Do you miss me? ... I know I shouldn't ask these questions. Oh well. Since its been such a lonng time, I guess I should start with Great West, hey?
So... The Englers were kind enough to take me with them in their vehicle to Chamisall... Thanks Englers! We sang songs all the way from Cochrine to camp... it was awesome! The first night we tried to watch a movie but half way through it stopped working. We also tried to play a game, but it was IMPOSSIBLE!!! You try to balance a ball on a board with STRINGS, walk across the room, and put the ball through a hole in the board into a basket. I think that one tea got one in, but that was luck... On the Friday we did some practice quizzes, and I did well, I'm not gonna lie. I was on a team with Tomi, Kyle, April, and Heather... And even though we didn't get into championships (which was probably my fault... heh heh) we won consolation! WOOT!!!!!! Snowmen were built, jokes were made, we nicknamed Ben (he is now Kutchmababins... if thats how its spelled), and it was an all-around great weekend. Personally, I came in 35th or something crazy like that, with an average of about 9 (I'm rounding to make myself feel better) and 15 errors. After that, I resolved to copy out the material 15 times. I tried... but it didn't happen. :o( Nakamun came pretty fast after that, and with only Love According to John and study week between GW and Nak... it was insane! NEXT went in head first though, and we rocked it. Our cabin was awesome, as we all respected each other's needs to sleep, studied together, made up really stupid moose and monkey stories with watermelon... but nobody's gonna understand that... NEXT 1 decided to take the long road to championships, placing 4th in the morning, and starting the afternoon with a 2nd and 3rd. So... we had a LOT of quizzes after that. BUT! Even though my mom was sweating bullets and each quiz came down to the last question (literally, out last 4 quizzes of the afternoon were all either tie-breakers or last-question-makes-or-breaks-this quizzes), in the end we made it to finals, and we were all ecstatic, especially since it was Jon's last quiz meet, and probably Troy's last time coaching us. Nat's qualifiers went well, I got, like, 5 right or something, and I was awful proud of myself. Didn't make the team, but I'll admit, I wasn't quizzing very well this year anyways, and would've brought the team down anyways. Finals finally came around, and it was an intense quiz, and we came in second to Foothills 2... which wasn't a bad thing, because, as Troy would say, it's not that bad when you lose to a team thats genuinely better than you. Jon went out with a bang... he placed 9th! Sadly, Jon graduated at Nakamun, and I think I speak for everyone at Next when I say, we're gonna miss him. Not only cause he's extremely good at quizzing, cause he is, but because practices are going to be really boring without his puns. well, that is if we don't somehow convince him to coach... Keep your fingers crossed for our convincing skills! While I'm being emotional here, Troy is probably leaving us, too. Its not gonna be the same... Troy got NEXT 1 to where we are... He is the best coach EVER! I'll admit, I cried when we had to leave, knowing that Jon and Laura wouldn't be on the benches with us, and Troy probably wasn't going to be coaching, but I'm trying to look ahead. I'm trying to get Lana and Patricia all psyched up for next year, I don't know whether its successful or not, but I hope so. anyways, enough with the sentimental stuff. In the end of it all, I've learned a LOT this year, and all good things have to end eventually, right? I mean, I'm leaving town after I graduate, so I can't blame other people for not coming back and coaching, right? So... now that its all over, what are YOU guys doing with your life? What have you learned this year? I learned that work ethic DOES need to be renewed, that team dynamic is just as important as individual scores, and all good quizzers make errors... you just have to learn from them and keep going. Well, see ya in August for the countdown, maybe earlier if I find some tips or study methods... I'll try to update you on studying over the Summer, I've already started Hebrews... Last year I took a long break and regretted it, like< REALLY regretted it. Are you guys taking a break? Who's graduating? QUIZZERS UNITE!!!! Maegan Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone! I hope that you're all doing well after the holidays and that you haven't fallen behind as a result of Christmas shopping and parties. For me, I've had an emotionally trying Christmas this year, and my parents went away for a week... which gave me time to study, while I didn't have to do chores... LOL! I am also going to be starting to see a therapist about anxiety issues after my doctor ruled out a thyroid problem... I knew I was a bit weird... but then again, aren't we all? So I might get more tips from that... for the nerves section... maybe even studying tips.
