Criminal Masterminds

Nationals: Day 1 (Maybe 2)

So, we have survived thus far, and as of yet, no major freak out on Pritschet's behalf. Although, I did think there might be a coup earlier in the van.

I'll go back to tomorrow. We left Brainerd around eight in the morning, and drove until around 12 when we stopped at a rest stop in Iowa and about 45 minutes later we stopped at a Burger King for lunch (my parents gave us $100 for Burger King food). We then did not stop again until we reached Kansas where we stopped at gas station and five minutes after we left we at dinner at Applebee's.

We arrived at the Kansas Inn just before 10 (I won the bet between Kubas, Brian and myself as to when we were going to get to the hotel -- I said ten, the other two were actually later than that). We settled in and were all in bed a little after eleven.

We were up today around 10, and at 12:30 we headed out on the Suburban to hit the mall and Target and find lunch. We at a Chinese restaurant with really good rice; I liked it a lot, and then Jenna, Sonya and I wandered around the mall, I bought a bra because I forgot to bring another one and a poster for Kalley.

There had been a little tension when we left and Jenna hadn't printed out her cases from Pritschet and he thought she would have had them to him by now, and well, let's just say it got worse from there on.

In the car, Pritschet critiqued her case yet again and she was ready to kill him -- to be fair, although not as bad as what I had heard as what happened last year -- it wasn't pretty. So, Deebs and I talked as we walked throughout Barnes and Noble; about Pritschet, about pretty much the whole situation. I think I pretty much made the point clear when I asked him, "So, do you think that Pritschet has a relationship with any of his debaters that you have with some of the debaters you don't really get along with?" He said no, and that's the problem inherent with Pritschet; he just lacs the communication skills necesary to make this all work.

Basically, if everyone hasn't guessed, Deebs is seriously the most awesome human being in the world. We came back to the hotel (3:15-ish) and our room became Debate central and I did some research for Student Congress, and around four thirty Deebs wandered in and he sat with us for like an hour before he sent Brian up to Pritschet with his cases. Deebs basically explained Pritschet's stance, kind of to them, and definitely to me when we went on our walk. I think it got better although he said that Brian's cases were rough, and it in the end kind of worked out.

We had Chili's for dinner; as in, we ordered the food, and Deebs and I went to get it. I came back to find out I'll be leaving at 6:30 tomorrow morning. So, that's the update. I'm sure there is more that I'm leaving out, but that's all I have for now.

Oh, and I did call my dad and wish him happy father's day. Yay me! Pritschet and Deebs liked their cards so pretty much the whole day was a success.

I'm going to bed. I'm getting up in about 6 hours. *hiss*

posted by Kara @ 10:31 PM