A BREAK FROM RITTOS

I thought that I might take a little break from my Rittos. To be honest, they are simply getting on my nerves. So, I decided to take some time and work on an interesting application essay that I might need for law school or a master's program if possible. It isn't much, but I think that it gets the point across. Of course I haven't climbed Mount Everest; but it alludes to the fact that I like to mountain climb or at least wish to. Of course I haven't yet had a child, but I know that it will be one of those life changing events that I will have in my life (or maybe twice!):

I’ve climbed Mt. Everest; I got into the Harvard law school last year; I walked Che Guevara’s route through Argentina, Chile and, Peru; I met the Queen of England and got to shake her hand; I have been through childbirth; I know what it is like to be content; I know what it is like to read Shakespeare and understand; I have been in love for years; I ski every winter in the Alps; I have resuscitated a man; I have given to the Humane Society; I have walked with a llama in the Grand Canyon; I have photographed Niagra Falls; I have seen the destruction in Jerusalem’s markets; I have witnessed a miracle.

I have watched my own flesh and blood grow from a single cell; I have buried my father; I have prayed to God; I know what it means to be poor; I know what it means to be rich without money; I have seen the African bushmen; I have quoted Hemingway correctly; I have mastered English; I can “get around” in a foreign country; I have stayed in hostels; I have experienced wine from a vineyard in France (particularly Cabernet Sauvignon); I gave my shoes in the Holocaust; I starved during the potato famine; I knew the Czar Katherine; I have repented my sins.

I came from Germany; I came from Poland; I came from the Ukraine; I came from Ireland; I can speak Russian; I can drink whiskey; I can drink vinegar when there is nothing else; I can throw a left hook like you wouldn’t believe; I can go without food for 3 weeks; I can go without water for 3 days; I can go without air for 3 minutes; I am human; I am American; I am socialist; I am conservative; I vote; I can make up my mind; I can make the Volcan sign; I can recite Beethoven’s 5^th on the piano; I can run a mile in 6 minutes; I can do anything I want.

I can see the future.