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Friday!
First week back from Spring Break was a doozy. Take it easy this
weekend, kids.
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Improv Match
Today at 3:30 in the Middle School Meeting Room/Old Silent
Library/Location of the Past Two Coffee Houses! Featuring Dounia
Sawaya, Jack Kimmel, Anna Shuster, and Matthew Kerr against the
nefarious Francis Parker.
SENIORS
Picture on the Quad at 9. Don’t go off-campus during enrichments
OR ELSE.
MAD ABOUT JAZZ
The Pops Concert is April 2, 3, 4, and 5 at 7:00 PM!!! The Bishop’s
Singers, Knight’s Chorus, Bel Canto, Women’s Chorus, and Middle
School chorus will be singing a variety of jazz hits, with guest
appearances by sequins and positive attitudes. [intense jazz scatting]
Thank you
To Timothy Donnelly, who gave a great reading yesterday and is a
very talented poet and a knowledgeable, passionate, and engaging
person and who rocks.
Lyrics Quiz No. 1
And I used to talk
With honest conviction
Of how I predicted my world
I’m gonna leave it to stargazers
To tell me what the telescope says
Lyrics Quiz No. 2
I am beautiful
No matter what they say
Words can’t bring me down
Nooooooo [absurd and overwrought vocal run]
Font of the day today and of every day in general
Comic Sans MS
Article
In Defense of Fidgeting
By: Nessa Garcia (Reliable Source of Quality Work)
A few months ago, I went to see The Book of
Mormon with my family. My brother and I had
begged our parents to buy tickets, convincing them
that it was a true, yet inspirational tale of religion in
the new world. Accordingly, I was excited to
experience the musical, but also to watch my mother
gasp in horror (may I add that she is a Spanish
Catholic), as the musical would soon reveal itself as a
crude, yet hilarious satire of religion. Juvenile? Sure.
Fun? Yup.
Anyway, the show was about to start when
the woman next to me turned and looked at me with
disdain. In a thick accent, she spat, “Stop moving your
leg; it is distracting me.” I stopped fidgeting. With the
most apologetic face I could muster, I turned to her
and promised to stop, being overly polite to mask my
immediate annoyance.
Little did she know, she had ruined that
whole night for me. I was so psyched to see the
musical, but now I had to focus on sitting still. For me,
fidgeting is like breathing; unconscious and necessary.
If I don’t fidget, I start to feel uncomfortable in a
seated position, causing my mind to drift and lose its
focus. Now, my body is trained to fidget so that I can
accommodate my strange inability to remain still. Yet,
fidgeting is often considered a sign of being nervous
and tense. This just isn’t true.
Thus, I am calling for the end of
discrimination against fidgeters. Friend, you are not
helping when you hold my leg in chapel. Your face
looks like you want me to thank you for your
“service,” but I will just fidget harder come two
minutes. Fifth-grade teacher, I did not have to pee all
the time. In fact, for every day that you saw me
fidgeting, I burned 300 calories to counterbalance my
obsession with caring for virtual pets. Jealous?
In any case, I do understand why fidgeting
can negatively affect others—the movement is kind of
distracting. If seated at a small table, I may cause a
mini earthquake, which interrupts conversation or
peaceful eating. However, it is something that I cannot
comfortably control. For this reason, I expect others to
understand fidgeting and respect its noble cause. If
anything, they should join the cause. Fidget 4 lyfe.
*The making of this article has involved
approximately one hour of fidgeting*
