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It's finally getting cold again. Last night at tennis practice, Susie, Anna Beth, Alex and I were playing informal doubles and after a few minutes, it seemed to almost feel hot! Today though, today is cold. It feels like true November weather. I picked a bad day to wear a short sleeved shirt. It could be worse though. It's always better to be too cold than too hot I think.

Here I am talking about the weather. I guess I can't think of anything better to say. I think the coldfront and predicted rain have gotten me down.

So I'm going to talk about something happy! Praise band practice went really well last night! We are playing Radioactive by Kings of Leon. Trey already has the drum part down, and with some practice, Susan will have the lead.

Things are good...except that weather. It seems like I always want the hotness of summer to pass in favor of coolness. I always want it to get cold, until it actually does. Then, I miss the heat, and I want it to come back again.

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This weekend, my parents and I drove to Oxford for Scholars Day at the University of Mississippi. I missed school, which entailed the travel peprally, and the playoff game on Friday. When I found out that we lost, I was sad because I realized that I had missed my last high school football game, but my weekend in Oxford was the best I have had in a long time!

When I arrived in town on Friday afternoon, I had meetings with the Barksdale Honors College and Croft International Studies/Chinese Flagship. The admissions officers for those programs are so nice; especially Mr. Nate Flake who I met when I attended StarTalk this summer. After I met with them, I went shopping at some of the cute little shops on the square. I got a new gray patagonia jacket and some warm brown boots. Then, I met my friend, Lizzy, at Yaya's (frozen yogurt shop on the square) and we fixed ourself a snack and headed to the Oxford High School football game. The energy at the game was pretty high. Everytime they made a touchdown, they would throw corn kernels! That was...interesting. haha. At the game, Lizzy introduced me to her friends Megan and Austin. They were both incredibly funny and nice! Austin, Lizzy, and I spoke a little Chinese for fun. Oxford lost the game, but no one seemed to mind too much. I spent the night at Lizzy's house and we watched Captain America with her brother Luke and his friend, Joey.

On Saturday, Lizzy and I went to Scholars Day, which was really informative! After that, the StarTalk reunion got into full swing. Lizzy and I drove out to Mark Apartments to pick up our friend Caitlyn. Her directions were sketchy, and we were having a hard time finding her. To combat this problem, we eventually just started blasting ghetto hood rap while driving around her neighborhood. Needless to say, she found us. For dinner, we went to South Depot Taco Shop where our college tutor, Alyssa, from the program met us. The people at the table beside us started screaming quotes from that viral video "Can I have your Number." Of course we joined in! After dinner, Alyssa and I picked up the other college tutor, Gabe, and then we went to Alyssa's apartment to play the boardgame, Balderdash. Our friend Alayna showed up in the middle of the game. The visit was shortlived, however, because we had to get to Caitlyn's brother's apartment to watch the Bama v. LSU game. I won't say much about that other than it was fun! That night we crashed at Lizzy's house and watched Bad Teachers. Bad BAD movie, but hilarious!

I was really sad that I had to leave today. Honestly, I grew so close to Lizzy, Caitlyn, and Alayna this summer. Those girls are my sisters. It's crazy how deeply you come to know people when you spend an entire month living in a dorm with them 24/7. Everything comes to the surface, flaws and attributes alike. That's why we became so close I think. We all accepted each other for exactly who we are. I really missed them when school started back and seeing for the first time since then was surreal. None of us have changed, including me haha.

Anyway, it was a fantastic weekend! Now all I need is a reunion with my University of Texas and Girls State friends.

Dear Hunter,
There's a problem with leaving your blog open on a school computer. Anyone can open it and do anything they want too. However, lucky for you someone much nicer than that logged on. I hope you will log out next time. :)
Sincerely,
Will

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I'm sitting in the Library, and I haven't felt like working all day. Neither has Austin, Sammi, Michael, or Catherine Grace...Well, maybe they have, but I like to think they're just as lazy as I am. Sammi keeps shooting glances at Austin, those playful fake-spiteful glances. They were hitting each other earlier, and they're still poking each other's hands. I don't see how they keep that battle up. Then again, they are both consistently competitive and persistent people. Catherine Grace is on pintrest, and she keeps showing me pins. She just showed me one, and it was this dog puppy and the caption was "Mary had a little lamb." Then it shows another picture of the same dog puppy with its face all menacing-like and the caption "HAD!" hahahahahaha!!!! Catherine Grace also reminded me that we're gonna be dissecting fetal pigs next block in anatomy! Honestly, the idea of cutting open a once living creature bothers me, but I'm gonna try to mask that with my excitement about having something to which I can relate my new knowledge of the muscular system. Anyway, Michael's just sitting here all casually in his alcohol stained boots that he wore to the country music awards when he went last year! He looks like a cawntray boy! He wanted me to blog about Coldplay's new album, Mylo Xoto. Although I like it, I still haven't gotten quite enough into it to muster the motivation to blog about it. Well, this entire post is just a product of my lack of focus. I really like my research topic that I'm supposed to be researching. I don't know why I'm so unfocused. Maybe I just needed a mental break.