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| There is no experience quite like Speech team. Nothing can compare with taking a good three to four hundred of the loudest, spot-light seeking high schoolers from across the state and shoving them into one confined space. This is the Kennedy Liar's going to Ottumwa for State Speech. |
| (Left) These are pictures of the group on the way back form Ottumwa. I think this picture was taken sometime between everyone crashing on a sugar low and "mad hyper karokee to Disney songs and Moulin Rough time." I think I was somewhere half passed out behind Netter's shoulder when they took this picture, but the insanely bright flash in conjunction with it being dark out effectively strobed me back to life. The bus trip took forever. We literally had the sun come up and set while we were in the bus. How sad. We also had a ghetto bus driver which made it uber cool. |
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| (Right) One more picture from the bus; Holly, Kevin, Danielle, and Sky posing for da camera. One more thing about the pictures above. I like how Mike is so prominent in the picture but he wasn't even participating, just tagging along for the ride. Hazaa to tag-alongers. |
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| (Above) Look! It's Nads trying to look menacing... or maybe she's just grown to become the forty foot woman. Speech was fun with Nads, a no-nothing hick kid from Dubuque told Nads that she "had a very nice... turbin." "Yes," I replied, "It is a nice turbin." (Right) Well, there's Moran. Yup, sure is Moran... Moran hates mimes. |
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| (Above) This is a picture of Nads and me somewhere in the labrynth of hallways at Ottumwa. I forget what they told us to do or even if they told us to do anything at all... Maybe we really look like that ::ponders to self:: Anyways, people say she looks angry and I look... well, it's hard to describe. I think I've invented a new emotion. I think I'll call it Spizeechy. (Left) This was probably taken sometime during the three hour wait between Dopey Fairytale and Machinal. I can't believe these girls laid on that dirty dirty cafeteria floor. Sidebar: Some speech team (not ours) put about a four foot wide gaping hole in a wall of the cafeteria. I wonder who got blamed for that one. So back to the subject, don't they look geometrical? And they (in no particular order as to help deter you internet stalkers out there) are Sarah, Netter, Lilian, Sky, Nads, and Holly. (Below) Yet another thing that people decide to do during the ten hours or so that we were there. This is Nads teaching some people how to do her mad Steppers moves. In this, they're doing the step clap thing ::step claps poorly to demonstrate knowing full well no one reading this will be able to see me step claping:: and walking forward at the same time. In that area outside the door in the background is also where we played another round of the bouncy ball game, aka "Good Heavens." What were we thinking??? |
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| (Above left) Another one of those chilling on the floor of the cafeteria between acts. I'd like this time to put in a shameless plug for Ocean Spray Orange Juice and Yellow backpacks. Mmmm... Ocean Spray Orange Juice. "Nothing says orange juice like salty sea water." ::pats stomach:: (Above right) This is somethign we'd like to call the EXTREME CLOSE-UP. Aaaaahhhhh!!! ::camera zooms in and out:: |
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| Mimes Rawk!!! It is a Law. |