My mom made dinner tonight at 8pm. She had made dinner so late because I told her I wasn't hungry until the evening. I wasn't hungry yet because I woke up in the afternoon. I woke up so late because I was up all night playing video games with my friends. I was playing video games because I had already finished my homework. I had finished my homework because I hadn't procrastinated that day. I hadn't procrastinated because my best friend convinced me to get my work done. She convinced me to do so because she personally was procrastinating doing her physics homework. She was procrastinating because she didn't like her classes. She doesn't like her classes because they are uninteresting to her. They are uninteresting to her because she would rather take art classes than physics classes. She would rather take art classes because she has been drawing for a few years. She has been drawing for a few years because I suggested she treat art as a passion. I suggested this because we were both taking an art class and her drawing was much better than mine. Hers was better than mine because I hadn't been paying attention in school at the time. I wasn't paying attention because I was busy talking to my other friends about TV. I was talking to my other friends because I had just watched the latest episode of Pretty Little Liars the night before. I had just watched it because my mom recommended it to me. She recommended it to me because she knew I liked dramas. I liked dramas because I was interested in fictional stories. I was interested in fictional stories because I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a writer because I was very creative as a kid. I was very creative because my aunt had encouraged me to write her stories. She encouraged me to write her stories because I wrote her one about Super Mario Bros. I wrote one about Super Mario Bros. because I had just played the latest Mario game. I had just played that game because my mom had gotten it for me. She had gotten it for me because she often got Mario games for my brother. She bought these games for my brother because he liked playing Nintendo games. He liked playing those games because his friends did too. His friends played them because they were extremely popular at the time. They were so popular because Nintendo was getting lots of publicity. Nintendo was getting publicity because their newest console was selling very well. Their new console was selling well because it appealed to lots of families. It appealed to families because of the simplicity of the console. It was so simple because Nintendo's previous console was too complex. It was too complex because they were trying to compete with the Playstation. They were trying to compete because the Playstation was massively successful. The Playstation was successful because their marketing was more effective.
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Good work with this. You showed some excellent small points from your past that shaped your chosen moment. I look forward to reading your writing later in the semester.