Hopin' for Hopkins

Well... good news and bad news...

At the Econ challenge, Keynesian Knights only placed 3rd... and the Laissez-faire Legionaires got 5th... no trophies for Parkville...

On a happier note, Joe and I got into Hopkins!!!!! Know wat that means? PARTY AT ELAN'S ROOM!!!!! EVERY NIGHT!!!!!

Well Imma wait for this happiness to die down... and start working on my late physics work...

YE-AHHHHHHHH!!!!

Lyric of the Day:
" I see you in line,
dragging your feet
you have my sympathy.
The day you were born,
you were born free.
That is your privilege."
-Incubus: "Privilege"



Random Story of The Day:

So today at the Econ challenge, a group of about three girls walked up to me.
One girl: "Hey Dinesh!"
Me: "Heeey..."
One girl: "It's Maria."
Me: "Ohhhh yeaaaaah.... and I know you from...?"
Maria: "We went to middle school together."
Me: "(pointing at each of the girls in turn) Hey! I know you guys! Maria! Brooke! Nirvana!"
Brooke: "Yeah, way to remember us from Sudbrook..."

Math Challenge...

Well today I missed the math challenge. Damn dentist appointments. I propably would have been killed had I gone. These past days I've been trying to prep for the Econ Challenge and have ended up distracted. Hopefully today is my lucky day.

Lyric of the Day:
" When it comes, it comes announced
And it feels like a matador is taunting me with his reddest redcloth
And I am the bull
Yes I feel emphatic about not being static
And not eating the bullshit that's being fed to me
Cuz now I'm full"
-Incubus: When It Comes

Random Story of The Day:
Jeff, Elan and I are standing in line for lunch, and I realize that Jade is in front of us.

Me: Hey, did we have Psych homework?
Jade: I think we had a reading.
Me: Yeah, I should pay attention in that class.
(Katie walks up, gives Elan some money, and walks away)
Elan: Thats right! Gimme my money!
Me: I really don't want to know what just happened.

Time to Dance

Well today was another wonderful day in the life of Dinesh.

In IT, Jeff and I built our dream laptops. It was interesting seeing how much a person could put on a Dell, I got one that went up to $8,400. Even our "realistic" designs still cost a hefty amount, but what can you say; We can always dream.

Physics was interesting as always, and preperation has commenced for the Maxwell's equations party. (We might even try to teach them to the Bio-kids)

Test in Stats was a pain, partially because half the stuff we didnt do in class, and the other half I still had questions about. Senior Superlatives are fun, even if I do end up being "Biggest Jerk". At least we all know who cutest couple is.

At IAC we did pretty decently, getting 1480 after digging ourselves into a hole early. Chris actually questioned the way i used definately too much. Next time we get ten points I'll just have to point it out to him how it actually helps our team.

Lyric of the Day:
" Have some composure
And where is your posture?
Oh, no, no!
You're pulling the trigger
Pulling the trigger
All wrong"
-Panic! at the Disco: Time to Dance


Random Story of The Day:
I'll cop out with some funny things.

Life is not a garden.
So stop being a ho.

Nate says that we are the worst robotics team ever for not having pics of the robot.

Caffine apparently has no effect on Dan anymore.

Macro, Micro, and Current Events

Today in English we got new seats, which sort of sucked. Not that I mind sitting by Katie and Brittany, but sitting next to Elan Jeff and Chris was just plain entertainment. Of course when you are the reason for the switch, you really can't complain.

Well, the Econ challenge is Thursday, so Joe told us to review lest we get our tails handed to us.

Lyric of the Day:
" I’m gonna flip out
Like a ninja
‘cos that’s what ninjas do
Come join me
And flip out
And you’ll be a ninja too"
-7 Seconds of Love: Ninja

Random Story of The Day:
So yesterday at Science Fair one of the Polytech kids comes up to her friend next to our booth. She has a basket with a tambourine and a wood block.

Chris: So whats that stuff for?
Poly Person: My project.
Me: You played music?
Poly Person: Let me show you.
This is a tambourine (shake-shake-shake*).
This is a wood block (clank-clank*).
Take the (hum-hum-hum) out of the basket.
(Chris reaches in and takes out the wood block)
Me: Take out the tambourine, it had 3 beats
Poly Person: It also had a different melody
Chris: Well it was really confusing
Poly Person: Well the kids with multiple disabilities that I worked with were able to do it

Teamwork is awesome!

