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 […]
“As far as prisons go, this isn’t bad at all.”Jenkins looked around, where his entire landing party sat, stood, and lay. He stood in a decently sized room with what he assumed was a connecting washroom behind it. The cots seemed clean, the food seemed unpoisoned, and his men seemed healthy. Things seemed okay.“Captain, doesn’t […]
I’ve been writing in my journal daily for at least 1-2 months now, and it’s quite trippy. In there go lots of great thoughts and stuff, but then when I jump back to my blog, I’m not entirely sure what to write. Did I already write about that, or is it just in the book […]
Jenkins looked over a Fabius, who simply shrugged.He took a deep breath, then stood with confidence. No worse way to make an impression than look weak, he thought.“Honorable senators, please forgive me, but I was not warned in advance that I would need to talk. I will be down shortly.” He finished with a short […]
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. […]
Jenkins snuck into the top row of the forum, far above any Senators.“That’s Senator Gaius Agrippa talking right now,” explained Publius Fabius. The Emperor had insisted that Jenkins have an escort around the city, and so Fabius found his way into an “important” ambassador position.Jenkins looked down at the man at the podium. Short, yet […]
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 […]