Fall 2025 Black Belt Cycle

Candidate Journals

King Tiger Tae Kwon Do Black Belt candidates blog daily about their journey: their thoughts and feelings, their struggles and successes; their pain and their encouragement. Follow along on their journey; words of encouragement are always welcome!

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Its kind of wierd. I wrote a journal for today, the 27 of september, Saturday, but its showing up for Sunday...

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I woke up,...

I woke up, was supposed to go to swimming, but woke up to late. I dont really have anything to write about, exept that at swimming we were supposed to get ouur pictures...

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Right now ...

Right now its 6:45 in the morning and i just finished an essay and am getting ready to go to help at testing

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Today in b...

Today in bb class we went over a bunch of stuff. Later on I went to my school's football game and we won 48 to 17

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Marcus Hendricks

Got a lot of good requirements today.   Went to my schools homecoming game just to see my friend win, after that I left.  Need to work on more if my curriculum tomorrow 

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Just got d...

Just got done partying for my birthday. Going to hang out with my buddies tomorrow!

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Today I to...

Today I took a sparing class and it was really fun I spared Elizabeth and Ryan (my brother of course) and I got two sparing rounds : -)

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Today was ...

Today was a very fun day. I had this very awesome birthday for a freind and It was awesome. We played football and manhunt at like 8:30 at the night.

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I had no s...

I had no school today because of a teacher workday, so I got up later than usual! It was very nice to be able to do so! But I still had to work with my study group to finish an AP US Project due Monday! After that I went to class and we did many requirements which was good to add in and get my requirements done for the day!

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Today I go...

Today I got finished with school really early and went outside to do all my stuff for like 1 hour so now I'm going to sleep need my rest

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Today I to...

Today I took Black Belt Class and then I went to baseball practice and then I got home and that's about it

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I had a gr...

I had a great day at school. I think I did good on my spelling test today. Tonight I helped out with belt testing. My brother tested and got his yellow belt tonight.

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No school ...

No school today...had a gaming and pool party. It was a lot of fun. Mom heated the pool for us.

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Today my f...

Today my friend came over to my house and I also went over to his. We played a new game at hi house it was fun.

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Today i ha...

Today i have done a lot of running because i need to get more miles in. Tonight i am going to help out with testing and get some more leadership one credits because i still need quite a few of those, but other wise today is going well and my mom hopes for us to get a lot of school done too.

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today I to...

today I took my dad to the doctor and I went to the bank and now I have to do a lot of school work to do.

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Marcus Hendricks

MY voice is getting raspy from all of the classes taught this week. Happy that the weekend is pretty much here. I should be getting a lot of training done in the next few days!

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Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it. -Bruce Lee

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Toaday I w...

Toaday I went to the 3:45 class and stayed until the 5:45 class and then did the class we practiced palgweas wang ho 2 and attack defense and falls and rolls

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Today noth...

Today nothing interesting really happened but i still had a lot of fun on this cycle, hope everybody else did to.

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today I to...

today I took a mentor meeting and it was cool because I did a lot of poomsae

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Today I ha...

Today I had my mentor session and we went over staff form (sorry if that's not what it is really called) as well as short stick. We even went over staff attack and deffened and I can't wait to teach Ryan (my brother) it cause I have a feeling he will enjoy it. :-)

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Credits

This really might be one of the first days I got so much credits in one day. Unbelieveable!! I very close of finishing everything.

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I was tryi...

I was trying to do a quote but it wouldn't work so my favorite quote is "We have nothing to fear but fear it self", Franklin D Roosevelt

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In class t...

In class today at belmont I stayed for two classes the first class was ok but the second class was awesome because we had a huge class and ... NEW STUDENTS!!!! I love to help out with the new students because they don't know anything like the poomsaes,blocks, or kicks so its fun to teach them the stuff they want to know. It was fun teaching the two new students they really really liked to learn the stuff I was teaching them.

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No school ...

No school today!!! Did a weekday BLK belt class. Worked on falls, forms and self defense

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Classes

Today I wen to three classes.  Green and higher, black belt, and sparring.  I was very glad because I got some requirements in.

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Today I fi...

