Quiz meet/other stuff/activities

The quiz meet was three weeks ago. It went pretty well. Two of our teammates were only there for the first quiz, in that one Josh erred out, and on Saturday he erred out once more and I did it twice. We lost the majority of quizzes. But on the bright side, I placed 11th in the B division and 6th rookie. Which really wasn't bad. And Josh was better overall than me.
I've now moved up to club 300 for quizzing, meaning I have to try and keep up with the current 145 and memorize the rest of everything. Darn it. But any extra verses are very much worth it, as well as the strain of memorizing three or four verses a day- I'll definitely have to do more than that next year if we have an A team and I need the practice. The next meet, a district, is on March 9th-10th, and it'll be harder because it's district and there's many more very good quizzers. I'm just hoping we don't get moved up to div 1 again; I'd like to get to meet finals at least once this year.

We went alpine skiing on Monday! It was really fun. I'm not nearly as scared of going downhill anymore. No, scratch that. Not so scared of going downhill on downhill skis anymore- cross-country still is pretty frightening. But it was fun, and I had a total of two clean rounds down the midway course. After the first big steep slope it's pretty easy - the first big steep slope is what made me fall so often.

Josh and I bought the soundtrack for PotC: DMC yesterday from iTunes (very helpful for soundtracks- if they actually have it it's a whole lot cheaper than from Amazon or a bookstore or something). I really like it, other than a rather weird song (He's a Pirate remix- very electric-computer-sounding). The nice thing is that it's very different from the CotBP soundtrack; it sounds less like a movie soundtrack and I'm pretty much able to tell what a song's title is from hearing the first bits, contrary to the CotBP album where I'm still not guessing well. It is annoying how wide the volume range in a song is, it can go from very quiet to very loud in a few seconds and doesn't do well as background music. But I enjoy it.

I'm playing violin at the award ceremony thingy at Taylor University on Saturday- Gavotte by J. Becker. I'll be receiving the award I got in the fall for my exam results last year. It should be fun; very scary though.

Baptism

So I got baptized on Sunday... it went amazingly, even though my testimony was much shorter than the other lady's. But mine was more to the point, so it all works out.

My Testimony:
Hi, my name is Emily. I am getting baptized today because I believe with all my heart that Jesus is Lord, He is the Son of God, and He came down to earth as fully God and fully man to die for us as our Saviour so we would not have to go to hell without a chance. I don't actually remember when I became a Christian; the only memory is being between six and eight and asking Him to come into my heart. That may not even be accurate; all I know is that I am a Christian, I am saved by His grace, and I will try as hard as I can to follow God for all my life. Acts 4:12 says 'Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.' I believe that. I'd like to thank first and foremost God, for creating me, saving me, and helping me to glorify Him through my life. My parents, for being amazing and helping me learn about Him, especially Dad for explaining theological concepts which I would never understand on my own. My friends and family for being around and helping me learn, especially when I need a kick. My Sunday School teachers; I don't think I ever would have learned or understood as much on Sunday mornings without you. Thanks.


It went well. And... it's slightly difficult to explain... but that's what I believe, and no one's changing it, and I think it's awesome. :)

I like quizzes. I also like to read

What Kind of Reader Are You? Your Result: Dedicated Reader You are always trying to find the time to get back to your book. You are convinced that the world would be a much better place if only everyone read more.
Literate Good Citizen
Obsessive-Compulsive Bookworm
Book Snob
Fad Reader
Non-Reader
What Kind of Reader Are You? Create Your Own Quiz

Happy February

Because it is February... and since January is supposed to be so dreary and boring and horrible that must be a good thing.

Quiz meet tomorrow and Saturday... it should be really fun, except two team members won't be here Saturday because of something else going on so it's just me and Josh. Not fair. And I'm not terribly ready... but I have lots of time between now and 7 pm tomorrow when the meet starts. Lots and lots; like 23 whole hours if I skip sleeping.

But that's not going to happen.

My dad bought Casting Crowns' Cd Lifesong last week.. I like it very much.

I'm going to go study quizzing.