Expertise:none yet, hopefully I'll get one by the end of my life...
oh wait... I do have one: Being an utter (but innocent) annoyance to Mrs. Dudzik (outdated)
hmm, if that one's outdated... then... arg, I still have none... oh well...
oh wait, there is one! Being VERY S-L-O-O-O-W!
Wow... 3 long weeks of hard work finally culminated in two amazing events: the AAA Fashion Show (last Saturday, March 3) and Engineering Open House 2007 (yesterday and today).
For the first event, Minda's "AAA Glowsticking Team" (yes, his TEAM) performed as a stall for this year's AAA Fashion Show. In addition to glowsticking, other stalls included wushu (yeah, go BRIAN!) and Chinese yo-yo. Although he may deny it, I believe Max did very well as the leader of our team. Here is our performance: 1st phase: (in order of left to right) Sean (aqua) Chin (blue) Burney (green) Irene (purple)
2nd phase: Mike (green and red) Paul (yellow)
3rd phase: Matt (blue) Yuji (green)
4th phase: MINDA LIU!!!! (yellow)
The second event is Engineering Open House 2007. Here are a few pictures from the project I worked on, "Frantic Elevator!" and another project in our group, "Super Einstein". We were lucky enough to have our game displayed on a HUGE monitor! Our games attracted lots of visitors, and I am extremely happy! I think one of the reasons our games attracted so much attention was definitely the fact that both games were played using the Wii-mote. Thanks to everyone who came to play the games! For those of you who couldn't come, that's a shame. If anyone is interested, I can run Frantic Elevator off my laptop; but unfortunately, without the Wii-mote and the huge screen, it won't be the full experience. Now, on to expanding our projects in preparation for CS Days! (By the way, "Super Einstein" is featured in an article by www.thetanooki.com)!
Pancake Breakfast is Saturday, March 17! Troop 100's annual Pancake Breakfast is in only two weeks! It's All-You-Can-Eat pancakes and sausages! This year the event will be held at the same location as last year--United Wesley Methodist Church. Tickets are still $5 each or $15 for a family. And of course, as usual, I will be your waiter!!! Hope to see you all there! Bring all your friends! We had well over 30 friends from Central come last year! Lets see if we can match that again this year!
Yay! Thank you everyone who responded to my last post! You've convinced me to revive my xanga usage! (I had thought that it was already dead, but I see that there is still life in it after all!). You're absolutely right. The Xanga atmosphere is quite distinct from the Facebook atmosphere. Everyone feels... closer... here. It seems more personable and people seem to care more. I shall recontinue to use this. -------------
I'm sorry that my first post after this revival couldn't be a happier one, but this has been on my mind for awhile. This may sound strange, but is there a trend for students (mostly of the smart, hard-working, studious type) to experience a kind of depression their senior year in high school? I know a few seniors of that type (studious enough at least not to succumb to senioritis) who are currently experiencing this. Even more surprisingly, this is just about exactly how I was feeling last year when I was a senior! It may be due to the overwhelming amount of schoolwork that was taking up all of my time, and I started thinking too much. It's hard to describe, but I remember one major facet was the feeling of loneliness. Oh sure, there were friends at school, but once I got home, it was a completely different story. A couple of times in Spanish class, we were to ask someone else questions such as "What do you do after classes?" or "What do you do in your free time?" When someone asked me that, I... was at a loss. I thought to myself, what do I do after school is over? Well, I would go home and do homework. Sometime later there would be a break for dinner, and then I'd return to my homework until about midnight, when I would finally finish and would go to bed. And that would be all. Day after day. I can't even blame it on AIM like I could junior year. Then, the reason homework took me up to twelve each night was because I was distracted by AIM. Senior year, however, I forced myself not to use AIM and fully concentrated on homework... and it STILL took me to midnight each night! Gradually, I grew tired of it all. During that time, I rarely saw friends outside of school. And at school when I did see them, I became envious of their stories of "hanging out" with other friends and all the fun that they were having. From my perspective, they seemed to be social butterflies and I felt a sense of being left out. It was that feeling of belonging that I lacked and longed for. I thought that I was the only one with this issue and a feeling of loneliness descended. I consider myself lucky though. Second semester senior year, someone most dear to me saved me from my despair. I was rescued from my isolation, and I experienced just "hanging out" for the first time. I finally found the feeling of being needed again, and I embraced it. I was no longer alone... Because of this, I was set back on the road to recovery. .. I don't think that person has any idea of the extent of my appreciation...
. To current seniors, does it seem like this is a trend? Do you, or any of your friends, feel this way or something similar? To my college friends, did you experience any similar sort of depression or unhappiness when you were a senior? What happened? And most importantly, if you see this happening to your friends, what can you do?
Wow, now with Facebook, my Xanga usage has dropped tremendously. Does anyone else using Facebook feel the same way? Does anyone think I should try to revive my Xanga usage?
