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We beat Addison Trail! It was on the very last question. Them: 271. Us: 270.
Talk about tense. I realized the answer to the last question was "Teapot Dome
scandal," so I tried to ring in. But the person had forgotten to reset the
lockout system, so I was beating the button to death. Eventually he relalized
his error and I was able to get my answer in. I forget what the bonus question
was, but we beat Addison Trail 290 to 271. We lost our other round to Downers
Grove South, but that's not really unexpected. Our team is no 4-2(two
forfeits, plus we beat York in our first match of the season). This is so
cool!
Well, today was all right, for a Monday anyway. In English, we have to pick a
word from our vocabulary unit and find a clever way of remembering the
definition. My word was "ubiquitous." I said that it was like that beer
commercial from a couple years ago. Ubiquitous sounds like "Dooby dooby doo,"
which is what the penguins, who were ubiquitous, were crooning in the
commercial. It was kind of silly. The spanish test was ridiculously easy(what
a relief!). At lunch, I told Josh, my best friend, the "password hint" to one
of my passwords. He's still trying to figure it out, and it's driving him
crazy. I'll have to tell him. Also at lunch, an acquaintance named Nick
pressed me to find out which girls I liked. After he swore secrecy, I told him
only one, my physics lab partner. I have the good fortune to have the most
beautiful girl in the class as my lab partner. I felt kind of stupid when
Bonnie(not my lab partner, but works at the same lab station, not so bad-
looking herself) had to explain the lab to us. I'm used to being the one with
the answers. Oh well, I have to keep my ego in check somehow. :) Tomorrow I
have a scholastic bowl meet after school. If you're not familiar with it, it's
kind of like Jeopardy. We compete with neighboring schools. This is my third
year on the team. It's a lot of fun. We have to beat Addison Trail(the only
other school in our district, and our rival) tomorrow. I hope we can pull it
off. Well, I still don't have my statistics done(I loathe that class, but it's
an easy AP class, so hey), so I'd better be going. More on me and my
incredibly exciting(isn't it though?) life tomorrow.
Hello. This is my new blog. I figured that I'd give this a shot. It's been awhile since I've had a web site of my very own(I maintain one for my school's Key Club, of which I am secretary, and one for my as-of-yet nonexistent company). I'll post whatever when I feel the need. Maybe this will compel me to write more frequently than I do in my journal. Well, it's after midnight and my statistics homework isn't done(5 lousy days, and I leave it all for Sunday). Sigh.....
Matt
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