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Reflections
Now that AMUN is over, I notice a few trends in my life.
1) I have a lot more free time.
2) I care a lot less about the Roman Empire.
3) The state of my dress clothes is no longer one of my chief priorities.
AMUN itself was, quite simply, amazing. I had a great time, my committee went (surprisingly?) extremely well and the delegates all seemed to love it. To this end, I have some thank yous to make, some of them those who will definitely read this.
1) Liza & Patricia. Holy shit, none of this could have been done without you guys and you did SO much. I helped Patricia out with like 1/50th of what she had to do and it stressed me out, so holy hell the things you guys must have done is astounding.
2) Jay. Though perhaps both of us resented you a bit for it at the time, you kicking Matt into shape through threat of banishment was a huge help. Honestly, without him this committee would not have worked at all, and his involvement is due to your generosity (and ass kicking).
3) Matt. On the surface, I ran the committee. I carefully monitored debate, determined who spoke and made sure it was flowing in a logical and beneficial manner. However, that's meaningless compared to what you did--run the entire committee in the technical sense, the way that was of so much importance to the successful run of the committee. You worried me at first, but you came through in a spectacular fashion.
After BUSUN, I wasn't all too thrilled with Model UN. I had what should have been an amazing committee that was overall rather mediocre. I still wanted to go to the conferences, but I was becoming concerned with how entertaining and mentally stimulating it could be. AMUN completely regenerated my faith in Model UN. I had a fantastic time, and my delegates were great. Sure, I regret a bit that the most epic speeches came from me, as the delegates on a whole lacked the ability to capture the entire room's attention with one grandiose speech (Modesty? What's that??) that I seem to possess (I hope). However, this meant that no single person shone above the rest of the committee due to manner of speech instead of the content within it. Thus, my best delegate was truly fantastic, and only a sophomore. This is what he did:
On the first day, he appeared to be a bit quiet with good intentions. He supported someone else for emperor when we had the chair assassinated and introduced a seemingly benign idea: a legion dedicated to the protection of Rome, with each faction leader lending some money and troops to it. This legion would be under the control of two people, a military leader and a financial leader. He himself was elected the financial minister. Over the next few hours, he managed to embezzle practically the entire treasury from this legion. A master stroke. Then, he was assassinated because the group finally caught on to his ploys. Upon his return, as his heir, he incredibly managed to get himself installed AGAIN as the financial minister. THAT IS INCREDIBLE. I'm not sure whether this was due to his supreme manipulative skills, the stupidity of the rest of the committee or a combination of the two. Probably the latter. In this position, he once again embezzles money. Then, he attempts to assassinate one of the other delegates. Upon my suggestion, Matt and I have him caught and force him to face the emperor. There, they choose to go rogue. However, this wouldn't prove to be the problem we anticipated for him. After all, he had a huge amount of money available to him considering he pulled off a multi-generational ponzi scheme. Thus, he used all of this money to build up a truly massive army, take Rome and install himself as emperor. He lost it the next turn, but that was due to the unforeseen massive army the barbarians raised. The rest of the committee saw him attempting, sometimes with more success than with other times to manipulate himself back into power. Then, he went over to the other room for a while where he snuck information back to the Roman senate. Unfortunately, the results of this never fully panned out due to time issues, but I can say that overall it was an incredible committee, he did amazingly well and the committee was so fun because of it.
I haven't had this much fun at a conference since WAMUNC last year...but I bet this year's will top that!
This was all written while Ms. Stott lectured us about something or another that I will never learn. Whoo.
1) I have a lot more free time.
2) I care a lot less about the Roman Empire.
3) The state of my dress clothes is no longer one of my chief priorities.
AMUN itself was, quite simply, amazing. I had a great time, my committee went (surprisingly?) extremely well and the delegates all seemed to love it. To this end, I have some thank yous to make, some of them those who will definitely read this.
1) Liza & Patricia. Holy shit, none of this could have been done without you guys and you did SO much. I helped Patricia out with like 1/50th of what she had to do and it stressed me out, so holy hell the things you guys must have done is astounding.
2) Jay. Though perhaps both of us resented you a bit for it at the time, you kicking Matt into shape through threat of banishment was a huge help. Honestly, without him this committee would not have worked at all, and his involvement is due to your generosity (and ass kicking).
3) Matt. On the surface, I ran the committee. I carefully monitored debate, determined who spoke and made sure it was flowing in a logical and beneficial manner. However, that's meaningless compared to what you did--run the entire committee in the technical sense, the way that was of so much importance to the successful run of the committee. You worried me at first, but you came through in a spectacular fashion.