Well, Collins and I got Honorable Mention in the City Science Fair. We also got the Teamwork Award from the American Institute of Quality. In fact, everyone from Parkville managed to get an independent group's award.

The Grand Winner was from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, who had thirty or so people in the fair, as it was a requirement to pass AP Biology. She actually hung out with Chris and I for a while as her friend's board was next to ours. She actually spent the past three years working on her project after school at Hopkins.

Lyric of the Day:
" This morning, I woke up
Feeling brand new and I jumped up
Feeling my high's, and my low's
In my soul, and my goals
Just to stop smoking, and stop drinking
And I've been thinking -
I've got my reasons
Just to get (by), just to get (by)
Just to get (by), just to get (by)"
-Talib Kweli: Get By

Random Story of The Day:
Yesterday, when we were driving to Towson, we had to take the Charles Street exit on the beltway to the Science Fair. Chris and I see a sign that says N. Charles Street to the left and S. Charles Street and "Colleges" to the right.
Me: YAY! We get to go to Colleges!

So long and thanks for all the fish

Today was one of those days where you have one of those high energy, intense events for a majority of the day, and then a relaxing entertaining experience to balance it out.

The exiting event was the City Science fair, where Chris and I made our presentation on pH and pigments. It was sometimes boring sitting there waiting for judges, but Chris and I could always go back to reading "Pride and Prejudice" which is due sometime soon. We were both nervous, but we managed to deliver good presentations and engage our audiences, or at least I think we did.

After this stressing ordeal for me, I went to see "The Wizard of Oz" at my school. Tim's performance was really entertaining, as was the entire production. Compared to the things that the Knight Players are able to pull off, this was quite impressive. The music playing gave the crew enough time to set up the scenery, so there were no realy long scene transitions adn the play ran smoothly.

The reason for the title I chose was because I felt today exaclty the way I felt after we went to see "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" right after the APUSH exam. Crazyfun times!!!

Lyric of the Day:
"Take a shower, shine your shoes

you got no time to lose

you are young men you must be living

go now you are forgiven"
-Dispatch: The General

Random Story of The Day:

At the Science Fair, Chris and I were bored, especially because no judges came by us for a long while. We tried playing paper football with a piece of foil, watching Chapelle's show with no sound, using trickery to lure judges towards us, and playing some random game Elan taught us. We still remained bored for the last 1.5 hrs there.

Me and the Sugarbomb

Elan showed me this great software today. Just wait for the results!

Lyric of the Day:
"But Not everybody knows that everybody goes to a better place
and Not everybody knows that everybody could be living their last days
But the hard times will come and we'll keep movin' on
We're moving up
Keep movin' on "
-Good Charlotte: Movin' On

Random Story of The Day:
Physics today was interesting, we actually tried to prove the effect of magnetic forces on currents. Andrew worked hard to set up the lab, but when I bumped into the table the entire thing stopped working. I made sure the power was unplugged(I fear pain), and tried to reconnect everything in what became a pile of gator clips and batteries. As the bells rang, we were getting our last point of data.

I walked to English balancing my books, which I had grabbed quickly and which were slipping from my hands. When I walk in, I hear Shilpa giggle behind me. I turn around and Chris just nods his head as if I am shamed.

Me: What's wrong?
Chris: Your back...
(I reach around and pull off six gator clips that were on my back)
Me: Wow, someone got me bad. In Physics...
Chris: I don't care. Just go outside and do your entrance again.

Spanish Honor Society...almost forgot bout that

Right at the end of Econ I get a call from Joe. He wants me to take him home. No problem, so I wait for him to turn in his journals(Unlike me Joe is not a Sun God). Then Tim and Cara come up to us and tell us we should help them tutor Spanish.

As I contemplate why in god's name we would help them tutor, I remember Spanish Honor Society requires a certain amount of hours to get your honor cord. I had planned to get my points at the "Data Entry Party", but after talking to Joe I realized that I had never remembered to go to the event.

