I Win!

Time for everyone to clap for me. Because of the election, Mr. Weiss, my Government teacher, decided to hold a little contest for his two AP classes in which we made predictions about the election. We took a paper and divided it into two columns. On one side, we assigned states that we predicted would be awarded to George W. Bush, and on the other side we predicted which states would be given to John Kerry. Then, we were to add up the electoral votes of each state and assign them to the different candidates. For me it turned out Bush: 285 Kerry: 253. I was 1 off. I can't remember which states I switched, but there was a difference of 1 between the two states' electoral vote counts. I didn't think I'd win though. There was bound to be someone that got them all correct. So, Friday came and it was time for our test. There is no way that I did well on that thing. It was a pep-rally day, therefore class time was shortened and I didn't even have time to do my essay. Of course, it didn't help that I had been talking a lot of the time as I took my test. I'm so glad Mr. Weiss doesn't really care. Oh, and Zach Noblitt brought us a cake that his mother made in celebration of Bush's victory. I'm pretty darn sure that they're Republican... but I could be wrong <---sarcasm. It was the best cake I've had in a long time. I loved it. Anyway... about half-way through the test Mr. Weiss announed, "Julie's the winner." Now, this is the part where I look around the room in dismay in a desperate attempt to prompt someone into telling me what I've won. Noticing my face, Mr. Weiss said that I won the "election contest". Yay for me! He doesn't know what I'm going to get for it yet, but it better be good. I suggested a free 100 on the test, but I doubt he'll go for that. Other people were suggesting things in which they would benefit more than me like making the curve on the test give me a 100. Other people would turn out with 130s and such. I sure feel selfish saying it, but that's not what I had in mind for the winner of the contest. He'll probably just give me some extra credit on it like 10 points or something. Honorable Mentions included Cory Lancaster, Callan Edquist, and Deanna Aguilar... but I win. Mwahahahahaha. Victory is mine!