! Feathers and Lead.

I am finally getting my chance to redeem myself.
What, you may ask, do I need to redeem myself from? What could possibly be the issue?
Well, it's been four years.
Four years of hating Ricky Serino and proper nouns and yelling/throwing soft objects at contestents on trivia game shows because they're completely, totally, utterly vapid, brainless morons. I am not bitter.
Most of you know (because some of you were there) that all I wanted out of the 2006 Malden Catholic Quiz Bowl was to use the buzzer that the finalists got to ring in their answers with--nothing more, nothing less. A simple goal, you may say. I would agree. However, I did not get to be a finalist in the 2006 Malden Catholic Quiz Bowl due to a series of circumstances out of my control, including an incident that eats a little piece of my soul every time I talk about it. I will say only this: a pound of bricks, Richard, is not, in fact, heavier than a pound of feathers. I am not bitter.
Today, though, was a day of quenched vendettas against quiz bowls, a day that has been four years coming. In truth, I never stopped wishing for a second chance at a trivia competition, and I absolutely loved every minute of it. Nothing else takes my ability to remember the most absolutely useless information known to mankind and turns it into something that we can fight over for a shiny trophy (or, someday, maybe shiny cash. Can I do this for a living?)
Anyways, the B Team I was on did pretty well, with 6 wins and 4 losses and several almost-ties. The A Team had a 10-nothing winning streak, and overall we won first place. They're competing again next Saturday, and then again for state championships. I'm not going to be able to go to all of these, since I have dance at that exact time, but I think I have one more round left in me. Then, my friends, we're going to take gold.

Oh. And I got another full scholarship to one of the best liberal arts colleges in the country, Washington and Lee. I never understand what's going on in my life.

MP

! So this is cool.

I got a letter!
(Which I'm happy about, since I thought it would be 8 more days until I get some news.)

Trinity College.
Um. Full scholarship.
shazzzam.
Stay tuned form more (possibly less exciting news) coming from a Barnstead near you.

MP

؟ Oh shi-

First post for me :P Just working on the first of my research papers today... I realized I 've gotta do another 42 hours of service in... a little over half a month. This'll be fun lmfao. In other news, I've now 7/7 of 8 for college acceptances.

As of now I'm accepted to:
Umass Amherst
Umass Lowell
Umass Boston
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Northeastern University
Merrimack
Assumption

Sacred Heart is still /considering/ my application, according to a letter I got recently. They suggest an interview. My understanding of the letter is that They've narrowed down a number of people who could be good enough but not better than each other and, depending on who actually shows interest by going for a tour and interview, will their decision be made. SU is a really great school and I loved their campus but I couldn't afford it if I wanted to sooo, if I actually do get denied in the end I'll move on.

! Speaking of slush...

Did I ever tell you about how I ran for class president at the end of freshman year? I made one of my normal speeches and talked about fundraising... and I mentioned that selling slush would be a good fundraiser. True. Fact. Well, for reasons I don't really understand, the idea of slush and the concept of selling it was completely hilarious to my entire class. I'm still trying to find someone who can explain it to me. Part of the problem is that they don't have "slush", they have "slushies" (which, by the way, we know are totally different from the good ol' Spadafora stuff). And, to this day, I have never seen slush sold anywhere in New Hampshire. I am also still known as "that slush girl".

I don't understand my life. But that's my anecdote.
(11 days!)

MP

?

So I had tennis today and it was pretty good ( ran a mile then hit for an hour and a half) I feel my abs burning :) which is good. Found out my boyfriend can't come to my prom because of stupid mc and planning things on the same day as ac's prom >:O but hopefully he can come after? I'm bored so... yeah RANDOM QUESTION TIME!!! Favorite flavor of slush? mines watermelon! :D

^_^ prom dresses = a craziness I didn't need this week

So I now have purchased two prom dresses for this years prom (totaling my spending at $20.00). The problem? First my date hates lime green, second I discover he adores red tenty ballgowny poofy dress things... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

This means lime green slinky = no go
Black flapper dress = no go

Shoot me............ or help me...................... arg....

What is everyone else doing for prom?

! Spare change, anyone?

