Today was a pretty good day. This morning I decided to cease my working relationship with the first map. It was getting really rough around the edges and tacky underneath, and it refused to stick to the chipboard. So I unrolled an identical map (there are 6 total) and cut it to the point where I left off (2500m). Then I tacked it onto chipboard and cut it out with relative ease. I must say that the cutting does not feel nearly as difficult as it did last week. I guess I'm getting stronger! Who knew architecture was a workout?
By the time I had retraced the map and cut out the first layer of the day (#12 overall), 7th period was over and I headed to combo class. We learned Lester Leaps In, which is a fun little riff tune in Bb. We also hit New Musical Express really hard and fast. It was really swinging! After break I went to biochem, where we finished up amino acid presentations (congrats Sadiya and Andrew for presenting after the weekend), discussed prom, and watched a mad cow video that was not very viewer-friendly. Especially an hour before lunch.
After biochem I got 2 layers done before lunch, ate a quick lunch with Ellie in 324, and went to a meeting with Mrs. Fuentes about being an alumni rep for the class of 2010. It's weird thinking about being alumni! I returned to the office at the end of lunch for some delicious botany presentations about edible plants (thank you Paul and Alexandra for the chocolate) and I got two layers done in one period! New record. I also drew blood for the second time, but not as bad as the first time.
So, I got five layers done by the end of the school day. I finished a sixth in tutorial, went to visit my lovely college counselor Ms. Andersen for some counseling, and returned back to 324 to work on THE SEVENTH LAYER. Oooh look I exceeded my daily goal. I won't hit it again for the rest of the week, though. (More on that later.) While I was halfway through cutting, my sister called and asked to be picked up, so no I didn't finish the 7th layer (#18 overall) but I got a very good start on it for tomorrow morning. Here's what the project looks like thus far.
Here's the map after 17 layers.
Here's the side view. You can really see the change in contours, and additionally I think the Rio Toabunchi (left river) looks particularly interesting.
This is more of an elevation view, except I moved the camera a little bit above horizontal to get some depth perception.
Nothing from this point on is immediately relevant to the project. Enjoy thoroughly.
Since I last wrote you, I was informed that Bambi the movie character is a boy by several sources. But despite that, and the anatomical evidence present in the jar, the Bambi that works in my office chooses to be identified as a female. Ms. McBroom's cat Annabel understands her sentiments. Speaking of Bambi, she and Kermit are getting along very very well. I think they may be developing an office romance. We'll be keeping close tabs on them.
Follow-up on closing thoughts from Friday: Phil Mickelson was the only guy wearing green this weekend, but he wore it very well, throwing down back-to-back eagles on Saturday. That is only the third time in Masters history that anyone has done that. Very impressive, Lefty. Tiger did not meet my hopes for course etiquette, but I do credit him for trying harder than before. I'm not sure when if he's going to win another major. Prom was the best 24 hour period of my life (neither "night" nor "day" is really a fitting term). The tailcoat was everything I wanted it to be and more. I'm thankful that lots of people made good decisions.
That's it for today friends. Tomorrow we hit #20. Wednesday I will be out of the office from 11-3 with Ron Carter and the Ellington Band, and Friday I will be gone all day on a college visit, so I need to be super efficient while I can be! And I'm Ron Burgundy?
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