So NCDA's Grand Master's Class has come and pass and here I am. Tired as hell. Wasted. Exhausted. Every ounce of energy, of strength, of anything and everything that makes me has been used.
So it all started Friday. It was all ok. Practice went fast. Ate with the guys and others eventually came and joined. That night we watched Naruto for god knows how long. I went to sleep at 3:00 AM, tired as hell.
When I woke it was a slow morning for a bit. It felt slow but it went real fast actually. It was crazy. It all went by me. The double degrees went on ok. The initiatory degree was good. DeMolay Degree was bland though. It was mainly Golden gate people doing it and they do it bland. I prefer Capitol putting on the DeMolay degree but whatever. It is out of my hands now.
Once lunch came by I was like, "It can't be lunch. Oh well. Game time. Time for me to try and sell myself." Just as I dreamt about, I did it exactly. The laurels were a pretty big hit so it seemed. I should have made more but I didn't expect it to be that much of a hit and all. Well ya. People asked me if I was nervous and actually...nope. I was worried and concerned because I knew what I was gonna do and it wasn't a smart move since I only barely learned my speech that morning. I knew it woulda gone wrong but it was out of my hands.
Back up stairs, the tile the doors and get going. My speech went well. Not as I wrote since I changed it when I sat up there but it went well. I only stood behind the podium for like a few seconds. Heh heh. It was the first that I saw that did so. I thought Bryan L. was going to do it too when he did the nomination speech but I guess he didn't memorize it. Oh well. I did not deliver the speech as effectively as I wanted to but still everyone was shocked and amazed, some even impressed...I guess. When it came to voting I wasn't worried, concerned, or anything like that. I was more like "I shouldn't have watched Naruto last night. I so shoulda went to sleep. I'm such a ********. Gah. I wonder if I can take a nap up here?" However I was brought back to reality when I heard Bryant B. mumbling some things. Than I realized Brian K. was laughing while counting the votes and the mic was near him. He was saying the tally of the votes. It sounded like "Josh. Josh. Josh." which is what discouraged Bryant. Later though I found out that it was "Josh. Bryant. Josh. Bryant. Josh. Bryant." alternating as they opened up ballots. I noticed my family and their crew on the upper echelon all huddled close and being nervous and stuff. Though I can only imagine my bro wasn't from what mom told me later. I was than doing some formulating. "I need 10 from GGD, half of Superior, and my division and I'm good. Or just all of Capitol and Superior. I dunno...we'll see." And as they mentioned the numbers I was still trying to recover from the fact that GGD was like 16 for Bryant and 13 for me. The fact I took so much from a Division I hardly can go to since it competes with capitol events was just...wow. After Jeff mentioned Capitol's 22 for Josh and 1 for Bryant I was reaching a somber moment. I felt so torn apart since it was a hard blow on Bryant to hear the numbers. I was like "I wish they didn't mention the numbers out loud." It was a slap in Bryant's face. Furthermore because he campaigned big time with posters everywhere, lots to hand out, and all sorts of stuff versus me with 2 posters, a few laurels, and word of mouth. The ratio of votes between us was like 2:1 votes for me to votes for Bryant.
I had a bad feeling the entire time about the elections since I was more attached to Bryant before these elections than I felt to Chris C. and John N. last year before teh elections. My bonds with them grew after having gone through that experience. My bond with Bryant was long before elections or thoughts of even running.
Well once they opened up nominations for JC I stood up fast since Bryant is almost as much a brother to me as my own guys are. Well he won JC.
To no surprise did John, Cici, and Stephanie win their spots. I am rather excited to work with all of them. Worked out how I wanted it.
After that everyone knew my name and I felt bad since I didn't quite get to meet everyone. I actually most of their names. Bah. Here I go again, being bad with names. I only remember Shannon just because she is from GGD and immidiately talked to me when I entered McD's.
The dance was ok. The songs I wanted to dance to I couldn't thanks to Grand March but whatever. It was all good. I can careless about dancing anyways. I look more forward to talking to people above all else. My tux was cool too. I'll try and find a decent pic to put on here.
So here I am talkin to you, tired as hell...and as long as the next month goes well, NCDA SC-elect.
 Dirteh Old Man · Mon Oct 17, 2005 @ 02:38am · 2 Comments |