Well, time to make up some hours! I go into the Spanish class and Ms. Duggan is there with ten students. I panicked a little because I had expected to be mindlessly grading papers, not actually having to remember Spanish. Fortune shined on me, and I ended up grading papers while the others had to talk to the kids, in Spanish. I still have to make up two hours tomorrow though...

Lyric of the Day:
" We got 5 minutes for us to disconnect,
from all intellect and let the rhythm effect.
To lose you inhibition
Follow your intuition.
Free your inner soul,
and break away from tradition."
-Black Eyed Peas: Lets get it Started

Random Story of The Day:
Elan was hanging out with us when we went to help tutor Spanish. He decided to tag along.

Sra. Duggan: Hola!
Everyone(mumbling): Hola
Sra. Duggan(looking at Elan): I have never had you in my class...
Elan: Elan. Yeah, I take German with Herr Knight.
Sra. Duggan: Oh, its nice of you to help.
Elan: Yeah, I'm just a really nice guy!
Me: Or you are just waiting for your ride...
Sra. Duggan: Well either way its nice having extra help.
Elan: Can I get Spanish Honor Society hours for this?
Tim: If so, can he give them to me
Me: I think the person taking him home should get them

Journals, Drills and IRP, I am a sun god!

Today I handed in all of the above assignements, as well as the reading check for Pride and Prejudice. I'm quite proud that I was able to do all of these in 24 hrs, but the fact remains that I did procrastinate this long to get them done. Well, all is well that ends well.

After school we had an IAC meeting, which was fun even though the bio-kids(Chris and Nonye), the math-kids(Tim and Joe), and the physics-kid(Elan) were not there. Kezia, James and I were able to make sure that the team did not fall below 1400, meaning I had to do every math problem by myself. After relying on Joe and Tim for so long, I eventually was able to get back up to speed and start answering questions early enough to get extra points.

Lyric of the Day:
" If I hadn't made me

I would've been made somehow

If I hadn't assembled myself

I'd have fallen apart by now "
-Incubus: Make Yourself

Random Story of The Day:
Today I hung out at Chris' for a little while. As we walked up to his front door, he grabbed all the mail from his mailbox. While he juggled his stuff trying to find his keys, Phile eventually just got his and let us in. As we came in, Chris dropped his bag and some of the mail. He walked forward and tripped over that mail spilling more of the mail. By the time he got to the dining room, this had happened several times and Chris had only on peice of mail in his hand. Looking back, we saw a trail of mail and school bags towards his front door.

Chris: Yeah, you can see my trail of destruction. Its how I mark my territory.

Candygrams...

To all who read this because of the title: Gotcha!

You can tell that the Ball and Dance are approaching when people get all exited about it. Today, I heard at least seven people planning how they were going to arrive to Prom. It makes me realize how close we are to the end of the year. Senior year being over, the thought is somewhat sad...

But this isn't one of those nostalgic stories, that was last week. Today I want to focus on something that has been bugging me, waiting for college admission responses.

Yes, this is a torturous existance, coming home and checking the mailbox every day. But one has to remember that his is put a step on the way to getting into college. Sure it is frustrating sitting and waiting for responses, but that does not mean it should make you worry. If you sent out a good app, good job, if not, hope you have a kind reader and get on with life.

As a note: Thanks to Tuua for coercing me into updating.

Lyric of the Day:
" I'm never out of bed before noon
Waking up too late seems too soon
And I could never be Neil Armstrong
I'd be the last man on the moon"
-SR-71: Last man on the moon

Random Story of The Day:
So Britanny and I walk out of Econ, and we both feel like we did crappy on the test.

Brittany: I hope I didn't totally bomb that test
Me: Me niether, that test sucked.
Britanny: For the free response I got a mental block. That sucks when you're taking a test and you just can't remember something even though you know it...
Me: What sucks more is remembering everything about the topic; then forgetting to write it on your paper.
Brittany: You did that?
Me: Yeah, I sort of forgot to answer the second part of the question.
Brittany: Wow, that does suck...

Acceptance...

Well, today was interesting, as I just got hit by several disappointments in a row...

