Things that make you laugh five years later

[greybeta]

My counselor may have slightly exaggerated my abilities.

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[visgoth.livejournal.com]

Dude, she totally left out your M:TG skills!

[loga.livejournal.com]

Quick - what's the capital of Kazakhstan?! :)

[greybeta.livejournal.com]

I actually didn't start attending sanctioned tournaments until I got to college, so she was actually correct to leave out my M:TG skills.

[greybeta.livejournal.com]

Almaty, though the only reason I know that one is because a kid from my college group at church went to Kazakhstan for his mission trip this summer so we can updates through the Missionary Board office of Almaty.

[loga.livejournal.com]

I was expecting you to answer this.

But, you know....YOU'RE WRONG!

It's Astana. Moved there from Almaty in order to ease north-south tensions in the country.

Random tidbit of useless knowledge! ;)

[greybeta.livejournal.com]

*shrugs*

The last time I checked what all the world capitals was the day of my last Quiz Bowl tournament. I can't help it if the world keeps changing! ^_^

[loga.livejournal.com]

:)))

[nathreee.livejournal.com]

Because of the title, conqueror of demons, I kept looking for the part where your video game achievements were described. Hehe, I guess I get a bit caught up in my own world sometimes...

[themaskedsmile.livejournal.com]

Haha, that's great. It brings back memories of my own quasi-celebrity status in the last part of senior year. I obviously never had your level of supervillain potential, but McAllen (TX) was extremely proud of its three National Merit Finalists in 2005.

[greybeta.livejournal.com]

I would have mentioned beating Dr. Mario on Level 20 at HIGH speed for the old 8-bit NES if the committee deciding this scholarship knew what I was talking about.

[greybeta.livejournal.com]

Supervillian, huh? Heh, Southside High School is considered to be one of the top high schools in Arkansas, if not the best despite its status as a public school. I didn't realize until my junior year at TU what good teachers I had.

Do you guys only get one or two National Merit Finalists a year? We had seven my year and my graduating class was considered to be on the low end in terms of overall talent (though I was considered to be on par with any other valedictorian, except for the girl who later won a Rhodes Scholarship). This year my school had 13 Finalists, and five of them are going to TU on a Presidential Scholarship!