Just as soon as it started, my commitment to TMI seems to be over. After an arduous day of presenting and networking I found myself sitting in the Grande Ballroom at the Four Points by Sheraton knowing that Team Knoll wouldn't get their name called. The competitor in me finds this unfair. I've lost contests before - plenty - but rarely have I competed with no real chance to win; a caustic taste is in my mouth about this that will fade over time but for now has fouled my Friday.
TMI counters this emotion by releasing last year's recruiting numbers. (With a fairly blatant math/typographical error... sigh, par for the course.) No matter how bitter I may be, there was a big, big, big jump in the numbers this year over last and that made me fell less bitter and more excited. Despite not winning Spotlight! (I refuse to say we lost) I think that school, and TMI in particular, may have been a good decision.
After Spotlight! Ryan and I took the Knoll guys up to the stadium so they could experience the enormity of the hole in the ground, then we said goodbye and were on our separate ways. I headed home to 409B, reading, some tunes, and frisbee and a swim.
Friday, September 15, 2006