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AO
no thoughts head empty
Nick, Tommy, Max, Dane, Austin, Hudson
Dane named the conversation "SEASON 2 OF NICK"
Max named the conversation "no thoughts head empty"
Monday, Aug 17 · 10:52 PM
Dane
ok so i've been watching the clio film
Tommy
the WHAT
Dane
clio has public hudl. its all just up there. anyone can watch it
AOAustin
dane you don't know what you're looking at
Dane
i know enough to know their corners are SHORT
their corners are short
Dane
THANK YOU
Max
this is the worst chat i've ever been in
Ha ha
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Wednesday, Aug 19 · 3:40 PM
Tommy
did anyone else watch tiger tv today or was it just me
AOAustin
it plays in homeroom. everyone watched it
Tommy
no i mean did anyone LISTEN to it
Tommy
shaffer said nobody has called about nick. out loud. on the school announcements. in front of the entire school
Dane
i thought that was weird too
Hudson
it's not weird it's true. i've been reporting it for two weeks
Tommy
it's not weird that it's TRUE it's weird that he SAID it
Max
he said it because he wants somebody to hear it
Tommy
ok yeah. that's it. that's exactly it
Dane
nick you good?
Delivered
He did not respond for two hours.
yeah i'm good
it's genuinely fine, shaff didn't say anything that isn't true
can we talk about literally anything else though
AOAustin
my mom got a new dog and it's already broken a lamp
thank you austin
♥ Loved "thank you austin"
Sunday, Aug 23 · 1:15 PM
Dane
friday. what are we doing. tailgate? is that a thing at high school
Max
it is not a thing at high school
Dane
we could MAKE it a thing
Tommy
me and max are literally performing. we're in the band. we have to be there at 5:15
Dane
oh. right
Dane
austin?
AOAustin
i'll do a tailgate
Dane
LETS GOOO
AOAustin
i mean i'll eat food in the parking lot at 6
Dane
that's a tailgate
Tommy
iMessage
Wednesday, Aug 19 · 9:58 PM
hey. separate from the group
the shaffer thing. are you actually okay or are you doing the thing
what thing
the thing where you say you're fine and then you don't sleep and then on friday you're weirdly quiet at lunch
Read 10:01 PM
i'm doing the thing
ok
want to talk about it or want to not
not really
cool
i'm around though. like all week
i know
Thursday, Aug 20 · 4:22 PM
ok actually here's the part that bugs me
it's not that nobody called. i get why nobody called. i'm 175 pounds and i play in the metro and there's no playoff film and i've never been to a camp. if i were a college coach i wouldn't call me either
it's that everyone at school thinks it already happened
like people ask me where i'm going. they don't ask IF. they ask WHERE. and i have to stand there and go "we'll see" like i'm being modest
i'm not being modest. i have nothing. i'm just letting them think i'm being modest because the truth is embarrassing
yeah
that's actually really bad man. i didn't think about that part
it's fine
it's not fine, it's just not fixable
those are different
♥ Loved "it's not fine, it's just not fixable"
you're annoyingly good at this
i've known you since we were 9. i've had a lot of practice
Hudson
iMessage
Sunday, Aug 16 · 7:40 PM
before we do the interview thing i want to say something as your friend and not as the paper
i'm going to ask you about the recruiting stuff
i have to. it's the story. if i don't ask it pearce will and he'll do it worse
i figured
you can say no to any of it. genuinely. i'll cut it
i'm not gonna say no
i know. that's kind of the problem. you never say no and then i have to decide for you what's fair to print
then decide. i trust you
don't do that
why
because it makes it my fault later
Thursday, Aug 20 · 11:31 PM
draft's done. it goes up friday
i used the meijer stuff. i used the nine emails and the zero replies. i used "i do check more than i want to admit"
that's fine
i did not use the thing you said about your mom and the money
thank you
that wasn't for the paper. i knew it when you said it
Read 11:34 PM
the headline is "nobody called"
Delivered 11:34 PM
Eighteen minutes.
that's a good headline
it's gonna suck to see it on a stack in the front hall but it's a good headline
i can change it
no. it's true. leave it
PA
combo (real one)
Nick, Tommy, Max, Priya, Eli, Bex
Tuesday, Aug 18 · 6:05 PM
PAPriya
thursday after school. everyone. perkins is giving us the room til 5
EVEli
can't, work
BXBex
i'll be there
Max
yeah
i can do thursday but i have to leave at 4:15
PAPriya
of course you do
i'm sorry
PAPriya
i'm not mad. i'm being annoying on purpose. come for the 45 min
PAPriya
also can we PLEASE do the ellington one. bex has been asking since june
yeah let's do it
i've actually been working on it. i can play the whole head now
BXBex
WAIT REALLY
Max
when did you have time to learn that
at like 1am mostly
Max
of course
Hannah Swain
iMessage
Friday, Aug 21 · 12:19 PM
hey! quick thing — student section is doing orange out friday and i need one person from the team to post it so people actually believe it's real
chase said no lol
chase said no?
