Nowhere Man

I've been noticing these rubber bracelets (or wristbands, for the macho) more and more lately. At first there were just the yellow "Live Strong" Lance Armstrong ones--and those are still the most popular--but now I see purple, blue, red, green, and pink ones. Apparently there are camouflage ones for "Support Your Troops"; I saw some online, though I haven't actually seen anyone wearing one. I guess I should jump on the bandwagon. I don't really like to grab on to crazes, but it is a good cause, not some meaningless fad like, I don't know, leg warmers or digital watches.

I'm glad I made All-Conference and played well at the Nic-9 finals, but I wish I'd been feeling better. I was basically popping pills and blowing my raw, red nose nonstop, which didn't do much to ingratiate me with cute Hononegah boys... I wish I'd been able to enjoy the whole ordeal, instead of feeling sick and embarrassed. At least my mom convinced me (it didn't take much) sto skip school today. I was feeling much better today, so I kind of felt guilty for being home, but it was nice to have a day of rest. If I'm not mistaken, this is the first time I've actually stayed home sick. I've gone home sick, but never taken off an entire day. It's quite nice.

Just wondering: why do Asian kids have a monopoly on intelligence? Usually it's an issue of parents forcing them to excel, but that's not the full answer; non-Asian parents in general don't do that, so it's still an Asian thing. Aashesh has been sighing over B pluses for as long as I've known him, and Emmanuel had to quit quiz bowl last year because of his grades. Asians make up a large percentage of ACE campers and quiz bowlers in general. I wonder if anyone's ever done a study on this.