• Jimmy Rave vs. BJ Whitmer
  
• Shingo vs. Matt Cross vs. CJ Otis vs. Trik Davis in a four-corner survival match
  
• Sara Del Rey & Allison Danger vs. MsChif & Serena Deeb
  
• Brent Albright vs. Claudio Castagnoli
  

Respect Ty Lee

Circus freak is a compliment.

Source Key: Avatar: The Last Airbender Season and Episode = S#E# The Search = TS Smoke and Shadow = S&S 

Speed

• Katara
  • Stuns Katara's arms so she cannot bend ^S2E3
    • Limitation: Katara evades her when they meet later ^S2E8
  • Leaps over a wave of water from Katara, jumps between trees, and evades Katara further while attacking ^S2E8
  • Blitzes Katara and paralyzes her with a nerve pinch ^S2E19
• Sokka
  • Strikes Sokka a few times after he was just fast enough to block thrown projectiles ^S2E8
    • Limitation: Sokka evades several strikes from her later ^S2E20
• Suki
  • Trades blows with Suki, with each evading the other ^S3E15
• Azula
  • Limitation: Has difficulty hitting Kemurikage Azula ^S&S
• Fodder
  • Paralyzes a task force of elite earthbenders while evading their attacks ^S2E8
  • Paralyzes several men crowding her at a party in quick succession ^S3E5
  • Dodges a sword slash from a Kyoshi warrior and takes them down withs everal rapid strikes ^S2E15
  • Paralyzes a man as he charges a fireblast, but before he can fire ^S&S

Durability

• Tripped by Katara's waterwhip while running and gets up fighting ^S2E3
• Thrown away by a gust of wind and soon after seen without injury ^S2E3
• Blasted by a gust of wind a distance away into water and submerges without injury ^S2E8
• Shrugs off a hit to the face from Azula ^S&S

Agility

• Stands on her elbows with her feet on her head ^S2E3
• Maintains a handstand on a tight rope above burning flames ^S2E3
• Leaps over a wave of water from Katara, jumps between trees, and evades Katara further while attacking ^S2E8
• Jumps between large gaps from metal girders and recovers quickly from Aang's airblast ^S2E8
• Jumps higher than a volleyball net, kicks a volleyball, and lands on the net ^S3E5
• Jumps up to the cords holding a gondola and sprints along them ^S3E15
• Trades blows with Suki before flipping through a gondola ^S3E15
• Leaps to the top of a gondola, then from one gondola to another ^S3E15

Chi-Blocking

• Stuns Katara's arms so she cannot bend ^S2E3
• Paralyzes Sokka's limbs, although she hurts her fingers on his skull ^S2E8
• Paralyzes a task force of elite earthbenders ^S2E8
• Blitzes Katara and paralyzes her with a nerve pinch ^S2E19
• Paralyzes several men crowding her at a party in quick succession ^S3E5
• Paralyzes Azula with a few jabs ^S3E15
• Later paralyzes Azula again with a couple jabs ^TS
• Paralyzes a man as he charges a fireblast, but before he can fire ^S&S

1. letters for rose (club co-president, chapter co-Founder, co-chapter head, ambassador)
2. community service organization
3. wrote about this in additional information, connected it to personal events in my life
   
4. kumon tutor
   
5. piano (11 yrs)
   
6. math internship with local professor
   
7. varsity basketball (4 yrs)
   
8. student government (grade 11 rep, secretary)
   
9. varsity volleyball team manager
   
10. varsity volleyball (1 yr)
    
11. varsity swim (1 yr)
    
12. honor council
    

1. national merit scholarship semifinalist (later declared finalist, but was done applying by then)
   
2. excellence in ap calc ab (my school gave out awards for highest grade in each class)
   
3. varsity basketball, most improved player
   
4. ap scholar with distinction
   
5. excellence in ap modern world history
   

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Respect The Staten Island Vampires

Nandor

• Wrestles with Laszlo while flying
• Holds Guillermo upright on his hands
• Holds Guillermo up over his head so it seems like he's flying in a mirror on the wall
• Flies with Guillermo in his arms, but accidentally drops him
• Limitation - Cannot pull an axe off the wall he believes is welded in place
• Lifts a zombie up with one arm, snaps its neck with the other, and tosses him around

• Begins to burn from sunlight but is saved by the shade of an umbrella, then protected from it by reverting to bat form and staying in a covered box
• Struggles to say "god," and when he does so he produces a painful plume of flame, though seems uninjured shortly after
• Withstands the pain of burning inside a church longer than his housemates to attend a funeral, in addition to having holy water splashed on him. Later that night he appears fine, although he complains of the burns
• Exposes himself to an electric charge and says it "kind of tickles"
• Flies into a building at the speed of a driving car and appears uninjured when seen shortly after

• Rises from his coffin
• Floats outside a window
• Flies with Guillermo in his arms, but accidentally drops him
• Catches up to a van that is driving with his flight
• Flies up to a window to tap on it and summon the old woman inside, startling her to death
• Levitates into the air, although isn't as stable as Laszlo and bumps his head into the ceiling
• Flies into the air and across rooftops

• Turns into a bat simultaneously with the others to fly out of a bus and sit on the roof
• Shapeshifts from a mist form to intervene in a fight
• Turns back into human form from being a bat
• Turns into a bat and manages to find Guillermo when they've been separated
• Turns into a dog to infiltrate an animal shelter
• Turned into a vapor and got sucked into an air purifier, briefly turning his skin and hair chalk white

• Hypnotizes a man with a command to listen to further instruction that night, leading to him going crazy the following day in a public meeting
• Puts a werewolf caught in a trap to sleep
• Descends on a potential victim, but instead hypnotizes him and tells him to flee after some indecision
• Fails to hypnotize a government worker into granting him citizenship, though he believes its because government workers souls are dead
• Double hypnotizes his neighbor along with Laszlo, accidentally wiping the neighbor's memory completely. This is called "brain scramblies."

• Considered himself a ferocious soldier during his mortal life
• Laszlo considers him second to none with an axe
• Led a country over 600 years ago before he was exiled for killing, pillaging, and torturing

• Lights a paper skeleton aflame with a gesture
• Needs to be explicitly invited into an animal shelter even when it is open to the public
• Blows out candles from across a room

Laszlo Cravensworth

• Wrestles with Nandor while flying
• Flies at a werewolf, clashing with them midair and sending them a distance away while landing capably himself
• Flies into the air and across rooftops carrying his neighbor
• Tosses a biker a distance away and beats the shit out of his gang
• Fights with another vampire smashing a pool ball against his opponent's head so hard it turns to dust
• Tackles a jogger as a bat, sending him flying through the air as Laszlo transforms midair and bites the jogger's neck

• Beaten by a broom in bat form and incapacitated
• Falls through the floor with no lasting injury upon hitting the floor below
• Pulled to the ground and dragged by a car down a street with no lasting injury
• Tries to escape other vampires by turning into a bat, but is caught and thrown into the ground where he reverts to human form
• Begins to burn from sunlight but is saved by the shade of an umbrella, then protected from it by reverting to bat form and staying in a covered box
• Endures the pain of being inside a church before deciding to leave and later that night remains scarred
• Fights with another vampire, getting slammed through a pool table so it breaks in half
• Creates a cross with a broken pool cue against an opponent doing the same, with both of them burning their hands until they drop their crosses
• Hit by several speeding cars, juggled between them, and lands in fine enough condition to turn to a bat and chase an opponent
• Fights another vampire with both shifting in and out of bat form, at one point getting slapped into a power box and electrocuted but suffering no meaningful injury

• Blitzes a man from a distance away and flies him into the air without the man's girlfriend realizing it, disemboweling the man with Nadja and returning to his previous spot
• Races back and forth between where he is standing and a bunch of trashcans
• Runs away at super speed and turns into a bat to escape a duel
• Races super fast across a bar
• Races up behind and steals the hat from a super fast opponent who just caught his arrow

• Flies at a werewolf, clashing with them midair and sending them a distance away while landing capably himself
• Levitates into the air with greater control than Nandor
• Flies into the air and across rooftops carrying his neighbor

• Hypnotizes a couple into walking away
• Hypnotizes raccoons with an instrument allowing him to round up and murder a large pile of them
• Threatens his neighbor, then hypnotizes the neighbor into thinking he said something agreeable instead
• Hypnotizes his neighbor into ignoring an altercation on the front lawn and going back inside
• Enters a house as a bat and hypnotizes a subject
• Correctly assumes there is a cat in a cage next to his and attempts to hypnotize it, although is interrupted
• Hypnotizes his neighbor into forgetting the past 5 minutes, including nearly getting murdered
• Double hypnotizes his neighbor along with Nandor, accidentally wiping the neighbor's complete memory. This is called "brain scramblies."
• Summons a pack of dogs to chase after his neighbor
• Hypnotizes someone into taking a leaflet
• Hypnotizes an entire town into forgetting vampires ever existed

• Turns into a bat and flies away
• Turns into a bat simultaneously with the others to fly out a bus and sit on the roof
• Turns back into human form from being a bat
• Enters a house as a bat and hypnotizes a subject, but shifts back into a bat when a woman enters with a broom and takes a beating that incapacitates him
• Tries to escape other vampires by turning into a bat, but is caught and thrown into the ground where he reverts to human form
• Can't explain where his clothes go when he transforms, and doesn't consider turning into a bat to take any skill at all as he demonstrates how to do it
• Mates while in bat form
• Once turned into a cat
• Turns into a bat and flies around a man's face
• Runs away at super speed and turns into a bat to escape a duel
• Hit by several speeding cars, juggled between them, and lands in fine enough condition to turn to a bat and chase an opponent
• Fights another vampire with both shifting in and out of bat form, at one point getting slapped into a power box and electrocuted but suffering no meaningful injury
• Tackles a man as a bat, sending him flying through the air as Laszlo transforms midair and bites the jogger's neck

• Turned a baby into a vampire 90 years previously
• Telekinetically summons a wheeled piece of furniture
• Fixes a jukebox with a wave of his hand
• Helps a volleyball team start winning games
• Impossibly good at shadow puppetry
• Races super fast across a bar and uses alcohol and a lighter to spit fire across the bar

Nadja

• Uses one hand to shove a man, sending him flying across a carnival stand and into its back wall

• Runs along a wall and pushes a vampire over, then a vampire throws her to the ground and she is apprehended
• Begins to burn from sunlight but is saved by the shade of an umbrella, then protected from it by reverting to bat form and staying in a covered box
• Endures the scalding pain of being inside a church and lighting aflame before leaving and later that night is still scarred
• Resists an empowered Collin Robinson's drain just enough to turn into a bat and escape him

• Blitzes a man from a distance away and flies him into the air without the man's girlfriend realizing it disemboweling the man with Laszlo and returning to his previous spot

• Floats outside a window
• Flies into the air and across rooftops

• Scales a sheer wall and discreetly photographs a man masturbating before he can catch her
• Runs along a wall and pushes a vampire over, then a vampire throws her to the ground and she is apprehended
• Considers herself an excellent crawler, and climbs up a wall and onto the ceiling with little effort
• Scales a brick wall and holds herself there without her legs

• Became a bat creature when she first turned Laszlo
• Turns back from a bat after flying up into the attic
• Turns into a bat simultaneously with the others to fly out of a bus and sit on the roof
• Flies up to someone as a bat and shifts back to human to sneak up on them
• Disappears from right in front of someone by turning to vapor
• Turns back into human form from being a bat
• Mates while in bat form
• Once turned into a cat

• Hypnotized Laszlo when he was a human
• Hypnotizes a man into remembering his past lives, causing him to cycle through several of them including one in which he was a horse
• Hypnotizes an attendant into revealing the password to unlock a door
• Hypnotizes her way into a party, then hypnotizes the same man later and he declares his love for her and she orders him to put his head in a toilet upstairs and flush it 7 times

• Hypnotized Laszlo when he was a human
• Telekinetically opens a door
• Cannot enter a car park until she has permission
• Eats a single kernel of popcorn, causing her to projectile vomit
• Sinks back into shadows and vanishes into a pile of rats
• Explains that drinking human blood makes vampires stronger and feel better
• Explains that every vampire has their own special power and does a flawless impression of a man
• Sings to Gregor, stirring him from pacification in a psych facility into escaping to come to her
• Would telekinetically pin a child to the ceiling for hours

Collin Robinson

• Explains how energy vampirism works, allowing him to drain energy through boring or frustrating others (even other vampires) and granting him exception to vampire's vulnerability to sunlight
• Nearly puts two teenagers to sleep, with Nandor saying the teens are drained of their nutritional value
• Refers to annoying an entire city council meeting as a "megafeed"
• Feeds off the discomfort of a man going crazy in public and intimates he is erect
• Drains a coworker so they start to fall asleep, then gets excited at a new hire because their energy might be "fresh"
• Duels Eve Russel, another energy vampire, and both float into the air as their duel flickers the lights
• Informs the other vampires that he is feeding on them
• Drains the others while they are trapped at the bottom of a well, and again when they are bats
• Feeds off energy from a couple's argument
• Drains a room of people watching TV, though they seem to regain strength soon after he is interrupted
• Eventually puts everyone in a room to sleep, and "overdid it" on one man, causing him to piss himself
• Drains people through the internet by trolling them
• When faced with a dangerous troll Collin bores it near to sleep until daybreak so it would turn into a statue, although it does manage to lunge out and grab him at the last moment

• Cannot turn into a bat
• Feels the Baron's "dark and angry" energy from rooms away
• Needs to be explicitly invited into an animal shelter even when it is open to the public
• Has a hard time draining Topher because he does not seem to get bored
• Isn't really sure if he is dead or not
• Says energy vampires have no issue entering places of worship and says they're often fertile feeding grounds, then demonstrates this when remaining unharmed inside a church next to the others

• Gains energy from laughter at his jokes during a presentation everyone is forced to listen to
• Drains a conference room and says he feels he has the power of 1,000 cowboys, then smashes a metallic trashcan flat
• Levitates a painting into the air
• Becomes "something new" when overfed, increasing his power so that he grows back his hair, drains people instantly with a phrase, finger guns, or a nod, instantly kills plants with a gesture, and can telekinetically rocket someone into a wall hard enough to dent it
• Turns the house against eachother, performing a "megadrain" that leaves them almost paralyzes, and also develops the ability to fly which he uses to swim through the air
• Drains the other vampires so severely it advances their age and nearly kills them
• Drinks with just his mind, and then refills the bottle
• Triplicates himself to block off Guillermo's exit, and then fakes his own death...although the death of his triplicates is apparently real

Respect The Staten Island Vampires

Nandor

• Wrestles with Laszlo while flying
• Holds Guillermo upright on his hands
• Holds Guillermo up over his head so it seems like he's flying in a mirror on the wall
• Flies with Guillermo in his arms, but accidentally drops him
• Limitation - Cannot pull an axe off the wall he believes is welded in place
• Lifts a zombie up with one arm, snaps its neck with the other, and tosses him around

• Begins to burn from sunlight but is saved by the shade of an umbrella, then protected from it by reverting to bat form and staying in a covered box
• Struggles to say "god," and when he does so he produces a painful plume of flame, though seems uninjured shortly after
• Withstands the pain of burning inside a church longer than his housemates to attend a funeral, in addition to having holy water splashed on him. Later that night he appears fine, although he complains of the burns
• Exposes himself to an electric charge and says it "kind of tickles"
• Flies into a building at the speed of a driving car and appears uninjured when seen shortly after

• Rises from his coffin
• Floats outside a window
• Flies with Guillermo in his arms, but accidentally drops him
• Catches up to a van that is driving with his flight
• Flies up to a window to tap on it and summon the old woman inside, startling her to death
• Levitates into the air, although isn't as stable as Laszlo and bumps his head into the ceiling
• Flies into the air and across rooftops

• Turns into a bat simultaneously with the others to fly out of a bus and sit on the roof
• Shapeshifts from a mist form to intervene in a fight
• Turns back into human form from being a bat
• Turns into a bat and manages to find Guillermo when they've been separated
• Turns into a dog to infiltrate an animal shelter
• Turned into a vapor and got sucked into an air purifier, briefly turning his skin and hair chalk white

• Hypnotizes a man with a command to listen to further instruction that night, leading to him going crazy the following day in a public meeting
• Puts a werewolf caught in a trap to sleep
• Descends on a potential victim, but instead hypnotizes him and tells him to flee after some indecision
• Fails to hypnotize a government worker into granting him citizenship, though he believes its because government workers souls are dead
• Double hypnotizes his neighbor along with Laszlo, accidentally wiping the neighbor's memory completely. This is called "brain scramblies."

