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In an attempt to return to LJ I'll provide a summary of my Dayton experience, replete with stats and experiences. I had a great time, going 18-13 and finishing in 22nd place as the 81st seed (good enough for the class prize and an orange apple board). 

My bingos: 56
Opponents bingos: 50

My average score: 407
Opponents average score: 393

My blanks: 31
Opponents blanks: 31

0 blanks: 4 wins, 7 losses
1 blank: 5 wins, 4 losses
2 blanks: 9 wins, 2 losses

Highlights: Beating Wiegand by 5 in round 2
High game of 517
Personal bottle of wine on night 4
Meeting my goal exactly: 4-3, 4-3, 4-3, 4-3, 2-1
Eating my first cheeseburger (yes, I've had hundreds of hamburgers before)
Watching Pakorn to Jumbletime 7s and 8s (HOLY SHIT!)

Lowlights: 9 hours of driving both ways
Low score of 288
The cheating scandal 
Witnessing a seizure
The obviousness of my lack of studying (AEEILNT, AENNORST)


Don't know if I'll be playing in tourneys any time soon (a quick cross-tables glance says not until January at least), but I am thrilled about my 1779 rating. 1800 isn't far, so I will definitely be hitting Zyzzyva hard over the next few months.

Just got back from a Shins concert with dugy1001 (forgot how to look cool and link his profile). It was awesome! We even got surprised by a really awesome opening band, Delta Spirit; plus, I got a setlist after the concert.

According to the Shins,

Onion
Pam/phantom
Turn a square
Red rabbits
St simon
Sea legs
sphagnum
girl inform me
double bubble
Gone for good
Girl on a wing
Girl don't tell me
Past and pending
Australia
Martyr
Caring
those to come
sleeping
----------------------------
monks/new slang/1x1


Not sure what they meant by 1x1, but they attempted to play some song twice, but messed it up and ended up playing some really cool jam. Also, one of those was a beach boys cover. 

Johns Hopkins 2013

...is really sick.

Bartender
Satellite 
Granny
Stay or Leave
Funny the Way It Is (new album)
Burning Down the House (Talking Heads cover)
You Might Die Trying
Spaceman (new album)
When the World Ends
Crush
Recently
Cornbread (new album)
Why I Am (new album)
Dancing Nancies
Grey Street
Two Step
.....
The Maker
All Along the Watchtower

= a fun night

Round 11 vs. Joan Kelly

http://www.cross-tables.com/annotated.php?u=3639

Round 12 vs. Joan Kelly

http://www.cross-tables.com/annotated.php?u=3640

Round 13 vs. Augy

http://www.cross-tables.com/annotated.php?u=3641

Round 14 vs. Dan Wachtell 

http://www.cross-tables.com/annotated.php?u=3642


Ooh, and for anyone who does the NYT crosswords, look for the cool 6 letter word in Sunday's...yeah I was this excited when WISTERIA was in one of em' a few weeks ago.

Just played a few online games with Frank Tangredi. We split the first two, this was the third.

http://www.cross-tables.com/annotated.php?u=3633 

Little update about me: I've been in Florida all week visiting my grandparents, which has been nice and relaxing (a good way to get my mind of school and colleges). Speaking of which, colleges are really starting to annoy me. Right now my serious considerations are Chicago, WashU, Hopkins, and then Tufts/Carnegie Mellon in the back of my mind. Here's how I stand:

1. WashU: Great academics, really fun school with an awesome campus and good math program (my major). Haven't heard any negatives but will be visiting next weekend.
2. Chicago: Considered by many to be the best school in the country academically, and I don't deny that. I just question how much fun I am going to have there.
3. Hopkins: Don't know much about it but have heard it's very cutthroat (bad); however, it's in the mix because they offered me $$$$$.

My whole family says they'll be behind me whatever I choose, but there are some pressures I'm dealing with. My uncle is a professor at Chicago, so him and his family, as well as my grandparents really want me to go there, mostly because of the academics. They've said that my choice should be a no-brainer; Chicago is where I will learn the most and open the most doors, they don't seem to understand that social life is equally important to me. My parents, on the other hand, have no problem with me choosing WashU over Chicago, but they're pressuring me to consider Hopkins because of the scholarship they gave me. This puts me in an uncomfortable situation, because when we visit Hopkins, if I don't like it, I feel like my parents will think that me not wanting to go there shows that I am spoiled/don't appreciate money. I really don't consider myself spoiled, but the reality is that my parents have always let me know that they have enough money to put my sister and I through college comfortably, so I told them look if money isn't an issue I should just choose whichever I like the best. My dad responded to this by saying, well, if you only like the other schools marginally better than Hopkins, go to Hopkins, which I guess makes sense.

OK, sorry about all that personal nonsense. Here's a few more games from Princeton.

Round 8 vs. Frank Tangredi

Our third ever tourney matchup, we were 1-1 before this.

http://www.cross-tables.com/annotated.php?u=3592

Round 9 vs. Dan Wachtell

http://www.cross-tables.com/annotated.php?u=3593

Round 10 vs. Paul Avrin

http://www.cross-tables.com/annotated.php?u=3594

BTW, rating 1718-->1716= not taking a huge hit for some pretty poor play; sweet!

I played poorly this tournament.

Round 4 vs. ididjonassalk 

http://www.cross-tables.com/annotated.php?u=3534

Round 5 vs. goldfishbw

http://www.cross-tables.com/annotated.php?u=3535

Round 6 vs. Scott Appel

http://www.cross-tables.com/annotated.php?u=3536

Round 7 vs. Jason Keller

http://www.cross-tables.com/annotated.php?u=3537