Uggghhhh... had to do my essay for national merit tonight. It's supposedly due tomorrow... I just took one of my good essays from before and completely bastardized it to fit the prompt. Man, why do essay prompts always have to be so bland. It's like they're practically setting themselves up to get a million identical essays. Oh well, I broke from the mold... but now maybe they'll penalize me for not addressing the prompt or some crap like that. ugghhh... i don't care any more, i'm too sleepy to think straight right now.