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Aaaaahhh! Honest-to-goodness, I've sat here for the past 15 minutes and still don't know what to write. Today has been so busy; I want to tell you all about it but I just don't know what to say! All I want to do is go straight to sleep!

(By the way, I think this will be a post full of !, mainly because I am trying to stay awake! And ! make me feel excited! And therefore, not sleepy!)

I do have a really funny story to tell you guys about today, but I think I will save that for tomorrow; at least then, I'll be awake enough (hopefully!) that I can tell the story and make sense. I'll just say this: it was rather awkward!

But, I got my thesis turned in! YAY YAY YAY :D :D :D
(I cannot emphasize how happy I am about this!)

Unfortunately (and, somewhat amusingly), my advisor had forgotten that it was due today, so he looked rather confused as I handed him my 100+ pg document, all in it's nice little manila envelope (with my mom's name on it... it was an old envelope! I just used it to keep my thesis nice!). And then I was like *is asleep* all during the rest of my classes.

I did:
- get a nice powernap in first period. :)
- start learning a case study in AP CS
- get to finish watching that AMAZING movie we watched in French. LOVE.
- create an absolutely FUN idea for the yearbook spread I'm working on for the next deadline. It's gonna be EPIC :D
- leave school early

I did not:
- miss any notes/important stuff (I think)
- have a very good lunch. :/ It was rather ick.
- get a call from the UVa guy
- have an absolute melt-down panic attack

And I had an amazingly good interview w/ the guy for MIT! So all in all, very good day. But I think that now, with such a light hw load as I have, I might go to sleep. (yes, I understand it's 7:30. I'm THAT TIRED guys. :D)

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow...

Is coming way too fast! And could it be any more hectic? Methinks not.

First of all, tomorrow is my final thesis deadline! Wooo! I mean, after tomorrow, I'm going to be done, right?

- not really. I'll still have to edit stuff (probably), and then I have to schedule my oral defense. X(

- plus, I have to make sure I finish up everything in time for tomorrow's deadline. I'M STILL NOT DONE! Yikes!

Then, sometime tomorrow morning, I /might/ be having a phone-call-interview-thingy with one of the CS prof. at UVa (my dream school, as of now... I wanna become a programmer, which they're good at, plus they have so much other stuff available if I change my mind! Also, Charlottesville is SOOO pretty :D). Which would be find, except for the fact that it's a MAYBE. Which means it might not be happening after all. And I've forgotten exactly what I was going to ask the guy. Yay.... more stress....

Finally, as if that weren't enough, I have another college interview thing! (At least this has been confirmed: it will be happening, people! Which means that, one way or the other, you will be hearing about it sometime soon.) But here's the thing:

1) It's required for my application to this college. The deadline for this was Dec. 10th (just arranging the interview, which is nice; real app. due Jan 1st), so it's good that I'm getting this done. But man, am I nervous!

2) It's right after school. I mean RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL. As in, 4:00. My school gets out at 3:15! And then I have to fight traffic to get downtown to the guy's office in the middle of downtown (wherever I live :D) in time for the interview. Which means that I will probably be getting out of school early. Again, nice, but still, it makes this a Very Big Deal

3) This interview? The one I've been spazzing about? The one that I'm freaking out about because I have no idea what to say/wear/do for? That I have in NO WAY WHATSOEVER prepared for because my entire Thanksgiving break I've been focusing on my thesis and getting it ready for tomorrow?

You know, that interview?

It's for MIT.

That's right. MIT. As in, Massachusetts Insitute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Oh.
Em.
Gee.

I am so freaked out right now. I guess that means I should get back to rewriting my epistolary story, so at least that will be done. Farewell all.

*panic attack*

Tomorrow will be fun...

Red Roses (65 of Them, To Be Exact...)

I know what you must be thinking: OMG, 2 posts in as many days, what is the world coming to?

NO, it is not apacolypse now. However, I have started working on finishing up my thesis, so hopefully (fingers crossed here!) I'll have everything done in time for Monday's deadline.

But that's not what I wanted to talk to you about.

Earlier this evening, while taking a break from homework (and therefore, spending my time on Facebook - that website eats your SOUL, but it does keep you updated) I was told to go look up the story of Eva Markvoort.

Oh. My. Gosh.

If you haven't heard about her, please read this and then go to her blog and read this.

I'm starting you off at the beginning. I still haven't reached the end (OH, but I want to read it straight through! Stuipd thesis, getting in the way!) but I will. But I can't wait until I've finished reading her story to spread it.

My friend who told me about her blog stumbled upon this by accident, but as he told me, it had him in tears by the end. I've only read about 6 months of the blog, and I've already cried. Twice.

I want to give all my love to Eva's family. Know that you are in my prayers. And Eva, may you rest in peace.

Oh, Hi Guys.... (A Discussion on Inertia)

So, I realize that I've been really lame by not posting before now. I mean, my whole mission with this blog was to DOCUMENT THE SENIOR THESIS PROCESS, and now that it's (almost) done, I'm finally finding the time to post again.

Well, that would be because I'M ALMOST DONE WITH MY SENIOR THESIS, and now no longer have a huge black hole draining all my free-time.

So, all I have to do to finish this huge-collosal-massive project of mine is to compare a few analyses and make a few changes to the story that I wrote (more on this later), however, I have a question to ask you all:

Do you remember that law of physics? The one that says "an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by another force?"

Do you remember the other part of that law? Because just in case you don't, here's a refresher: "an object at rest will stay at rest unlessed acted upon by another force."

My final deadline for thesis is MONDAY people. AS IN, 3 DAYS FROM NOW. And yet, what am I doing?

I'm posting on a blog that I haven't posted on since January.

Anybody care to diagnose me?

Inertia is a horrible thing.

EDIT (11/28): Inertia is indeed very horrible. But it can be overcome by promises of shoe-shopping, food-court dinners, and an Imax-viewing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 1 (aka, HP7. The next one is HP7.5.)