These past two weeks have been filled with great news. First of all, I was nominated to receive the Who's Who in America's Colleges and Universities award. A handful of senior at every university are selected for nomination, their profile reviewed a faculty and student committee to give them the award. Many of my friends say I have a lot on my plate all the time, but I guess this shows that it pays off. I haven't written my application yet, but I'll try not to procrastinate on this one.

I've become a chronic procrastinator since I returned from Thanksgiving break. I only have a presentation due Thursday, and I've been "working on it" (and by that I mean wasting my time on youtube and/or facebook) since Monday morning. It's bad, pretty bad. But anyway, I digress...

I also won three awards from the Study Abroad Photo contest at Trinity. I won the first place in the Landscape and Abstract categories and the third place in the Architectural category. My Landscape photo also won the Best in Show award! At the end of next semester it will be permanently displayed in Upstairs Coates with all the previous winners. Maybe this will be my excuse not to donate the $20 for the senior gift since I have a cooler legacy on campus than a signature on a brick (j/k).

The senior gift is a donation of the graduating class to the University for a scholarship fund. Each senior is asked to donate the year of his/her graduation; in my case $20.09. This goes to a scholarship fund for the incoming class next year. You also "buy" the right to sign one of the bricks on Murchison Tower. Permanently displayed pictures are much cooler, but again... I digress...

Last but certainly not least, my brother back in Colombia has finally received his first produced song. He wrote a very cool song and showed to his guitar teacher, who owns a recording studio. He loved the song and asked my brother if he'd like to record it. Of course he accepted and I now have in my iPod one of the catchiest, greatest songs ever. He has made me really proud. He's accomplished one my dreams... writing a song that's decent enough to be produced. I'm quite challenged at composing and my parents don't do any music, but I'm glad my brother had this breakthrough in the family. I'll post a link sometime so you can listen to his song. I've been playing it over and over again for two days straight. Mmmm.... I just realized he's been helping me procrastinate by listening incessantly to his music.