April 30: Daily Log

8:15-9:00: Combo

9:05-10:55: Work on final visual presentation of project. Mr. Reynolds shows me a possible home for the project. I like it.

10:55-11:40: Biochem with Ms. Bradburn. Fantastic lecture on DNA. Enjoyed by all parties old and new.

11:40-1:00: Finish up research on terrain models and advantages of a physical model. Mr. Reynolds gives me tons of pictures.

1:00-1:15: Wait for China Moon delivery

1:15-2:00: Lunch with Wingate advisory. Chicken lo mein is right on the money but egg drop soup is less than stellar. Way less than stellar.

2:00-2:35: AP Bio party and yearbook swapping with seniors.

2:35: Leave to go to Peachtree Travel Clinic for typhoid vaccination

April 30: Daily Reflection

Today was the unofficial upper school party day. I had the good fortune of doubling up chinese take-out for advisory lunch with the AP bio food party of assorted goods. It was also the day that seniors got their yearbooks, so I spent some time today browsing the yearbook, looking for my dear friends and my favorite pages. I LOVE the senior baby pictures! In my project (that is what I'm supposed to write about), I completely finished all trails and rivers in paint pen, and I created a compass rose and a legend for my presentation board. The project is supposed to be over today but it definitely needs a few last-minute details on Monday! Hopefully everything will click into place; my panic about not finishing yesterday miraculously disappeared today.

April 29: Daily Log

8:20-9:25: Work on gridding the posterboard and outlining trails in pencil.

9:30-10:15: Senior Chapel. Very well done.

10:15-12:15: Buy stuff. Sharpies, paint pens, body paint.

12:15-2:00: Body paint, talent show warmup and rehearsal, general jam in band room 2.

2:05-3:00: Sean McIntosh Show Senior Talent Show

3:15-5:00: Swim lessons. Lower schoolers mistake me for an Avatar.

5:00-5:30: Work on doing trails and rivers in paint pen.

April 29: Daily Reflection

The big thing about today is that I hit a massive mental wall about halfway through the day. A sudden wave of understanding and/or paranoia hit me, and I had a sudden feeling of incompetence along the lines of "Gee Sam, you have to finish this thing very soon - do you know what you're doing?". And how did I respond? Oh right I didn't. On my way to get a black sharpie and red and blue paint pens, I also picked up several ounces of blue body paint. I spent most of 6th period painting myself blue with the help of Mr. Z's ceramics class when, in terms of pure work ethic, my time would have been better spent outlining trails and rivers in paint pen. Alas, the senior in me won out, and I painted my entire body blue for the Senior Talent Show. The blue was a hit, but my project did not move too far. I did, however, come back to 324 after swim lessons and finish up the trails. All in all a very fun day.