Today I finished my last leadership credit and I also finished my study guide

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In school ...

In school today I had music and took a test in math. I think I did good on my test. I went to black belt class tonight. Now time for some more studying.

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Today I we...

Today I went to my friends house. We played air hockey, deal or no deal, made a pizza, and played with their dog. It was a lot of fun and made my day.

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yay!!!!!!

We just got some clothes in the mail that we had ordered! yay! I really want to wair one of th shirts tomorrow, but my mom siad she has to put in the wash. oh well. Anyway, when we got out of school, we went to by a plant or the bush at 'Dearness Gardens' for the bb cycle.

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Today we d...

Today we did a science experiment about fossils. It was lots of fun. I have sparring class later!

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today I we...

today I went to home school Tae kwon Do. Then I came home and did schoolwork. Now I am on my way back to Tae Kwon Do for 3 more classes. Tonight is sparring. I like that class!

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Last night...

Last night the computer was not working so i could not journal. we spent yesterday afternoon having my mom read to us so while she was reading i got to do tons of push-ups and sit-ups. So i do not have that many left.

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Thursday

Yesterday was a major bad hair day but thankfully it's over. Crazy busy at work, after work stopped at client's to take care of some items - - of course issues - -ended there a couple hours then lifting - -doing some things I should not have been - -and ouch the shoulder nicely reminded me I was making a bad decision. Got home then ended up on a call with client for over an hour. Long and short by time I was done preparing & eating dinner I was toast. No requirements or anything other than good night time. Even thought I am behind I am not going to short cut myself on requirements. I said at the beginning that I would not count any of my walking as running - -unless it was having to power walk a short bit on a run to get thru the run and...

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The day wa...

The day was chilly and i had not gotten enough sleep the past night, so the start of my day today was not very good. I had gone to school that day to find it quite easy and relaxed compared to other days. After school, i went to my usual Planet Fitness round and then head over to Tae Kwon Do. On my way there i was held up by a major traffic jam on I-77 that was backed up for 5 miles because of a serious car accident, that took 2ambulances and 3 police cars. It was constant bumper to bumper traffic and it took me 1 hour and 15 minutes to finally reach Tae Kwon Do, after missing my usual class to get my leadership 1 credit in. However, i was able to do my regular mentee session, with the time i had before my normal class, with Ava!...

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Today we w...

Today we watched the premier of scorpion it was AWESOME can't wait for the next episode

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There is no glory in practice but without practice, there is no glory -unknown

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Marcus Hendricks

Today was a mucky day.   The weather was really bad.   Not sure how tomorrow will turn out.  I relived that I haven't contracted strep from my sister so that's always good. 

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Social Studies Project

Today I was assigned my social studies project for the colonial period. I was assigned to make a Quill and Ink. It looks really easy and really fun.

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Slept in l...

Slept in late today, 7:30. Yes it felt good. Most days I get up at 4:45 and on my days off 6:15 to 6:30. I Love this cool weather

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Today when...

Today when I got home from school I did two projects and still doing stuff for the cycle.

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today at s...

today at school I had a subsitute teacher in math so we did not get any homework yay! I also went to two classes today in belmont and worked on poomsaes and falls/rolls it was cool, I also got to teach run a little bit of the second class because it was small.

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MAPS TEST

Today was a very boring day. I had to do this test called the MAPS test. It is a really annyoning test. It hurts your eyes too becuase it is taken on the iPad.

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today was ...

today was the last day of school for this week. time for the 4 day weekend yay.

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olive garden

Today I went to olive garden and it was very good. I had alfrado and meatballs.

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I went to ...

I went to school today. I came home and finished my homework. I practiced my spelling words and read about Ulysses Grant. I was able to complete my workout.

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Today was ...

Today was a good day. It was like a Friday because I am off school the rest of the week. YAY!!!! So excited for a 4 day weekend.

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Today

Today I went to school then went to TKD then I got home did homework and did some requirements.

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9/24/14

Today I skipped school to be with my uncle who lives in Montana, we went to the white water center and had a lot of fun. Then I went to TKD and had a lot of fun but my mentee wasn't there.

