Act 26

Yesterday I had to type my senior thesis and I realized that my printer was broken.  It took me forever to write my paper and I needed to have it printed out for today and have everything put together.  I was exhausted and really was not in the mood to deal with my printer issue, but I had to do it.  I called up my friend Austin Zelasko who lives down the street and asked him if I could use his printer.  He said yes, so I emailed my senior thesis paper to his mother's email and drove down to his house.  When I got there we fired up his computer, he logged on to his mother's email and we printed it out.  It was a very nice act of kindness and I appreciate it greatly.  I know that I will do something nice for him in return because that is what friends do.

Act 25

Earlier today, I had a dodge ball game to play in and we were the favorites to win the game.  We had to play a best of three game series  to see who would move on to the championship rounds where they play the other classes.  We played pretty well and in both games we ended up getting everyone out except the girls.  I was still in the game and I am a pretty nice guy, so I was not going to chuck the dodge ball as hard as I could at a girl.  I ended up getting both of the girls out in the one game and only one of the girls out in the second game.  I am sure they appreciated me not whipping the balls at them, seeing that they probably did not want to play dodge ball anyway.  I had a fun time playing dodge ball and I am looking forward to the finals.

Act 24

Last night, I had people over the Sabres game.  I decided to do this after our baseball practice.  I asked a select few of friends to accompany me at my house.  We ordered pizza from Picasso's.  We also ordered fried dough and chicken wings.  We had a grand old time playing ping pong and watching the Sabres game.  The Sabres lost 4-3, but that did not stop us from having fun.  Later on, we played on the Play Station 3.  We played NBA 2k13 for a little while.  I let each one of my friends sleep over if they wanted to and then we went to school in the morning.  They all had a great time and thanked me for letting them come over.  I had a total of seven friends over, but only four slept over.  I plan on having friends over in the future because everything was enjoyable.

Act 23

My family went on a vacation without me.  They went to Florida and left me home alone for a week.  I decided to have a couple friends over at my house to watch the Sabres Game.  I invited four guys over and we were all hungry.  I came up with the idea to get some pizza and we did.   I called Carbone’s Pizzeria and we ordered a large pizza and a double order of wings.  I drove to Carbone’s to pick it up and took it back to my house for everyone to eat.  We had a lot of fun eating pizza and watching the Sabres game.  We even dabbled in a little ping pong and played for a little while.  It was because of me why they had a great time and they appreciated it.  Maybe I will have them over again so we can have a great time.

Act 22

My parents and other family members are away in Florida and I am stuck alone in my house.   They told me not to throw a party in their absence.  It has been very tempting to have a party in a nice house while your parents are gone, but I did not do it.  I know that they will never leave me alone in the house again if I threw a party while they were gone.  They do not have to worry about me because I am responsible and I know what is right.  I did have friends over to watch the Sabres game a couple times, but nothing outrageous.  My act of kindness was not throwing a party in the absence of my family.  I am sure that they will appreciate it when they get home and realize that nothing is broken and my step father’s beer has not been taken.

Act 21

Last Friday, I went on a field trip with my Online Publishing class.  We went Canisius College for a journalism workshop.  We had lunch there and were there from 9 am to 1 pm.  We had a lot of fun and on the bus ride home we decided we wanted to get ice cream sundaes.  I had some extra money on me and I decided that I would like a hot fudge sundae.  My friends really wanted hot fudge sundaes as well and they did not have any money.  They asked me to lend them a dollar so they can have a sundae and I said yes.  Like I said, I had some extra money and I did not really care to give it away.  Everyone needs a sundae every now and then.  When they got the sundae neither of them thanked me and it was kind of depressing.  They owe me a dollar now because they didn’t thank me.

Act 20

After a long night at work, I received a text message.  The text message was from my sister.  My sister and I have been on bad terms and we would argue a lot.  I felt that needed to change a little bit.  She texted me and asked me if I could stop at Tim Horton's on the way home from work and grab her an ice cappuccino.  At first, I thought to my self no way, but then I thought that maybe she will do something nice for me in the future.  On my way home I did end up getting her an ice cap.  When I gave it to her, she thanked me.  She has yet to do anything nice for me and I am beginning to regret my decision, but you never know.  She might step up to the plate and surprise me.  It is very doubtful though.

Act 19

Over winter break, I was chilling out in my house and received a phone call.  My friend called and wanted to know if he could borrow some money.  I said yes, of course.  He was taking his girlfriend out to lunch and because he does not have a job, he does not any money.  He asked to borrow twenty dollars and because I have a job, I have an abundance of cash.  Well, maybe not an abundance of cash, but enough to lend money out every now and then.  I was willing to lend him money because I know he will pay me back soon.  He thanked for lending him the money and because of it, he and his girlfriend got something to eat at Panera. He has yet to pay me back, but I know that he will sometime in the near future.  Anytime people need money, come to me.

