I have a sore throat, haven't eaten good food since Friday, and have pile of homework (including an essay and studying for two exams) that I should be doing right now, and I feel FANTASTIC! It's all (the throat, the food, the homework, and the feeling) because of something called Youth and Government, which is a program for high school students that models the state legislative system. It is quite possibly the dorkiest thing ever, but it is also the BEST THING EVER. I just got back from a weekend conference with 3,000 other kids. I was on a noisy, smelly school bus with twenty other sleep-dprived "delegates" for a total of twelve hours on Sat