First, even though our robot placed 16th, no teams chose us for the finals. That was sort of shitty, because a large part of me wanted senior year at robotics to go out with a bang. I mean I gave up being Christopher Wren the Mousetrap, and still didn't get an office. Well, at least i can't be blamed for this failure.

Then, after we reached back to Parkville, Joe rushed me onto the computer to check my MIT status. "We are sorry" was all I needed to see, but I didn't feel that bad because MIT was a large gambit for me. I accepted this taste of defeat and went to dinner with the robotics crew.

Dinner was fun, especially seeing how well my like of music matched Sonia's tastes. Hanging out at Dameon's was fun, and Elan leaving the money rolled into a gigantic wad and rubber-banded will probably be the most amusing way I will ever see a person pay for their meal. Losing at the trivia game at Dameons was proof that today was meant to suck a little.

After dinner we were invited to a party at Jade and Joyce's, but it was too late to go, as I had to drop Elan home. That really is the sucky aspect of living far away from school, you have to drive far to get home. I had promised Elan's mom to have him home at 11, and it was already 10 after dinner, so I dropped Chris and Kevin home then went to drop Elan home.

Lyric of the Day:
"So tell me friend: how's it going to end?
When the shit goes downand there's no one left around to get your back
You'll crack
You'll smile and agree with everything they say
They'll try to tell you that it's all okay
But it's not and you're shot and you're bleeding pretty bad
And you can't stop thinking about the things you never had"
-Streetlight Manifesto: Point/Counterpoint

Random Story of The Day:
So this girl from another team comes over to check out our robot. Dori sends her to me because she was asking technical questions that she couldn't answer.
Me: Can I help you?
Her: Yeah, I was just curious about what you guys did for your drive system?
Me: Well we used tank-style drive with one speed.
Her: Thats interesting. What motors did you use?
(Kneil makes a reeling motion to me)
Me: Umm..the small CIM motors.
Her: Well, thanks for the info. See you around.
(She walks away)
(Kneil walks up to me)
Kneil: Dinesh! Come on! Two wings to fly! We're gonna help you reel her in!
Me: Thanks, but I think I'm done.

Robotics: 2 Days of victory...

So yeah, our robot sucks balls. Actually it doesn't. It can't do anything besides drive forward and backward. But somehow, thanks to FIRST's bad scoring system we are in third place.

Today was fun, as after matches we played "Smear the Queer" as a team. Joe actually shook off Mike once, but then went down hard the second time he tried it.

Our coding/electronics has had some problems(no autonomous/disfunctional speed copntroller), and our drive had traction problems. We had to scrap the shooter, as after weighing we were ten pounds overweight. So I swallowed my disappointment and pride, and helped mike make his replacement system. It worked fairly well, except that it scattered white foam everywhere whenever it got stuck, which was often.

Lyric of the Day:
"Come on, and show them your love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul, my love
Rip out the wings of a butterfly
For your soul"
-HIM: Wings of a Butterfly

Random Story of The Day:

Jeff brought his guitar to the competition so he could play in the stands. Elan got the great idea of setting out his guitar case and having himself sing the Blues. With signs saying "Requests accepted(if we know them)" and "Money Demanded", this group pulled in a little money and a couple buttons.

Ghost of Chrismas Past...

Today, I did something I had not done in nearly a year, I went to an Anime Club meeting. It made me realize how over the years in high school everything has changed, from people's interests to friends.

In ninth grade, I remember going to Anime Club to meet new people. I found a common interest with these kids who also played video games, even though at the time I did not watch anime. I felt out of place when Elan walked up to Jeff for the first time commenting "I love Cowboy Bebeop too!", but it was comforting knowing that these people too enjoyed video games, fantasy, and sci-fi. Anime Club to me will always be Elan, Jeff, Chris and I sitting in the back making comments about the show we were watching while Nneka shouted for us to be quiet.

But, as time has passed, my friends and I had more important obligations. Chris had to go to track practice, Jeff had to go to work, Elan and I had to go to Robotics. However, I will always be happy that time at Anime Club was part of my high school experience, because without it I may never have gotten to know the interesting characters that I know and call friends.

My visit to Anime Club reminded me of a simpler time, when no one really knew anyone else and was therefore willing to make friendships. I find it hard to believe that today, as Seniors, this open, accepting environment exists.