Act 18

One weekend, I decided that I wanted to go to the mall.  I wanted to go because I needed to get ping pong balls for my new ping pong table.  I told some friends and asked them if they would like to tag along with me.  Four of my friends wanted to go with me.  I fit the four of them easily in my car and we went on our way.  We get to the mall and decided to eat right away, so we went to the Japanese food place in the food court.  My one friend asked if he could borrow a little bit of money and I said yes.  I had no problem giving him money because I brought a lot with me.  After the food court we went to Dick's to get the ping pong balls and a headband, and to mess around a little bit.  We all had a fun time at the mall.  They thanked me for taking them and I said, "I don't mind at all."

Act 17

One morning at school, our National Honor Society was selling donuts from Tim Horton's.  I was very hungry that morning and decided that I would really like a donut.  I had a very large selection to choose from and I really could not make up my mind.  I decided to go with the old fashioned glazed donut this time around.  The donuts were really cheap.  They were on sale for a dollar.  I noticed that my friends Josh and Jason were eying down the donuts but they said they had no money.  I decided to help them out a little bit and I gave them each a dollar.  They were very happy to see that they could now get a donut.  They chose donuts with frosting and filling in them.  I do not like donuts with all that stuff on them.  They thanked me and I felt pretty good about myself.

Act 16

On Friday, we were supposed to have a basketball game away in Eden.  The weather outside was frightful, so they decided to cancel the game.  I was supposed to play in the game instead of work at my father's restaurant.  Instead of me working, my aunt would have had to do my job as well.  As soon as I got the news that my game got cancelled, I told my father.  He was very happy and so was my aunt.  When I got there, I got started right away because it looked like we were kind of busy.  My aunt thanked me after the night was over because I help take a load off her shoulders.  I decided to go to work because it was the right thing to do and I always think, what comes around, goes around.  Also I know it is what my aunt would do for me.

Act 15

One night after a basketball game, Rufus needed a ride home.  He actually asked me to give him a ride in the gymnasium after his game.  I said, "Yes, I will."  This is not the first time he asked me to take him home. I also needed to take Austin home after the game.  We got back to the school and we decided we were pretty hungry.  We decided to go to McDonald's and grab a bite to eat because it was on the way to Rufus's house.  We spent approximately a half hour at McDonald's then we left.  I took Rufus back to his house.  He lives on Broadway and his house is way on the other side of town from mine.  He was happy that he got a meal and ride home and I felt great about myself.  Austin on the other hand, lives on the same road as me, so it was not a big deal.

Act 14

One day, my mother said that we were having pizza and wings for dinner.  I asked her where we were we getting the pizza from.  She said it was from Carbones.  Carbones is my favorite pizza place around town, so I was excited to eat it.  I could tell that she was swamped with work.  I went over to her and suggested that I go get the pizza and wings for everyone.  She like that Idea because she could then focus on her work.  She gave me the money and I went on my way to go get the pizza and wings.  I got back home with the pizza and wings and my little brother and sister were very excited because they love pizza.  My mom ended up getting her work done quicker because I got the food.  She thanked me and I happily ate my food.  This made my mother less stressed.

Act 13

One day in advisement, Jenna and I were discussing how hungry we were.  I told her that I was going to China King for lunch as soon as advisement ends.  I can do this because I have lunch release, so I can leave school and go where ever I want.  She got very jealous and wanted some really bad.  I told her that I would go get her China King and bring it back to her at the school.  She does not have lunch release so she could not go to get it.  She gave me her money and after advisement, I went to pick up the food.  When I paid for the food and was leaving the store, it was pouring rain outside.  I had to rush to the car and I almost dropped our food.  I got back to the school and she was very happy.  I was so hungry and China King sounded so good at the time. 

Act 12

A couple days ago, I was hanging out with Austin after my basketball practice.  Austin and I decided we were very hungry, but we did not know what to eat.  We brainstormed for a little while and decided we wanted to go to McDonald's.  I called up my brother and asked him if he would want to go.  He said yes.  I asked him if he had any money and he said no.  I told him it was no problem because I had just recently got paid.  We got to McDonald's and I ordered my usual double quarter pounder meal and he ended up getting a hot and spicy with fries and a drink.  We ate our food and decided we were both were not satisfied with what we got so we went and got a couple of hot fudge sundaes.  He thanked me and I felt pretty good about myself.