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MAP testing

Today I had map testing, which is this really boring test that you have to take in reading, math and writing. So I had math today, and I was the last person to finish. Yay.

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today I we...

today I went to a funeral for my great aunt. After we went to eat with my family.

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My dads ro...

My dads room is so cool. It has paintings every where. My favorite is the one that is a rainbow that is broken to reveal a clock-ish space.

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Right now ...

Right now i'm in band with my friend. We both play the flute, today was unusualy fun in band. I'm just saying this because sometimes band can make you fall asleep in two seconds. Anyways today we hav MAP Testing. Its like these tests that see were you are in ceratin things. Today I think it ELA MAP Testing. :(

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Marcus Hendricks

Today felt very nice, I really enjoyed the weather.  Went on a nice run and got some requirements done.  Need to keep working on my hopkido 20-32.

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The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now. –Chinese Proverb

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Woke up an...

Woke up and felt awesome today. Plus the weather today ,was, you have to just love it day. Hopefully it will be the same tomorrow.

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Today was ...

Today was a fun day. School was fun and later at lunch my friends gave me a bunch of candy because of my birthday that was on Sunday. Later that day we went to PMAA and it was cool and we learned some new stick forms and defenses.

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Today I ha...

Today I had a baseball game and we got dominated I think we lost 13-4 but I'm not sure

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Got in all...

Got in all my stuff today and just finished watching the blacklist and soon about to watch scorpion can't wait for it

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Tuesday

Pretty uneventful day, work, dojang then home for dinner. Tired so retiring early this evening.

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Today I di...

Today I did acrobatics for the first time and it was really fun. I did flips, somersaults, and monkey jumps. I really liked it.

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Today I he...

Today I helped out with the family class. I also did a member session with Rachel. It was really fun: -)

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I got a lo...

I got a lot of credits in today. I feel so good of me. I also had a great day at school.

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Tuesday, September 23

Today in black belt class we did stick poomses. My mentor and I went over staff form 1 and staff attack/defend. i have finished my burpees, pull-ups, and neccicary black belt classes! :) (that does not mean that i will stop doing them though).

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I came hom...

I came home today did my homework and toke my dogs out. Once I was done with that I had to read before I went to tkd to get a mentor session, and The mentor session we worked on hapkito form 1 and sticks it was awesome!!!!!

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I went to ...

I went to school today and then I had piano lessons. I was able to get my workout in and went to Sean’s soccer game. Today was a good day.

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Short week...

Short week. Tomorrow is the last day of school this week. Have a nice night...chat with everyone tomorrow.

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Today I go...

Today I got in a leadership 1 and I have almost finished them and I have almost finished all my requirements.

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Today I go...

Today I got in a leadership 1 and I have almost finished them and I have almost finished all my requirements.

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Today I go...

Today I got in a leadership 1 and I have almost finished them and I have almost finished all my requirements.

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Today I go...

Today I got in a leadership 1 and I have almost finished them and I have almost finished all my requirements.

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"If opportunity doesn't knock , build a door" -Milton Berle

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10,10,and 2

Today since I completed push ups, sit ups, burpees, falls and kicks, my dad only had me do 10 sparring rounds, 10 minutes of jump rope and 2 rounds of self-defense (white through BD special).  I am happy since this is not as much as I usually have to do.

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Face Time

My sister and I just where facetiming Jacqueline. We were just talking about boring, only we might be inteserested. Other than that, it was a pretty awfull day at school. Exept for in art, we did plaster, and that was pretty fun.

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Headed to ...

Headed to school now. Doing ultimate frisbee in gym class, gonna be awesome.

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Today I He...

Today I Helped My Dad With Some Yard Work. He Let Me Use The Weed Cutter By Myself. After We Finished Me, My Brother, And My Mom Went To Watch My Dad Umpire A Baseball Game. It Was Really Fun To Watch Except When My Little Brother Got Hit In The Head With A Foul Ball. Ouch! He's Ok.

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Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being. –Kevin Kruse

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Marcus Hendricks

Got a good amount of requirements done today. I think I might be allergic to mosquitoes because every time I'm outside I will have a few mosquito bites that are very large. 

