Answering Questions from Last Night's Blog Coments:

Rebecca: You definately deserve award for "Worst Experiance While Putting Together the Notebook".
A: Thank you. ::muzzily accepts award::

Megs: Ahhhhhhhhh I remember the days when I use to pull all-nighters without a sweat. Nowadays, I can't go a week without taking naps periodically. I've grown weak in my years.
A: I was really dead around 4AM, but as daylight rolled around, I got perkier. Perhaps it's the overwhelming joy of finishing the notebook talking. I fell asleep in Loh's car ride back. No one was surprised.

Brenna: Hehe, Baby's First All-Nighter. Just curious (like a squid, mayhaps), what time do you go to bed when you study for midterms/finals?
A: I go to sleep early, maybe around 11. If I don't get enough sleep, all the studying in the world will be useless, because I won't remember a word of it.

Marcelina: ::jaw drops:: :: blinks:: you've NEVER pulled an all nighter before?!?!??!?
A: Nope, not even for the Research Paper. I went to sleep at 3 or something for that.

Brenna: I suppose committing a crime while crying 'Here, Carrot, Carrot, Carrot!' won't successfully get us a model volunteer...
A: Not that it wouldn't stop us from trying.

Anyway, time for News From Yesterday. I'm really excited about the Notebook's chances. I spent a few minutes hobnobbing with the judges, who were griping about the size of Austin Academy's notebook. It was four inches thick. The notebook guidelines say "fewer than 25 pages" (ours was 23), but there's a loophole. They say that you can include "documents that you feel are relevant", and Austin Academy (as well as Lincoln High School, which was 2 1/2 to 3 inches) believed that to mean "please include each individual student's (approx. 80) test pages (5 per person), in which they share their interpretation on how the robot works. The judges confided that they probably wouldn't even glance through AA's "supporting information", just the required 25 pages at the front. "Victory!" the Highland Park Notebook Team and I exlaimed in the privacy of our own heads. They said that they'd be looking at Highland Park and Hockaday's notebook the most because they had the best design. Excuse me whilst I squee with happiness. We got lots of compliments, all of which served nicely to inflate my sleep-deprived ego. Good stuff. And while taking a break from the competition practice stuff (held conveniently in a mall), Ashley, Tori, and I went to Hot Topic and got Invader Zim stuff. Life is indeed beautiful.