<p>So, if you've been paying extremely close attention to my posts in the longterm... what's that... you haven't? Oh, well...anyway...you would know that I have an ongoing academic battle with a one snooty, elitist, argumentative, stubborn female in my class, whom I consider to be my nemesis. </p>
<p>It's the proverbial teacher's pet--the princess--against the brooding, raven-haired mad-scientist. In academia and in life, this is a classic rivalry. </p>
<p>We just finished up finals a week ago and boy...am I spent. Let this be a lesson to all those who "know" they won't get senioritis, it'll hit ya eventually and it is a terrible affliction.</p>
<p>But there was some good news from the front lines today. Apparently, my rival got an A- or maybe even a B+ as reported by a neutral source who "heard it" from her friend. Oh joy among joys! Could this mean that all I have to do is hold the line till semester's end?</p>
<p>...but then I got to thinking...maybe she's lying...feeding me information that makes her look weak so as to lull me into false comfort and then...ZAPP!...She get's vally instead! Despicable!</p>
<p>Ahahaha. She's so clever. Never before have I had a nemesis so willing and capable of fooling yours truly (if only for a second...) but I now know I need to be vigilante as ever. This is a battle that will come down to the final days of senior year, and should there be no determined winner by that point in time...HA! We will pledge to meet each other on the open plain for a final duel of the fates, so that by the end of it I will reign victorious, standing in a pool of blood...and only half of it mine...</p>
<p>And if the rumors are true? You may find my celebration to be petty, but I don't want to hear it. You know very well you'd be the same way...just like Sparty was after my Badgers lost the Rose Bowl. Schadenfreude. </p>
<p>What do you think? Could she really be so bold as to dream up and implement such an elaborate plot?</p>
<p>But I have this one girl in my Biology class who I hate so much because she thought everything was so “easy”. When we got our CRES score average back, she got an average of 96%. When I got my average back I got a 100%. Then I didn’t hate her so much because I finally beat her at something lol.</p>
<p>Anyway, I think you’re thinking WAY too hard lol.</p>
<p>I wish I could say that I’m attracted to her…because would’t that make a great story? But no, I have the same kind of respect for her that a hunter has for his prey, maybe. And, it’s true, she is a worthy opponent, but an opponent all the same. </p>
<p>I like to think people go through stages in life, and at every stage, their adversity is personified in an individual (or group of individuals), their nemesis, who must be overcome by some means to move on to the next stage. </p>
<p>In other words, this goes much deeper than the difference between a 96% and a 100% on a test. Not to say I’m going to attack her or something, it’s just that my self-worth is on the line. The adversity she represents is also a pathway to opportunity and personal growth…</p>
<p>…She wants to peg me on these integrals. I just know it. She must know I’ve had some difficulty with them. I won’t let her win…</p>
<p>^ but i always feel sad for him. these threads of his always strike me as reflecting something terribly wrong. it’s hard to see a budding geneticist be thrown so wildly far afield.</p>
<p>HAHA I totally understand your position, bowl of chilli, I’m basically like your nemesis. I’m in a war (which I just won a battle in) with this kid who doesn’t know that I’m competing with him. </p>
<p>in my view he’s disgusting and uber annoying.</p>