. another great movie is the fighter. i saw part of it yesterday. it was exciting. one of my favorite childhood movies was Like Mike. a orphan finds these Jordan shoes. whenever he put them on he would play basketball like Michael Jordan. he then went to the NBA and took a bad team to the playoffs as a kid. movies are very enjoyable and i love watching them all the time.

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Where has the time gone?

this weeks topic is interesting to me. i wonder what people consider a waste of time is. a waste of time could be doing something that will end up with no result or a waste of time is something that people consider nonconstructive. i think that i waste a lot of time. i agree with mr. potter that video games are a waste of time but i still play them all the time. video games are addictive. i go from one addicting game, like Black Ops, to another addicting game, like fall out. on days that i am extremely bored, i can play video games from morning to night. i consider procrastinating as a waste of time. if i have homework do to, i will do whatever i have to do to not do my homework even if i dont like the activity. i have procrastinated atleast ten minutes for this homework alone. i could of been done by now and be doing something i actually enjoy but of coarse it doesnt work that way. i am here still typing this and i am bored already. another activity that i think is the biggest waste of time is facebook. everyone has wasted plenty of time on facebook. i happy to say that i have not been sucked into facebook as much as some other people but i still have wasted time with it. now i am finally done after 25 minutes with only 15 minutes of writing done. Where has the time gone?

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my sister! Cant live with her. Cant live without her.

i have one sibling and she is my older sister jessica. she is eight years older than me. when i was a baby she would always play with me and i was like a toy to her. this was fun for her and sometimes not very fun for me. one time she decided to play dress up with me. she put makeup on me and made me wear a dress. this was not very far because i didnt know what was going on because i was so young. she would take me outside and walk me around the block. she said that every time i would see someone, i would lift the bottom of the dress and show off my diapers. this is so humiliating. good thing i was so young i dont it at all. that was just the start of the constant humiliation she would put me through. even though she made fun of me and made me do stupid things, we still had a good relationship. we always would have fun together and act like we were on adventures and we always would use our imagination. we would even play video games together sometimes and she would just watch me and give me advice. we still do that now. it is still fun. one of my favorite memories with Jessica is during christmas. we were getting a gift for my mom. we went to easton and we went to this place were you could decorate a plate or cup or stuff like that. we both panted a plate for my mom and it was so much fun. i love my sister and even though we dont get along, i wouldnt trade her for anybody!

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