Me trying to sleep during a tournament in my business clothes

I think every debater has been there.

Awesome Time At W University Debating Tournament!!!

So I went to the first debate tournament of the 2014-2015 school year at W University ... and somehow managed not to forget how to debate after a 5 month hiatus XD
My partner SW and I (HL couldn't make it for this tourney so I teamed up with a guy in my grade who's a really great debater) managed to make it to the semi-finals of the tournament and I managed to get 6th speaker award after 5 rounds with speaker points (quarters, semis and finals are not counted in terms of speaker points). It was an amazing tourney.. not solely because I did well in it but also because of the general air of camaraderie and fun (we sang on the bus for a solid one and a half hour coming home XD one of the best memories ever)!
There were so many amazing resolutions at W... most of them all centred on the theme of crime and punishment with resolutions like THW abolish the sex offender registry, THW allow legislation dealing with body rights to be determined through national referendum. Thank goodness I brought my law textbook there and studied between rounds (since I had a quiz a few days after the tourney). Coincidentally and fortunately, the very chapter I was studying for school addressed almost all the resolutions put forth so that was a huge stroke of luck for me and SW since I practically had my study notes on the subject imprinted in my head. I remember that epic moment in the quarter finals in which the opposing side gave a question challenging the validity and modernness of the constitution which I (kind of sassily) responded with a direct quote out of the Privy Council's "Living Tree Doctrine" which stated that the constitution is able to be subject to changes over time that the Fathers of Constitution did not foresee.
Anyways, all the rounds went really great and SW and I went into quarter finals with a 4-1 win to loss ratio. We won quarters but lost in the semi-finals to this team with an astounding LO speech. Oh well... I'm just happy I broke at a legitimate tournament for the first time :)

It wasn't just the debates which made the tournament... since it was overnight, there was an amazing amount of time.
When we got to the hotel, everyone just kinda dumped their stuff in their hotel room and crashed in the guys' room. There were a couple of ...interesting... happenings such as all the girls hogging the guys' bathrooms to put on makeup and guys walking around shirtless (not that I minded that much... SW had a nice chest) and chanting to Chinese wuxia war music to hype themselves up for the upcoming debate rounds (wuxia since everyone, with the exception of one person, was Chinese). And then the teachers came, saw the total party going on and ordered us back into our rooms XD
At nighttime there was this huge prankcalling session going on back and forth - it was mostly my fault as I was the one who dared EX my roommate to call the guys' rooms in a British accent pretending to be a brothel manager. Anyways, she kind of chickened out of the challenge but I did it anyways, saying this in a really posh British accent:
"Hello, this is Mike's Prostitution Brothel, bringing to you <name of town we were in> 's best prostitutes. Now tell me sir, which would you like: blonde, brunette, redhead or exotic Asian?"
I think my greatest achievement that weekend was in preventing myself from erupting in laughter while saying this.
After a long awkward pays in which I heard a muffled "Wtf" coming from the other end, blaring rap music from one of my classmates' friends (who happens to be a hilarious Mandarin wannabe rapper) albums came blasting through.
I hung up and my roommates and I just burst out cackling and rolling on the bed as we imagined the expressions on our hapless victims' faces.
It was a fun tournament.

So Western concluded my three weekend long tenure of madly intense extracurricular activities... and now, on a lovely Friday night of my free weekend, I'm just happy to relive the happy memories and relax.
Until next time! :D