• Considered himself a ferocious soldier during his mortal life
• Laszlo considers him second to none with an axe
• Led a country over 600 years ago before he was exiled for killing, pillaging, and torturing

• Lights a paper skeleton aflame with a gesture
• Needs to be explicitly invited into an animal shelter even when it is open to the public
• Blows out candles from across a room

Laszlo Cravensworth

• Wrestles with Nandor while flying
• Flies at a werewolf, clashing with them midair and sending them a distance away while landing capably himself
• Flies into the air and across rooftops carrying his neighbor
• Tosses a biker a distance away and beats the shit out of his gang
• Fights with another vampire smashing a pool ball against his opponent's head so hard it turns to dust
• Tackles a jogger as a bat, sending him flying through the air as Laszlo transforms midair and bites the jogger's neck

• Beaten by a broom in bat form and incapacitated
• Falls through the floor with no lasting injury upon hitting the floor below
• Pulled to the ground and dragged by a car down a street with no lasting injury
• Tries to escape other vampires by turning into a bat, but is caught and thrown into the ground where he reverts to human form
• Begins to burn from sunlight but is saved by the shade of an umbrella, then protected from it by reverting to bat form and staying in a covered box
• Endures the pain of being inside a church before deciding to leave and later that night remains scarred
• Fights with another vampire, getting slammed through a pool table so it breaks in half
• Creates a cross with a broken pool cue against an opponent doing the same, with both of them burning their hands until they drop their crosses
• Hit by several speeding cars, juggled between them, and lands in fine enough condition to turn to a bat and chase an opponent
• Fights another vampire with both shifting in and out of bat form, at one point getting slapped into a power box and electrocuted but suffering no meaningful injury

• Blitzes a man from a distance away and flies him into the air without the man's girlfriend realizing it, disemboweling the man with Nadja and returning to his previous spot
• Races back and forth between where he is standing and a bunch of trashcans
• Runs away at super speed and turns into a bat to escape a duel
• Races super fast across a bar
• Races up behind and steals the hat from a super fast opponent who just caught his arrow

• Flies at a werewolf, clashing with them midair and sending them a distance away while landing capably himself
• Levitates into the air with greater control than Nandor
• Flies into the air and across rooftops carrying his neighbor

• Hypnotizes a couple into walking away
• Hypnotizes raccoons with an instrument allowing him to round up and murder a large pile of them
• Threatens his neighbor, then hypnotizes the neighbor into thinking he said something agreeable instead
• Hypnotizes his neighbor into ignoring an altercation on the front lawn and going back inside
• Enters a house as a bat and hypnotizes a subject
• Correctly assumes there is a cat in a cage next to his and attempts to hypnotize it, although is interrupted
• Hypnotizes his neighbor into forgetting the past 5 minutes, including nearly getting murdered
• Double hypnotizes his neighbor along with Nandor, accidentally wiping the neighbor's complete memory. This is called "brain scramblies."
• Summons a pack of dogs to chase after his neighbor
• Hypnotizes someone into taking a leaflet
• Hypnotizes an entire town into forgetting vampires ever existed

• Turns into a bat and flies away
• Turns into a bat simultaneously with the others to fly out a bus and sit on the roof
• Turns back into human form from being a bat
• Enters a house as a bat and hypnotizes a subject, but shifts back into a bat when a woman enters with a broom and takes a beating that incapacitates him
• Tries to escape other vampires by turning into a bat, but is caught and thrown into the ground where he reverts to human form
• Can't explain where his clothes go when he transforms, and doesn't consider turning into a bat to take any skill at all as he demonstrates how to do it
• Mates while in bat form
• Once turned into a cat
• Turns into a bat and flies around a man's face
• Runs away at super speed and turns into a bat to escape a duel
• Hit by several speeding cars, juggled between them, and lands in fine enough condition to turn to a bat and chase an opponent
• Fights another vampire with both shifting in and out of bat form, at one point getting slapped into a power box and electrocuted but suffering no meaningful injury
• Tackles a man as a bat, sending him flying through the air as Laszlo transforms midair and bites the jogger's neck

• Turned a baby into a vampire 90 years previously
• Telekinetically summons a wheeled piece of furniture
• Fixes a jukebox with a wave of his hand
• Helps a volleyball team start winning games
• Impossibly good at shadow puppetry
• Races super fast across a bar and uses alcohol and a lighter to spit fire across the bar

Nadja

• Uses one hand to shove a man, sending him flying across a carnival stand and into its back wall

