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So as I was sitting in Mr. Kay's freshman drama class Mr. Kay is teaching his students about interacting with their environment. He's throwing out these scenarios for them to act out like "Your walking barefoot across broken glass." or "Your walking in waist high jello". And then he decides to make up this scenario on the spot about degrees of an earthquake and what it feels like on a 1 to 10 scale. These poor kids would fall straight to the floor at like 5. And then 10 comes along and I turn my head for a split second and I hear them all fall to the floor. I wasn't sure if I should be worried or if it was o.k to laugh. Luckily they were all o.k and it was safe to laugh. 

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After getting dress I grabbed his leash and headed to the door. I hooked the leash to my dogs collar and was on my way out the door. The ground was covered with dirty muddy snow and ice. I hate walking my dog in these conditions because my dog is white and he tends to get dirty very quickly.
As I walked up the street, I notice the pee spots were still visible from my last walk with my dog. I thought they would had disappeared but I was wrong. That morning I decided to walk my dog on a different street. A street I normally don't walk down. Before I walked 10 steps on the block of Homer St, I notice I mountain of dog poop on the middle of the side walk. In my mind, I wonder what kind of person would allow their dog to do such a thing and not pick it up. I step into the street to ignore the pile of poop and as I tried to step back on the side walk, the patch of grass surrounded by snow also contained a huge pile of poop.
I just decided to just walk in the street and ignore the sidewalk. As I walked in the street, I couldn't believe what had happen. I stepped in dog poop.

Dakota Foster and Ellen To

Dakota Foster and Ellen To

Dakota Foster and Ellen To

Ever since I was in first grade, I have been in love with musical performance. From the moment I stepped foot on stage in front of an audience, the rush of adrenaline has been an addiction.

In sixth grade, I met Fawn, my current best friend.  Like me, she shared the same passion for creating music and wanted desperately to find an outlet for such creativity.  I had since graduated from singing Christmas carols in the school choir and wanted to form something different; preferably a punk rock band.

Fawn and I agreed to begin working together to write songs and lyrics.  I decided to take up bass guitar while she began playing electric. We used a keyboard as a "drum machine".  After recording tons of terrible demos and playing acoustic shows at outdated coffee houses, we decided to find a real drummer.

We set out on a wild goose hunt for the perfect drummer. We made signs and hung them all over the neighborhood in hopes of a reply.  Over a month of waiting, there was still no answer.

While spending time with my other friend Ariel, also known as "Bean", I accidently discovered that she was pretty good at drumming.  We were hanging out in her house listening to music when all of a sudden, she started tapping to the beat of the song at perfect rhythm.  I quickly raced into her kitchen and grabbed a few pots and pans and two wooden spoons.  From there on, we had a brand new drummer.

After countless hours of practice, "The Expensives" were born.  This all girl, pop-punk band from Philadelphia began making headlines all over the city and playing several shows at venues including The Trocadero and Hangar 84 in Vineland, New Jersey. 

My love of music has lead me down a road of constant hustle and bustle.  However, I would not trade it for the world.  Despite a few line up changes, The Expensives are still going strong. Whether I am scrambling to sell tickets for a show, or reasoning with the police over loud noise complaints from the neighbors, my band means everything to me, and I plan on doing this for the rest of my life.

Dakota Foster and Ellen To