Popping in for approximately 56 seconds

Sorry for the background noise--I forgot to turn off the t.v.

I'M BACK AND MORE FABULOUS THAN EVER

I suppose it is high time I explain my extended absence of posting. It's not that I wanted to let good 'ol Infinitely Pi grow dusty, but I didn't have much of a choice. What is even more distressing for me is the fact that the post that was front and center on my blog during my absence was about my journaling blunders of long ago. I'm quite positive that is going to be a post I will not be able to live down for a long time.

Now, the actual reason I was gone for so long was because, drum roll please, I was at a baton competition. I believe I've alluded to the fact that I twirl batons in my free time, but I've never actually written a whole post about it. Basically from Sunday through Thursday of this past week I was three states away from my home at the biggest competition of the year: Nationals. There were probably well over a thousand other guys and gals who were all participating, and I met a lot of amazing and extremely talented individuals. Not only that, but I also learned a lot about myself on this trip, such as the fact that I can eat a jumbo pretzel in under two minutes. A few other things I learned on my journey of self discovery include:

• I can only play the card game "Trash" so many times before I start to lose it.
• That sitting in a gym all day allows you to see people's dark sides.
• Drinking three bottles of water in a two hour time span is a terrible idea.
• "Hannah, you can't possibly eat that entire thing of fries."

           "Just you try and stop me".

These, really, are just the highlights of my week spent away from home. There is so much more I could talk about, but I'd really rather not bore you all with a long and drawn out explanation of the ins and outs of my whole week. I will say, though, that the worst part of the entire trip was the car ride. It was ten hours there, and another ten hours on the return trip. My father refused to travel by air plane, so we got to spend twenty some hours in our Ford Escape together. And for anyone who has ever had to travel a long distance with another family member, they'll know it can be a little bit maddening. About four hours in on the way home, I tried to get my dad to play a game with me. The rules went that we played the song "Revolution Nine" by The Beatles and time ourselves to see how long we could last before changing the song. Most unfortunately, as with most other games of my own creation, my father was unwilling to participate. In retrospect, it was probably a good idea we didn't follow through with it. 

All I can say is that I am extremely glad that I am home now. I missed my family, my dog, my friends, and of course I missed blogging ;) 

Edit: I realized I might not be posting again for a week or two, so I thought I would post something to help tide you all over for the next drought. Here's some songs I listened to constantly during my trip. I hope y'all enjoy them as much as I do.

Modest Mouse: The World At Large

Weezer: Keep Fishin'

Alex Day: Forever Yours

The Kooks: Junk of the Heart

Here We Go Again

I feel like I haven't legitimately posted in quite some time. Tonight I thought I would express via pie chart (YESSSS) why I haven't been stirring up more posts for you all. The internet is the problem here. It's too addicting, and I'm caught under its spell.

Sorry for the sloppy screenshot. I don't really feel like redoing it.

Anywho, this is the reason I haven't been blogging. At all. It's also the reason why I don't have my closing argument prepared for a debate I have to take part in, in Economics tomorrow. I plan on winging it. I'm sure I'll have some delightfully cringe-worthy story to share with you all about it soon enough. 

EDIT: My team and I actually ended up winning the debate. While the experience was cringe-worthy in more than one aspect, I never really got around to posting about it. I'm sure if I tried to now, it'd be really irrelevant. 

Haiku... Friday?!

Yep, that's right, I'm bringing the haikus back! Well, maybe not for good, but I will post one today. Also, I bruised my knuckle last night and it hurts, so I don't want to type a real post ;]

Winter is swallowed

by the rays of the sun and

our need for progress. 

Such angst. Anyway, happy friday everyone! 

Belated Haiku Monday Installment Three

It just occurred to me that I never posted a Haiku this past Monday! Oh no! I went back to school Monday, and I totally spaced it. Here is a haiku that I had to write for English class yesterday since I don't feel like coming up with a new one for this post specifically. If you want to read the poem the Devious Ginger wrote, take a gander over here.

What Poetry Can Do: An Attempted Haiku

Poetry is like  

a soft breeze in a meadow ,

rippling through my hair,

Erasing the thoughts

that plague my soul, helping me

lose reality. 

Dramatic, no? And sorry about these weird font changes. After I pasted my poem from a Word Doc into this, it messed up the fonts. I hope you enjoyed this extremely belated Haiku Monday!

It's been a couple of days since I've posted last. Okay, maybe more than just a couple of days.

As I look back at some of my other posts, I realize that I've started many of them this same way. It's almost as though I have nothing better to say except to state the obvious. Over the years I have come to find that I do this in many situation outside of blogging.

Scenario 1: Meeting up with an old friend

Me stating the obvious

Their awkward response.

Scenario 2: Me making contradictory statements within five minutes of one another.

Me showing up to school well-rested and boasting to my friends of my good feelings. 

My tired friend not giving a crap about how awake I am. Usually there is silence, which triggers my next move. 

Out of habit, to fill the awkward silence, I will make some sort of inane comment that anyone can relate to. Unfortunately, it almost always ends up being about how "tired" I am, which totally made my previous comments about my alertness seem silly. 

I will try my very hardest to actually write a viable beginning for my next blog post. Wish me luck!!