• Runs along a wall and pushes a vampire over, then a vampire throws her to the ground and she is apprehended
• Begins to burn from sunlight but is saved by the shade of an umbrella, then protected from it by reverting to bat form and staying in a covered box
• Endures the scalding pain of being inside a church and lighting aflame before leaving and later that night is still scarred
• Resists an empowered Collin Robinson's drain just enough to turn into a bat and escape him

• Blitzes a man from a distance away and flies him into the air without the man's girlfriend realizing it disemboweling the man with Laszlo and returning to his previous spot

• Floats outside a window
• Flies into the air and across rooftops

• Scales a sheer wall and discreetly photographs a man masturbating before he can catch her
• Runs along a wall and pushes a vampire over, then a vampire throws her to the ground and she is apprehended
• Considers herself an excellent crawler, and climbs up a wall and onto the ceiling with little effort
• Scales a brick wall and holds herself there without her legs

• Became a bat creature when she first turned Laszlo
• Turns back from a bat after flying up into the attic
• Turns into a bat simultaneously with the others to fly out of a bus and sit on the roof
• Flies up to someone as a bat and shifts back to human to sneak up on them
• Disappears from right in front of someone by turning to vapor
• Turns back into human form from being a bat
• Mates while in bat form
• Once turned into a cat

• Hypnotized Laszlo when he was a human
• Hypnotizes a man into remembering his past lives, causing him to cycle through several of them including one in which he was a horse
• Hypnotizes an attendant into revealing the password to unlock a door
• Hypnotizes her way into a party, then hypnotizes the same man later and he declares his love for her and she orders him to put his head in a toilet upstairs and flush it 7 times

• Hypnotized Laszlo when he was a human
• Telekinetically opens a door
• Cannot enter a car park until she has permission
• Eats a single kernel of popcorn, causing her to projectile vomit
• Sinks back into shadows and vanishes into a pile of rats
• Explains that drinking human blood makes vampires stronger and feel better
• Explains that every vampire has their own special power and does a flawless impression of a man
• Sings to Gregor, stirring him from pacification in a psych facility into escaping to come to her
• Would telekinetically pin a child to the ceiling for hours

Collin Robinson

• Explains how energy vampirism works, allowing him to drain energy through boring or frustrating others (even other vampires) and granting him exception to vampire's vulnerability to sunlight
• Nearly puts two teenagers to sleep, with Nandor saying the teens are drained of their nutritional value
• Refers to annoying an entire city council meeting as a "megafeed"
• Feeds off the discomfort of a man going crazy in public and intimates he is erect
• Drains a coworker so they start to fall asleep, then gets excited at a new hire because their energy might be "fresh"
• Duels Eve Russel, another energy vampire, and both float into the air as their duel flickers the lights
• Informs the other vampires that he is feeding on them
• Drains the others while they are trapped at the bottom of a well, and again when they are bats
• Feeds off energy from a couple's argument
• Drains a room of people watching TV, though they seem to regain strength soon after he is interrupted
• Eventually puts everyone in a room to sleep, and "overdid it" on one man, causing him to piss himself
• Drains people through the internet by trolling them
• When faced with a dangerous troll Collin bores it near to sleep until daybreak so it would turn into a statue, although it does manage to lunge out and grab him at the last moment

• Cannot turn into a bat
• Feels the Baron's "dark and angry" energy from rooms away
• Needs to be explicitly invited into an animal shelter even when it is open to the public
• Has a hard time draining Topher because he does not seem to get bored
• Isn't really sure if he is dead or not
• Says energy vampires have no issue entering places of worship and says they're often fertile feeding grounds, then demonstrates this when remaining unharmed inside a church next to the others

• Gains energy from laughter at his jokes during a presentation everyone is forced to listen to
• Drains a conference room and says he feels he has the power of 1,000 cowboys, then smashes a metallic trashcan flat
• Levitates a painting into the air
• Becomes "something new" when overfed, increasing his power so that he grows back his hair, drains people instantly with a phrase, finger guns, or a nod, instantly kills plants with a gesture, and can telekinetically rocket someone into a wall hard enough to dent it
• Turns the house against eachother, performing a "megadrain" that leaves them almost paralyzes, and also develops the ability to fly which he uses to swim through the air
• Drains the other vampires so severely it advances their age and nearly kills them
• Drinks with just his mind, and then refills the bottle
• Triplicates himself to block off Guillermo's exit, and then fakes his own death...although the death of his triplicates is apparently real

• Long distance driving with Autopilot on highways has been great.
• Superchargers work flawlessly.
• The acceleration is a lot of fun.
• The interior is still in really good condition, even though we have dogs.
• The build quality from the German factory is quite good. Of course, I would expect more from a car that expensive, but it's nowhere near as bad as what I've heard from other parts of the world.
• Service has been good so far, except that in my opinion, if I get the yearly inspection, their job is to clean the car, not mine. It seems like that doesn't apply to Tesla...
• The trunk space is really big, and having the possibility to make a pretty flat bed is awesome.
• The exterior design really grew on me. I now think it looks quite nice.
• The dog mode is really awesome and works well.
• I like the fancy windscreen wipers with the water nozzle inside of them, that's some awesome tech I have not seen before.

