Ode to Alaina

This is Alaina. Alaina, is one of my oldest aquaintences, stemming back to us sitting next to each other in grade 8. Actually, if you go a little further back, you might find Eva or Paul there. But this is about Alaina.

Alaina is one of the most down to earth people I've ever known. She doesn't get phased, or upset often, and when she does, she's always right.

If it weren't for Alaina, I wouldn't know the following things:

-how to drive stick
-that plastic off-gasses
-that I should cough into my shoulder to avoid spreading germs
-that purell is NOT a substitute for hand washing
-how to edit creatively
-that you can remember John Mulvahill's name by thinking 'Tom Bombadill'
-the horrors of urban sprawl
-different tree spiecies, and how to identify them
-how to do the C storke
-how to properly trade places in a canoe
-from that same trip, how to avoid angry seagulls
-why recyling isn't all it's cracked up to be, but why we should do it anyway
-the meaning of the word 'ensconced"


If it weren't for Alaina, the following things would never have got done:

-Cool Character DVD
-The Wiz DVD
-the moving of Paul's booth
-Take a Chance
-The yearbook cover we never submitted

If Alaina hadn't been born, the following would occur:

-we would continue to increase our waste
-the water balloons would still be in the water
-World War 3 (I assume)


So that's Alaina. Some of you may not know her, but hopefully you'll see how important she is to society anyway.