another cross country post
All hail Andrew Gandee. I watched the cross country DVD earlier (thanks to Drew, because he gave me his), and I've got to hand it to "little Gandee," as I used to call him before I could remember his name. While it may not be the best quality, I think it's hilarious and he did a great job. So everyone pay him $5 and get one. Everything is on it: meets, senior interviews (Jordan, you were an excellent . . . interviewer), Matt and Michael's video (the Feb part was great), the port-a-potty thing, lip sync, and maybe something else I'm forgetting. Oh well.
Now comes the sad, depressing part. It really hit me for the first time while I was watching Gandrew's work of art: I'm never going to camp again. I'm never going to race at Shelby Farms again. No more TN Classic, no more Moulton, no more lip sync, or hearing the guys go crazy for Mr. Bish Boulevard. No more dunking each other in the creek at Virginia Creeper, and no more running at Fire Tower in the rain. Needless to say, I about broke down and bawled. I miss it more than I can say, even now. It hurts. I'll miss all the guys being crazy on trips, and laughing at them, and I'll miss dancing in our dorm rooms at camp when we should be asleep. I'm so bad at accepting change. Probably because moving was the first big change in my life, and it wasn't a good experience, to say the least. But I don't know how to fix that, or if it's even possible.
On to more prosaic topics. I have a test in every class before exams next Wednesday. Yuck. I hope I don't fall asleep during Progressive Dinner. And I hope that my dress will stay up . . . . I also need to write a 1,200 words or less essay for my application to Rhodes. Should I talk about
1) "Describe a significant person or experience that has had a profound effect on your life and describe that effect."
2) "What risk have you taken in life? That were the circumstances and the results? How have you benefited from risk-taking?"
3) "Describe an ethical dilemma you have faced and how you chose to deal with it."
4) "Provide a favorite movie quote and explain how the quote is personally meaningful to you."
Blah, all of them. I should take the quote from the first Matrix movie where Agent Smith declares that humans are parasites. Or, from Aliens, where the guy says, "We're all gonna die, man!" Then I could write this great essay about how that quote pertains to Lent and how we should all think more often about the mortality of man. Blah, again. I don't know if I would pick that essay. I do know that I need to go study for speech. We have a test tomorrow about how to speak. How to open your mouth, breathe in, and push air out of your lungs across your vocal folds to make sound.
Friday!!!! Ocean's 12 comes out! Woo hoo for Brad Pitt and Matt Damon.
Now comes the sad, depressing part. It really hit me for the first time while I was watching Gandrew's work of art: I'm never going to camp again. I'm never going to race at Shelby Farms again. No more TN Classic, no more Moulton, no more lip sync, or hearing the guys go crazy for Mr. Bish Boulevard. No more dunking each other in the creek at Virginia Creeper, and no more running at Fire Tower in the rain. Needless to say, I about broke down and bawled. I miss it more than I can say, even now. It hurts. I'll miss all the guys being crazy on trips, and laughing at them, and I'll miss dancing in our dorm rooms at camp when we should be asleep. I'm so bad at accepting change. Probably because moving was the first big change in my life, and it wasn't a good experience, to say the least. But I don't know how to fix that, or if it's even possible.
On to more prosaic topics. I have a test in every class before exams next Wednesday. Yuck. I hope I don't fall asleep during Progressive Dinner. And I hope that my dress will stay up . . . . I also need to write a 1,200 words or less essay for my application to Rhodes. Should I talk about
1) "Describe a significant person or experience that has had a profound effect on your life and describe that effect."
2) "What risk have you taken in life? That were the circumstances and the results? How have you benefited from risk-taking?"
3) "Describe an ethical dilemma you have faced and how you chose to deal with it."
4) "Provide a favorite movie quote and explain how the quote is personally meaningful to you."
Blah, all of them. I should take the quote from the first Matrix movie where Agent Smith declares that humans are parasites. Or, from Aliens, where the guy says, "We're all gonna die, man!" Then I could write this great essay about how that quote pertains to Lent and how we should all think more often about the mortality of man. Blah, again. I don't know if I would pick that essay. I do know that I need to go study for speech. We have a test tomorrow about how to speak. How to open your mouth, breathe in, and push air out of your lungs across your vocal folds to make sound.
Friday!!!! Ocean's 12 comes out! Woo hoo for Brad Pitt and Matt Damon.