Yeah, it's me again, back at "ye ol' drawin' board". Somebody pointed out to me that this poor ol' blog is rather neglected, and I agreed. Maybe it's time to get back to the mindset of "I wonder if I could blog about that..."
So, as a fulfilled promise, I give you these further sources of funny looking html code. To the average eye it may appear like a simple picture with a link, but don't be fooled!
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| Ski trip 2010 |
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| Texas National Open 10 |
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| Farmington 10 |
The last is the one freshest in my memory, though I suppose a brief recall of events may help those not previously involved.
So -- Ski trip 2010: see previous post :)
TX National Open: The NCFCA tournament held in Texas open to debaters all debaters, not just those from region 4 (TX, OK, NM, AK). Worth mentioning is the fact that Joshua Jones got first place speaker!! (not place, mind you. There is a difference)
Furthermore, I competed in extemporaneous starting this tournament and will continue to do so through at least one more. Basically, they give the competitor (assume the name "you" until further notice) 3 topics to choose from, all based on current events: "Will the A350 be a viable competitor to the Boeing 787?" and the like. "You" has (have?) thirty minutes to prepare a seven minute speech on one of the three topics. Further, You has been doing research on hopefully any and every current event for the past 3 months and will print off any and all articles from any and every source. You then can quote anything s/he likes from these articles, provided they can fit it and their entire speech outline on a 3x5 index card. At the end of the thirty minutes, You must go give the speech in a separate room, taking only the index card.
Sound fun yet? :)
Also worth note is the fact that I finally got my Humorous Interp (basically a ten minute, one person comedy) memorized and almost reasonable. Alas, it was still several minutes long. So I used a different script altogether for the...
Farmington, New Mexico (CHILE Qualifier) tournament: Held in Farmington, NM, open to those from region 4.
Worth note -- my new script is based on a folklore tale. Thanks to Mom for finding it!
Further, I (finally) broke to outrounds in debate. Strangely enough I beat the first person in octafinals, but then lost in quarterfinals, winding up with 8th place in the tournament. I'm quite happy with that :)
Even more information -- the reason for so few as 17 pictures from this tournament and so many in/from a car is that during the tournament and before I could really get the pictures I was looking for, the camera was used as a video camera and all memory card used up. No, taking pictures is not my passion, but I still lament not having more space or another card.
Feel free to ask questions. Those who know me are familiar with the fact that I answer questions more easily than volunteering information... (though that statement came rather easily. I wonder why)
Have I missed anything yet? My my, it appears to be near the end of March! If I'm to keep up once-a-month postings, I might as well start very soon this week.
I rather wish Annie would return, it's beginning to look rather lonely around here without her claws...
God bless!
-Petr
