Okay, so I wasn't planning on writing two blogs about being excited for the first quiz practice of the year, but this morning I woke up and I was so excited I was dizzy. With excitement. I swear I'm not sick or anything. Really, I'm not. I was so excited that I (theoretically) commented on my own status!!! (my quizhelper's status...) I know. I'm a nerd.
But I woke up so excited that I HAD to blog about it!!! Its kinda weird, ya know? I've been studying for a long time now and I've got a lot of my text DONE... but I feel like I haven't studied enough... not even CLOSE to enough... its the most odd feeling in the world cause even though I am fully aware that I've been working my butt off all August there's still that little panic demon inside my head... like... OMG MAEGAN WHY ARE YOU ENJOYING THE NICE WEATHER WHILE YOU HAVE IT YOU NEED TO BE STUDYING YOU DONT KNONW THE MATERIAL!!!!! GFDJKHFSIOFHB AAAAAAAH! I call this pre-practice quizzers syndrome. Pre-quizzing syndrome was already taken. See my blog about quizzers diseases.
SO thats the panic inside my head right now, pushing all logic aside and eating my brain from the inside out.
To think that yesterday I described my feeling towards this year starting as numb... I mean, I'm copying down my own jumping tips... (seriously. I'm not kidding.)
K, so I really need someone to comment. Fill in the blank. Please.
I'm SO excited for quizzing to start I _________________.
Please. SOMEBODY comment!
Don't get too excited, but I'm probably gonna blog tonight after practice. (troll: GET OFF THE INTERNET!)
*sigh* Quizzers unite!! WOOT!
Maegan
Why did I type the title like a lolcat? I don't know. But it probably has something to do with the fact that I'm so excited for Nakamun! Less than 12 hours left to study... are! You! READYYYY???
Cuz I sure am!
I mean, I think I'm ready... I've studied my brains out this week! And after studying, the most important thing in quizzing is the actual quizzing. The flashcards are GREAT for preparing for quiz meets! Not to toot my own horn, but they are!
You know you're a quizzer when...
Finish that sentence!
Mine: You hear a key phrase on TV or in a conversation etc. and automatically start quoting and putting references to that section.
Well, these are my last words before Nakamun... study hard, jump fast and have so much fun you don't wanna go back home!
Maegan
So... 3 days left. How's everybody feeling? A bit nervous? Excited? Study-a-holic? Is that even a feeling? In any case... Nakamun is in 3 days and I think I speak for everybody at NEXT when I say... we're PUMPED!
I'm taking advantage of this pumped-ness and doing some research on memory skills and stuff for the very LAST minute. Smart, hey? (I know, I know... its not) BUT I got a new rookie tip and a new nerves tip... and there are studying tips still to come!
Anyways, I need to get back to studying.
Question: How do YOU know you (or your teammate) is pumped?
3 days left WCD... hope you're ready, and I'll see you then!
Maegan
I am SO excited for Finals!
And you know what? There's only 5 days left including today! Freak out much!
Its a happy excited, though, I promise... although I can't help but bring back memories from last year's Nakamun experience... To the rest of NEXT 1: I PROMISE it WON'T happen again this year...
Since Great West I've been trying to turn on my Corinthians stuff so I can listen to it in my sleep and its all been going fine so far, I think its working... but I won't post it on studying tips until I check it out with some online sources... Right now I don't know WHICH methods are working and which ones aren't since I'm pretty much using almost all of them around the same time... is that a good idea? AAAH! What are your opinions...?
Well, this is the last stretch of studying for the year, hey? Paul will definietely be missed... at least I'll miss him if nobody else does. Get ready for another gospel, time flies!
Question: Any last minute tips for Finals? What tips have worked the best for you?
Maegan
Let me explain the title first, kay? Thanks.
I am going through culture shock right now. I mean, come on, in the real world you actually have to get a non-quizzing EDUCATION!!! LOL!
Second, I didn't sleep well last night.
And third, I know this is going to be a looong blog.
So for those of you who haven't been reading my blog since the last quiz meet, I went to Great West last weekend! It was SO MUCH FUN! Lets get stats over with before I start going into all the emotional and psychological and sleep-related blogging, shall we? I placed 21st (YESSS!) with an average of 12.5 and my team placed 5th!!! So, yeah, that was really exciting.
But that wasn't particularily why it was such a fantabulous quiz meet. I mean, partially but you catch my drift. I was on a great team... me, Renae, Sarah, Carrie (if you're reading this and know I spelled it wrong please comment the actual spelling) and Kimmy, and we worked pretty well together. I mean, we all cooperated pretty well together and it was a worthwhile weekend to attend.
It was definitely a learning weekend. I mean, I've NEVER been confident enough to jump WAY too early and just throw out a random answer. Either of them! I've NEVER done ANYTHING to do with strategy... our strategy at NEXT has always been to try to jmp early and get points. I never knew there were certain amounts of types of questions in each quiz, and I never really counted or noticed how many syllables other people were jumping on. AND I have never NOT panicked at a quiz meet. Great West was a GREAT quiz meet for learning how to quiz better, and for making friends with people you absolutely hate quizzing against (cause thery're so good, right? Its not that I HATE anybody, I just hate quizzing on a different team than them.
