Wow. That's all I can say.
Actually, I'm pretty sure that I can say a lot more than that.
The week before last I was pleased to lead the Moapa Valley High School Speech and Debate team through their fourth consecutive state championship title. I had a pretty sweet season even though my debate partner had to graduate last year and so the debate part didn't go exactly as I planned. I did however take a first and a second at a couple of tournaments in my debate despite having only fill in partners who ended up quitting the program all together since they couldn't handle the heat.
As you may or may not know Mr. Tusler (may he rest in peace) retired from about half a century of teaching at our high school and a couple thousand more years as an educator in various locations around the globe leaving the forensics team in well organized, talented, ambitious yet socially degrading shambles. The new coach hit mass opposition but through it all was able, with my help of course, to sail into the waters of victory we have grown so accostomed to.
I was able, throughout the season, to secure much desired hardware for the team as a champion at least at one tournament in each of my events. I desimated southern utah in duo interpretation of literature with my partner Josh Garlick as well as taking the third or fourth most competitive tournament of the year in that event while the risky humor we endorse only pulled a third at the state competition and failed to bring us into finals at the national qualifier. I'm still proud of our duo and as many have declared "it's actually the best performance but some judges just don't get it." oh, well. I also was able to secure a championship in original oratory at the Virgin Valley tournament destroying the bulldogs while letting them take the team trophy just to be nice in their home court. My oratory also took a risk as I evaluated the positive effects of gambling on our lives and its endorsement from the bible as well as Charles Darwin and our founding fathers. The state victory gave me a fourth in oratory and I made it into the finals at the national qualifier. I am most proud of my thematic Interpretation this year that secured me the top spot in clark county school district, which, because there is no thematic interpretation at state or nat quals, gave me the highest honor in reading prose and poetry out of a black binder. I am so proud of my baby that if you ever feel like it and it looks like I have my backpack around I will be more than willing to show her off. Over all we took the title and I am in full preperation for next year. I assure you that no animals were harmed in the making of the title or preperation for years to come and that only minimal human rights violations were commited in securing the pinnicle of success for a Moapa Valley speaker.
Wow.
Joshua David Chandler
p.s. Oh Lord it's hard to be HUMBLE, but we Love him anyway!!!! ~~MOMMY
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3 comments:
You are great, Josh!
It sounds like you are enjoying life.
Mommy dearest...
being humble is not your dear sons talent. it is using alot of words to say nothing and impress people with it... hello.
ToOdLeS.ShEiLa
ps. actually we are quite impressed and even Celestial joins me in saying CONGRATULATIONS JOSHUA DAVID CHANDLER!
Simply for your information, I would like to note that I am a very humble person and I only use words to express in efficiency what goes on in my personal life. If you're not a fan, you should stay away because you're pretty unwelcome in a place where you only stand to criticize. I'm pretty sure you meant no harm, but I'm tired of being stereotyped. You don't have permission to use my full name. I am enjoying life but I'm tired of simple sentences and a complete lack of creativity, and commas, followed by a name. Your word usage is cliched and tasteless. I get it though. I still love you all but there's always room for improvement especially in this artificial world of fakeness. I'm not a blog fan as the blog world stands today. I hereby call for a grassroots blog reform where we break from the creativity of everyone else to recreate writing that lives and breathes instead of belabors repetitive sameness to continue to describe the occurances of daily life. I like to write though and I value all of it, even if I criticize. Keep up the good work. You amaze me with your persistence and caring (I just had a thought, because I wanted to say not apathetic. So, I thought if you took the opposing 'a' prefix off of apathetic, maybe that would be an adjective for caring but then I realized it was just pathetic) words of true cyber-humanity.
With
JC
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