Today, I went to a competition with my fellow Computer Defense group. We got there at around 7:30am and guess what happened? The server that connects to the network of the competition was shut down for some reason. So we didn’t have a chance to start until 11:00am- that means we weren’t officially done until 5:00pm! We had people on the team working on the Windows 2003 Server & the Linux servers. At the end, we scored a 95% on Windows & 58% on Linux. We aren’t sure if we’re going to DC or not. During the time, I helped my ‘coach’ fix a lot of the yearbook pages. I fixed the Juniors, Cyber Patriot, half of MESA, Band, Music, and 2 small schools pages. At the most, I just designed a background, designed the cool-looking headers, and rearrange pictures.

A bit before the competition started, I was asked to be interviewed by the people who sponsors this competition. I said I didn’t like to speak, but apparently they liked my interview answers the most. Horray for last minute thoughts! On the way back for another cup of cheap Starbucks coffee, one of the people who runs this competition called for my name, shook my hand, and said he’s jealous I did the rose parade. I am surprised because out of all people, my name is remembered. It’s because I was wearing my All City jacket, probably.

This leads me to this short train of thought. I’ve been working hard in band for the past 3 years. Sometimes, the things I do for band stresses me out or gets me crazy. I enjoy the things I do, but I feel as if anxiety gets to me sometimes. Sometimes at the end of the day, I feel totally drained out- that means I had a good and productive day. Sometimes, I seem arrogant by the way I act. Truth be told, hard work gets you rewards that others aren’t aware about. There’s a whole story behind this, an essay or two.