![]() Other than my brother’s influence, my mom has also impacted my life a lot. I tried my hardest to be as similar to Ian as I could. ![]() I entered Fenwick trying to live up to the reputation he set before me. His influence on me has impacted my life more than I realize. He went to Fenwick, so I had to go to Fenwick. He batted lefty, so I had to bat lefty he played the percussion, so I played percussion. From baseball to school, I always tried to do what he did. Up until about my sophomore year of high school, I looked up to my brother for everything. My family has had a big influence on the person I have become. I have two loving parents and two brothers: an older one named Ian and a younger one named Nolan. As you can probably tell, I’m what some would call “a nerd.” Now, I don’t think it is an insult at all because I love the activities that I do, and so what if I like math? It’s a part of my identity that I found here at Fenwick. All the while being active in my church’s youth group. I play volleyball, I do TEAMS, WYSE, Friar Mentors and the Write Place. I’m on the Math Team and the Scholastic Bowl Team. My story is all about finding my true identity and the role that I play in the Fenwick Community. Good morning, everyone! For those of you who do not know me, my name is Nate Crowell. High school molds us into the people we will be for the rest of our lives. Our lives change so much - from the things we learn about, to the friends we have, to our identities that we discover. The four years of high school are some of the most influential years of our lives. In related news, io9's reviewer says the new Marmaduke movie is "the biggest 'F*** You' to modernity I've ever seen.At the Faculty & Staff Retreat earlier this month, a senior “mathlete” from Elmhurst shared a heartfelt reflection of his time at Fenwick. The rest of the post is also worth reading, both as a memoir of a reluctant micro-celebrity and as a snapshot of a moment in Internet history. Maybe that's been their sick plan all along. Really, I just wish their lawyers would contact me at all. However, I think United Features Syndicate dropped the ball by not realizing there was money to be made with such a thing. You would be surprised how many people do not understand that I do not own the rights to do such a thing. Side note-do you know why I never published a Marmaduke Explained book? If you do, congratulations, you're not slow. I thought I'd come up with a pretty original idea and I was proud of that much, but a cease and desist order from United Features Syndicate would look AMAZING framed on my wall…. ![]() I never cared about comic strips, or thought about Marmaduke any more than the next guy until earlier that year besides, I was already running out of things to say. To misquote legendary football coach Vince Lombardi, "I don't care and it doesn't matter." This wasn't my passion, this wasn't my job, this wasn't even on my radar enough to be considered a proper hobby. My biggest wish was that I would get a cease and desist from the company that publishes Marmaduke-even if I wasn't infringing on any copyright (and I really had no idea whether or not that was the case), I had no intention of fighting anything like that. ![]() Joe Mathlete, who explains the jokes from the cartoon Marmaduke in the cleverly titled blog Joe Mathlete Explains Today's Marmaduke, asks: Where's the goddamn copyright cops when you need them? Marmaduke
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