Putnicki and I came out on top at NPDA with the help of an unbelievable number of wonderful people. I especially want to thank:
-Andy for being there to see it and for treating me like a champ before I ever was one.
-My mom and sister for following our progress and celebrating when it was over.
-Joe for running an amazing tournament and facilitating our success and bending to our every whim.
-Braz for being a best friend, a good laugh, and a decent coach :0).
-Jessica for being my female inspiration and the best prep coach ever.
-K-Gar the Horrible/Fierce for sacrificing so much to be here and for finally giving us the “how to be a champ” lecture.
-Brendo for providing the extra sauce to spice up our performance and for being the anti-braz.
-Blake for teaching us to debate with our hearts and to have a good time doing it
-Keith for teaching us everything we know about winning judges and strategy
-Vamsi for being the most comforting person in prep, for all the “tell me everything you know lectures,” for teaching us both how to argue, and for taking my side against Putt.
-Joffrion for not letting me quit.
-Ric for letting me debate even when I had no promise and for caring for us as people.
-All my wonderful friends in the community, because you are the reason I love this activity and I hope we’ll always see each other from time to time and continue the long tradition of trash talk and mutual admiration :0)
Very, very, very special thanks to Anthony Putnicki, for being the reason I came back, for teaching me skills and confidence, for being an amazing friend and sharing the same brain, for always making the right arguments fast enough so I don’t have to do any work, for being so amazing that even when you drop a disad it could hardly matter less and for giving me shit when I deserved it, and quite often when I didn’t… and especially for being the one who has seen me at my lowest and loving me anyways. There is nothing quite like the perfect debate partner to win your heart.
And now… pictures!
Final round against Ben and McCabe
Lindsey and I celebrate afterwards, although I didn't get to party as much as I would have liked because a certain Texas school kept us up until the wee hours the night before with ridiculousness. Still, I was surrounded by my best friends and had an amazing time with everyone.
Our lovely trophy! There aren't very many pictures of us with it but that is probably by design 
Filled with Vodka and something else... anyone remember?
The round in action... ask a sassy question, get a sassy answer.
Prep time assisted by the brightest minds in the nation.
Much more blogging coming soon I hope, until then check out the video of the final round: First Half
and Second Half
Also check out the first five seconds or so of this video… it’s hilarious!
Semifinals