• The keyfob (which I bought for around $200) doesn't always work. A particularly bad example is when I park the car, get out, and come back to charge it. There's an 80% chance that it won't recognize the keyfob any more, so I have to press it manually.
• The navigation is okay, but I advise checking Google Maps for traffic.
• The car is very anxious. We have thin roads compared to the US, and I get screamed at by the Tesla at least once per drive because of oncoming traffic getting a little too close.
• ACC works kind of, it has gotten better, but it still makes a lot of very strange decisions. My old Golf had better ACC than this.
• ACC cannot be engaged while standing still (for example, at a red light). What is this nonsense?
• While in heavy traffic, it's not always possible to enable autosteer because you're going below the 30km/h limit. I don't understand why this is a thing.
• The car still does not use cameras to figure out the speed limit. It uses GPS data, which is correct around 90% of the time, but it's still absolutely annoying. Especially in a local town where I drive a lot, the whole town is seen at the wrong speed limit.
• Parking sensors seem to be optional. They sometimes beep, but I've had a few very near misses while parking, with them doing exactly nothing.
• Automatic parking has gotten better, but I still feel like the biggest tool when using it. My old Golf had better and quicker parking than a 2022 MYP.
• Why is there still nothing like birds eye view?
• The towing hitch is good, but opening that plastic cover to get it installed makes it really obvious how cheap the car actually is.
• The entertainment system thinks it knows what I want. For example, when I was listening to heavy loud music yesterday on my way home, it assumes I want the exact same thing today in the morning before my first coffee. I switched over to Bluetooth, and now I have no more issues.
• There's still no audible in Tesla. We got this car explicitly because of its longer range than our older car, but it can't entertain me. (Yes, I switched to Bluetooth, but I'm still annoyed.)
• On the topic of Bluetooth, there's significant delay (around 3-4 seconds). This is because of quality and buffering, I presume. However, it also breaks the possibility of using the car as an audio system for watching YouTube on my phone (not while driving, obviously).
• The software is inconsistent. Autopilot is not allowed to set the speed limit, but sometimes it does...
• Autopilot on the highway, as stated, is awesome, but it has twice tried to make me exit the highway at random. And no, it's not allowed to do that. Once again, the software is inconsistent.
• The mobile app doesn't work well. Want to start charging? Tough luck. Want to move the car forward or backward? Do it yourself.
• The turning circle is horrendous. Huge car, difficult to maneuver, no real parking assists? Feels like a bus
• The missing buttons are frustrating. Why is there no ACC reset? Why nothing for the wipers? Why don't the blinkers work when the entertainment system is rebooting? There are so many questions.
• And another thing, the blinkers have a very difficult touch point for me. Usually they either don't turn on at all, or go to blink forever mode which sadly fails to recognise most roundabout exits.
• The lights are a scam. In all my previous cars, I was able to drive in most conditions without needing high beams. With Tesla at night, it's always necessary.
• On the topic of high beams, going through a village? Everyone will enjoy some free lighting because the high beam automatics mostly don't recognize villages.
• The ride itself is horrible. Who cleared these super hard shocks? What the actual f*?
• The doors freeze in winter. Obviously, that happens with all cars, but with my other cars, I could just force open the door. (yeah yeah defrost using the app, no thanks)
• The automatic windscreen wiping is a joke.
• In general, the car feels bad in the winter. It doesn't feel like it was ever really tested in the cold.
• While on the topic of not testing, the Swiss Alps roads are a huge challenge for Tesla. It screams a lot.
• Where is my display in front of the driver? Or a hud? I still never got used to the lack of both. Have had slight mishaps on the road because I was trying to figure out my speed

• What's with the waving at other Tesla drivers? I do it on my motorbike, but cars?
• The sunroof. I get it, I don't have to look through it. But I'd like the option to close it.
• Why is there an update to add Mahjongg, but basic features don't work?
• I've curbed all the wheels multiple times. This is more of a driver issue than an issue with the car, but whatever.

Venue Weekend Schedules

• Thu, May 25 at 8:00 p.m. - The Cook Up
• Sat, May 27 at 7:30 p.m. - Narrow Head / Graham Hunt / Fake Eyes
• Sat, May 27 at 10:00 p.m. - The Gemini Bash Feat: Ver / Black As The Cosmos / Gemynii / Femi Th Femme
• Sun, May 28 at 8:00 p.m. - Summer In Tha Carolinas Preshow

• Thu, May 25 at 9:00 p.m. - Below Decks: Jermainia / DJ Bosslady / DJ Eleven12
• Fri, May 26 at 9:00 p.m. - Undrgrnd Presents: Criso / Analog Future / Craeons / Apah
• Sat, May 27 at 8:00 p.m. - HAC The System Dance Party
• Sun, May 28 at 7:30 p.m. - Zelda

• Fri, May 26 at 6:00 p.m. - Jess Klein Trio (filling in for The Duke Street Dogs)
• Fri, May 26 at 9:15 p.m. - Sayer McShane
• Sat, May 27 at 7:30 p.m. - The Mighty Messengers of Soul

• Thursdays - Free Board Games
• Thu, May 25 at 7:00 p.m. - Trivia
• Fri, May 26 at 8:00 p.m. - 4th Friday Blues Night with Live Music! (lesson at 7:30 p.m.)
• Sat, May 27 at 8:00 p.m. - CoLab On Fire
• Sun, May 21 at 6:30 p.m. - Moon Dog Open Mic

• Fri, May 26 at 8:00 p.m. - Lovell Bradford Quartet
• Sat, May 27 at 8:00 p.m. - Geoff Clapp Trio
• $27.55

