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My Dad

October 11, 2010
By Anonymous

In my eyes he’s the world’s strongest man
And the most respected man
Through-out the land
He works for his family
And works through his pain
And I feel proud
To bare his name
So I’ll raise my chin in honor
With dignity
And hope one day
He’ll be proud of me
Smile and finally shake my hand
I can’t wait for the day he pronounces me a man
Although I’ll never be
Half the man he was
I’ll try my best
Though it’s never enough

My dad
Hardest working dad
My dad
Yeah I’m proud to call him
My dad
And when they lay him in the ground
I’ll still be just as proud
Of my dad….

© Anonymous

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jhsironmen12 PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 28 2010 at 7:39 am
jhsironmen12 PLATINUM, Jackson, Ohio
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Life&#039;s not about how hard you can hit; it&#039;s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward. That&#039;s how winning is done.

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My mom wants me to copywrite my songs and send them to a girl in nashville who write music with brroks n dunn and she said she can show them to alot of the famous singers and even if they just use a piece of it i will get the royalties from the money it makes. think I should do it? it could be our chance to make it big by writing
pinkypromise23 PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 27 2010 at 1:56 pm
pinkypromise23 PLATINUM, Cranston, Rhode Island
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i know that you believe you understand what you think i said, but im not sure you realize that what you heard is not what i meant.

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oh well whatever haha.
jhsironmen12 PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 27 2010 at 12:40 pm
jhsironmen12 PLATINUM, Jackson, Ohio
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Life&#039;s not about how hard you can hit; it&#039;s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward. That&#039;s how winning is done.

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umm idk? I thought they had to review it to make sure it was apropriet and not copywrited
pinkypromise23 PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 26 2010 at 1:17 pm
pinkypromise23 PLATINUM, Cranston, Rhode Island
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i know that you believe you understand what you think i said, but im not sure you realize that what you heard is not what i meant.

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dont they just put everything on here?
jhsironmen12 PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 26 2010 at 12:42 pm
jhsironmen12 PLATINUM, Jackson, Ohio
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Life&#039;s not about how hard you can hit; it&#039;s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward. That&#039;s how winning is done.

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no online. but i'll never be in the magizine either. I'm surprised i got stuff on here

 

pinkypromise23 PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 25 2010 at 2:16 pm
pinkypromise23 PLATINUM, Cranston, Rhode Island
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i know that you believe you understand what you think i said, but im not sure you realize that what you heard is not what i meant.

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in the magizine?
jhsironmen12 PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 25 2010 at 1:59 pm
jhsironmen12 PLATINUM, Jackson, Ohio
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Life&#039;s not about how hard you can hit; it&#039;s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward. That&#039;s how winning is done.

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yep. I never thought I'd get anything published.
pinkypromise23 PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 25 2010 at 1:49 pm
pinkypromise23 PLATINUM, Cranston, Rhode Island
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i know that you believe you understand what you think i said, but im not sure you realize that what you heard is not what i meant.

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yeah me neither haha. but its a good website
jhsironmen12 PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 25 2010 at 1:39 pm
jhsironmen12 PLATINUM, Jackson, Ohio
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Life&#039;s not about how hard you can hit; it&#039;s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward. That&#039;s how winning is done.

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JHS is the name of my high school and ironmen is our mascot. so i kinda just sloped it down real quick, I never thought I'd get on as much as I do.
pinkypromise23 PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 25 2010 at 1:31 pm
pinkypromise23 PLATINUM, Cranston, Rhode Island
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i know that you believe you understand what you think i said, but im not sure you realize that what you heard is not what i meant.

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well i wtore a book (which isnt on here) and the title is 'pinky promise' and then my lucky number is 23. howd you come up with yours?
jhsironmen12 PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 25 2010 at 8:01 am
jhsironmen12 PLATINUM, Jackson, Ohio
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Life&#039;s not about how hard you can hit; it&#039;s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward. That&#039;s how winning is done.

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thats random. how did u come up with ur screen name?
pinkypromise23 PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 23 2010 at 9:08 pm
pinkypromise23 PLATINUM, Cranston, Rhode Island
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i know that you believe you understand what you think i said, but im not sure you realize that what you heard is not what i meant.

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hmm for some reason that put me as sydney l (which is actucally me) instead of my normal pinkypromise 23 thing. hmm
Sydney L. said...
on Oct. 23 2010 at 9:06 pm
haha sounds perfect:D
jhsironmen12 PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 23 2010 at 4:06 pm
jhsironmen12 PLATINUM, Jackson, Ohio
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Life&#039;s not about how hard you can hit; it&#039;s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward. That&#039;s how winning is done.

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well, "IF" i ever become famous, i'll look you up, and since i'd be famous i'd tell all the great publishers how great you are and make them hire you as a writer, and make them pay you so u never have to work agai. sound good?
jhsironmen12 PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 23 2010 at 4:04 pm
jhsironmen12 PLATINUM, Jackson, Ohio
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Life&#039;s not about how hard you can hit; it&#039;s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward. That&#039;s how winning is done.

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any time.

 

Hummingbird GOLD said...
on Oct. 22 2010 at 3:30 pm
Hummingbird GOLD, Berryton, Kansas
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Haha- I am pretty new to teenink, so I am not quite sure how to send links, but I can give you a few titles.

The Visit

Why Algebra

Seeing You

The Hidden Cottage

There's just a few, so hopefully if you can access those, it will be easy to access the others. Thanks so much!!!

pinkypromise23 PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 22 2010 at 2:36 pm
pinkypromise23 PLATINUM, Cranston, Rhode Island
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well when your famous someday ill be a fan. actucally that would be impossible cuz i have no idea who you are. haha.
jhsironmen12 PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 22 2010 at 2:06 pm
jhsironmen12 PLATINUM, Jackson, Ohio
36 articles 0 photos 92 comments

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Life&#039;s not about how hard you can hit; it&#039;s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward. That&#039;s how winning is done.

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sure, more stuff to put on here. haha. actually my dream is to either be a famous rock guitarist like angus young or to be a successful write/song writer
jhsironmen12 PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 22 2010 at 2:05 pm
jhsironmen12 PLATINUM, Jackson, Ohio
36 articles 0 photos 92 comments

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Life&#039;s not about how hard you can hit; it&#039;s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward, how much you can take and keep moving forward. That&#039;s how winning is done.

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yeah no problem. if you could send me a direct link or something would be nice
pinkypromise23 PLATINUM said...
on Oct. 22 2010 at 1:55 pm
pinkypromise23 PLATINUM, Cranston, Rhode Island
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i know that you believe you understand what you think i said, but im not sure you realize that what you heard is not what i meant.

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haha well thats a good thing isnt it?