Top Ten of 2008

So there've been lots of these in the past couple days pertaining to world events, typically with Obama's election being numero uno. So I want to apply it to my life. What's the best thing that happened to me (little ole me) in 2008?
10. Blogging- yes, it's done just what I wanted it to do. It's relieved a ton of stress and given me a good way to recollect my year. I'll probably do another one of these in June and much will change. But much will stay the same.
9. Mozart concert- probably the most stressful concert of my life and I didn't fail. Despite the fact everyone thought I was going to. BAM. It was stressful. It was scary. IT WAS AWESOME. And Fed still loves me.
8. Surviving AP Bio- the few, the proud, the survivors. After a 60% dropout rate, we made it. And we survived. And we had so much fun (especially after we had the AP test)
7. History Fair- I know, my year much have been awful if a highlight was history fair. But I learned a lot about myself and everything else. And Christie and I did a terrific job.
6. AP Physics- I know I talk about it a lot. But I met a group of people that are just awesome. The class was epic. You wish you were in it. Deal.
5. All-states- yes, it's because I did well. But being first in all-states the first time you get a recommendation is a big deal. And it set me up for All-Eastern which should be terrific in 2009.
4. Yo-yo Ma concert- it was amazing. He is amazing. Nothing else needs to be said. And he played Amalia happy birthday.
3. GBYSO tour- 10 days of simple amazingness. We laughed. We played. We cried at the last concert. I miss you girls so much. We will have an epic reuniting sometime. Really, we will. Love you guys.
2. Getting into college- any college. But especially MIT. I wasn't expecting it at all and screaming at a computer screen is an amazing feeling. And tubes are quite terrific.
1. Senior year- I don't know if this really deserves number one, but it's certainly a relief after junior year. And there are certainly some very nice priveleges. And I am taking an amazing course load.

So this next year better be pretty amazing. Hopefully a couple more college decisions in the greater than zero direction and a virtual game of which college should Melody go to (*hint*). And maybe Kurzman'll ease up a bit. And maybe a couple other good things might happen that I will censor on my blog. Some of you know. Others should know. Others just shouldn't.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

So it's Christmas. I like Christmas. A lot. :)
Yes, I'm only half Christian and it's only by blood and I don't believe much of the religion. But I do love the traditions. We spent all of yesterday getting ready (putting up the tree, decorating the tree, getting last minute presents, wrapping everything, setting up a train around the bottom of our tree, watching Christmas specials, etc.) and finally went to bed quite late. But alas, Santa came with less than normal, but it's all good. I also threw my MIT tube under my tree for good measure. So yes, it's been a very merry Christmas. And hopefully a happy new year...
And I got a 100 dollar shopping spree at H&M with my mom which I am getting psyched for. And some good food. And a blanket for college. And a bassoon ornament. And I can't wait to do Christie's puzzle. Or the puzzle I got for my mom. Somehow I feel obligated to do puzzles since they helped get me into MIT. And they're fun!
Well in any case, Happy Holidays. Tonight's the fifth night of Hanukkah.

and the rotational velocity is...

Okay, so it was just an epic day yesterday. Just absolutely epic. Well, school itself wasn't though at least we had a two hour delay. But then it was just school which is just ugh. I have such senioritis and it's so hard to get to work. Well, we took the free response part of our APES test, and I screwed up one thing completely, but hopefully it won't kill the test... :/. I can hope. So then Christie and I took the bus to Davis School and visited our first grade teacher, Mrs. Hodgedon, and Mrs. Dorer. It was really cool because she actually remembered us and brought out a book of pictures of our class that was absolutely adorable. Christie and I were so cute back then. And there was an incredible picture of Mike Dale.
And then we went over to Christie's house and hung out and pretended to do homework. And then Christie's mommy drove us and Shreyas to the physics reunion at Bamboo. We seriously had the most epic physics class ever last year. And it was amazing. And all the amazingness came flooding back. And we talked about physics. And college. And how awesome college will be. I'm excited. And I need to get my Caltech essay written and I wanna get in. Hopefully. Gahhhh.
And then I went home and practiced and pretended to study for Chem and APES and totally didn't and it was bad. :(. This is senioritis. Don't let it happen to you!

Numnumnum...