Salvete! (I'm only using Latin in Caesar's honor. Don't worry, I'll stop soon.)

So, I need a favor.
I have, as of tomorrow, 15 days to accomplish something I've wanted since the beginning of the year... and I don't think I can do it.
I've been convinced to give this whole optimism thing a whirl, though, so we'll try it. I'm just going to need some good vibes sent directly to NH and maybe some of the amazing combined willpower that was the NLC.
Ladies and gents: as of the end of last year, I was class valedictorian. As of the middle of last week, I am salutatorian. I am off by a fraction of a GPA point, and I really really want to do something about it.
Like I said, I'm not sure I have it in me to pick my grades up that much in two weeks. I might as well go down fighting, right?
[Any spare good vibes that could be spared for my unrelated speech contest on Wednesday (link to a copy) would also be very welcome.]

I want to be the one up on the podium at graduation.

Moritura te saluto.
MP

p.s.  @J - You know I appreciate your stoic loyalty to the cause. However, I host all my blogs on here and they're the only place where I know how to add multiple authors. xD Somehow, I see your relationship with Google paralleling your relationship with Fred... so I think things will get better as you go. Much <3, L

& The Battle of Jess vs Google

L- I love you dearly, but why google? Why Blogger?! Since the Horrific Password Incident of 2009 which loose two blogs and my youtube account I had sworn off all things google-y.

Well, except for actual google. Anyway, but now you've sucked me back in! And for the record I FOUGHT to get back in! They wouldn't let me use any of my e-mails because I had used them in the HPIo2009. I had to create a new e-mail. Worse, a g-mail one. Silly me I thought it would be eaiser if it looked like I was playing for their team.

It wasn't. I can't read their stupid verification word thing and I DEFINATELY can't hear the audio one. I had to do it five times before I got it right! (don't laugh. I know you're laughing).

But now it's working and I have no regrets because I love the NLC more than my own grandmother and would do anything for it. (Not counting Fred)

Oh yeah..stuff about me! Umm, rehearsing the musical Drood at school. Still have to turn in my money for AP tests and drivers ed and pretty sure I'm going to college New York, which I"m pretty pysched about. :)

NLC Forver,
Fomerly GilmoreFreak

^_^ Prepare the defibrillator

Dear NLC,

I am alive... sordof... My high school drama troupe just moved on to states, which means two more weeks of rehearsals before another competition! Very exciting, very little sleep! XD -- On a different note as of today I have been accepted to Hoftsra U., UNH, and McNally Smith, wait-listed at Northeastern, and I am still waiting on Berklee, Hartt School, and Fordham.

In other news, I am continuing the ongoing process of cleaning my room. I will let you know when and if this ever concludes. Technically I have five more months to learn room maintenence skills before I have an angry roommate yelling at me about it.

peace out!

AND IN REPLY TO PREVIOUS: Payless has some awesome shoes right now, plus all of their spring stock is currently 30% off. I did not check for prom-ish shoes, but I got a pair of gladiator sandals that are gorgeous.

? I'M BACK!

Yup I'm back sorta. Call this a test run and I'll try to keep supporting this site. So yeah... I'm alive and busy with college/school/tennis. I honestly don't know what else to say besides me getting into 2 schools ( Syracuse and Umass Amherst) and getting rejected ( MIT and Northeastern). So yeah life is good only two more months left before I leave my high school and get to relax for 3 months before I go to college. OH! and let me know if there are any good shoes stores out there. ( trying to find shoes for prom)

! Reincarnation

Salutations, my friends.
I had this idea after the death of the NLC, and I wanted to share it with you guys and start it right as we started to finally move on to college, beginning with acceptances, decisions, ect. and chronicling some of the mishaps we may have along the path to greatness.
Or failure. They're relatively interchangable.
I wanted this to be a collaborative space where we could post what ever we wanted to--a blog entry, a vlog entry, some creative writing, some artwork, some pictures--anything that came to mind that we wanted to share with the group. What I miss most about the glory days is our interconnectedness. We all knew how eachother's lives were going, whether we were having moving pains or just a really cool summer.
So, what do you say? Are you in?

Long live the NLC.

MP