Nate Assignment 1

     Hello, my name is Nate. I was born April 11, 1999 in a small suburb of Chicago called Evanston. I really only lived there for about 6 months but I still tell people I'm from Chicago so they always think that I'm cool, because being from a big city always makes you cool. I would consider myself a hard-worker, but then again everyone would tell you that to make a good first impression, so I'll let you decide. I never talk all that much, not really from being to shy and not because I don't like people, but mostly because I only open my mouth when I have something to say. I also pride myself on having a no bs personality. I pretty much stay true and keep it real.
     When I'm not in school you find me 99%, and I mean 99% of the time doing one of these 5 things: eating, sleeping, playing basketball, watching sports, or playing piano. I love eating and sleeping probably more than you love your grandparents and have a 6th sense for where the good grub is. Basketball is an activity that brings me the utmost joy even though I'm not very skilled. So, I often find it just as engaging to watch good athletes play. The NBA is fantastic to watch for the highlight reel posters and crossovers, but I don't have that connection with a team like I do for the NCAA. As a young one, I was raised to be a militant fan of one team and one team only, the Michigan State Spartans. Pretty much my entire extended family attended school there so I have quite the connection. No, don't try to talk to me about UK, to me, there are just another team. On playing piano, I would say I enjoy that as contrast to basketball because it is something I'm naturally good at. I come from a family of musicians, so I guess certain strange attributes like musicality are genetic.
     As for what geeks me out, the thought of leaving Lexington is high up on the list. I had my first onset of Senioritis as an 8th grader, and from there things just got worse. I have a serious urge to fly away from the nest and go somewhere full of opportunity. I do love Lexington and it will always be in my heart, but I just always feel like its time to go.
     My most meaningful moment of summer vacation was probably standing a top one of the castles of Germany and just looking out upon the the meandering Rhine backed by the towering snow-peaked alps. As for what super power I would like to have, I think stretchy arms would be good because then I could dunk on everyone and basketball would be more fun.
     I don't have a favorite website but here's a pitiful and embarrassing attempt by KFC to advertise their chicken that makes me laugh every time I see it: http://www.colonelsanders.com/
 
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