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Christina Suarez
Christina, Christy. Chris, Christy-Ann, Swopy, Cuca,
Peanut Bumblebee, Jellybean, Buttercup ... any of the
above will suffice ... the bookctholic workaholic has defi
nitely mellowed out... it all began on the tiny island of
Manhattan ... I LOVE NY! ... Carrollton has been an
"interesting experience”... I also love jelly... Almari's 15's
was the turning point... 10th grade, 5th period free... are
you a guppy, a dolphin, or a whale? ... British Lit taught
me that "hope springs eternal"... the next generation of
grove rats are taking over ... Cheers is dead but the
memories survive ... "Don't tell me you like him too!"... to
all my WDI friends. I miss you... is that tape all over your
face? ... MCH is da bomb ... X-country & Coach Appa-
pappa ... you are the hundredth monkey ... to all my
friends, you know who you are and if you don't, too bad,
cause I love you all immensely... Bettina, my best friend,
one of the few survivors of STA, thanks for being my part
ner in crime ... we’ve helped each other with our joint
obsessions... there must be something about the 18th let
ter in the alphabet ... I love you and it's okay if your
bridesmaid dress is black ... Yvette, Carolyn, Jasline,
“Look like the innocent flower, Tamara, Suzanne, Bettina G., Ricardo, the Vermont "That there was a seventeenth self... was testamenj
but be the serpent under it." crew, Mike from Philly, the math nerds, and all others that truth is internal, the surface a lie. For buried in
the depleted self had been this new woman, the
Macbeth, Shakespeare who have made me even crazier than I once was ... I whole woman, so long denied.” Sybil, Flora Rheta
Schreiber
promise I will never forget you and you all hold a little
chunk of my heart... my teachers made it all bearable
... I have learned wisdom and grace from your exam
ples, you guys have always had the ability to make me
laugh and if I ever succeed it is because people like you
believed in m e... Mrs. Bell, thanks for cfll the fun... lean
think of no better role model in life than you ... Fr. Tim,
thanks for always listening, to me you are a saint... Mr.
Reed, my crazy debate coach ... thanks for the support
and the laugh therapy ... remember I am the one true
disciple... "we are what we believe!"... to my family who
I love, Tia Helen, Wichi, Christian, Uncle Jay and Uncle
Juany, Abuela Eugenia, Abuelo Jesus... I know you are
watching me from heaven ... Grandma Esther and
Grandpa Fausto, I love you both, you are the best peo
ple in the whole wide world and I was lucky enough to
be your granddaughter... Mommy and Daddy, I appre
ciate everything you have sacrificed for me and I love
you so much... all I want is to make you proud of m e...
Carrollton, I'm grateful for the time I've spent within your
multicolored walls ... this isn't the last you'll hear from
me.
"It all comes back to you, you're
gonna get what you deserve, try
and test that, you're bound to get
served ... love is what I've got,
remember that." Sublime
"What really knocks me out is a book
that, when you're cfll done reading it,
you wish the author was a terrific friend
of yours and you could call him up on
the phone whenever you felt like it."
The Catcher In The Rye, J.D. Salinger
"Mr. McMurphy ... I'm a rabbit. The
doctor is a rabbit. Cheswick there is a
rabbit. Billy Bibbit is a rabbit. All of us
here are rabbits of varying ages and
degrees, hippity-hopping through our
Wcflt Disney World. Oh, don't misunder
stand me, we're not in here because
we are rabbits we can't adjust to our
rabbithood." One Flew Over The Cuck
118 oo's Nest, Ken Kesey