Okay, I have no clue what the title is about. Nonsense is always good though.
So what's happened recently? Yesterday it snowed. And then snowed and snowed and snowed. Well, pretty much there's lots of snow. It's pretty. But wet and cold.
I got my district scholarship thing done and dropped it at the guy's house. All I can do now is cross my fingers that something good will come out on January 10th. And hope everything gets there on time...
I picked up my portraits from Burlington Studios and went to Trader Joes for some stuff. I forgot how nice it is to have free time. It's actually pretty incredible.
Tonight a group of us are going to hang out before Sowmya goes off to India and is warm and all (lame). I'm sorry this is an awful blog post, but in any case, it'll be a good night.

tubular to the max

I GOT MY TUBE! Actually the whole day was epic today, so I'll start at the beginning. We went on a field trip for APES today to the Harvard Museum of Natural History. We took the T into Boston/Cambridge, got coffee, went to the museum, looked at pretty animals and glass flowers, and ate. One large piece of yummy pizza later, Christie, Alex, and I went to various shops around Harvard Square. And then we headed back to Alewife. And started a massive game of Never Have I Ever. Alex "lost" and Christie "won". Yeah, it depends on your definition... Alex got 40+ and Christie got about 20. So Alex does stuff... :)
So then we got back at like 1:50. From here, I engaged in a massive failboat. Alex said that Nipunn/Marissa/others would be at the high school at the end of the day. So we searched from 1:50-2. And found no one. But apparently they were there. And then I decided to stay after before history fair and get lots and lots of community service. Unfortunately, I also told Christie to call me if she got her tube. And she did. And I ran home. Literally, ran. And I got my tube. See!

It had confetti and a poster and a coupon and lots and lots of other fun MIT goodies. And then I contented myself, called my mom and made sure she'd be home in time to take me. And she was supposed to. But apparently not...
Well in any case, we got in a mild fight, and I decided to walk. I got there by 5:44 and judged 2 individual docs and an individual performance. I can't believe I was considering doing history fair again. Thank goodness I had a moment of sanity.
So Kristine gave me a ride home and my mom swept me off to band where everyone marvelled about getting into MIT. Oh isn't life great...
And now I'm on the computer, writing a Thinkwrite, and needing to study for Chem. AND WE HAVE A HALF DAY TOMORROW!

ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG

So last night was one of the best nights of my life. And I mean that in the least "that's what she said" sort of ways...
I GOT INTO MIT! Early Action. I'm getting a tube. I'm so excited. And Christie got in too. It's like completely ridiculous and I love it. I will definitely post a picture of me and my tube when I get it. Hopefully Thursday or Friday.
Well, so that makes me officially 3/3 so far. And that makes me officially really pleased. I didn't think this would go so well, but so far it has been amazing. I mean the applications aren't fun, but the other stuff is pretty awesome (like getting in and college visits and stuff). So I'm finishing up the last of my college stuff (Caltech, Northwestern, Cornell (in that order more/less)) and finishing the before vacation stuff. And I really must start learning math... hmm.
Well in any way, it's good news. I want pictures of Christie and me posing together with our tubes... :)

College college college

I got into U. Illinois. Expected... yes. Does it still feel good?... yes.
So I will get my acceptance packet next week and those are always good. I honestly have no idea if I would go to UIUC or Drexel if I got in nowhere else. UIUC is a great engineering school, but it's in the middle of nowhere and Drexel gives me a BS/PhD program in Philly. So it's all up in the air. And MIT decisions are rapidly approaching. And college app deadlines are rapidly approaching. And Christmas break is rapidly approaching. So yes, life is crazy and my heartrate is overly fast much of the time. But all is well. I went to bed at 8:30 last night which was pure amazing. And I got my APES assignment done. And I got everything done Thursday night/Friday morning. But it felt so like junior year. And that's not a good thing...
Hopefully next week will be more calm. I can only hope.

Work?

I'm a senior. Work is not supposed to happen. And yet it is. On Friday (yes, tomorrow), I have a rough draft of a 5-7 pager, an infomercial, and an APES packet due. Thankfully, the APES isn't due until midnight, I'm done with the infomercial, and the rough draft is only being checked. So I'm working away to get to 4 pages right now and then it will be bed time. Thank goodness.
So tomorrow I get my second decision. UIUC. I think I should get in, since they go a lot by stats and essays and I liked both of them. So *crosses fingers*. Tomorrow 6 PM. As I'm doing APES. Yeah, I don't procrastinate. What in the world are you talking about?
What else? I had an orchestra field trip today that was boring. We played for a veterans group on base and there were more of us than them. Yeah. Cool beans. And today I filmed for the infomercial. Sundo is amazing. Absolutely awesome.
And other than that, I just need to write some college essays this weekend/scholarship essays, and practice a lot. And survive 7 more days of school. And 6 more gym classes.

