BIGBANGIN

i wish i wasnt so afraid of the dark

*** i switched the tv on to channel 7 the very second i got home from yet another disgustingly long day at school. you hear the usual; australia gets gold - oh stephanie rice oh michael phelps etc... and THEN totally unprepared, i was hit square in the face with news that would quake and shake my kneecaps for the next 4 hours; "Liu Xiang Pulls Out of Olympics" WTF. first, SHOCK. then the shock developed into AFTERSHOCK & then i went down on my knees & just. cried. no, i didnt, but if i had knees & could cry at will, THATS WHAT I'D HAVE DONE! instead i stood for a bit longer in SHOCK. it wasnt enough that i'd failed chemistry earlier today,

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