wicked cool
I haven't posted in so long that I can't even recount all of what I did. I went to Providence's prom last Saturday and that was pretty sweet. I really want to post some pictures, but I do not have a lot of them (such as my date. I don't have one of her). Here are a couple though:
This is before I headed out to meet all those cool cats at Providence.
Hey, it's Kelly (right) my good friend who invited me and her super cool, and quite beautiful, friend Jessie.
Our limo made everyone jealous. Totally the coolest car uptown that night.
The inside of the limo. That's half the bar. The ceiling was probably the coolest part though, with its glass lake with fiberoptic lights.
Post prom fun in the limo. That green thing was a pillow in the limo that glowed and changed colors. Green was just its current one.
Other than that, I have had an incredibly busy week. Just...school work in general. ESPECIALLY history and chemistry. Mainly chemistry. Hedrick has given me so much out of class work (in the form of AP practice tests) that I guess I should probably do some of them. They're difficult, not undoable, but require an amount of cognition that is normally unattainable towards the mid afternoon. I will be out of school for nine days in the next three weeks due to IB and AP testing. IB tests take two days and have at least two papers to complete. Fun stuff.
Tennis practice has worn me down a bit, and that brings us to the highlight of my week. Our match against South Meck last night. We are now 3-3 in the conference thanks to a close win last night. Curse Weddington. Conference was way tough enough without them. Top teams are Providence, Myers Park, Weddington, East Meck (us). Anyone else is irrelevant really. I hear that Sheehan and Braxton are playing doubles for Providence which means they'll take a serious run at State's. It also means I will die. I play doubles for East in the Conference Tournament. Anyway, last night was our last regular season match, and it was home. Drew dedicated the match to the team and to Aswin and I and told us to enjoy it. The match was long and grueling. I lost the first set 1-6 and I'm very sorry that Leigh Ann and Cameron got to see that. But I pulled back (after they left) 7-5 in the second and 6-4 in the third. My opponent made it clear he preferred a ground-based assault from the baseline so I pushed him the last two sets just to piss him off. It worked and I won. Drew and Prashanthe won as well, so we went into doubles tied 3-3. We needed two wins to take the match, and we desperately needed the match. I wanted it with an intensity that I have not played with in a long time. Drew and Tyler lost their doubles, so it was down to the last two teams to win it. It dragged out. Scott and Brett persevered and won 10-5. Down to Bart and me. We won 8, then 9, now it was my serve. 15-0, 30-0, 40-0, game on a long backhand. We won our match. East won its match. I can't describe the feeling. It was the best way to end a career, with the game winner after an incredibly tough come-from-behind to even make the win possible. I feel like I took the team on my shoulders for the most significant match this year, for me at least, and that feels great. I actually felt like the leader I've been trying to be all year.
Oh yea, and I got confirmed the morning after Prom.
Yuuup, totally went to confirmation in my prom tux. I was in that sucker for almost 12 hours. This is my church mom, Beth who was incredibly happy that morning.
This is Bishop Gary Gloster, the guy who confirmed me. He's a clown in his spare time and he put clown noses on the deacon and the two pastors during the service. What a guy.
Ok, now for a random picture that I found while looking for all of those.
This is my friend Charlie Brown. Actually, it's my friend Derek, but he's cool too.
Hooray for Heather! I love that chica. Here we were just hangin out in a Super Wal-Mart parking lot.
Oh yea, and this is Hilary. Ain't she pretty?
This is before I headed out to meet all those cool cats at Providence.
Hey, it's Kelly (right) my good friend who invited me and her super cool, and quite beautiful, friend Jessie.
Our limo made everyone jealous. Totally the coolest car uptown that night.
The inside of the limo. That's half the bar. The ceiling was probably the coolest part though, with its glass lake with fiberoptic lights.
Post prom fun in the limo. That green thing was a pillow in the limo that glowed and changed colors. Green was just its current one.
Other than that, I have had an incredibly busy week. Just...school work in general. ESPECIALLY history and chemistry. Mainly chemistry. Hedrick has given me so much out of class work (in the form of AP practice tests) that I guess I should probably do some of them. They're difficult, not undoable, but require an amount of cognition that is normally unattainable towards the mid afternoon. I will be out of school for nine days in the next three weeks due to IB and AP testing. IB tests take two days and have at least two papers to complete. Fun stuff.
Tennis practice has worn me down a bit, and that brings us to the highlight of my week. Our match against South Meck last night. We are now 3-3 in the conference thanks to a close win last night. Curse Weddington. Conference was way tough enough without them. Top teams are Providence, Myers Park, Weddington, East Meck (us). Anyone else is irrelevant really. I hear that Sheehan and Braxton are playing doubles for Providence which means they'll take a serious run at State's. It also means I will die. I play doubles for East in the Conference Tournament. Anyway, last night was our last regular season match, and it was home. Drew dedicated the match to the team and to Aswin and I and told us to enjoy it. The match was long and grueling. I lost the first set 1-6 and I'm very sorry that Leigh Ann and Cameron got to see that. But I pulled back (after they left) 7-5 in the second and 6-4 in the third. My opponent made it clear he preferred a ground-based assault from the baseline so I pushed him the last two sets just to piss him off. It worked and I won. Drew and Prashanthe won as well, so we went into doubles tied 3-3. We needed two wins to take the match, and we desperately needed the match. I wanted it with an intensity that I have not played with in a long time. Drew and Tyler lost their doubles, so it was down to the last two teams to win it. It dragged out. Scott and Brett persevered and won 10-5. Down to Bart and me. We won 8, then 9, now it was my serve. 15-0, 30-0, 40-0, game on a long backhand. We won our match. East won its match. I can't describe the feeling. It was the best way to end a career, with the game winner after an incredibly tough come-from-behind to even make the win possible. I feel like I took the team on my shoulders for the most significant match this year, for me at least, and that feels great. I actually felt like the leader I've been trying to be all year.
Oh yea, and I got confirmed the morning after Prom.
Yuuup, totally went to confirmation in my prom tux. I was in that sucker for almost 12 hours. This is my church mom, Beth who was incredibly happy that morning.
This is Bishop Gary Gloster, the guy who confirmed me. He's a clown in his spare time and he put clown noses on the deacon and the two pastors during the service. What a guy.
Ok, now for a random picture that I found while looking for all of those.
This is my friend Charlie Brown. Actually, it's my friend Derek, but he's cool too.
Hooray for Heather! I love that chica. Here we were just hangin out in a Super Wal-Mart parking lot.
Oh yea, and this is Hilary. Ain't she pretty?