Salvete

Dearest Darling Readers,
Salvete. Greetings. I do not believe we have met- I am Geek, and I have, admittedly, not yet posted on this blog. Yes, this is the real Geek, not that very inaccurate impersonation of Geek that Book posted earlier this week. I realize that I have yet to utter any sort of contribution to this blog, which has been ongoing for roughly two years. For that, I apologize, and I offer no excuse.

Let's start at the beginning. When this blog was first created, I was away at an isolated college, and had pledged to speak Spanish, and only Spanish, for the four-week period of the immersion camp. Yes, it was difficult, but also it was a lot of fun. I recommend to anyone to participate in any sort of immersion program- preferably one that travels to a country where that language is spoken. It is an experience that you would be hard pressed to forget. Just a warning, though-- don't go right before a Harry Potter movie is about to come out. You will probably not be able to see it until after you return.

Although this may be incorrect, I believe that I received some notice of the creation of this blog via facebook (or email?) when I was on a computer towards the end of camp. I recall that I was a slightly surprised, though not really--considering it was Book, Freak, and Bimbo-- and was pretty amused with their posts.

Upon my return, sophomore year started--one that wasn't without its ups and downs. Then summer, and then junior year-- this one with even more extreme ups and downs. I will not get into the details--some can be found in my partners-in-crime's posts. But time went on and on and, despite my associate's urging (and, in some cases, threatening), and I still did not post anything. Again, I will not offer any excuses for this inexcusable act and ask our dearest darling readers to forgive me. I will, perhaps, post more in the future. Maybe an in-depth analysis of both Inception and Sucker Punch (which Freak and a few more of our friends saw last Friday, and we all strongly recommend it).

Why post now, do you ask? Well, besides that (slightly illegal) impersonation of myself by Book, I just realized that it was time to post. Why not? Besides, I have a 6-8 page essay on The Great Gatsby--a great book, well deserving of its title as the great American novel-- due tomorrow, and needed a break from intense analysis.

On a different note, some of you may have wondered if my initial greeting was English. Indeed, it was not. It is Latin, one of my favorite languages to learn, and it means 'Hello.' I felt it was fitting. In the future, you may see that I'll tie in some Latin phrases or sayings.

Now, some of you may have realized that we are coming up on the second week of April. Why is this significant? Well, in about three weeks, will be the first week of May. And what is the first week of May? It is the week when I, and also Book, will be taking three AP tests. And the three weeks preceding that daunting week will be nothing less than difficult. Brains may start coming out of noses, I fear.

Well, I'll stop now, and perhaps continue on with this subject later-- I feel like this post will be a bit too long.

Valete,
Geek