Harvard's teacher-student ratio is 1:9.

Just a random fact I learned.

Today was our city meet. I swam the 200 I.M., the 100 breast, 50 free in a relay, and 50 fly in a relay. That was a lot of fly, among other things. But-I'm going to be perfectly honest-I actually enjoyed it. It's hard, but it challenges me and I actually have a decent stroke.

I am officially signed up for NYC07. I am so excited. I'm going to pick the photography track, and it's going to be amazing. I believe that 7 people from our church our going: Zaya, Austin, Kyle, Katy, C.J., Matthias, and myself. I hope it's going to be as powerful and life-changing as they say it will be. Oh, and sponsors can still apply-yes, you know who you are. (http://www.waterfirewind.com) =] I know that's really out there, but I thought that it might as well be suggested.

Lately, I've literally had very few friends. Three of them were literally stripped of me when they met a sophomore whose locker is down the hall from ours. Her name is Sarah and she is-no joke-LOADED. I believe that that is one reason why my former friends are so latched on to her (that and her being older). It's major sucko to watch people I know to be so shallow. Her MySpace page talks about how she "loves to get tipsy" and when talking about her friends, one of them said "- my drinking buddy,..." No. That's not okay to me. Gah. It's so frustrating for me to watch.

And then one of my friends is hanging out with a couple of other bad influences, and while she's not completely giving in, she is changing-and it's not for the better.

One of my good friends from 8th grade has become really cocky, too. She's a sychronized swimmer and is very intelligent, and every single time something like that is brought up, she finds some way to rub it in other peoples' faces. I wonder if I've been hanging with all the wrong people up till now?

So, that's me lately. I feel kind of stupid for always writing about swimming, but that is honestly my life these days. Hope things are good in your guys' worlds. (: