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This Is All Kinds Of Right of the Day: Sophomore Whitney Kropp was an unpopular outsider with few friends when her classmates nominated her for the school Homecoming court.
She was elated — until she realized it was all a cruel prank.
After the boy who was picked with her withdrew, “I thought I wasn’t worthy,” said Kropp, 16. “I was this big old joke.”
But then word of the prank spread and residents of her small Michigan town pledged their support — and she decided to stand up to the bullying and embrace her new role.
“Going to homecoming to show them that I’m not a joke,” she wrote on Facebook. “Im a beautiful person and you shouldn’t mess with me!”
At Friday night’s Homecoming football game, residents turned out in droves to see her introduced at halftime, all wearing orange, Kropp’s favorite color.
For the Homecoming dance the next evening, local businesses made sure her expenses were covered, including dinner, photos, hair and nails, and gown and shoes.
How did it all turn out?
“I’m overwhelmed,” Kropp said. “I’m so happy — this is so much right now for me.”
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This Is All Kinds Of Right of the Day: Sophomore Whitney Kropp was an unpopular outsider with few friends when her classmates nominated her for the school Homecoming court.
She was elated — until she realized it was all a cruel prank.
After the boy who was picked with her withdrew, “I thought I wasn’t worthy,” said Kropp, 16. “I was this big old joke.”
But then word of the prank spread and residents of her small Michigan town pledged their support — and she decided to stand up to the bullying and embrace her new role.
“Going to homecoming to show them that I’m not a joke,” she wrote on Facebook. “Im a beautiful person and you shouldn’t mess with me!”
At Friday night’s Homecoming football game, residents turned out in droves to see her introduced at halftime, all wearing orange, Kropp’s favorite color.
For the Homecoming dance the next evening, local businesses made sure her expenses were covered, including dinner, photos, hair and nails, and gown and shoes.
How did it all turn out?
“I’m overwhelmed,” Kropp said. “I’m so happy — this is so much right now for me.”
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(via cwnerd12)
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Basically we are all looking for someone who knows who we are and will break it to us gently.
~ Robert Brault (via electrichoney)(Source: creatingaquietmind, via comix)
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8 Reasons Phyllis Diller’s Comedy Is Immortal
Listen up, you kids: Louis CK isn’t the only comic worthy of that reverent image-plus-joke treatment.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd is playing the Republican Convention. Do the Democrats have anybody as cool on board?
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Beili Liu - The Mending Project (2011)
“…Hundreds of Chinese scissors suspended from the ceiling in a shimmery cloud. The piece involved the artist sitting at a small black table, hand-mending patches of fabric together which visitors were encouraged to cut themselves near the entrance. As the performance continued, the piece grew as one continuous cloth and lay spread on the floor.
The hovering mass of the downward-pointed scissors represent the distant fear and looming violence present in today’s cultural climate. The sharp blades above the artist are put in contrast by the silent and simple act of mending. The dichotomous result of the instant fear superimposed with the calming effect of the sewing created a surreal atmosphere in the room.”
#art that makes me reach for my ativan
I want to do this to my ceiling.
(Source: likeafieldmouse, via cwnerd12)
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Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day: Ten-year-old Elijah Porter was ecstatic when Canada’s 4x100m relay team won bronze in London.
Then the team was disqualified for running outside the lane, and Elijah, devastated, wanted to help ease the pain for runners Justyn Warner, Gavin Smellie, Jared Connaughton, and Oluseyi Smith.
So he sent them a letter:
Dear Justyn, Gavin, Jarred [sic], and Oluseyi,
I’m Elijah Porter. I’m ten and I live in Newfoundland, Canada. When I heard what happened on Aug. 11, I knew it was wrong. The rules were not right. But, at last, I realized how good you were. We’re Canadians. We persevere. We create better lives for each other. The cold didn’t stop us from living in the north. We didn’t lose the War of 1812. We adapt and survive. We have earned our freedom. Someday, if I become a biologist, if I get rich, and, if I remember, I will donate money to the summer and winter Canadian Olympians. I hope you like the medal!
Elijah Porter
Elijah included with the letter his medal from a soccer clinic sponsored by Tim Hortons.
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Heartwarming Tearjerker of the Day: Ten-year-old Elijah Porter was ecstatic when Canada’s 4x100m relay team won bronze in London.
Then the team was disqualified for running outside the lane, and Elijah, devastated, wanted to help ease the pain for runners Justyn Warner, Gavin Smellie, Jared Connaughton, and Oluseyi Smith.
So he sent them a letter:
Dear Justyn, Gavin, Jarred [sic], and Oluseyi,
I’m Elijah Porter. I’m ten and I live in Newfoundland, Canada. When I heard what happened on Aug. 11, I knew it was wrong. The rules were not right. But, at last, I realized how good you were. We’re Canadians. We persevere. We create better lives for each other. The cold didn’t stop us from living in the north. We didn’t lose the War of 1812. We adapt and survive. We have earned our freedom. Someday, if I become a biologist, if I get rich, and, if I remember, I will donate money to the summer and winter Canadian Olympians. I hope you like the medal!
Elijah Porter
Elijah included with the letter his medal from a soccer clinic sponsored by Tim Hortons.
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(Source: thedailywhat)
