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Thanks to Emma Schnur for taking many of the photos and typing all of the biographies.

David Adams		David lives comfortably in North Berkeley with his parents and little brother. He enjoys playing music and making food with friends. His eyes are not red in real life.
James Barnett		James is an entertaining, charming guy. His passions include rowing, eating, sleeping and acting like an idiot with his friends. He lives for days when he can skip school and go surfing. He is a fan of living life and not worrying about what's going to happen in the future.
Clio Bernhardson-Massolo		Clio (not Chloe or Ms. Clio) has been writing and riding horses since... forever. Her favorite thing to do is gallop bareback sidesaddle through large alfalfa fields. Sometimes she falls off.
Sophie Bridgers		Feeling stressed? The solution to your problems is only a mouse click away!
Robyn Brown		Robyn Brown is a 17 year old cancer. Her interests include playing lacrosse, the movie "Heathers," oreos and peanut butter, Harry Potter, and summer. Her humor story is about her family. They were right when they said that she would look back on everything one day and laugh.
Jennifer Cain		Jennifer Cain was born in New York City, and grew up in Berkeley. Outside of school, she dances with the Berkeley Ballet Youth Company. Jennifer enjoys spending time with her friends and traveling in her free time.
Joshua Caraco		A famous linguist once said of Mr. Caraco's story, "It's kinda like a memoir, but like fictional."
Emma Claudeanos		Emma Claudeanos was born and raised in Berkeley, California. She loves reading, writing, watching scary movies, and her family. She also loves taking long walks in the cemetery; read her memoir to find out why!!
Henry Corrigan-Gibbs		Henry Corrigan-Gibbs is a Berkeley native and senior at Berkeley High School. Though he gets many of his story ideas from the halls of Berkeley High, this one is an exception. Really.
Glenn Davy		What can I say about Glenn? Well, he wears the same sweatshirt everyday... that's about it... wait... he also play go... is that it... yes.
Adrian de la Fuente		Is the Adrian's photo on the right a clue to his story?
John Downey		RIP to the mac Hunter S. T.
Amanda Eyges		Amanda Eyges is a 17 year old writer at Berkeley High School. She was born and raised in the Bay Area and enjoys friends, family, and horseback riding. She hopes that you will enjoy her story.
Sam Finn		Born in Oakland (so you know he has an edge), Sam occasionally alarms bystanders when his interior monologue spills from his mouth. He never believed that he could fly, over the moon in ecstasy... untill Oprah.
Ian Flanagan		Ian's going to DVC for his first two years of college and he wants to join the Air Force, what a redneck......................stupid liberals.
Jacob Friedman		Jacob really enjoys going up to the snow so that he can slide down the mountain on his chin. He also loves to surf, play guitar, and be physically active. Jacob has no plans for the future except discovering the identity of the man who repeatedly robs his jewelry store and demands that Jacob make him a grill for his teeth- diamonds on top, platinum on the bottom, with fangs on top. He has a lazy eye.
Sam Goldsmith		DISCLAIMER: Some of this story was written by Pope Evans. You'll know which part that is because I would never even think to write such a thing. Coincidentally, that's the funniest part of the entire story.
Jonathan Guerra		John Guerra is a crazy fool. Believe it.
Rachel Hamburg		Some people think that Rachel is neurotic. Her rep would neither confirm nor deny this statement. We suggest reading this story to figure it out.
Dan Heinrich		Daniel Heinrich went to Detroit once, it sucked. He then traveled to LA, bad experience. Fed up with domestic locales, he sought out French Polynesia and has not been the same since.
Gabby Hernandez-McKig		Something Gabby is likely to say: "So, yesterday I was walking and--Hannah, move!--we saw this sign --where are we going?-- pointing in this place and-- Oh! Pretty. Please tell me you guys saw that!--it was full of Cal kids getting totally sloshed. Good times!
Russell Hilken		This here is Russell. He likes reading and writing about he West and outdoors. When he is not reading John Steinbeck or Norman Maclean, he's riding his bicycle or just enjoying the sunshine. Sweet.
Owen Hillis		Owen was going to have a cat story, but his group didn't like it. MMMFF.
Megan Hourula		Megan Hourula (right) likes to watch sports. She loses all control at the sound of a crowd and the crack of a bat. The tight spiral of a football and the swoosh of a net rule her life. In between watching sports games, she finds time to play volleyball everyday of the week. Megan values all time spent at "the game" no matter what level, she is happy to be there.
Gang Huang		Gang who moved to the United States in 2000, does not belong anywhere. He would choose to wrestle bears over sitting still, but prefers reading his favorite book over watching the WB.
Kate Jacobsen		Kate likes puppies, and ice cream, but preferably not together.
Eva Jepsen		My name is Eva Jepsen. I have fun writing stories.
Hannah Johnson		Hannah Johnson can get pretty wild.
Amelia Kurashige- Elliott		I'd like to welcome you, my precious reader, to Berkeley, where everyone is welcomed with open arms, regardless of age, race, gender, belief, religion, or sexual orientation. Oh. You're a Republican? Well, get the %*#^ out.
Darcey Kurashige- Elliott		lDarcey Kurashige-Elliott is a senior at BHS. Contrary to popular belief, "Deringer" is not based on a true story.
Abe Leiman		Abe Leiman enjoys many things. He enjoys evening cycling, tea time, and chatting on the telephone. He credits the majority of his inspiration to his good friend Daniel Heinrich. Abe currently resides near the reservoirs of Berkeley, CA - a city that has left only a small impression on him. He is, however, originally from Boston, MA, and hopes to return there for college. Abe also enjoys playing bass, and he has grapes all day.
