Saturday, 10th of March, 2001
The regional science olympiad competition was today. I participated in the events Using the Web, Physics Lab, Practical Data Gathering, and Road Scholars. I know that we got 2nd place in Physics Lab, cause the sponser of the event gave me a letter regarding the cash prize and the invitation to the banquet in May. I had to leave before the awards ceremony, though, to go to Youth Symphony rehearsal.
After that, Hannah invited me to join her youth group in taking apart a bunch of electronic equipment and throw up some art out of it. There was cool stuff, like a laptop, couple computers, TVs, monitors, a movie projector, all sorts of good stuff. So that was really fun.
Friday, 9th of March, 2001
Woah, Channel 5 came in during the middle of orchestra today to tell Paige that she won the spot to go on Jeopardy in April! That is awesome.
Thursday, 8th of March, 2001
School got out early today, 12:50 due to parent-teacher conferences. They just switched 4th hour and 2nd hour AC Lab and we just didn't have an ac lab today. So I took advantage of that and took Susan to lunch. So that was very fun.
Wednesday, 7th of March, 2001
Tuesday, 6th of March, 2001
We had a Stroll at the annual Traffic Club dinner at the Frontenac Hilton. It went pretty well, I decided to actually pay attention to what I'm doing this time, so it was a good show. Afterwards, we all went to Coco's for a snack dinner. That was lots of fun.
Monday, 5th of March, 2001
Doh. They canceled the Hyundai Elantra wagon. Now I have to find cool cars to add to my list to fill up that gap. Not to mention, the Subaru Impreza is supposed to start at $17495 now for the 2.5TS, I think the cheap L-trim is going away. So let's see, we have the Ford Focus SE Wagon, $16300, but a huge huge wagon. 37.5 cubic feet of trunk space, and the fun 2.0L Zetec that pumps 130bhp and 135 lb-ft torque. With the optional (!!) 5-speed, that should be cool. Things seem to be standard too, such as antitheft and power mirrors. The Saturn SW2 is back on my list, and I'll put the Focus LX and SE sedans on there to round off the $12k-14k zone, where no wagons exist. Apparantly, I also discovered you can get a Kia Rio Sedan with ABS these days for $8895.
Sunday, 4th of March, 2001
I met with a representative from the National Student Financial Aid service, a private college consulting service. Too bad I didn't find out about them till now, when all my college stuff is nearly over. They charge a huge $795 fee but they essentially do all the college stuff for you, especially financial aide, and they give you tons of help on SATs, college application process, and getting more aid. Owell, no way I'm shelling out money for that now when I've already done it all.