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Over the downtime, my graduating class held its valedictorian elections. Basic picture: you fill out an application, which requires the signatures of other gradutating students, your grade point average and English marks. Then you write an essay outlining what your speech would entail were you elected. Then -the scary part- you have to deliver the essay as a speech to the entire graduating class. After all the speeches have been given, the class votes on a male and female valedictorian.
And... guess what?
I was elected valedictorian!
:D
People compared my speech to Shane Koyczan's poetry, but that's obvious hyperbole. <.< I'll admit I did slip some spoken word in there, but only towards the end, and lines not nearly worthy of comparison.
Still, it was an amazing experience delivering a speech, though I was a huge bundle of nerves prior to giving it. The speech itself ranged between 4:30 and 4:50 in length, as I knew from having timed myself multiple times. I was practicing at 1am the night before, and I guess it paid off.
So, yeah. You might say I didn't really notice the downtime. 
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