Bleck

I'm going insane right now. Like I'm fairly sure of it. And it's really awful. I got home yesterday and my Drexel admission packet was there (!!!!!!). Sure, it's not an MIT tube... but still awesome. I got into the BS/PhD program, which only takes 6 years, so I could be Dr. Melody Morris when I'm 23. Yes, really. I also got into the honor's college and got about 17000 in merit based scholarships. All in all, a good deal. I was hoping for higher merit, but my friend Justin says they don't usually give top scholarships to the top kids, so I guess I'm okay with that. I also got a free bumper sticker which may or may not be used at some point. I still need to apply to a co-op scholarship, which could get me 6000 more a year, which would make Drexel a good financial choice.
So in other news, MIT released its release date yesterday at 6 pm. I really think colleges overdramatize all this, but I'm now in freak out mode. I doubt I'm going to be accepted EA (probably deferred) but there's always a chance. Well I'm going to stop talking about this and you'll get to see on Monday at 9 PM. Or 8:47 PM. I'm scared. And I'm stopping now.
In other news, I stayed up far too late last night doing a Senior Project log that was absolutely pointless. So I'm tired right now. I think I'm just permenantly tired. And I'm so ready for winter break... (especially for a physics party)

Murf...

I'm tired. Period.
And stressed.
And wet. Really wet. Well, yesterday. I wrote a rough draft of my Caltech essay. Apparently it was awful according to ma mere. And then I pretended to cry on the couch. And my mom went to the bathroom and got water and poured it on my head. I still feel it in my ear. It's disguisting.
So I had gbyso yesterday and was all alone all day. Cecile isn't feeling good, so I had to sight-read the first part for Mozart all day. And Mozart is just icky to sight-read, not because it's hard, but because it requires a ton of concentration. And that's just not cool. And that's part of why I'm tired.
And then I got home and pretended to do homework. I sorta studied for my chem quiz, which actually went quite well (I think). And then bed-time. So tired. And I have actual homework tonight. Ugh.

I am not a woman of science

So I decided not to do Women of Science. I realized a boat was not going to be built, nevermind succeed. So instead I got to help setup so I got the t-shirt, the bag, and lots of candy. And an incredibly inaccurate globe. Mexico is now east of Florida. And the white text "Women of Science" is in the Atlantic.
So Madrigal Event was last night and tonight. It's decent I guess, but there were some incredibly dumb spots in the plot. On the other hand, there were some solid jokes. Mixed bag. And I got out of there by 8:15, so I was happy. So today's a YPO day followed immediately by Mads dinner, so I will be running. But at least it's only Saturday. And I really want to finish my Caltech essay soon because I think I may end up liking it. But alas, we'll see.

PAIN PAIN PAIN

We lost. Math team. Pain. Awful. And yet I did better than I did last year by 10 points. And yet we still lost. And I got a team problem. And we still lost. It was painful to the max. Like more than the max. Like the uber max.
Christie and Youngyi got 16s, I got a 14, and Shreyas got a 12 (I think?). Kristine got a *cough* 2 (jk, love you), but got a team round problem. Victor got a 2/4, not sure. But anyways, it was bizarre. And I got a 6 on analytical geometry! Boo ya! But somehow, it is unsatisfactory given the loss. Pain pain pain. Other than that, today was good. I'm apparently doing women of science on saturday, which means I need to make a boat in the next 36 hours. I know. Wonderful...

When mu->0, Melody->ground

Mmm, so ice skating. I remember being 7. I was good at ice skating. But apparently ice skating isn't like riding a bicycle. It's more like falling off of one. Especially when Alex hits you. Yeah, I fell. And yes it was embarassing. But yes, it was fun.
And then we went to the mall and obnoxiously tried on semi dresses. Pictures will come later. Awesomeness will come now. Not that it matters since I can't go to semi because of YPO. I shake my fist at YPO.
And then we wandered the mall. I got arm socks at Wet Seal, and I grabbed a gift for my mommy, which we'd both been eyeing for a while. And then I got home and read mail and ate and bassoon lessoned and ate again and read Dante (I FINISHED WITH INFERNO!) and now I'm blogging. I know. Boring. But it has been a terrific day. You wish you were in it.

BYE BYE

So I have brought myself away from the facebook community for the rest of 2008. BUT I FOUND OUT (about 2 minutes ago, actually) THAT I GOT INTO COLLEGE! Sure, it's Drexel. But Drexel's a college and I know people there, and I have friends, and I'M INTO COLLEGE. Somewhere. Anywhere. I'm so relieved right now. And excited. I'm going somewhere next year. So now I can finish those last three apps with confidence. Or just jump around excitedly for a few more minutes. Hmm...
So other than that, life is pretty chill. UIllinois decisions come out in 9 days, but I'm not overly freaking out about that. And MIT either comes out in 10 or 17 days. Hopefully 10. But honestly, I'm into college. That's what matters.
School is well, school, but I'm surviving. Christie, Alex, Allison, and I are all going ice skating today at the Edge which is going to be fun. And it's a half-day/X-block, so I'm out of here in 30 minutes. Pretty awesome.
So no more facebook, but yes to college. That's a sacrafice I'm willing to make...