Just because I know I have to throw it in, I’m going to Stanford. Moving on, I’ve re-developed my obsession for You Don’t Know Jack. Back in the day, Jellyvision made a video game of full length trivia games. Well, apparently it wasn’t profitable enough to keep up, so they took a break, and have […]
It’s amazing how you can be so set on something, and have thought you thought out everything, but have that change in an instant. University of Texas at Austin: Accept. Turing Scholars: Accept. Dean’s Scholar: Accept.Carnegie Mellon University: Accept.Harvard College: Reject.Brown University: Accept.Stanford University: Accept.I was so freaking sure that I would end up at […]
Of course, break is over, and it was back to school today. Which was an extremely dissatisfying feeling.The pattern for breaks is quite amazing: the week before, we’re ridiculously anxious for it, making it a really painful week. The week of, we kick back and have a blast. We’re supposed to use it to gather […]
So we had the Texas State Academic Decathlon competition this past weekend, and it was quite a success. We ended up 3rd in the large school division, and 4th overall, netting each one of us a nice little batch of scholarship money. Hans wiped the floor on the objective tests, but only ended up 3rd […]
Played a concert tonight for band. It’s a little surprising to me how tiring it is to play well.I’ve always prided myself on my endurance on tuba. I ‘member freshmen year, summer band on trumpet, and for 2-3 days, I was pretty sure my lips were going to fall off, we were playing so much. […]
No, I don’t keep a “diary”.“Journal” sounds more manly, I think.I’ve recently turned back to writing in my journal. From what I recollect, I had stopped writing it in consistently when I jumped over into writing this blog. I figured that a lot of the same stuff crossed over, so might as well not waste […]
So we had our regional contest this past weekend, and Taylor did an amazing job. We got lots of individual medals, and came away with 1st in region and 1st in superquiz after a pretty amazing bout on the relay. We did well.Unfortunately, that’s just one step. I normally try to avoid this, but I’ve […]
Because I know some of you are extremely curious, I got deferred from Harvard. So I’m wondering why more kids aren’t scarred young. Think about it.1) Parents tell their kids that Santa exists and brings presents.2) Santa’s elves make all of the toys.3) Santa brings toys, like Legos, video games, whatever is cool in Barbies, […]
Humans are incredibly short-sighted creatures.For example, Region Band Auditions are Saturday. I’m extremely set on doing extremely well. Yet, instead of taking the time to walk over to my backpack and pull out my mouthpiece to at least buzz along with the recording, I’ve spent the past hour doing, effectively, nothing of note. Not necessarily […]
I actually really don’t have an excuse. Thanks for giving me a break though.(haha?)I’m not really sure what to write about. Which is why I’ve probably been delayed. Welcome to a medley of thoughts. If you haven’t seen the footage of Sam McGuffie, then you must. Search YouTube (accidental plug) for him. That first one […]