• Thu, May 25 -The Deneckes and Tarot with Virginia
• Fri, May 26 - Ben Lassiter Trio and Tarot with Rene
• Sat, May 27 - Patrick McGrew Trio and Tarot with Joy
• Sun, May 28 - Eric Lee Hardt and friends feat. Adriana Walsh and Tarot with Rene

• Thu, May 26 at 7:30 p.m. - XOXOK
• Thu, May 26 at 10:00 p.m. - Gay Agenda Presents: Last Friday
• Fri, May 27 at 9:00 p.m. - Blind Tigers Live Band Karaoke: 80s Mix
• Sat, May 28 at 8:00 p.m. - Slow Teeth with 1970s Film Stock

• Thu, May 25
  • 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Food Truck: El Jefecito
  • 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Thursday Trivia with Nick
• Fri, May 26
  • 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Food Truck: Tacos Paradise
  • 8:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. - Open Mic Stand-up Comedy
• Sat, May 27
  • 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Food Truck: Tacos Mama Chava
  • 4:00 p.m - 8:00 p.m. - The Blood Connection
• Sun, May 28
  • 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Hammered Trivia with Thor

• Thu, May 25 at 7:30 p.m. Bulldog Ensemble Theater presents: Single Black Female - A fast and funny look at the lives of single Black women, as they navigate love, success, and stereotypes.
• Fri, May 26 at 7:30 p.m. Bulldog Ensemble Theater presents: Single Black Female
• Fri, May 26 at 9:00 p.m. Well Seasoned
• Sat, May 27 at 2:00 p.m. Bulldog Ensemble Theater presents: Single Black Female
• Sat, May 27 at 7:30 p.m. Bulldog Ensemble Theater presents: Single Black Female
• Sat, May 27 at 9:00 p.m. Golden Age
• Sun, May 28 at 2:00 p.m. Bulldog Ensemble Theater presents: Single Black Female

• Thu, May 25 from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Live Music: Shrub(b)
• Fri, May 26 from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. - Friday Night Live: Still Rise
• Sat, May 27 from 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. - Fitness Pop-Up: TITLE Boxing Club
• Sat, May 27 from 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. - Saturdaze: DJ Damu
• Sat, May 27 from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Live DJ: Selector B Steady

• Thu, May 25 from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Beer Garden Jam Sessions
• Every Friday from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - RTP Food Truck Fridays
• Sat, May 27 from 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Team On Draft Bike MS Fundraiser Night
• Sat, May 27 from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Beer Garden Jam Sessions

• Thu, May 25 from 7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - Live Music in the Taproom
• May 26-28 from 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Weekend Food Trucks

Multi-Day Event

• Following the American Civil War, a “Decoration Day” began in communities across America remembering soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Senator John A. Logan, a former Union officer on staff with Major General William T. Sherman, was instrumental in making this a formal national day honoring our fallen soldiers, which became Memorial Day. Join military historians representing the American soldier of all time periods throughout our nation's history.
• Sat, May 27 from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• Sun, May 28 from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
• $3 for adults, $2 for children 5-16
• Children under 5, veterans and active service personnel are free

Local Sports

• The 2023 ACC Baseball Championship will again feature 12 teams in a pool play format leading into a four-team, single-elimination bracket to determine the league champion.
• Today - May 28

• vs Houston Havoc
• Fri, May 26 at 7:00 p.m.
• $12 (free age 12 and under)

Thursday, May 25

• Featuring 40+ vendors, entertainment, interactive stations to celebrate the spring season, games, a bar provided by Mellow Mushroom, and surrounding eateries within the American Tobacco Campus!
• 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
• Free admission

• Each month Dashi's Thirsty Thursday drink specials revolve around a monthly theme – spirits, cocktails, special ingredients, brand, location, etc. – with new sips every Thursday. Learn more about upcoming themes on their website or visit them in person – there's always something new to try from their expansive bar!
• 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

• Our natural environment provides us with many of the resources we need to live and thrive, but for many people, access to healthy outdoor spaces is limited. Join attorney and conservation professional Mavis Gragg, Farm Aid program director Shorlette Ammons, Ebony Anglers founder Gia Peebles and artist Stacy Lynn Waddell for a conversation about accessibility, ownership and our relationship with the natural world. This event is inspired by the exhibition Spirit in the Land.
• 5:45 p.m. - lecture hall doors open
• 6:00 p.m. - panel discussion
• 7:30 p.m. - cash bar and reception
• Free admission

• Enjoy fresh vibes on the patio with DJ Deckades. Bring your own vinyl to share or just listen to what the DJ is spinning.
• 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
• Free admission

• Show up and climb at TRC Durham, then head over to Hi-Wire for some brews. Don't worry if it's your first time or haven't bouldered before; everyone's welcome.
• Your first visit to the gym with the Meetup includes free admission and gear rental, and subsequent visits with the meetup are $15 and include harness rental (outside of meetups, day pass rates of $19 apply and do not include rentals).
• 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

• Join Clouds Durham for Big Slow Tom's Trivia Night, every Thursday. Win some prizes, drink some beer, and show your smarts.
• Enjoy $4 select draft and $5 rotating bartender's choice all night.
• 7:30 p.m.
• Free admission

Friday, May 26

• Every Friday morning at 10 am, Counter Culture Coffee opens their Training Centers to coffee lovers who want to learn more about Counter Culture Coffee’s high-quality, sustainably sourced menu.
• 10:00 a.m.
• Free, but donations accepted

