The Day
Today was a day: kind of a bad day and kind of a sad day. It was the seniors' last day of school. It was also the speech banquet. And I also have to finish my editorial for english (software patents in the EU... a very bad idea for an editorial), my powerpoint presentation for physics, and my US History speech (which I learned today is on the 1920s), all of which are due tomorrow. And I really only got home at about 9:45 PM because I had a trumpet lesson right before the banquet. The banquet was fun. All of the important people from the team were there, plus Stoneman and Alex Rodriguez. Emily and Clara gave out funny little awards and THE Sosne Award (awarded to Sierra Tittle). I apparently have "the most potential" for next year. Kadish got the award for being the "biggest vegetarian." Leeor was awarded the honor of being the "most deliquent" person on the team. Dan actually got two awards. The first was for being part of the most bipolar team. He and Catherine are truly polar opposites. He also got the award for being "most likely to offend someone in a conversation without realizing it." Kadish really was more deserving of that, but I suppose he intends to offend people, so that might change it.
Anyway, I'm sad that the seniors, especially Dan, are leaving. Actually, I'm more jealous, because they get to got to college and I'm stuck in high school for two more years. But I'll miss Dan the most because he's the kind of person who will actually casually talk about multivariable calculus, chemistry, Huxley, or Dostoevsky. Just the other day during technical difficulties in physics he was showing me how to find the derivative of a multivariable function. Aside from the fact that it's pretty dang cool, he will actually talk engagingly about those things which no one seems to care about because it's too "insufferably nerdy," or "academic."
But this really sucks because I'm staying home to do all of this worthless homework. I could be out seeing a 10 o'clock showing of "Shrek 2" with Leeor, Kadish, Dan, and Stoneman.
I can't believe I missed the Speech Banquet to go to some stupid actuary recruiting dinner. Let's see.... free steak and a $5 Blockbuster gift certificate, vs. uh, what did you have there? and hanging out with all my cool speech and debate buddies. Well, I guess I did figure out what the heck an actuary really is.....
What is an actuary? Also, free steak and $5 is better than speech and debate any day.
An actuary is someone that figures out the financial impact of risks, like for insurance companies. They're the people that figure our how much you're gonna pay for life insurance and stuff like that. They make lots of money, and that's about it.
And I'd say that a fun dinner with my friends is better than being at a formal dinner without anyone I know, feeling out-of-place and bored. I happen to actually value social contact.
Social contact? Value? Hmmm...