Linfield College Tournament
I just got back from the Linfield Speech and Debate Tournament. I'm going to collapse from exhaustion soon. To sum things up, we did okay as a team taking 5th place in the tournament. I missed the extemp final by 1 point (since there were 56 entrants, 3 and 4 were the only scores that could get into finals), got 4th in radio (out of 54 entrants), and didn't do anything significant in impromtu. I debated with Ted, for whom this was his first tournament. Because of my experience, he was forced to enter in the open division. Given the circumstances, the fact that we went 2-2 was pretty good. Anyway... I can't think anymore...
We went 2-2? That's what I expected. Hm....
I'm assuming I'll get details tomorrow. I'd like to hear them.
Did John and Ian go 3-1?
Jon and Ian went 2-2 also, and Kim and Kibe went 3-1.
Dude. What up. You doing research this summer? I'm applying at Rochester, Loyola, Pacific Northwest National Labs, National Security Internship Program, and a Department of Energy internship for the summer. I hope I get in somewhere :P I think I'm just gonna get my PhD and become a professor... how scary would that be? I've gotta be somewhere cool, though, since podunk towns like Terre Haute suck. I haven't really had much time to sit down and really philosophize, though I've been on a Hemingway binge.
Right now I'm sitting in physics, and we're going over baseball bats hitting baseballs... so boring. It's scary, cuz they basically cover all of physics through physics C in one year, with only three classes a week. Eek!
Anyway, I'm proud of you guys as a team and I'm sure you'll rock at state (remember how hopeless we were when we went to state last year?). I hope you get rejected everywhere and end up being forced to come here, so you can help me with my senior thesis :P which starts next year, heh.
There's a prof here doing research on repairing DNA using MEMS (we have a MEMS lab on campus). It's badass... might work with him. Anyway, how's the calculus going? Keep in touch.