But it was not your fault, but mine; and it was your heart on the line...
...I really fucked it up this time, didn't I, my dear?
Anyone else like Mumford & Sons? I just started listening to them, courtesy of a friend from Australia. And I've fallen in love with Little Lion Man. That should be in quotations. "Little Lion Man"... there.
So. I haven't posted in a while. So?
Yesterday, we had the semifinals for the CW Quizbusters (academic team quiz bowl sort of thing). The final four were University School of Nashville, Hume-Fogg, and Ezell-Harding. Which are all insanely good private schools in the state. And then there was us, awkward, unwieldy, and public. So I didn't expect that we'd do very well, and we didn't. I mean, I guess we did alright, but we didn't win... I'm a slacker, but I'm hyper competitive. Unless it's speech, where I just go for fun, cos I suck massively. Anywho. We played Ezell Harding, and we were in the lead for the first two rounds and we tied in the third round. Except there was a challenge so we had to wait ten minutes to see if we had tied or lost. Waiting sucks. We tied... And they killed us in the tie-breaker. And I felt sad... I shouldn't. Because we never practice and we tied with an amazing school. But there were so many what ifs and... I'll stop whining. Anyway, we got fourth place out of I don't know how many (we beat Martin Luther King Magnet School, which was pretty sweet) and earned $5K for our school. I think it's going for Mu Alpha Theta. I am a shameless dork. It is true.
I angsted during the academic team competition. Being the only girl on a team can be dull, especially if the rest talk about video games all the time (I swear I'm not exaggerating). I maybe exchanged a hundred words with them the entire day, even when we all sat together eating ice cream. If I'm a dork, they're ten times worse. They plan on getting a giant television on the ceilings above their beds (I'm hoping they're not sharing one bed) so they can play video games without having to get out of bed.
If I see a guy wearing a suit, I will have to physically restrain myself from hugging him. Weird, but true. The speech tournament this weekend is going to be awkward. But I'm really excited about it.
So my dad blew up at my mom last night. Not sure about what or why... But he yelled and she yelled and it was splendid. Not really. It made me cry. I know a lot of people have it worse and I should be lucky to have my parents together, but that doesn't stop it from sucking.
Sigh. I don't know if they're talking or not. My mom's spent a week without talking to my dad. Yay family!
I have an essay due tomorrow. My play: Waiting for Godot. My prompt: Uh... Something about dialogue in plays. What I have so far: Reading Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is confusing, befitting
And it stops there. I'm such a procrastinator. I have history and more English after that.
Also, I'm doing the short story competition for NaNo community on LJ, which is due tomorrow, which I haven't started yet. Hum.
But I'm happy. I have new music. Parlez Vous Francais & Little Lion Man & This Is Such A Pity & Juicebox & Love Will Tear Us Apart & Hatefuck & Sexx Laws & Good Ol' Fashioned Nightmare & Dominos & Mardy Bum & Quiet Little Voices & One Month Off & Son's Gonna Rise & Paris Is Burning & Strangers
Not all new music, but new to me. So same difference.
Anyone else like Mumford & Sons? I just started listening to them, courtesy of a friend from Australia. And I've fallen in love with Little Lion Man. That should be in quotations. "Little Lion Man"... there.
So. I haven't posted in a while. So?
Yesterday, we had the semifinals for the CW Quizbusters (academic team quiz bowl sort of thing). The final four were University School of Nashville, Hume-Fogg, and Ezell-Harding. Which are all insanely good private schools in the state. And then there was us, awkward, unwieldy, and public. So I didn't expect that we'd do very well, and we didn't. I mean, I guess we did alright, but we didn't win... I'm a slacker, but I'm hyper competitive. Unless it's speech, where I just go for fun, cos I suck massively. Anywho. We played Ezell Harding, and we were in the lead for the first two rounds and we tied in the third round. Except there was a challenge so we had to wait ten minutes to see if we had tied or lost. Waiting sucks. We tied... And they killed us in the tie-breaker. And I felt sad... I shouldn't. Because we never practice and we tied with an amazing school. But there were so many what ifs and... I'll stop whining. Anyway, we got fourth place out of I don't know how many (we beat Martin Luther King Magnet School, which was pretty sweet) and earned $5K for our school. I think it's going for Mu Alpha Theta. I am a shameless dork. It is true.
I angsted during the academic team competition. Being the only girl on a team can be dull, especially if the rest talk about video games all the time (I swear I'm not exaggerating). I maybe exchanged a hundred words with them the entire day, even when we all sat together eating ice cream. If I'm a dork, they're ten times worse. They plan on getting a giant television on the ceilings above their beds (I'm hoping they're not sharing one bed) so they can play video games without having to get out of bed.
If I see a guy wearing a suit, I will have to physically restrain myself from hugging him. Weird, but true. The speech tournament this weekend is going to be awkward. But I'm really excited about it.
So my dad blew up at my mom last night. Not sure about what or why... But he yelled and she yelled and it was splendid. Not really. It made me cry. I know a lot of people have it worse and I should be lucky to have my parents together, but that doesn't stop it from sucking.
Sigh. I don't know if they're talking or not. My mom's spent a week without talking to my dad. Yay family!
I have an essay due tomorrow. My play: Waiting for Godot. My prompt: Uh... Something about dialogue in plays. What I have so far: Reading Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is confusing, befitting
And it stops there. I'm such a procrastinator. I have history and more English after that.
Also, I'm doing the short story competition for NaNo community on LJ, which is due tomorrow, which I haven't started yet. Hum.
But I'm happy. I have new music. Parlez Vous Francais & Little Lion Man & This Is Such A Pity & Juicebox & Love Will Tear Us Apart & Hatefuck & Sexx Laws & Good Ol' Fashioned Nightmare & Dominos & Mardy Bum & Quiet Little Voices & One Month Off & Son's Gonna Rise & Paris Is Burning & Strangers
Not all new music, but new to me. So same difference.