Oh yeah, one more thing I learned at Great West: At least TRY to sleep if you know you have to wake up the next morning at 7:30. Zzzzzz....
Speaking of sleep (I know, this is getting long) I was planning on listening to the material in my sleep so I was just listening to it and drifting off and my mind started going bonkers... I mean I guess there was this character I unconsciously made up named Bob. And Bob did not know how to read or write. And I thought Bob was so smart for saying all that cool stuff, and was wondering why he was so obsessed with the resurrection of the dead... then every now and then in the hour or so I spent thinking these things I'd realise a) Who's Bob? And b) Thats 1 and 2 Corinthians. Not... uh... Bob.
Okay, I've rambled at you long enough for one night. Gotta get going on the set of flashcards for my iPod... Need those for Nakamun!
OMG Nakamuns in less than 2 weeks!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! *Freak out*
Until probably sometime this week, comment what you've learned from Quizzing this year!
Happy studying!
Maegan
WOOHOOOOOOO! Guess what people? Awesomeness alert... I'm getting ready for Great West... which is in, not 7, not 6, not even 5 whole days but 4 sleeps including tonight until Great West! Woohoo!
And you know what? I get the ENTIRE week off of school in preparation! To do: STUDY! I'm SERIOUSLY pumped!
Goals for Great West: Quiz out. Just once... thats all I need. Maybe I'll get lucky and have a really good quiz... thats my goal. I don't really care how my personal scores turn out... I just want 1 quiz-out!
Anybody set goals for themselves for quiz meets? Its a great idea! OMG... did I put that in my nerves section? *scrambles to find an article on the page about setting goals...*
Aside from Great West, Finals are coming up WAY too soon for my liking! I mean, sure, after Great West, my quizzing will have greatly improved but its still scary to think that I have 2 practices between Great West and Nakamun. Why? Cause its FINALS! And its not a lot of time between quiz meets... and I don't know if thats a good thing or a bad thing but it WILL have an effect!
So, all smiles and studying till then, right? *note to self: stop being such a cheesy blogger.*
Well, I'm gonna go put some stuff up!
Maegan
Okay, I am SUPER excited and in a VERY good mood right now. Why? I'll tell you why. Thats what I make these blogs FOR!
Not only is the quiz meet TOMORROW (That reminds me... I REALLY need to get packing... out of town meet), NOT ONLY did I finish catching up on the flashcards (its true) but this website acquired 67 VIEWS yesterday!!!! WHAT? Thanks so much for reading the stff on my site! My goodness... this is the most this site has ever gotten by 22 views!!!! Thanks for the numbers!!!
Well, fellow quizzers, I must get back to studying... or maybe I should pack... but whatever I have to do... I must leave. Thanks again, and keep quizzing and being awesome (cause you know you are!)
Happy studying!
Maegan
Don't worry... nothing happened. Except my sudden realisation that the quiz meet is in 2 short days... JUST TWO! Thus the title. So I'm studying like a maniac. :o)
Anybody have anything that they do last minute... or any superstitions for quiz meets? I want to make a page on here with cool (or maybe kind of wierd) things people do before, during or after quiz meets. Me? I take every chance I get to get into my flashcards. And when I'm outside of the house, I'm doing copywork. Seriously... I'm going to Chuck E Cheese's today... and I'm bringing my iPod to listen to the text at the arcade. I go into OBSESSIVE mode completely...
Please comment with your wierd rituals... I'd love to hear some of them and start the page!
HAHAHAHA! I bet everybody thought I wasn't posting because I wasn't stressed out about the quiz meet in a week and a half! AAHAHAHAHA! Teehee... no.
Its actually because I'm so obsessive that I HAVENT posted anything. I've been looking at High Schools, dancing, other stuff you really don't want to hear about... (Troll: get on with the quizzing stuff! Me: I know! Sheesh) and with studying AND all that, I haven't had any time on the website.
But along with that I've been testing out new studying techniques. I haven't had a whole lot of time, but I've got some ideas I've been trying so you can expect some new stuff on the site soon. Today, starting at noon, I will be seeing if its actually useful to study for hours on end. How might I do that? Finish up my homeschool work and get studying, thats how. Wow. That was cheesy. I'm calling this operation... uh... never mind... I don't know what to call it. :o(
And I should probably inform you that I am freaking out. I haven't changed at ALL since the last meet! Mwahaha!
And just another reminder that you can send in tips for any part of the website!
One more thing... the reason the 'never heard of quizzing' page isn't up is becase it is going to take me forever. And I've decided to draw that jumping diagram. Ha.
Thanks for reading this... Quizzing 4 EVER!
Maegan
Aren't they so amazing? Both teams had a good practice today... actually since there were no distractions (on Mondays, theres usually a dance thingy going on) it was great! Music practice after was WAY better than it was on Monday... and I'm actually pretty excited to be doing worship for the meet... almost as much as I am for the meet itself!
As the meet gets closer I'm starting to look at my Nerves page over and over... a lot of new ideas are coming to me... check them out!
Maegan
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