Nate Levin		This story takes place on an island in Fiji. The names are actual Fijian names, and Bau Fijian is an actual dialect. Nathan wrote the story at his house in 2006.
Leslie Lu		Leslie likes to collect rocks and stickers. She is interested in trying new activities and likes to use the internet for researching. She also likes day dreaming and dogs.

Justin Malachowski		Justin is from a small planetary system called Bowro in the Sinope Galaxy. On his 18,000th birthday, he set out in the universe to make his own way. After many years of travel, he found his way to a small blue planet full of unexpecting simple life-forms called Humans. At that Blue planet, Justin decided to blend in and live among the humans of Earth.
Ishan Mohindroo		Ishan Mohindroo is a senior at Berkeley High School. He has lived in Berkeley all his life, but is looking forward to moving away for college. He intends to study mechanical engineering and enter the arena of energy policy.
Daniel Moreno		Dickity-Danly-Man, reporting for duty! I got style, sass, class, and I'm a firecracker! If you read this story you better have a box of tissues and a pint of Ben 'n' Jerry's close by! It's that intense... It's a tale of two young men whose personalities will dance into your heart, and guess what? I'm a dancer, and a pistol! In my spare time, if you're lucky enough to catch me not dancing, I like to cook, clean, and play video games. So pretty much, I'm a catch!
Jessie Moritz		Jessie moved from Australia to Berkeley a couple of years ago and travels between the two countries a lot. Most of her time is consumed by crew, but she likes to hang out with friends, plan parties, and admires cute animal. When she graduates, she wants to study foreign affairs and eventually become an Australian ambassador.
Nick Perovich		Nick Perovich was born in Chicago, ILL and moved to Berkeley when he was 5. He doesn't enjoy reading or writing. He plays baseball and likes comedy movies. Giants, 49ers, Warriors and Sharks are the best teams in pro sports. He aspires to be a billionaire who travels the world (with Vida Guerra). N.S.B.
Johan Philippine		Johan Philippine is an adorable guy who takes life one blunder after the next, with the intermittent successes in between. His mistakes turn normal situations extraordinary and sometimes hilarious. He enjoys fencing, rock climbing, and making himself feel special whenever possible. He hopes you'll enjoy his stories.
Julian Pollack		NSB resident Julian Waterfall Pollack likes to go dumb. If he has to write, he likes to write about high school life, as you will see when you read this short story...
Adam Poole		Adam Poole, proud resident of Kensington, first learned to write on his home planet of Pluto. He finds stories a wonderful way to connect with his favorite creatures, the frogs. Each one has the potential to turn into a handsome prince in whose castle Adam can someday live.
Ryan Race		Ryan is like a strawberry shortcake; short, sweet, tangy, and mostly white. As an artist, she loves to express herself freely. She also has a group of hip, trendy friends, all of whom she loves dearly, none of whom are in her memoir... enjoy!
Annie Rigney		Annie Rigney has lived in Berkeley her entire life. She loves dancing, being silly, her friends, and most important, chocolate.
Lana Robinson-Sum		Lana enjoys reading masterpieces like "Gone with the Wind", listening to Chopin, and playing F-hoc (fsho!). She does an excellent impression of a turtle but doesn't have to perform it very often anymore.
Lani Rosenthal		Lani kicked the college application process’ ass and will be going to Whitman College in the fall. In fact, she will be going there straight from four weeks in the backcountry of Yellowstone. Her roommate is sure to love her and her un-showered ways.
Avi Samelson		Avi is a senior at Berkeley High School. He enjoys short story writing with Mr. Bye. He went to step-one preschool.
Emma Schain		Emma Schain lives in Berkeley. She loves dancing and watching PBS documentaries on the Presidents while trying to do her math homework. You can reach her at dancingemma88@yahoo.com
Jacob Schneider		Jacob Schneider will someday run the New York Times. Until then, he enjoys playing with his Chinese sister and just being a general G... and taking long walks on the beach.
Emma Schnur		This picture was taken right after this last year's seder. She won three gold medals. Yay for the UK! Before you read her story, Emma would just like you to know that she loves her family. Very, very much.
Adnan Shah		My name is Adnan. I was born in Pakistan and moved to the U.S when I was nine. Currently enrolled in B.H.S, but I attended Thousand Oaks and M.L.K.
Dane Silva		My name is Dane Silva. I write for the pure enjoyment of writing. This memoir is not an actual representation of me. Bye now.
Greg Specht		Greg's life consists of crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew, crew... oh, and crew.
Sappho Su		Sappho Su was born in San Francisco, but grew up in the East Bay. She enjoys going to school, driving her bucket around, playing golf and soccer. She hopes to go to college far away, but hopes to come back to Berkeley... eventually.
Maya Tippett		My name's Maya Tim-Tums, and I'm here to say, I'm showing all the symptoms of a super awesome day! I like to go to Europe, and drink lots of hot chai tea, and pouring maple syrup onto waffles so flufFY! This song is over soon, but don't worry, don't you fret. Grab some ice cream and a spoon. Read my story, go on, get!
Luke Vavasour		Luke Vavasour was born and raised in Berkeley, California. He enjoys spending time with his friends and family, but he still appreciates his down time writing. While taking a psychology class at Vista, he learned of a category of people he fit right in with: sensation seekers. Sensation seekers do things simply for the thrill. This explains the title of this memoir: Memoirs of a Sensation Seeker.
Ardith Wood		Ardith likes soup, rain, and Calvin and Hobbes, preferably together.
Jing Yen		Jing Yen has been moving around her whole life. Raised in Florida and Taiwan, she currently lives in Berkeley. Jing enjoys shopping, writing, traveling, and playing tennis.