http://mabuhaynet.com Neil Pomerleau's Weblog Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:14:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When I found out that Maine would be getting its first ever Apple Store at the Maine Mall in Portland, I knew I couldn't miss the opportunity to get a free shirt. I mean, really. A free shirt. I was actually surprised by how many other people had the same idea. ... http://mabuhaynet.com/posts/apple-store-free-shirt/ Spanish class. 'Nuff said. http://mabuhaynet.com/posts/el-pollo-loco/ Here are just a few pictures from our trip to Red Rock Canyon... Our "Ford Taurus or Equivalent" http://mabuhaynet.com/posts/red-rock-canyon/ For supplemental events, we went to Green Valley High School, along with the rest of the Maine qualifiers. We all basically sat together. all the other Maine qualifiers sat together. I performed an expository speech about email spam and a prose piece called "What is the What." Kim was entered ... http://mabuhaynet.com/posts/supplemental-consolation-events/ Monday morning didn't start well. Henderson, NV couldn't handle the influx of people for the national tournament, so when everybody decided to take a shower at 6:30 am, the water pressure dropped to the point that the entire city didn't have any running water. So, nobody showered that morning. After breakfast, ... http://mabuhaynet.com/posts/6-rounds-of-duo/ My 27-hour day started at 3:00 in the morning. Even though our flights had been rescheduled to later in the morning, Kim and I were talking to each other online, too excited to sleep. Much later, we ended up on a JetBlue plane named "Do-Be-Do-Be-Blue." Apparently, they name all of their ... http://mabuhaynet.com/posts/the-27-hour-day/ I just found out that my morning flight out of Portland will be departing at 11:20, as opposed to 6:00. This will make registration a little more rushed when we get there, but I'll definitely get more sleep tonight. Time to finish packing! Oh, and the countdown has been modified to ... http://mabuhaynet.com/posts/flight-times-changed/ Tomorrow, I'll be leaving the house at 3:30 am for a 6:00 am flight. I can't believe how fast the last few months have gone by. I can still remember when I had almost 100 days left. Now here I am, simultaneously packing and trying to memorize speeches. I should ... http://mabuhaynet.com/posts/leaving-tomorrow/ I finally got around to posting the video I took while I was in line for the Macworld 2008 keynote in San Francisco. You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBmG-fO81Wc http://mabuhaynet.com/posts/video-from-the-keynote-line/ In exactly two weeks, I'll be on a plane heading to the National Speech & Debate Tournament in Las Vegas, NV. I have so much work left to do, but I'm excited nonetheless. http://mabuhaynet.com/posts/two-weeks-to-vegas/