After about 45 minutes of sitting in the car crumpling up the directions in my death-grip and digging my heels into the floor for fear of traffic impediments, I arrived on time to the University Club in Winter Park, where the English Speaking Union was holding this year's National Shakespeare Competition Semi-Finals, as the woman-in-charge said. I ( Read more... )

There once was a comely cat, with an amiable nature and handsome visage, named Mistoffelees. His demeanor was gentle and good and, in general, he was a very inoffensive cat, rarely in anyone's way. The mess he made in the litterpan, however, was hardly inoffensive. In fact, his caretaker frequently vilified the very odious act of cleansing the pan ( Read more... )

So, I'm getting nowhere on picking 20 lines. Actually, I am somewhere, it's got to be one of four, but I'm not sure I want the one, so technically three, but I can't decide which is best. My throat hurts, too, from reading them. Maybe I'll memorize all of them and just do whatever one I feel like doing when I get there? Nah, too much other stuff to ( Read more... )

This is how we know I'm bored ( Read more... )

So, the following conversation ensued on Thursday over a nice Chik-Fil-A dinner ( Read more... )

I will tell you about Districts later, because I'm fuming right now ( Read more... )

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I was watching the movie Glory, taking notes. I had decided to make use of my DVD player-equipped computer, which is positioned across from my bed in such a fashion that I could watch while lying comfortably amidst my lime-green sheets. It didn't take long for me to feel drowsy; and so pleasant to my ears is the familiar, distinctive sound of ( Read more... )

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So I've been struggling for the last few days to write one decent college essay. I can't. I've seriously written four different essays; one is good but too long and I can't cut anymore from it, two are okay but not on good subjects, and the last one positively sucks. If I try to write about something I'm really passionate about, I can't keep the ( Read more... )