Weekend Mayhem #1

It has been quite a while since I posted, but when I explain what-all has been happening in recent weeks, I'm hoping you, dear readers, will be laughing so hard that you won't remember that little tidbit.

Some weeks ago, two of my very dearest friends got married. For some reason which I can't remember but was terribly important at the time, I was unable to go make the trip until the day of the event. It was a long drive, and I was very tired at the reception, but I had a great time. It was wonderful to spend time with so many friends, especially since everyone was so happy.

After the reception, I went to another friend's apartment to watch a movie. We ended up watching The Day the Earth Stood Still. It's a movie that would make Al Gore proud and we decided that the reason the aliens failed is because they sent Keanu Reeves. Had they sent Sean Connery, the story would have ended quite differently.

I didn't get back to my grandparents' house for the night until extremely late. Grandma gave me the code to open the garage door from outside, but it didn't work. I tried calling and I rang the doorbell. I even tried to break in, but their house is very secure. I ended up spending the night in my car. I think my grandparents are not aware of that last part.

Relativity

We just started the unit on relativity in my physics class. The speed of light is constant regardless of reference frame, so I started to wonder, "If you travel at the speed of light, can you see anything?"

I asked the professor about it, but I wasn't entirely clear. Apparently, in the reference frame of a photon, the universe is an "infinitely thin pancake."

This didn't really answer my question, so I tried again. This time the professor understood what I was trying to ask and responded, "That's a silly question because you can't move at the speed of light."

I responded: "I would say that my question is no more silly than this entire unit."

touche.

By way of introduction

Apocolocyntosis - To turn into a pumpkin

apocolocyntosis was already taken, so I settled for pumpkinification

Rocky Mountain Conference!

We set a bush on fire.

Dave said to just dump the coals from the barbecue on the ground by the bushes, so we did. One of the bushes started to burn. We put it out with leftover lemonade. It smelled liked Christmas and smoldering lemons.

The day of the canoe races was so windy, we had to postpone the races. Hopefully we'll be able to get them in tomorrow. We did the swamp test, though. The water was positively frigid. In spite of that, it was actually quite fun.

By the end of the third day, I was sick of muffins.

The races were canceled entirely, so I spent the whole day running around trying to help Jessi with the food. There was a lot to do.

The bridge didn't do extremely well, but our school took first in both the technical and nontechnical paper and third overall in the canoe competition. We took fourth in the whole competition.

Huzzah!

Yes, I am a bit disappointed about the races.