Chuck Taylors and The Pillows

Hi again. Wow, I haven't blogged for a little over a month. Happy Valentine's Day to anyone who may have noticed that the day did come this year. Okay, time for a little bit of self-glorification. I went to a Forensics Tournament this weekend. For those of you who may not know what forensics is, allow me to explain it to you. Forensics, in short, is speech and debate. You go into a classroom with four or five other competitors and perform. There are several events in which you can compete. I compete in Impromptu speaking(I get a topic and have five minutes to compose a speech), After Dinner Speaking(I write a funny speech, memorize it, perform it), and Prose(I read a selection of Prose). My weekend went as follows: I went to school Friday. I got in Mrs. Rouse's car at about 8:30. We left. We went to Tim Horton's for breakfast. We got back in Mrs. Rouse's car, it didn't start. We tried to start it for around a half hour. Mrs. Rouse called her husband and rented a car for the weekend. We switched cars. We arrived at Marshall University(location of the tournament) at about 11:15. We registered. We ate at a Mexican restaurant called "calamity Cafe." I went to my first Prose round. I went to my first After Dinner Round. I went to my first Impromptu round. The followed this pattern for a little while. After my Friday rounds, we ate at Bob Evans. I went home with our judges, Ariel, a college age black girl, and Eric, a big gay white college age guy. Imagine the fun I had. Done imagining yet, not yet, okay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . now, alright. The next day I went to my final rounds. To my surprise, I finaled in Impromptu and After Dinner. I went to my finals rounds. Ate some more. Went to awards. Here comes the self-glory part. I won first place in After Dinner and fifth place in Impromptu. I thought that was it. But, because I was entered in three categories I qualified in another category, Trithon. I brought home a second place trophy in that. That's right, I am good. ~Now for something completely different. I bought Maroon 5's CD yesterday. I thought they were good before, but now I love them(which is a feat because, they're a bunch of guys, and I'm a heterosexual male). Buy their CDs you guys, lets get them to no. 1. BTW I put a link for my friend Rachel's blog to the side, read it, its good.