• What's better than the cello suites of J.S. Bach? The cello suites accompanied by a laser show. Join Mallarme Music as cellist Bonnie Thron and marimbist Juan Alamo perform Suites 1 and 2 with lasers provided by Salty Robot Productions.
• 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
• $10-30

Saturday, May 27

• The Durham Farmers’ Market offers locally grown fruits and vegetables, meats, eggs, cut flowers, artisanal cheeses and breads, home-baked pies, honey, handmade chocolates, preserves, local wines, handmade soaps, fresh pasta, and artwork of all sorts!
• 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
• Free admission

• The market strives to support new and growing farms and vendors in the greater Durham area, and they are also home to some of the most iconic Durham brands around.
• 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
• Free admission

• A free, fun, and friendly weekly 5k community event. Walk, jog, run, volunteer, or spectate. It's up to you!
• 8:00 a.m.
• Free admission

• APS heads back to Duke’s East Campus for their annual Walk for the Animals, a 1.5-mile charity walk around Duke University’s East Campus to raise money and awareness for homeless and neglected pets throughout the Durham community.
• More than 500 Triangle residents participate in the Walk for the Animals each year. Proceeds raised at the Walk will benefit APS of Durham and its work care for more than 5,000 animals who rely on the organization’s services yearly. Participants can register as individuals or as a team – recruiting friends, family, and coworkers to join. Registration is available online through our Walk webpage.
• 10:00 a.m.
• $40 adults, $15 kids

• Live music, apple pie eating contest, bouncy house, yard games, slip 'n slide, splash pad for kids, and food trucks.
• 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• Veterans and active service members admitted free with ID. Guests under 21 get in free.
• $20, $10 in advance (includes first cocktail)

• Free pint with purchase of craft box. Choose from a variety of craft packages available for all ages.
• 12:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

• Seafood, Mexican, BBQ, Jamaican, Dominican, pineapple smoothies, italian ice, and more delicious goodness.
• 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
• Free admission

Sunday, May 28

• Al Strong, the Grammy-nominated jazz trumpeter, composer and recording artist, will bring a rotating lineup of musicians to perform during Sunday brunch at Durham's Alley Twenty Six. Weather permitting the band will perform in the bar’s namesake alley.
• Brunch from 10:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
• Music 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

• Learn about the history, architecture, and life of Duke Chapel in this tour, which is free and open to the public. The tour begins at 12:15 p.m., or immediately following the conclusion of the Sunday morning service, and lasts approximately forty-five minutes.
• No reservation is required but if you plan to bring a large group please notify us in advance. Meet the docent on the front steps of the Chapel.
• Paid parking is available on a first come, first served basis in the Bryan Center Parking Lot at 125 Science Drive. ADA parking is available in the Bryan Center Surface Lot at the same address.
• 12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

• Hosted by the Triangle’s Trivia team, Hammered Trivia, gather your team and post up to compete for prizes and enjoy an afternoon of great drinks, great friends, and great games.
• 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• Free admission

Running Art Exhibits

• A visual archive of Black women in pin up.
• Wed-Sat from 12:00 p.m - 6:00 p.m.
• Runs through May 27

• Whitney Stanley: We Just Be in the Vault Gallery
  • Runs through May 2023
• Truth or Dare: A Reality Show
  • Runs through March 2024
• Open 24 hours
• Free admission

• This exhibit highlights several NC-based artists that, on the surface, use colors that are “extra” (which is where their commonality ends) to evoke their intent through a combination of this color with forms and imagery as well as the concepts embedded in color’s many identities. Artists Jane Cheek, Jerstin Crosby, Zach Storm, Tonya Solley Thornton and Leif Zikade all require color to play a primary role in their work and their relationship to an audience.
• Mon–Sat from 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. and Sun from 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• Runs through June 4
• Free admission

• 5 Points Gallery in downtown Durham introduces a new exhibit featuring the work of our member artist, Donna Stubbs. Donna uses an archaeological approach to painting, as she lovingly photographs her surroundings and unearths discarded items in thrift stores to create abstract mixed media works.
• Free admission

• An exhibition featuring both abstract and figurative works by two artists with international backgrounds. The SEQUENTIAL exhibition invites the observer on a visual journey, generating an organic relationship between the artworks and the gallery's visitors. Through the dynamics of color, form, ideas, and narratives, Chieko Murasugi and Renzo Ortega seek to generate a dialogue and the experience of art appreciation with the audience.
• Sat, May 20 at 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - opening reception
• Runs through July 8

• Spirit in the Land is a contemporary art exhibition that examines today’s urgent ecological concerns from a cultural perspective, demonstrating how intricately our identities and natural environments are intertwined. Through their artwork, 30 artists show us how rooted in the earth our most cherished cultural traditions are, how our relationship to land and water shapes us as individuals and communities
• Tue-Fri from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sun from 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
• Runs through Jul 9
• Free admission

• Andy Warhol: You Look Good in Pictures explores the breadth of the artist’s relationship with photography through several distinct bodies of work including screenprints of celebrities, all of which were taken from photographs, a group of Polaroids and black and white snapshots illustrating his social circles, and an early silent film of the curator Henry Geldzahler from 1964.
• Tue-Fri from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sun from 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
• Runs through Aug 27
• Free admission

• This gallery features ceramics, textiles, metalwork and carvings produced by ancient cultures across what is known as present-day Peru.
• Tue-Fri from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sun from 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
• Runs through Dec 2
• Free admission