Lyric of the Day:
"Where the good times gone?

Where the good times gone?

All the stupid fun

And all that shit we've done

Where the good times gone?

Well I still don't know "
-Nickelback: Good Times Gone

Random Story of The Day:
So Akash was doing research after school for his "Junior Project".

Me: So what is this project exactly?
Akash: A 10-page paper on the American Dream
Me: Thats not so bad, we just had an 8-pager on Hamlet

Akash: But you don't have FDR's outline due the same week!

Me: Yeah, I don't...

(Ms. Silverman enters)

Ms. Silverman: Well, time to go.

Me: Well good luck with that project

Akash: And the Presidential outline...

Ms. Silverman: I actually extended the essay's due date

Akash: That's great! You're not as evil as they say

Ms. Silverman: The students think I'm evil?

Akash: No, just intimidating, exept for me of course

(We start to leave the room)

Akash: Also, Ms. Silverman, I want to let you know that I'm not as chauvanist as I seemed in class

Ms. Silverman: I realize, but good luck finding a wife after saying what you said in class today

Candy-grams are just a way to launder money...

Today Elan and I actually went to a Kids Helping Hopkins meeting, where we prepared Candy-grams to se sent out. I will confirm Elan's assertion that I am a gossip whore by stating the following:
- Ich speake ze Duech
- China is back!
- Joe may not be as asexual as we thought...
- Chris' package was checked for bombs, but it only contained "fireworks"
- When a girl gets a note from me, they'll know it was from me
- Rednecks need love too

It was hilarious when Elan accused Kezia of using NHS and KHH to launder funds for college. The kid even went as far as editing the Wikipedia entry for "Money Laundering". Lately, Elan's opions have been getting him in trouble(first Dalton, now this), but it is all in good fun.

Robotics was sort of a downer because nothing could be done to help the shooter perform better. If Jeremy or Mike blame me for the shooter not working I will be annoyed like hell. Mike did scrap my idea when Ken brought this new one. I want Bill and Mike Wade back!

Lyric of the Day:
" Coming out of my cage
And I've been doing just fine
Gotta gotta be down
Because I want it all "
-The Killers : Mr. Brightside

Random Story of The Day:
So Joey and I were talking about how we are going to make Annapolis not suck. As the conversation dwindles, Joet makes an interesting observation.

Joey: Its suspicious how Elan and Chris lrft at the same time
Me: I think they went to the bathroom
Dan: Yeah, two guys going to the bathroom together, thats not gay at all
Me: I bet you they are outside climbing trees...
Joey: Nuh-uh!
Me: I bet you elan is up on the tree right now.
(Joey, Dan, Joe, Kendall and myself rush outside, sure enough there is Elan laying on a high branch)
Me: Get down from there
Elan: I'm too tired to come down...plus it nice up here
Me: Fine.
(I pick up twigs and throw it at him)
Elan: JOOOOEEEYYY! Make him stop throwing things at me!!!
Joey: I think this is out of my jurisdiction as Robotics President...

40 points in Autonomous?!?!?

Today I watched the finals of the Arizona Regional on NASA TV. It was scary watching teams score 40 points in autonomous, and it sort of made me aware of how urgent our teams situation was. I mean the competition is in less than a week, and we have never tested autonomous or even gotten the shooter to be accurate. I can only hope that somehow we manage to make it through qualifiers without becoming known as "that team that sucks".

Lyric of the Day:
"I'd chime in
'Haven't you people ever heard of closing the god damn door?!'
No, it's much better to face these kinds of things
with a sense of poise and rationality. "
-Panic! at the Disco: I write sins not Tragedies

Random Story of The Day:
I was sittting around making funny names for Econ-Challenge teams.
My ideas:
- The Revolution (How about you and your crew vs. Me and The Revolution)
- No Taxation without Representation (It is always the answer)
- E for Economics ("V for Vendetta" rip-off)
- Knights of the Round Twinkie
- T Squared (Team Twinkie)
- Laissez-Faire Lions (c/o Elan)
- Kings of Keanes (c/o Elan)

Show at St. Tims

Tonight was helluva fun, apart from the having to make 10 u-turns, and not knowing where the hell I was in Dundalk. Chris, Joe, Davon, Oliver, and I decided to go to the movies to see "V for Vendetta". Only problem with that is that the movie comes out next week. So we ended up driving up to White Marsh, going to Taco Bell, then going all the way to Dundalk to see Meekins' band perform.

