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Style Watch– Column

Madeline Topf • March 9, 2012

The new and upcoming trend is to put birds on things. At least that’s what the birds say. Put a bird on it. What do you put birds on? everything. Clothes, shoes, bags, computers, posters, anything. What makes anything look cooler than adding a bird to it? Draw it, paint it, glue it, tar and feather it, bedazzle it, bird it! “My name is Sara Diressova,” stylish sophomore Sara Diressova said. “And I put birds on things.” What’s so great about birds? They’re so free! There are so many different kinds! You can literally devote your life to them! So follow the trend like a bird following the leader bird (does that exist?) and put a bird on something today!

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Well….. That’s just a poem about ME I hope you like it! It is all the letters of my name and each word starts with a letter of my name, but each word also describes me! It is like my name represents what is actually ME and not just my name! How cool! Remember, there are big ships and little ships but the best kind of ships are FRIENDSHIPS!

 

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