After BUSUN, I wasn't all too thrilled with Model UN. I had what should have been an amazing committee that was overall rather mediocre. I still wanted to go to the conferences, but I was becoming concerned with how entertaining and mentally stimulating it could be. AMUN completely regenerated my faith in Model UN. I had a fantastic time, and my delegates were great. Sure, I regret a bit that the most epic speeches came from me, as the delegates on a whole lacked the ability to capture the entire room's attention with one grandiose speech (Modesty? What's that??) that I seem to possess (I hope). However, this meant that no single person shone above the rest of the committee due to manner of speech instead of the content within it. Thus, my best delegate was truly fantastic, and only a sophomore. This is what he did:
On the first day, he appeared to be a bit quiet with good intentions. He supported someone else for emperor when we had the chair assassinated and introduced a seemingly benign idea: a legion dedicated to the protection of Rome, with each faction leader lending some money and troops to it. This legion would be under the control of two people, a military leader and a financial leader. He himself was elected the financial minister. Over the next few hours, he managed to embezzle practically the entire treasury from this legion. A master stroke. Then, he was assassinated because the group finally caught on to his ploys. Upon his return, as his heir, he incredibly managed to get himself installed AGAIN as the financial minister. THAT IS INCREDIBLE. I'm not sure whether this was due to his supreme manipulative skills, the stupidity of the rest of the committee or a combination of the two. Probably the latter. In this position, he once again embezzles money. Then, he attempts to assassinate one of the other delegates. Upon my suggestion, Matt and I have him caught and force him to face the emperor. There, they choose to go rogue. However, this wouldn't prove to be the problem we anticipated for him. After all, he had a huge amount of money available to him considering he pulled off a multi-generational ponzi scheme. Thus, he used all of this money to build up a truly massive army, take Rome and install himself as emperor. He lost it the next turn, but that was due to the unforeseen massive army the barbarians raised. The rest of the committee saw him attempting, sometimes with more success than with other times to manipulate himself back into power. Then, he went over to the other room for a while where he snuck information back to the Roman senate. Unfortunately, the results of this never fully panned out due to time issues, but I can say that overall it was an incredible committee, he did amazingly well and the committee was so fun because of it.
I haven't had this much fun at a conference since WAMUNC last year...but I bet this year's will top that!
This was all written while Ms. Stott lectured us about something or another that I will never learn. Whoo.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Resolutions!
I'm only doing this because I really should sleep, and yet as is oft the case I can't force myself to do so. So, onto the useless goals that I'll never meet!
1) Calm the fuck down. I get high strung over certain things and panic far too easily in situations beyond my control. It doesn't mean relax--I do that frequently. Just chill.
2) Get in to college. A college I want to go to. And get good financial aid so I can actually go.
:(
3) Stop being a dick to my sister.
Surprised? I am too. But honestly, while it is amusing it's not worth the headache when she screams and my mom bitches.
On that note...
4) Be less of a dick to my mom. Not that I'm outright rude to her or anything, more like clean my room when asked and help out around the house. If anyone needs their load lightened it's her.
5) A normal sleep schedule? I doubt it but one can hope.
6) READ. I keep promising myself I will. I don't get why I don't, I love reading. But somehow, I didn't read a single book over this entire break. That bothers me.
7) Shape. Get in it. Obligatory, probably won't happen, but hey wouldn't that be nice.
8) Dedicate more time to creativity. I haven't written anything, be it music, stories or poems in ages and that's a shame.
9) Don't COMPLETELY give up on school. A little? Sure, that's expected I guess. But too much is just silly, especially with college decisions still looming.
10) Qualify for the next round in either bio or physics olympiads. If I don't I'll be rather annoyed with myself.
11) Enjoy myself. Harder than it sounds?
Well, that's that. A whole bunch of things that I'd like to happen that probably won't. I'm good at failing like that. In other news, at least college apps are finally done. I actually finished a few days before the deadline! I'm moderately impressed at that.
And now, It's time to sleep.
Adios.
1) Calm the fuck down. I get high strung over certain things and panic far too easily in situations beyond my control. It doesn't mean relax--I do that frequently. Just chill.
2) Get in to college. A college I want to go to. And get good financial aid so I can actually go.
:(
3) Stop being a dick to my sister.
Surprised? I am too. But honestly, while it is amusing it's not worth the headache when she screams and my mom bitches.
On that note...
4) Be less of a dick to my mom. Not that I'm outright rude to her or anything, more like clean my room when asked and help out around the house. If anyone needs their load lightened it's her.
5) A normal sleep schedule? I doubt it but one can hope.
6) READ. I keep promising myself I will. I don't get why I don't, I love reading. But somehow, I didn't read a single book over this entire break. That bothers me.
7) Shape. Get in it. Obligatory, probably won't happen, but hey wouldn't that be nice.
8) Dedicate more time to creativity. I haven't written anything, be it music, stories or poems in ages and that's a shame.
9) Don't COMPLETELY give up on school. A little? Sure, that's expected I guess. But too much is just silly, especially with college decisions still looming.
10) Qualify for the next round in either bio or physics olympiads. If I don't I'll be rather annoyed with myself.
11) Enjoy myself. Harder than it sounds?
Well, that's that. A whole bunch of things that I'd like to happen that probably won't. I'm good at failing like that. In other news, at least college apps are finally done. I actually finished a few days before the deadline! I'm moderately impressed at that.
And now, It's time to sleep.
Adios.
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