Assignment 8- Tom Polites

Fears- Spiders, heights, losing a family member
Annoyances- Fans of Louisville, Indiana, and Duke,  Trump supporters, people who say the SEC isn't the best conference in football
Accomplishments- 4.0 GPA so far, member of the greatest JV cross country team in Lexington
Confusions- Why people still support the Confederacy, calculus
Sorrows- Losing to Wisconsin in 2015, being 5'8 and done growing
Dreams- Becoming a lawyer, seeing a Chelsea game at Stamford Bridge
Idiosyncrasies- Listening to music as I fall asleep
Risks- Canyoneering in Arizona, Wanting to go to college out of state
Beloved possessions- Calvin and Hobbes books, Tim Tebow autograph
Problems- Procrastination


Beloved Possessions
I don't remember the first time I read Calvin and Hobbes, but I do know I was about four and that my dad was the first person to read it to me. This developed into a love for the comic strip about a rude, snotty, but good hearted and clever 6 year old boy and his wise tiger friend, Hobbes. My brother and I have collected these books over the years, and now have every single Calvin and Hobbes book imaginable. I now store all of them in a drawer in my dresser. Every now and then I take some out and read them and feel extreme nostalgia. My favorite series of strips are the ones when Hobbes shaves Calvin's head and Calvin has to explain to his mother that his stuffed tiger gave him a haircut. When I'm a father, I'll give my children all of these hilarious and heart-warming books, and I hope that they'll appreciate them as much as I did.