I like the way the UN PKOs website comes in Arabic, Chinese, Russian, French, and Spanish, only the Russian and Chinese versions are of an older, uglier design, and the Arabic version is actually a broken link.
Today I lost the policy debate inhouse tournament. Given all the rhetoric that went down about the whole thing only existing to be an “ego trip” for myself and Vishal (my partner) and my own unshakeable faith in my imminent victory, our loss in semifinals (after breaking with the only 3-0 record) was embarrassing and pathetic. Clearly the only logical response to this was to scribble self-deprecations all over my fingers during the finals round, and then go home in a myopic tiff and go apeshit at my mom. I came to my senses eventually and stopped being so much of a jerk, though. Somehow, happily, this episode convinced my mom to relent somewhat on Coon-Hardy, which means I might actually be going. This is such a relief I’m considerably less upset over my idiocy at the inhouse. (ugh.)
I made Newspaper co-chief editor today, too, which I suppose ought to zero-sum with the oozing pustule that is the inhouse. I must be able to balance this position with being Debate president next year and hopefully Frontage Roads head editor. Naturally I have a faith in myself that borders on the fanatical… this is something else that I can’t slip up.
faith on yourself that borders on the fanatical? remember what happened to *me* when I declared myself invulnerable.
i think you need to be a little less hard on yourself, especially if you are going to do all of that at the same time, or you are going to go insane. trust me. priorities.
a) you lost on a coin flip. that’s hardly grounds to berate yourself
b) let it go. It was just practice rounds, really.
c)While you’re the best novice on the team, you’re still a novice. There’s no inherent reason you should be expected to beat everyone.
d) cheer up.
Yeah, careful about putting too much pressure on yourself… especially as an IB Senior. You’re gonna be juggling these things, college apps, EE, History IA, and probably plenty more; don’t forget that. Not that you need me to tell you any of this, and, of course, I’m lazy enough to try to determine if there’s a way to script my college applications, so don’t take my word seriously when it comes to worrying about too much effort.
As for Debate… hehe, I hear you got pwned by Suneet’s little brother
And the PKO site is quite amusing. Apparently the Chinese and Russians are too backward to get an update? And maybe the UN is just trying to pretend the Arabic world doesn’t exist; it’s giving them quite a few crises to deal with. How did you find that- did you just happen to be randomly browsing UN pages in alternate languages?
Vote me for IBSO! Or not, I really don’t care.