Gamblings-Personal Narrative

I play videogames quite a lot. Most of my free time after school is spent indulging myself in the virtual world. Now I'm sure almost every applicant has gamed to some extent, but throughout high school I've taken gaming to a new dimension. I play videogames competitively and I earn money by doing so. I've earned roughly one thousand dollars playing games such as Minecraft, Overwatch, and Call of Duty. Although competitive gaming is now an extremely stable position, I never considered pursuing that path. I do however enjoy the competitive aspect that videogames have to offer as well as the small amount of income I can receive in competing. Those I am close with consider me to me naturally gifted when it comes to video games due to my ability

She was as worried as anyone would be. She didn't know if she could do this. "What if the shark is still there". She thought to herself. Then when she went into the water she wasn't worried anymore. "I am not

“I just got attacked by a shark!” pg 6 Bethany Hamilton is a girl who loved to surf. One day she was laying there mesmerizing, and all of a sudden the flashing of her watch or something attracted the 15ft tiger shark. When the shark seen the flashing, it then came up from the depth of the sea and bit her arm off, and left her surf board with the imprint of the sharks bite. While the shark was attacking she called out for help and her dad showed up tied her up and pulled her to the beach to safety. There she and her dad waited to the ambulance got there. Despite the devastating attack, Bethany Hamilton showed great resilience in achieving her dream for surfing.

It was record breaking temperatures on this July 4th day. Red, white, and blue filling up the stands. Fans and umbrellas protecting spectators from the heat of the sun. It was about game time and I was getting ready to take the field for the last home game. Butterflies in my stomach, but I had to tell myself “it’s just another game”. Even though in my heart I knew it was not just another game.

We are always being influenced or persuaded by people and things that surround our everyday life. Sometimes we are not aware of such things unitl we realize that our own behavior is changing. Myers definition or persuasion is "The process by which a message iduces change and belief, attitudes or behaviors"(Myers, 2013, 226).

The research method used was interview, transcripts. Using an interview narrative analysis design in this instance, was used to give a detailed insightful qualitative overview of Mah-Hussain Gambles life by indentifying key themes and categories involving subjective decisions from the researcher.However, deciding which themes/categories to use can be problematic as subjective descions can be lost when reducing data to particular themes as they can be taken out of context.

The stretch was facing the ocean on one side, and dense greenery of the island on the other. He and I stepped off of the ship and swam our way to shore. After years and years of strenuous workouts to win in all the water races at Greece, it all came down to one race that determined my life and journey ahead. Without a word we stepped up to the water, for it is a well known process of start. My adversary and I stood up to the start while another guard walked out and took his position on the shore next to the water to announce the start. He signaled the start with a loud, absolute “Ready!” and soon after emitted a shrill screech from his throat. I leaped into the water and stroked with all my might, clawing at the water with a touch of gracefulness to propel me forward. I gave swift glance to the right but did not see the guard next to me. I momentarily wonded whether he is far behind me or far ahead of me, but there was no way to tell as the extra looking will slow me. I felt the end come near, my muscles begin to burn, a soreness that seemed to make my arms feel heavier. Then my arm hit the wall. I took my head out of the water and immediately looked around, and was surprised by what I saw. Aegean guards standing, lining the water's edge, they all said at

Her heart races to keep up with her frazzled breathing, no amount of strength is left. In one fluid motion, Esme is adjusted and pushed deep under the murky waters. Their hands wrapped around her wrist, she can feel the strain and tears in her joints. The pain is sharp and hot as they are pulled beyond what should be normal. Esme in a state of hysteria, feels adrenaline pump through vein and set her on fire as she fights to the surface, but it never draws any closer.

It all started as a normal game day. I got up in the morning, took a shower and then proceed to put on my uniform. I put everything on just right to look like the perfect ball player. After that, I went downstairs and get some breakfast. While walking down the stairs, I hear the sound of sizzling bacon and eggs cracking. I also could smell the sweet and delicious waffles being made. When I finally reach the bottom of the stairs, I see my mother making me breakfast as she usually does before a game. "Good morning, are you ready for your game?" she asked. "Of course!" I replied, "I think I might hit a home run today." "Well I better be there to see it," she said happily. She then handed me my breakfast and I went to the table.

The game of poker is a thrilling game usually played in a casino. But is it considered a game of chance or skill? There are many opinions, and even court rulings in this debate. In many states you can not play online poker because it is illegal to gamble in these states. In many people's minds it seems like a game of luck, so they consider it gambling. However there is a flip side to this debate who claim it is completely a game of skill and no luck involved. And there are many arguments to prove that poker is skill and not chance.

I'm a girl who was born and raised in Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia (unless you don't know). I moved to America and started my whole new journey. I would say this is a milestone in my life, when my perspective about this world, the people, and myself has been changing. Just like the name "Random Me", my blogs will be all about the random thoughts, feelings, moments, or stories that have happened everyday in my life. And I'm happy to share with you all.

Megan and I decided to play outside. As we approached the backyard we spotted a group of ladybugs, but we had a problem it didn’t seem like they were moving at all. We both knew what to do, help them. It was all ready. We were going to try and wake them up. The two of us tried everything from shouting to tickling but it did not work. Megan said that we should try and play with them. As we were playing Megan had a great idea”we should put them in 10 by 10 array because there are 100 bugs’’. After we finished putting them in the array something amazing happened the ladybugs woke up and just looked at us. It didn’t last long because after about 10 or 15 minutes of staring they walked away in the arrays. 5 days later we were swinging on the play

Most of my stories in life are related to the game of pool as I spend a good amount of time playing the game. This particular story starts a few months ago. At the time I was on a role and I felt like I couldn’t miss. Every single shot I attempted was just going in. It wasn’t just like I was doing the same shot over and over again, I was making power shots, finesse shots and bank shots. It was just amazing how I was doing.

I decided to interview my cousin who choose to play poker instead of going to college full time and is making a really good income. Making a lot money on the side inspired me to interview him and get a better understanding about poker. I sat down with Dustin who gave great detail explaining all the aspects of poker and how he is so successful with what he’s doing. Winning big at a poker tournament was the biggest life changing event that Dustin remembers well till this day.

Gambling addiction is a major problem for people across the world and is even more of a problem for those who struggle with a drug and or alcohol addiction as well making them a cross addict. Gambling addictions can ruin lives by ruining relationships with friends, family or significant others, adds on unneeded stress for the addict, as well as financial stress by not being able to pay bills or pay their way to feed their gambling addiction. Many people do not think of gambling as an addictive disorder, they think that people can not become addicted to gambling since it is like playing games and putting money down on these games to possibly win more money that they put in. They think that they have the choice and power to stop gambling whenever they want, which is not the case at all for those who are addicted. This video was very informational since it was essentially like a documentary of these people who have dealt with gambling addiction, coming out and stating what it does to them personally, their family, how it affects everything in their life. These are real people with a real issue and not some handful of people saying what they think having a gambling addiction is like instead of being those who are actually living through the addiction and trying to recover with others in the community. They are helping others who may not understand the gambling addiction by telling them real life and personal stories to those who are still struggling with understanding the