Anyways, I've been meaning to write a blog on this forEVER now... odd habits of quizzers. Taylor and I were chatting on Facebook and we somehow got on the topic of odd habits. I've noticed a few, but I know there are more. Some people always clear their throat before they answer, some people always say um before they answer, no matter how confident they are in the answer, some are obvious and easy to pick up, and some are so subtle that nobody, themselves or others, ever really notice unless they try. My mom said that I tend to do rond de jambe's when I'm answering a question, and I've noticed that I do jig shuffles (Highland dance) when I'm reciting... Its really funny, in my opinion. So, question of the day, do you have any weird habits? What are they? Have you seen any that are really awesome? Other question: Did you study over Christmas or take a break? So, until I find something else to blog about... Quizzers UNITE! Maegan Okay, I doubt any of you considered my lack of blogging and/or posting a LOSS, but a girl can dream, right? But, at any rate, I'm back! I'm sincerely glad I took a little bit of time off, too, I had the opportunity to focus a bit more on my music and dance. I unfortunately couldn't watch Internationals like I had hoped, someone comment about how it went! I heard WCD did REALLY well!
So, like I said, while I wasn't posting (although I was studying... my limit was JUNE! And I had Summer school in July) I was really into music, and very shocked that I wasn't constantly pointing out scripture in the songs, either, I felt... normal. WOAH! I just used the word normal!! So, what are everybody's other hobbies? Not gonna comment? Fine. Be that way. Hmmmmm concerts, studying, OMIGOODNESS who's excited for quizzing to start back up? *no comments* Fine. Sheesh. BUt seriously, its coming so fast!!! Summer just flew by like nobody's business! Anybody have New-Seasons resolutions? Or do you not celebrate the occasion? Just me? Okay :o( Anyways, just a random blog for no particular reason. Leave a comment, I'm begging you! Whether you tell me your hobbies or not, just say hi. For me? :o) *phew* so... Quizzers Unite!...? Maegan Okay, admit it, you loved Nakamun. And if you're outside of WCD, you would've. Great environment to quiz in, let me tell you! I never realised how awesome it was last year, I guess, but now I do! I can't wait to be back!
Lets get stats and freakouts out of the way here: I placed 7th this meet, 10th all year, and my team placed 7th!!! AAAAAH!! I'm so excited! Everybody did so well this meet... we had some pretty good quizzes! Okay, so, from the beginning of the meet. I arrived, book in hand, waiting to get the whole registration thing over with, hand in my Internationals application, get my stuff in the cabin I was in and get at it. Then I lost my spot in line. Why? Cause Alannah decided to start my chain of screaming reunions with the other Great West people. :o) It was so awesome to see all of them (or you... you know who you are :o) ) again... 2 weeks seemed so slow! So I got everything handed in and stuff, found the cabin me and Patricia were staying in (with Edmonton Chinese... so happy we were with them... they weren't awake and loud all night!) after a mix-up and went to the little meeting thingy before the meet. The picture slideshow wa awesome... although NEXT didn't really send in any pictures so every other team had a photo up there except us. We were a cool font on a black screen. Yeah. Cause we're cool. Then quizzing started... started the meet off strong-ish... quizzing out with 1 error. It ended up being a pretty good night from there... but I must've been too tired to remember what I was doing the rest of the night. All I remember is that the next morning, Patricia and I, well rested and excited, passed notes and got ready to go to breakfast. The day after that was almost nonstop quizzing, except for the half hour breaks we got and lunch, and in the afternoon after we got knocked out of championships and decided to go take photos with the team. Most of them are pretty hillarious... I must say... but we DID get one or two quality photos. At the end of the afternoon I participated in the qualifiers quiz!!! It was a lot of fast jumping and seemed to go on forever, with a few time-outs and time between sets of questions, and i loved every second of it! I didn't make it onto the team, but I promised myself that next year I'd get my quote numbers memorized and do even better! We ate supper after that and, again, I don't really remember what happened after that other than the fact that Edson 1 placed 2nd in the consolation finals!!! W00T! Then we had awards... Alannah placed 2nd in consolation... Congrats! Great job to everybody who did so well at finals this year... there was some pretty fierce competition out there and it wouldn't have been HALF as fun without it! So who's ready for next year? Are you studying already? Or are you taking a break? Any grade 12's out there? Any future quizmasters? Coaches? Scorekeepers? Answer judges? Hm.... I need another question... how did you feel about your finals? Were they awesomeness fun? How did you do? Well, I'm out. I'm taking a short break before I go hardcore on John. Watch out my new quizhelper... you'll never be the same! Have fun with your summer break everybody, unless you're going to Internationals... then its not really a break... have fun there too! Quizzers Unite! 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 | AuthorI am a quizzer. You are probably a quizzer. We all know what that is. No need to explain. ArchivesMay 2012 CategoriesAll |
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