April 25, 2006

My Weekend

In case you're incredibly distraught, disappointed, or otherwise upset about the fact that I have not posted in FOUR WHOLE DAYS(!!!!), allow me to assure you that the reason is not that I'm lazy; it's not that I have nothing to say or show, and it's not that I hate blogs. It's not even that I'm too busy 100% of the time. It's just that our blankety blank internet connection wouldn't let me upload any pictures! Grrrr. Just wait til Thursday.

Four days is not actually a very long time, but it has been much longer than that since I actually wrote an interesting post with more than pictures or a few quick notes. It's time I actually wrote something interesting for a change.

You may have noticed me lamenting in my last post the fact that I would not be able to go to the youth weekend at Fairwood until the second day. And I lamented rightly, too: I MISSED ULTIMATE FRISBEE!!! ("Let the bitter tears I'm shedding witness my distress...") Nevertheless, Cara and I sacrificed our ritual Sabbath sleep-in so that we could get over to Fairwood by the end of breakfast. None of my close friends were there this time, but I still had a good time. We had a number of relay races and the like in the afternoon, and I enjoyed myself to an unusual extent considering the fact that my team lost all of them. All, that is, except for the Great Fairwood Baking Contest and Scavenger Hunt. We made the best-tasting and nicest-looking brownies in the second shortest amount of time. It was quite a pleasant surprise.

In the afternoon we had three activities to choose from: hiking, watching "Narnia", or playing games in the parlor. I opted for the parlor games since I was too tired to hike and had already seen "Narnia" twice. We played Pictionary and Catchphrase, and I had a fun time.

Cara and I stayed for sports that evening, and I enjoyed them for the most part. We played warball first, and I am SOOO bad at warball. I have a horrible arm, and I can't catch. I can dodge, but who wants to just dodge the whole time? I did manage to get a few people out, but far more people got ME out. Nevertheless, my team managed to pull off the victory most of the times we played.

We played basketball second. I made a grawnd total of one basket out of about five tries, but I wasn't surprised or disappointed because offence isn't my strong point. Besides, my team won the first game without my getting any baskets at all, and my one basket in the second game saved us from defeat. (I'm sure you were very anxious to hear all this.)

I despise kickball. We left early. I was glad.

I went to Craig's senior composition recital in CT on Sunday! We got there just a few minutes early in spite of taking wrong exits and highways a couple times. All the music was wonderful, but I especially enjoyed the choral pieces. I had to keep reminding myself that Craig had written all the music.

April 21, 2006

Good News, Bad News, Big News, Small News...

First the bad/small news: I don't get to go to the youth weekend until tomorrow! Waaaaaahh. But this isn't as bad as it might have been, since I am dead tired and the men's dorm rarely cures that ailment very well. Still, Friday night is often my favorite time at youth weekends and I'M NOT THERE!!! Waaaah.

OK, Aaron...pull yourself together...

Now the big good news: we're getting high-speed internet! Yessss. The new service will be installed next Thursday. I am pleased. I am also dead tired (as previously mentioned), so I shall bid you all a happy Sabbath and great weekend.

April 20, 2006

Logic Shmogic

I just got home from my last Stanford Achievement Test (SAT, but not the SAT) ever! It went pretty well, and I finished all the tests in good time. However, on the Otis-Lennon Test (a kind of IQ test), I found a question that really stumped me. I wrote it down and brought it home to see if anyone else could figure it out, and so far nobody has. Why don't you give it a try?

Here it is:

No A's are B's
All B's are C's
Some C's are D's

It follows that:

a) no B's are D's
b) some C's are A's
c) some A's are D's
d) all D's are either B's or C's
e) no A's are C's

If anyone can figure it out, please leave the answer and an explanation in my comments.

Another interesting question that puzzled me a bit was one in the "Bible" section:

Statistics show that which of these is the primary cause of financial instablility among newly married couples?

a) Life insurance
b) Buying a new house
c) Credit cards
d) Multiple bank accounts

The answer can be found in Methuselah 7:29.

(Just kidding about the Methuselah part: at least they weren't THAT bad ; )

April 16, 2006

PHOTOS!

I finally got a chance to get to the office for some high-speed internet, but I underestimated how long it would actually take. I thought I could do my entire favorites collection, but it took so long just to get Rome done that I stopped there. I also have a few from Venice up.

Although I am publishing my photos to online albums, I'll still continue to publish a few favorite favorites on my blog on occasion (e.g., when I can't think of anything else to write.) These below are of a beautiful area on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. We stopped there on our way down toward Elba from Pisa, and it provided some of the most gorgeous natural scenery I've ever seen...as well as some excellent opportunities for trick shots.




April 15, 2006

Happy Easter!


Location: Florence, Italy
Photographer: Ben Holscher