Act 11

Over the weekend I helped my step father clear out our basement.  One half of our basement is for bedrooms and the other half is full of just junk.  We had a lot of junk on the one side of the basement that he decided we should probably get rid of.  We took chairs, boxes, blankets, and other stuff out to the curb so the garbage men could pick it up.  We found these nice speakers that we had no use for, so I called up my friend Austin.  I asked him if he and his father would want them because they are in nice condition.  He accepted the speakers and he went over to my house right away.  We gave him a total of four speakers, two of which were huge.  When he got to my house, I helped him load the speakers into his truck.  The speakers were pretty heavy too.

Act 10

One morning in a study hall, my friend did not really understand his math homework.  He asked me how to do it because I am a decent math student and am in calculus right now.  He is in pre-calc, a course that I took last year.  We spent the entire block together working on his math homework.  He kept asking me questions and I would explain how to do the problem and help him get a better grasp on how to do each problem.  The math problems were pretty tough and each problem took a long time to complete.  We ended up finishing all of his homework and he thanked me for it.  I felt good about myself for helping a friend out.  He got his homework back a week later and he told me he did really well on it.  I told him, whenever he needs help on another homework assignment, he can come see me.

Act 9

Over the long weekend I was asked to help a friend out. He wanted me to go over to his house and help him load wood into his basement from outside.  It was a fairly cold Sunday morning and there were a couple other guys there as well.  When I got there I noticed he had a system of how to do everything.  There were a couple people outside loading wood into wheelbarrows and wheeling them over to the basement door.  Then there was a chute the went from the door, down to the floor of the basement where the wood would slide down.  In the basement, there were a couple of stackers, who would just stack the wood against the wall after it went down the chute.  I was a stacker at first and it was very warm in the basement.  After a while, one of the wheelbarrow guys got cold and switched with me.  We ended up stacking two huge rows of wood in a matter of and hour.  He is a man who is physically disabled and he greatly appreciated it because he needs the wood to heat his house.

Act 8

One Saturday morning, I was asked to go and help out a family friend.  He asked me if I would go over and help him move a heavy couch from one house to another.  I had to go over there at eight o'clock in the morning.  When I got there, we got right to work.  The couch was on the second floor of the house and it was in a room with a smaller doorway.  We had a hard time maneuvering the couch out the doorway and through the small hallway.  Once we got it down the stairs, we were good.  After we loaded the couch into his truck, we had to drive to his house and unload it.  He drove his truck and I followed behind him in my car.  We did this so he could just stay at his house after and not have to take me back.  We got to his house and unloaded the couch into his living room.  He thanked me and then I went home.  I felt pretty good about helping a friend.

Act 7

I was sick in one of my classes and I just could not breathe.  I was trying to focus on my work, but not being able to breathe was so distracting.  I had finally had enough so I looked around the room for some tissues.  I had noticed that because everyone was sick, there were no tissues left.  I asked the teacher if he had any left and he said no.  I asked him if I could go to the restroom and go grab some toilet paper for tissues.  Before I left to go get the tissues, a fellow student had asked me to grab her some as well.  I didn’t mind grabbing some because I knew how she was feeling.   I returned to the classroom with my sinuses clear and tissues in my hand.  I gave them to her and she thanked me and I was glad to do it.

Act 6

My sixth act of kindness happened a few weeks ago.  I was very hungry one day and decided to take the healthy choice and go to Subway for lunch, instead of McDonald's. I went in to Subway and smelled that delicious smell and decided to order a steak and bacon melt.  I thought to my self and determined that I wanted to get a meal.  Out of all my options for chips, I chose Harvest Cheddar Sun Chips.  I got to the cash register and she told me that the total amount that I owed was $11.  I gave her $15 and she must have been busy because she just gave me the same amount of money  that I gave her, back to me.  I did not hesitate and I told her.  She got all embarrassed and just thanked me.  I felt good about myself and felt like I did the right thing.

Act 5

My fifth act of kindness was an act that I had committed a couple weeks ago.  My Online Publishing class was having a Christmas party on the last class day before winter break.  I was very excited because that usually means that people will bring delicious treats for everyone to snack on.  On the last day before break, I went to Tops Friendly Market on my lunch release.  I went there because I wanted to get some treats for the party.  When I got to Tops, I decided that I wanted to buy some cookies.   I looked around the store for different kinds of cookies.  I eventually selected chocolate chip cookies and sugar cookies.  When the bell rang and everyone stepped into the classroom, I noticed that only a select few had brought in treats.  If it were not for my cookies, the party would not have been a success.