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Vaccines are mandatory in Canada?

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      Today I was talking to a group of people and someone brought up the topic of vaccinations. Everyone put in their piece whether or not people were vaccinated or what they thought about it. Until one person stepped forward and said something that I had never expected to hear. She said, "Vaccines are actually mandatory in Canada. You aren't allowed to go into establishments unless you have your Vaccine Passport." This was crazy to hear, you weren't allowed to go shopping, eat at a restaurant, or even go to the movie theater unless you were vaccinated.     Honestly the vaccine isn't a big deal to me but a lot of controversy has grown about it. Both sides are either arguing that you should get it or that you shouldn't. Freedom to decide whether or not you wanted to get one felt like a citizen's right. Canada had other plans... It was news to me to hear about Canada releasing news that the vaccine was mandatory. It might as well even be news to you.

Preparations for a Haunted House

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           Preparing for the haunted house is a very interesting task. Due to our circumstances we aren't able to alter the location at all so we have to spend a pretty penny buying wood to build it. Yes, we build the haunted house inside the location so that we can make it scary and add things to every room. It's something I've been doing for a total of 7 years including this year. Some of the best times are made in a haunted house when you are scaring the screams out of everyone that goes through.     In preparation I also have to order all of my stuff for the year I will need. I order contacts of different colors and I order a new face. The face is a latex prosthetic mask that I paint and wear over my face by applying pros-aid to my skin and sticking it on. Aside from everything I need to do, we also have to build the entire haunted house within the confines of a really old historical jail. In the picture shown above that is called the "Grid room" more or less

Keep your friends close.

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    Starting college and growing up really does make things change. New schedule far from home and you don't usually go to college with your hometown friends. People start to forget and make new friends wherever they go. I can say the same for myself. Joining the Esports team at PNW has allowed me to make a large amount of new friends and the adjustment felt natural.     About a couple weeks of school, I started to contact my old friends and check up. Very close friends I arranged times to go around and just spend a day with them. The motivation boost and morale really went up in my life after I did this. Friends are good to have but close friends are almost never replaceable. You spend most of your life with these people and you start to understand each other and laugh together. If you are ever feeling down just refer back to your friends and plan something with them. It helps out a great amount.

Have you ever wondered what it's like to play video games competitively?

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       Esports are an incredible thing. The ability for people to grab a controller or get on a mouse and keyboard and play virtual games for real money is just mind blowing. The competitive scene for Esports is only growing larger as time goes on. For most people Esports are not actual real sports but in my opinion they are and I can a give you a couple reasons why.     Esports are a combination of a bunch of mental categories. The ability to stay calm and keep your cool in very tense moments and perform normally is one of them. Everyone is effected by stress in every sport. If your team is down and you don't have much time you could panic and miss a vital opportunity. Also, the knowledge required to understand what your opponents are trying to do and what you can do to stop them is also very mental.     Esports are entering the sports scene in a crazy way. The 2020 championship for a game called "League of Legends" peaked at around 45.95 million concurrent viewers durin