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atlanta was an absolute blast. except the losing part. no nothing about that. supposedly this happens to delphi elite a lot, but it doesnt make it feel any better. good things did come out of it though, better plans for the years to come, very cool people that we met, possibly the most comfortable hotel i've stayed in and a renewed sense of determination about robotics. its a pity that we didn't accomplish more as a student. i'm always going to regret not having had the chance to walk onto einstein as an operator or driver, but i can take pride in the fact that someday we will make it so that the FLL people that I mentored will have that chance.

work seems boring, i swear my mom did the exact same thing that i am doing now before she retired. in fact, she arguably retired because of that same job. haha.

also it took nearly 24 hours to get back because the bus was shite and a westlane kid was panicking alot. thats one thing we have, hilarious kids. not weird in a creepy way, but weird in a hilarious way.

big plans for the summer anyone? i got rejected from the china trip so i may be considering going to taiwan? im not sure. but hey. dragonboat's starting soon. i still need more rest though.

oh my

thanks so much for everything everyone. i've never gotten so much stuff at once!. i'll post more about it, but in the meantime atlanta in one day. but aaaaaaaaaagaiin. so much thanks to everyone :$

drumroll

im done. finished on the 11th. 4 in 5 days wasnt that bad. let the good times roll?

also i need to eventually change sleeping habits if i want to work 9-5 without more bouts of narcolepsy hitting me. apparently being able to fall asleep with or without will isnt a problem. *mutters about driving*

always tired

i managed to fall asleep in every class today. except macro, which was surprising.

anyways, this is more of a placeholder post, GTR up this week

(and no, i will not move on with my life esther, not with this at least =P)

fuzzy

So yeah, Rochester was a ton of fun. It does feel very odd not to be doing the same kind of goof-ing off that I did as a student on trips like these. There is goof-ing off mind you, but not the same kind, not with the same kind of penalties either. Ours would be much worse.
There's a lot that remains to be done with the team. It feels quite weird. While on the team I dabbled in a bit of everything, working on the robot in a limited way, doing chairmans, a lot of PR especially at competitions, not so much scouting or strategy, but this time around it was different. I cant call myself a jack of all trades too much, but eventually thats what I would like to become. Someone that can be held up that way, but there's a lot more work to be done on my part. Right now the best thing that I do is probably talking up the team, to other teams, judges, people etc. Although I should be leaving that to the students for a true experience. But we'll see. I hope to see many more matches at Waterloo, with more chances for accurate scouting this time, but there will always be gut feelings about robots.

(I was also the mascot for a day. Its such a great mascot but you cant see out of it, at least they didnt figure out how to until after Goldie, Levon and Kevin had a turn. They were all much better =P)




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rochester

gone to rochester for robotics again. its almost just like high school. almost.

back in 3-4

clickity clack

i hope im not keeping my roommate up as i write this, but i cant stop sleeping late. its terrible but its force of habit now. but i still cant stay up all night either, nor do i want to.

linked to a ton of blogs on the side finally, after pressuring, but yeah if you want to be on there, or if i am acutally forgetting people go and tell me =P.

long discussion about knowing people and not knowing them anymore today, whether or not anything is going to change with exchange. bottom line is that nothing is concrete, whatever happens will, but you shouldnt accept anything as an eventuality, otherwise you'll be more inclined to act like it will and if its negative, more prone to letting yourself down.

FLR in 2ish.

I lost my YUcard =(