Musings of a lost soul...I suppose...

Ok yeah, so CTY was fun, I wish there had been more nevermore-aged people instead of first years (like my brother!). If all works out, I can go to Cuff's CTY reunion; I haven't quite explained about the whole wandering Boston thing yet to my mom. Tomorrow the Metrostars play Columbus. We ought to win - that is - we BETTER win. Playoffs are coming soon... My package from Amazon.com came. YAY!!! Princess Bride finally. And Atlas Shrugged.

Ok, never apply to RIT. Never ever ever apply to RIT. Well, if you feel like going to school with kids whose IQ's are around room temp... :) I can't believe we actually had to go through that. The best thing about the trip was the food, and that's not saying much.
Quotes semi-list:

1. Do you know Microsoft Word? -Microelectronics grad student
   
2. Are you familiar with Powerpoint? -Same as above
   
3. Do you know how to make graphs in Excel? -Same as above
   
4. Has anyone here ever used a Macintosh computer before?
   
5. Do you know how the Pythagorean theorem works?
   
6. high-tech software packages like AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor
   
7. We suddenly realized that the stars [on the campus maps] were the 'you are here' stars."
   
8. Why would I do that when I have a girlfriend right here? -Jon Pinyan
   
9. Inappropriate mint grabbing -Jess Chong
   
10. I go here [RIT]; that doesn't mean i have to like it. -RIT student
    
11. I'm only coming here because RIT is the only place that offers this degree. -RIT microelectronics grad student
    
12. *whispered* He means that RIT is the only place that he could get into that offers the degree. -Jess Chong
    
13. There are also same-sex floors [in addition to co-ed floors]...if you want to get involved in something like that. -Admissions presenter
    
14. They have football for the females?
    
15. Did you say there were co-ed dorm rooms or co-ed dorms? -Tony
    
16. You would understand if your IQ was below room temperature. -Kait
    
17. You have to... excite... this substance. -Mr. Galitsky
    
18. Why we need sheep [chip(s)]. -Mr. Galitsky
    
19. Let speak about the Pheese-eeks! (physics) -Mr. Galitsky
    
20. I do not have a stopwatch so I cannot sit and time your speeches, unfortunately. -Mr. Galitsky
    
21. He will speak about p; you will speak about n. -Mr. Galitsky
    
22. Jeff, Yoko... (Joe, Aiko) -Mr. Galitsky
    
23. I have two llamas.... my wife shears them every spring. -Microelectronics "professor"
    
24. Oh, Perl is a programming language? -Microelectronics "professor"
    
25. What is it [Perl] used for? -Microelectronics "professor"
    
26. It's too complicated. You wouldn't understand it. Besides, I wouldn't be able to explain it to you anyway. -RIT grad student
    
27. Clean suit of cleanliness -Anton
    
28. Igor: So you take the opposite of the uh.. graph.
    Jessica: INVERSE! You take the inverse of the slope!
    Igor: Yeah yeah, same thing!
    
29. I hear you groaning...I'm guessing your SAT scores are higher than these here? Well that's good. -Admissions presenter
    
30. They use yellow light, but you can also use red light, but we don't usually because the red light uh.... it's better...not better because it like, hurts your eyes or something. -Yeon
    
31. Well, I don't know much more about this stuff than you do. -RIT student "teacher"

posted by J Chong at 8/19/2001 12:40:28 AM

Three more days till CTY!! I can't wait. So many things to pack - 4square ball (gotta find that somewhere), soccer ball, etc.

ROOT PASSWORD HECK YEAH!

HAPPINESS!!!! Finally! (you want an explanation, IM me)

I will be at CTY from June 24 thru July 13 and then on vacation in California the week after until July 21. While I'm at CTY, this is my address:

Jessica Chong
CTY Summer Program
c/o Skidmore College
815 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY
12866-1632
posted by J Chong at 6/21/2001 11:57:30 PM

School's over! Yes!! Hmm, ok we had the elective fair today, I got AP Chem exactly where I wanted it. YAY! Ummm what else can be deemed significant....I talked to someone today. Special someone, but whatever, I doubt he still realizes anyway. Work
posted by J Chong at 6/19/2001 04:55:37 PM

I just finished talking to someone I haven't talked to in like 2 years. He liked me at one point, not sure if he still does, but .....it was scary. Eve ought to know what I'm talking about.

Do you know how cool it'd be if he wasn't attached and .... (not going to even say it). Like how cool..... agh.... ask me and I'll tell you. :)

Since when did talking with a guy become flirting? And since when being happy mean that one has had sex? Well apparently in Kait and Eve's worlds it does.
posted by J Chong at 5/28/2001 01:08:18 AM

Adobe Atmosphere is a neat program. If Macromedia doesn't come out with something to counter it... But it's not the same as Flash, obviously. Here's an accomplishment! I finished all my homework due for tomorrow by 10:30pm tonight! Wow, that's a record, but now it's 12:30am so I think I'm going to go to bed EARLY for once.
posted by J Chong at 5/8/2001 12:23:45 AM