chase said "i don't have instagram" which is a LIE, i have SEEN his instagram
i'll post it
wait really
yeah it's like one story. it's fine
ok you're officially my favorite person in this school, i'll send you the graphic
Image — ORANGE OUT · 8/28 · 7PM · vs CLIO
orangeout_final_FINAL2.pngFrom Hannah Swain
"final_FINAL2"
do not start with me nicholas
Ha ha
He posted it at 4:40 p.m. It is the only thing on his story that week.
Dane
iMessage
Tuesday, Aug 18 · 11:15 PM
ok i'm gonna ask you a dumb question and you have to promise not to be nice about it
i promise nothing
what actually is a "read"
like when announcers say a qb "read it wrong." read WHAT
Two minutes.
ok that's not a dumb question at all, that's the whole sport
a play has like 3 or 4 guys running routes. i can't watch all of them. so the coach picks ONE defender and says "whatever he does tells you where the ball goes"
if that guy goes to the flat i throw behind him. if he drops i throw in front of him. i'm not really watching my receivers, i'm watching HIM
wait so you're not looking at the guy you throw to
a lot of the time no. i'm throwing to where he's going to be
THAT'S INSANE
it's less insane than it sounds. you've done it your whole life. it's the same thing as passing a ball to someone running in gym
i was never picked in gym
ok bad example
Ha ha
Saturday, Aug 22 · 3:30 PM
i watched the clio corunna game
their linebacker #40 does the thing you said. he opens up when the guy goes deep
is that the read
dane that IS the read
that's genuinely it. you found it yourself
i found it MYSELF
i'm so happy right now you don't understand
i understand completely. that's the exact feeling. that's why i'm like this
oh no
is this how it starts
yes
Michael Pearce Jr.
iMessage
Sunday, Aug 16 · 2:12 PM
hi. this is a work text not a friend text so i'm going to be formal for one message
The Fentonian is requesting an on-camera interview for the Tiger Television season premiere, Wednesday, third hour. Approximately 6 minutes. Topics: health, the offense, expectations.
michael we talk about the lions every day at lunch
i KNOW. i'm doing it properly. mrs grady said do it properly
yes i'll do the interview
Thank you for your time.
ok formal mode off
can i ask you the recruiting one
yeah
even if the answer's bad?
especially then. i'd rather people know the real thing
Wednesday, Aug 19 · 4:05 PM
so shaffer said the nobody's called thing on camera and i didn't cut it
i thought about it for like an hour. i almost cut it
don't cut it
too late it already aired lol
good
are you mad
no. you did your job. that's what the job is
ok because you're my friend and also the subject and i genuinely don't know how to hold both of those
welcome to hudson's entire life
😩
Monday, Aug 24 · 8:20 PM
random. how many yards do you think you throw for this year
is this for the paper
no this is genuinely me being a nerd
i don't think about it like that
nobody believes that when you say it
i know. it's still true. i think about third and 6
that's such a weird answer
third and 6 is the whole game michael
i'm putting that in something eventually
i figured
MNCR
ap gov group 4 (unfortunately)
Nick, Marisol, Cade, Hannah S.
Thursday, Aug 20 · 6:31 PM
MNMarisol
ok so the assignment is a 4 person presentation on a policy area and it's due sept 11
MNMarisol
i vote healthcare
CRCade
boring
MNMarisol
cade you have not proposed anything
CRCade
immigration
MNMarisol
absolutely not, we would fight for three weeks
Hannah
nick what do you want to do, you're the one who actually reads
labor
CRCade
like unions?
yeah. right to work, michigan repealed it in 2023, we live in a county where that's not abstract. half our parents are in a plant or were
it's also the only one of these where we can interview an actual person instead of citing a website
MNMarisol
ok that's a really good idea
CRCade
are you gonna make it political tho
it's ap government
CRCade
you know what i mean
i do know what you mean and yes i have opinions about it and no i'm not going to put them in a group grade without asking you guys first
Hannah
see that's a normal answer. cade stop it
CRCade
i was ASKING
MNMarisol
labor. locked. nick can you do the michigan part
yeah i'll do the michigan part
Hannah
he's going to do the entire project isn't he
MNMarisol
obviously
Ha ha
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