Masks and Medals

Ah, winter. The season of the great Iowa sport: wrestling. The only sport that I compete in anymore(banned from the bowling alley), I've enjoyed it for the last three years, even though I never understood why I had to lose all the weight and work out in a season that is decidedly not swimsuit friendly. Oh well, the spandex makes up for it. One problem that I always encounter is that I have nothing to hold my interest until summer. That changed this year, as I'm devoted to TWO seperate activities. And no, neither is Glee club.(BTW, sorry about that misguided opening. You'll have to go somewhere else for sweaty men grappling.)

The first activity is our Spring Play. Usually we do bigger, more "name brand" plays, but this year we opted to do a smaller play that captured the hearts of all involved. It's called "Alice in Wonderland". Maybe you've heard of it. In such a large production, I was able to snag the role of the White Rabbit, the equivilent of the leading male role. After I finished paying off the director, I studiously studied my lines.

Two months later, I have most of my lines down, and hardly have to look at my script anymore. I also learned that "leading male role" meant "you're the guy who runs in at the end of scenes and gets us to the next, but don't worry, you can have all the extra lines whenever we eliminate a character." Also, I got my bunny ears, but the hat for them is too small. Oh well, can't win them all. The rest of the cast is just fabulous, especially Carrie, who is Alice, and Ben, who portrays of the King of Hearts is plain hilarity.

The second activity is deceptively fun: Academic Decathalon. Yeah, I know you peeps are all like "Nun-uh!", "Nerd!", and "If it's so fun why isn't on ESPN?". First of all, check the Ocho, and secondly, IS TOO! The main thing that makes it fun is the people, and you'd be surprised how fun us quote/unquote "Nerds!" are.(And yes, I know that using the quotes after saying quote/unquote is redundant. Learned it in AcDec, suckers. It's called a pop quiz.) From the unusual practices to the strange glory of sweeping the awards, AcDec is extremly fun.

Now that we're going to state, I'm uping my game. I have read over 50 pages on the French Revolution, and listened to music from that time period. While this may be boring, the pre-competition will be entertaining, as we are bringing Super Smash Bros. Melee to the Motel with us (In case you're wondering, I'm Captain Falcon.). My goal this year is to win at least one gold medal, so wish me luck in my noble quest!