So, guys, the Southgate meet. Let's start there.
It was a fun meet, I must say. First night induced a slight panic (okay, maybe not very slight), but the quiz had gone well... I was just getting really worked up over... Well, not nothing but nothing worth panicking over. However, I got more sleep than I thought I would (thanks Melatonin!) and woke up motivated and ready to quiz the next morning. The quizzes in the morning weren't that bad, but not really that great either. NEXT 1 was really in the zone, but in the end we ended up in consolation. We were happy though... It wasn't like we had quizzed badly, and hey, I made a good point during a challenge... I wasn't the one who challenged, but I used the rule book and stuff :oP So I'm proud of myself for making a legitimate point in a challenge. NEXT 2 did fabulously and ended up in finals in the rookie division yet again :o) Seriously, those guys are unbeatable.
I wish I had more to say in this update but I'm afraid that most of the meet is a blur for me, except the challenge and making another awesome story up during the light testing... That was fun!
I've been studying a lot more since that meet, especially since I didn't qualify for Great West. It really is a shame since I won't have the chance...
WHAT? Oh yeah, I didn't mention that. Even though I'm only 15 and have been registered as a grade 11 quizzer all year, I will be taking post-secondary schooling (a teacher training program at Edmonton School of Ballet, hopefully, if not then I'll be going to Concordia for my Bachelor of Arts in Music) in the Fall and will as a result be ineligible to quiz anymore :o( I'm hoping to coach in the Fall and will continue to put any tips I get, or anything I come up with for memory up in the site. I will be starting a new blog... I think I'll call it "Beyond the Benches" or something like that. It might be less interesting, maybe more... who knows? You'll just have to stay tuned for that!
On that note, I might as well start mentioning Nakamun... My final finals. I've been preparing my brains out as I would really like to have less than 10 errors in my last quiz meet... Wouldn't you? Anyways, I'm getting ready for that. I'm likely gonna miss getting the grade 12 pin and stuff since I have to be back home for kids ministry and dance team on Sunday morning/afternoon, but I'll savour the moments that I have while I'm out there and still a quizzer. Keep an eye here for my last blog post in "Tales of a Quizzer"... It'll likely be kinda sentimental and emotional, probably have a lot of bad jokes in attempt to lighten the moment, and give you an idea of when I'll start blogging as a coach or tablestaff or something cool and awesome like that.
Until then, question of the blog: When are you graduating? If you already graduated, how do you recommend spending my last meet? Any cool stuff that I should do while I still have the chance? (No, I'm not going up to answer a question and lying on the floor for 30 seconds) (... or am I?)
Quizzers... UNITE!
Maegan
It was a fun meet, I must say. First night induced a slight panic (okay, maybe not very slight), but the quiz had gone well... I was just getting really worked up over... Well, not nothing but nothing worth panicking over. However, I got more sleep than I thought I would (thanks Melatonin!) and woke up motivated and ready to quiz the next morning. The quizzes in the morning weren't that bad, but not really that great either. NEXT 1 was really in the zone, but in the end we ended up in consolation. We were happy though... It wasn't like we had quizzed badly, and hey, I made a good point during a challenge... I wasn't the one who challenged, but I used the rule book and stuff :oP So I'm proud of myself for making a legitimate point in a challenge. NEXT 2 did fabulously and ended up in finals in the rookie division yet again :o) Seriously, those guys are unbeatable.
I wish I had more to say in this update but I'm afraid that most of the meet is a blur for me, except the challenge and making another awesome story up during the light testing... That was fun!
I've been studying a lot more since that meet, especially since I didn't qualify for Great West. It really is a shame since I won't have the chance...
WHAT? Oh yeah, I didn't mention that. Even though I'm only 15 and have been registered as a grade 11 quizzer all year, I will be taking post-secondary schooling (a teacher training program at Edmonton School of Ballet, hopefully, if not then I'll be going to Concordia for my Bachelor of Arts in Music) in the Fall and will as a result be ineligible to quiz anymore :o( I'm hoping to coach in the Fall and will continue to put any tips I get, or anything I come up with for memory up in the site. I will be starting a new blog... I think I'll call it "Beyond the Benches" or something like that. It might be less interesting, maybe more... who knows? You'll just have to stay tuned for that!
On that note, I might as well start mentioning Nakamun... My final finals. I've been preparing my brains out as I would really like to have less than 10 errors in my last quiz meet... Wouldn't you? Anyways, I'm getting ready for that. I'm likely gonna miss getting the grade 12 pin and stuff since I have to be back home for kids ministry and dance team on Sunday morning/afternoon, but I'll savour the moments that I have while I'm out there and still a quizzer. Keep an eye here for my last blog post in "Tales of a Quizzer"... It'll likely be kinda sentimental and emotional, probably have a lot of bad jokes in attempt to lighten the moment, and give you an idea of when I'll start blogging as a coach or tablestaff or something cool and awesome like that.
Until then, question of the blog: When are you graduating? If you already graduated, how do you recommend spending my last meet? Any cool stuff that I should do while I still have the chance? (No, I'm not going up to answer a question and lying on the floor for 30 seconds) (... or am I?)
Quizzers... UNITE!
Maegan
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