The Many Vicissitudes of Life and Mind

You know, it may seem rather twisted, but something quite remarkable occurred to me the other day: the penis enlargement-scam industry is so prevalent on the internet that they must actually make some kind of profit--which is a very depressing reflection of the median male population.

That aside, I realized this afternoon that it has been a considerable while since my last blog entry, and many things have occurred. Take this weekend, for instance. Wilson won 2nd at the Mt. Hood Community College speech and debate tournament (losing to stupid University High School from Spokane, for the 3rd year in a row), beating our close speech rival Madison. On the whole, I did terribly though. Our performance in debate was abysmal, as we went 2-2, making this the second worst tournament on record for Colin and I. I was screwed in Radio after missing a round because of a particularly bad conflict with extemp. Even in the two rounds I went to, my previously award-winning Radio was slammed with low marks. One person wrote on my ballot: "The word 'a' is pronounced 'uh,' not 'ay'". But I will have everyone know that the Oxford Dictionary of Current English lists both /ə/ and /eı/ as acceptable pronunciations. Apparently I need more citations, which is funny because the entire basis of my Radio rests on simple economic theory, for which having citations would be silly. My impromptu scores declined for the fourth straight tournament. I think that I'm becoming less philosophic and using less pseudo-psychological analysis, while I'm more definite--apparently to my disadvantage. The only glimmer of light was extemp, in which I finaled and got fourth overall in a very tough final room. After two days of depression, I think that I'm approaching mental stability once again.

I need more sleep...