Credit this week goes to Ralph Waldo Emerson for managing to sum up my anger and frustration into one elegant quote.

In hindsight, actually, it’s less that the quote represents my feelings, and more that I liked the quote and it was the most pertinent one I could find on short notice.

I have been censored, and it’s not a pleasant feeling.

As per my personalized gag order, my parents have informed me that I’m not allowed to discuss the issue in question. However, if you follow the blog observantly, you will have noticed that which has come and gone.

However, I am allowed to rant and rave about how censorship is hurting America. Although, past what’s been said, there’s not much to say.

To make this truly worth its entry in the Dear Diary category, here’s a summary of what’s happened of late.

Phillip’s birthday party was on Friday. After some time playing around with iBooks, we went and stuffed ourselves with very tasty Chinese food. Next, we watched Ong-bak, a Thai martial arts movie that supposedly has no stunt doubles or wires. It was really pretty fun to watch, although I have no idea what the plot was—we fast-forwarded through anything that wasn’t a fight or chase scene. Next, we similarly speed-watched Tom Yum Goong, which we referred to Ong-bak II, although it’s not. The fight sequences in both were really fun to watch, although I liked Ong-bak better than the other one.

Saturday, Sunday, and the better part of Monday were all spent working on the essays for the Presidential Scholars Program. I’m almost completely finished at this point, and I’m particularly proud of my long response—I think I managed to pull off some stylistic flair that’s usually absent from my writing. It’s either that or complete bull; I’m personally rooting for the former.

Libby, Aileen, and I recruited Ms. McFadden to play spades with us today during lunch. She didn’t know the rules for spades, but she was obviously well versed in cards; she picked up on the rules pretty quickly. Even with some initial misunderstandings about the rules, she and Aileen beat Libby and I by braking my nil on the last trick.

I’ve mentioned before that we’re reading Macbeth earlier. I’m really enjoying it. I think that, of the great Shakespearean plays, Macbeth is the most accessible. It’s short, the plot is clear, the language isn’t very obtuse, and the characters are just amusing. Especially when you have some of the people in my class reading the parts out loud.

Quizbowl this weekend is really going to be something of a pain. Thanks to a combination of Mock Trial and Science Olympiad, we’ve lost almost all of our quizbowl squad, including Will, Dallas, Peter, and Jae. Instead, I’m going to be stuck with middle schoolers and Todd. It would seem that a proper rematch between us and Rossview won’t happen until State.

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