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Periodic breakdown.


DOES ANYTHING REALLY MATTER? Yeah, all of it, actually. The universe in its entirety is made of matter. Everything near, far and in between is made of the stuff, even the dark, empty spaces (which is most of it). Break down matter as far as you can go and you get elements. There's 116 of them that are currently known although only a handful make up you and everything around you. Most people have a passing familiarity with the elements in their listed form as the Periodic Table. Your eyes may have glazed glaze  
n.
1. A thin smooth shiny coating.

2. A thin glassy coating of ice.

3.
a. A coating of colored, opaque, or transparent material applied to ceramics before firing.

b.
 over learning about them in class, but make no mistake, you were clowning yourself because that list of ingredients is you. Throw together the right amounts of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen (and a smattering of other elements), and you've got a breathing, walking, talking skate rat who researches hip-hop feuds online and is afraid of vert ramps A vert ramp is a form of half-pipe used in "extreme sports" such as skateboarding.

Another form of half-pipe is the mini ramp.

Vert ramps are so named because they transition from a horizontal plane (known as the flat-bottom) to a vertical wall.
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Chemical gasses as old as time became solid elements after being forged in the nuclear furnaces of long-gone stars. They were then belched out into the universe when the stars expired. Untold ages later they coalesced co·a·lesce  
intr.v. co·a·lesced, co·a·lesc·ing, co·a·lesc·es
1. To grow together; fuse.

2. To come together so as to form one whole; unite:
 into our own solar system solar system, the sun and the surrounding planets, natural satellites, dwarf planets, asteroids, meteoroids, and comets that are bound by its gravity. The sun is by far the most massive part of the solar system, containing almost 99.9% of the system's total mass.  forming our Sun, Earth, oceans, mountains, griptape with holes in it and, eventually, Bam Margera's Right Guard contract. We are literally star dust. The iron in our bloodstream, the calcium in our teeth, the methane in our farts--all of it came from ancient stars.

Skating has its own set of periodic building blocks that comprise the whole. From the first frontside carve to the next Danny Way Danny Way (born April 15, 1974 in Portland, Oregon) is a professional skateboarder. He rode for Powell Peralta in the late 1980s. He was featured, with Chet Thomas, in very short segment in the Powell video "Public Domain.  mind-bender--they all are crucial components of skateboarding skateboarding

Form of recreation, popular among youths, in which a person rides standing balanced on a small board mounted on wheels. The skateboard first appeared in the early 1960s on paved areas along California beaches as a makeshift diversion for surfers when the ocean
 that directly affect you every time you ride, whether you acknowledge it or not.

Above is a partial list of some of those, from old to young, who have contributed new elements to the fire ...
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