It was interesting, the bluesy feel was much more relaxing than the "Scremo" band that played before them. They had this two minute drum solo that people sort of got tired of, but that just made it better when Meekins came back. Am I sorry I missed Milla Jovovich in Ultraviolet? Not really, as the show and the ride there and back were enjoyable and memorable.


Lyric of the Day:
" You can't avoid her.
She's in the air... in the air
In between molecules of
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide."
- Weezer: Only in Dreams



Random Story of The Day:
So we walk up to get tickets, and this kid behind me keeps messing with my hair. I'm about to turn around and "drop him" (really just tell him to stop), when I realize that the person looks familiar. I ask myself who the hell he is as I get my stamp on my hand, then Elan whispers to me: "Nate cut his hair...". Sure enough it was our robotics ex-president there, he had come down for spring break. In the words of Nate: "Nowhere to party like Parkville!"

Crushing is like Crashing...

I'm sure by now everyone of my friends have gone through a crush, and the decision is unanimous I think, they suck. Why you may ask.

- They make you see "signs" that just aren't there
- They make you overly optimistic
- They make you seem obsessed to your friends
- They can/will be used against you
- They make you make bad decisions
- They blow the egos of others up
- They rarely are fruitful

But of course there is no way to stop them, but good friends will guide you away from stupid actions. Except when said actions are incredibly funny to watch.

Yeah, this was my idea for my metaphysical poem, but I didn't feel like working on this idea. At least not on something I turn in.

Lyric of the Day:
" I've never had to knock on wood
And I'm glad I haven't yet
Because I'm sure it isn't good
that's the impression that I get"
-The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: The Impression That I Get



Random Story of The Day:
So we had Its Academic today. To my left was Chris and Oliver, and behind them Nonye and Kezia. Behind me, the ever-witty Elan and Joe. Some comments heard during this practice:

Chris: Not B, Entomologists study insects
Me: I know, any idea what a Limnologist is?
Elan: Someone who studies that Lim kid?
Me: That would be a sucky job

Chris: Its B.
(We pick A; the real answer is B)
Nonye: God, thats what happens when yuo don't listen to Chris.
Chris: Exactly.

Joe: Let's pretend you were a hot girls and I were your boyfriend...
Kezia: Let's PRETEND!
Joe: All right, screw the joke, I'm not going to mess with that.

Swear to shake it up if you swear to listen

One might wonder why I open with this line from "The Only Difference between Martyrdom and Suicide is press covereage" by Panic! at the Disco. This is going to be the first entry that is more than just commentary on my day, it is actually going to be a rant...of sorts...

This was inspired by Tuua, who in response to my complaining about Dalton winning everything at Model UN said "I feel sorry for them". My instant response was somewhat bitter: "Yeah, I'm so sorry they have a life of priviledge". I feel this comment was sort of hasty, but it was necessary: after all Parkville was annihilated by the school that Tuua felt sorry for.

The irony was that I saw Tuua's point quite clearly, as in 10th grade I felt sad for her when she told me that her parents were not having Thanksgiving Dinner with her because they were on call. To me, Thanksgiving was about families gathering around a big meal with parents, and it seemed alien to think that one would be seperated from your parents at thanksgiving.

However, I still can not feel sorry for the kids at that school. It might be me being a sore loser, but having opportunities better than others comes with a trade-off. I mean its not like Parkville kids all had laptops or could afford for four days of wireless at the convention center. Anyone who feels that this has been overly biased can talk in the comments...Hell, I may edit this post if anyone proves I am entirely wrong.

Lyric of the Day:
" Do you have the time to listen to me whine about NOTHING and EVERYTHING all at once"
-Green Day: Basket Case



Random Story of The Day:

So Elan and I are playing chess, and he starts beating me. He is up three pawns, a knight, and a bishop. He has to leave, so he tells Juneki to play as him, telling him that it is impossible for him to lose. I don't know if Juneki took this as a challenge or something, but somehowI managed to get to a position,after a weird chain of trades and forks, where I was actually up pieces. The problem was that I had a king, knight and pawn, while he had just a king and pawn. Realizing that this could take a while, we opted to tie. So I guess I can say I beat Elan.