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Murky Monday

Have known that things do not always go as planned but come on it's been consisent one step forward then two if not three back. Maybe this cycle was not met to be or its just me trying to juggle too much or I have finally gone completly nuts. Either way I am just going to keep plugging along and get done what it can even if it takes longer than planned. Met with the doc this morning and I am a proud owner of a frozen shoulder. Yup I gave him a look like are you joking! Gave me the techincal name but I was oblivious, just keep it simple doc- - -click those red shoes wave the wand and fix me- - -yup he laughed - - -not going to happen that way. Long and short injections in the shoulder, major ouch, then physical therapy starting next week. I...

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Got up thi...

Got up this morning and was feel awesome. Then went to work and was put on stand by , which means kick back day for me. 8 hr of doing every little. Yes I need it.The body is getting better.

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Today I ra...

Today I ran a mile and decided it would be fun to walk around selling cotton candy for the charity money. Too bad there aren't many kids in my neighborhood so it dinidn't work. :-(

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Today I ra...

Today I ran a mile and decided it would be fun to walk around selling cotton candy for the charity money. Too bad there aren't many kids in my neighborhood so it dinidn't work. :-(

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Today I ra...

Today I ran a mile and decided it would be fun to walk around selling cotton candy for the charity money. Too bad there aren't many kids in my neighborhood so it didn't work. :-(

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Today I ra...

Today I ran a mile and decided it would be fun to walk around selling cotton candy for the charity money. Too bad there aren't many kids in my neighborhood so it didn't work. :-(

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Today was ...

Today was a really sleepy day for me. I was so sleepy I almost slept in class. It was pretty much a regular day for me. I had a lot of homework today though.

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my weekend

my weekend was really fun because I got to go to altons grill and it has really good food. I also got to go to kilingtons on got the best sandwich on the planet. I also watched the bills football game and got to eat ice cream cake. the bills lost but I really don't care.

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Band Class

Today I had Band Class and we had to watch a boring video and then take a test on that video so that made for a very boring period

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Today I di...

Today I didn't really feel well in the beginning but got better towards the end of the day. I had a test in Spanish and I think I passed it with flying colors.

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Today was ...

Today was a terrible Monday at school. Because people were talking the whole grade got silent lunch for the whole week. I wish people would learn when to keep their mouth shut. But otherwise today was a good day.

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Ughh

I have some math essay thingy, do every other week about these boring mathmeticians. This week it's Al Kharizmi. I had a nice day at school, went to the media center with Jooks and my sister.(Jooks is one of my besties) or also known as Jacqueline. I made an imovie trailer of us and my sister described it as "scary" it was pretty funny though.

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I had fun ...

I had fun at school today and received a math test back that I scored a 100 on. Did my requirements for the day. I am getting ready to go to my brothers soccer practice. After his pratice we will go to scouts.

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i just got...

i just got home and im eating a snack, but im still bored like usual.

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just got b...

just got back from the park and got my mile, pull-ups, and pushups in it was pretty hard to run up and down on the hills I also cut my leg on something

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Good Run

Slow pace, but got my longest run in recent memory in yesterday. Still way behind pace for my half marathon coming up in November. Taking a month off with my torn calf muscle really put me off. 6.5 miles yesterday. Next weekend 8?

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Panthers vs. Steelers

What a great Sunday!!! Now just let's see the outcome of the game, not looking good for us. Cooked all morning for tailgate then took my nephew, and his friend, down when they got in town. Stayed for a bit then headed back to the house. Based on what I saw coming home I ran, had to mix some walking in with it, back down to our tailgate spot, got the truck and brought back home, then will head down and get the guys after the game. Only able to get a few requirements in but the ones I got in I am good with. Looking forward to a very productive week and a positive doctor appointment tomorrow.

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A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.

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Marcus Hendricks 9/21

Today was long.  Did alot of cleaning around the house in preparation for family coming over. I'm apparently not very sore after yesterday. 

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Today I We...

Today I Went to church and I got to work the sound board. After church my friend came over to hangout.

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today I di...

today I did some good old jumprope rounds and it was fun

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