In this blog post, I will be composing a past scene in first person and past tense. I have read What You Don't Know (Lulu Wang) and My Name is Margaret and will use these pieces to compose my scene about a specific event that had a negative impact on my life.
I have recently made a decision that had a negative impact on my life. It happened on Sunday, September 2nd, 2018. I was sitting in my room the night of September 1st, playing Fortnite on Xbox One with some of my pals. In between dying in the game, I would check snapchat to see what everyone was doing at the time. Most of what I saw was snapchat posts of people at the Made In America concert that was happening that weekend in Philadelphia. I was so jealous I couldn’t go because I had gone the previous two years and had a blast both times but I had work. I then checked what time I had to be in work on Sunday but to my surprise I wasn’t even scheduled. I quickly went online to see how much tickets were for Sunday but I could only find package deals that were selling two tickets and I wasn’t paying for two if I was the only one going. So, I went on snapchat again and my buddy Ed put up a post asking who wanted to go to Made In America on Sunday and I contacted him. We talked it over and I bought the tickets with my debit card and he gave me half the price in cash the day of the concert. The day of the concert I woke up early to begin drinking (pregaming) before the concert. Ed and I along with other friends met up at our friend Paul’s house to do this. Together we drank a handle of Captain Morgan but I put the very last of it in a water bottle which turned out to be a costly mistake. We then walked to the train station where we waited for the train. The train picked us up at the Primos-Secane station around the time of the first performance of the day. I remember just having a blast being on the way to a concert with my friends. We got off the train and walked to the Ben Franklin Parkway where they were hosting the concert. We got in line to get searched for anything not allowed in the concert and I put the water bottle of Captain in my shorts. The security patted me down and I thought I was good but then they said “Spread your legs.” I did so and the bottle fell out of my shorts. A police officer then grabbed me and put me in a bus. Being eighteen at the time they gave me an underage drinking citation and I was not permitted into the concert. I attended court for the citation and I have to pay $200 and attend a class that ranges 2-4 hours. This will make the charge able to be expunged but it’s still on my record as of right now. Luckily my license was not suspended but in the end, yeah, bringing that bottle to the concert was definitely a decision that had a negative impact on my life.
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Danielle McIntyre
9/30/2018 07:19:05 am
i wanted to go to Made in America too!! Reading this caught my attention instantly. I liked how you made mention of the outcome once you complete the drinking class.
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9/30/2018 02:44:29 pm
I could've imagined your feelings when the security patted you down. Your story was well explained with your scene.
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Nicole Strasinski
10/1/2018 10:58:44 am
Well at least you know for next time, but that really does stink.
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Andrew Moskowitz
10/1/2018 12:50:16 pm
This was a great and interesting story james. But thank you I will not make this mistake in the future.
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Nymahlee Zoryeah
10/1/2018 05:25:45 pm
"Luckily my license was not suspended but in the end, yeah, bringing that bottle to the concert was definitely a decision that had a negative impact on my life."
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Taylor Dannaker
10/1/2018 07:39:46 pm
I went to MIA and people ahead of me were getting water bottles just thrown away by the security. Unfortunate that you got caught, missed the concert, and had to pay an additional $200.
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