Sibling update
I know I haven’t written anything lately. It’s probably because I’d feel silly writing too much just about me, but I’ll update soon. For now, though, a bit of shameless bragging about my little brother. Unfortuantely, he did not make seminar during this round of testing. He only missed by three points because his “cognitive efficiency” wasn’t high enough above average. Oh, well. So they tested his IQ, and naturally it’s above average (but not high enough overall to satisfy the district). He’s in the top 98% for reading and the top 99% for math, but what’s even more exciting is that his math reasoning IQ is above genius level. Yay, Stevie! Heh, and his teacher had thought to keep him in the middle level math class with her to make sure that he could hear everything properly (he’s in the upper level math now, though). I completely forgot to mention here that he passed the test for his orange belt a few weeks ago. He goes to karate four times a week now. I’m so proud of him.
I don’t see Amanda nearly as often. She was in her first horse show last weekend and got second place in one event and fifth in two others. This is her in her equestrian uniform on a horse:
And I suppose Nate is surviving. The last time I talked to him was right after he downloaded Advent Children, which I still have yet to do. Anyway, that’s it. There should be an update soon.
October 24th, 2005 at 10:31pm
Yay for your siblings, but especially Stevie since I know him best. So are you two going to take calculus together? Amanda’s horse thing is cool, too; the next step is archery, right?
October 25th, 2005 at 2:43am
Hm, I haven’t met your brother, but he’s an impressive kid. If he didn’t make seminair, no sweat. You can take up the slack by challenging him to problems from time to time in order to keep his mind sharp. Call home, present him with a question or a mind-bender, and have him figure it out and call you back or something. Maybe you can twist it into some kind of game. Ah, congrats to him on obtaining his orange belt and being dedicated.
I suppose Amanda is also one of your siblings. She’s out of my league here since I don’t know how to ride a horse or win any awards with a horse. That’s pretty awesome that she’s doing that kind of stuff at such a young age… I was playing a lot of video games when I was that young…
(If she does archery like Christina stated, it’d be awesome if she was shooting arrows while riding a horse. I’d be like in the movies.)
Good job to Nate for surviving! I don’t happen to know him, do I? And, good job to him for watching good movies too. Ah, life was good then.
So, how goes life for you these days? It is *your* blog…
October 25th, 2005 at 4:35pm
I imagine you like Stevie best as well, Christina. And no, I don’t think he’ll be ready to take calc next semester, but supposing I understand it I’ll try to teach it to him. I’m not sure if Amanda’s interested in archery. If only I had more of a direct influence on her….
That’s a good idea, Mike. Stevie might really like the idea of a game to test his intellect. I’ll propose it to him the next this weekend. Feel free to suggest questions if you’re ever in the mood to.
Amanda (sister) started horse-back riding a few years ago, actually, so I’m glad she’s liked it enough to continue. They live out right next to farmland, though, so it’s probably a lot easier for her to get to a stable than it would have been for any of us. She has a somewhat girly disinterest in video games, so without me and especially Nate there playing, I’m not sure she even plays DDR anymore.
I don’t think you would know Nate. He’s a pretty cool kid, though, and maybe you’ll meet him some day. He’s studying meteorology at Penn State now.
College is quite a bit different from high school, isn’t it? There doesn’t seem to be as much time now. I will make time for a blog post in the near future, though.
October 25th, 2005 at 9:34pm
Puzzle games keep one’s mind sharp. I recently tried out Sudoko and liked it. Drexel’s bookstore has an entire section devoted to Sudoko for some reason, so I could get Stevie one there.
It would also be really cool if Stevie got a blog.
Sorry I can’t really say as much about your other siblings, as I don’t know much about them.
October 26th, 2005 at 6:18am
Yes, perhaps Friday when I’m around Drexel with you I could get one for him, or you could pick it out and I could buy it. Hmm…then he would just be like your friend’s brother (is that who it is?). Besides, having to maintain a blog would detract from his time for playing games. Don’t worry about that. I hardly see them as it is, and you more than make up for it for being so cool with Stephen.