You JHUMUNC!

JHU Model UN was fun. I was Belarus World Health Organization, and I had to discuss Avian Flu, Sanitary Hospital Pracices, & Funding Mental Health issues. Main things I remember from the blur that has been the past few days:
- I was Head Delagate for Belarus (Props to Akash)
- My balls exploded at the Cheesecake Factory(They blew up my order)
- Tuua made me feel bad for eating Taco Bell(but I did it anyway)
- Salina is under Lim on the list of most apathetic people I know
- I can't blame her though because WHO was boring
- I will never attend a Calvert Hall mixer(Thanks to Parker)
- Sweden is my homeboy and Kazakistan has got my back
- I am a member of CAK(Coalation against Kuwait)
- Jared loves his banana
- Choose blankets over bed (Poor Akash)
- Refer to Elan as Master, for he is wise, powerful, and a Mac(I'm a PC)
- Sandya got props from Afro-dude for her dancing
- Katie acted like the Gulf War was happening right now
- NEVER call Caitlin the name Katie
- Hopkins kids have planning issues
- Sudoku is really hard
- Persistancy does not get you the girl
- UK, Australia, and UAE suck
- Gay men do not like Elan dancing with them
- Vote with rights when possible
- Cherry Pepsi and Apple Juice mixed can look alcoholic
- Salina uses the phrase "That's disgusting!" way too often
- Always be present and voting
- Pretending to be intoxicated makes you fall down stairs
- Cowardice is my tragic flaw


Lyric of the Day:
" There she stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
This could be Heaven or this could be Hell "
-The Eagles: Hotel California



Random Story of The Day:
So, I come back from the Head Delagates meeting, where they told us that inapproprate notepassing was seen in all comittees. In order to tell this to my roomates(Akash, Elan, Parker, James, Alex, and Jared), I pretended like the situation was urgent and said that JHUMUNC told me to remind them that the privilage of notes would be taken away. I went to shower, and when I am done I hear this conversation in my room:

Tuua(furious): You can't be serious!
Parker(annoyed): No, Dinesh told us.
Tuua(furious): That is such bullcrap! This is so stupid!
Parker(agitated): I know! How the hell can they take away notepassing!
Me(whisper): Well they never actually said that...
Parker: You lied about the meeting?
Me: Hey now, I was just messing with you. Not my fault you ran off, told Tuua and got her all pissed. Besides...
Parker(shouting as he tackles me): YOOOOUUUUU LIARRRRR!!!

I have never been taken down that quickly or randomly.

Locked and Loaded and Packed...

So, big history club meeting tomorrow, and I'm still not done my proposal. Well, I don't feel that bad, I mean Salina isn't done hers yet, right? Sure, but she probably did more research than I did. Oh well, time to go find my CD player. I can't find it(I haven't used it since i got my iPod), but since my iPod charger can't be used on the trip, i have to use CDs. I know, woe is me.



Lyric of the Day:
"Everybody is out to get me, but i feel alright
Everybody is out to get me, but i feel alright
Everybody is out to get me, but i feel alright
Everybody is thinking about me!"
-Jim's Big Ego: Stress 2000



Random Story of The Day:
So Dan and I are talking about school and random other things, and he tells me about what they are doing at Legends this weekend:

Dan: So we are starting a D&D campaign at Legends
Me: The weekend I go away?
Dan: Yeah, I get to be a favored soul
Me: Haven't played DnD in a while, that would be...
Dan: A healer that can hold his own in battle
Me: Isn't that a Paladin?
Dan: Yeah, exept WoW has me thinking Paladins are a little fruity
Me: Yeah, "Lay on Hands" is one of their abilities
Dan: Look at this situation:

Warrior: "need heal"
Paladin:"ok, gimme a sec"
*uses lay on hands*
Warrior:"hey buddy watch where you lay those hands..."
Warrior: "you better not be...oh my fucking god you are...."
*stabs Paladin to death*