Friday, August 1, 2008

Marquette Entrance Essay

Question: Imagine a Marquette physicist has proven that time travel is possible. To which year in history would you travel and why?

My Answer:
One in a Million
Imagine you're in the Sand's Resort in Las Vegas...
The year is 1954, and there is big band music coming from the main hall.
Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack are here!!!
You're tired because you just went through a time capsule 54 years into the past,
But all you can think about is getting your dancing shoes on and seeing your idol...
Old Blue Eyes himself!
You had listened to this man for years...
You were the oddball in the twenty-first century who still listened to vinyl.
Your selections were Deano and Frankie.
No one understood you in 2008.
But now you're one...
of Millions!
You race downstairs and you're wearing your Mary Janes.
All is hectic as the mood music begins to play.
Frankie is up there, sweat coming off his brow...
He looks at you, with those bright blue eyes.
You stop in your tracks
And as he begins singing Love and Marriage, you feel like one...
In a Million
The music is grand and everyone is having a ball...
But you begin to feel less important,
Less different....less You
Everyone at the Sands listens to Frankie
You're not special, you're one....
Of Millions
When the concert is over, and it is time to say good-bye,
You don't feel the sadness you thought you would.
For you now know why you weren't born in the 50's...
Because if you were,
You wouldn't be the girl listening to vinyl, the one...
In a Million!

1 comment:

Matt said...

I love it! Nice work! But Steph, you're one in a billion in my book!

Finally catching up on everyone's blogs - miss you guys!!