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2007-02-24T23:42:09Z

lovely...

2005-06-01T02:04:57Z

And not to mention my grandfather's in the hospital...in SARASOTA FLORIDA. This is really starting to drive me nuts. I don't know how to handle all these problems at once. It's really getting to be too much. Lord, help...

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List your current six favourite songs, then pick six other people that have to do the same.

1) Breaking Benjamin - Forget It
2) Breaking Benjamin - Wish I May
3) Breaking Benjamin - Away
4) Dave Matthews Band - American Baby
5) Agnetha Faltskog - The Last Time
6) Breaking Benjamin - Blow Me Away

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1.) gentle_flower
2.) spartyfirstgirl
3.) shdwknight
4.) thornsofhavok13
5.) xpainisnotlovex
6.) quiet_treasure

atlanta championships vol. 2

2005-04-25T00:52:18Z

See the previous entry for the first part of my account on the Championships in Atlanta, GA. This section will be based on Friday, Saturday, and today. Enjoy.

Friday was one crazy day. Mainly because it was the key day for scouting (going to teams and getting their stats on the robot and other sorts of things) and getting high in the ranks. We won the first 3 matches we had, but lost our fourth one, which was because of our alliance. Blah. We won our last match though, which bumped us to 5th rank in the Curie Division (FIRST names the divisions by famous people, Archimedes, Galileo, Curie and Newton. The actual Finals to determine the Championship winning alliance is the Einstein field.) by the end of the day. I spent some of the day getting buttons and other goodies from the teams in Archimedes and Curie. It was fun when I was with Barry doing it. w00t. I love my BB.
After the rounds was the VEX Dinner, to celebrate a new FIRST competition they put out. It's basically a mini version of the big FIRST competition. You build a small robot and compete against other teams on a mini field. This year's field was the field from last year's competition. I laughed when I saw it. Anyways, the dinner was fun. Our team just ate and left. We spent some time having fun, but we couldn't go anywhere out of Mason's eyesight because he said he "had a hard enough time locating everyone during the matches". Whaaaatever. So I spent some time with Mike from Team 25, Niz from 768 and some other people. The guys ended up going to the side and did a push up competition. No clue who won though. *shrug*. Overall it was interesting.
That night Komal, Jamie, Brittany and I spent time up just talking and laughing, having a blast. I ended up not being able to talk to Seth like I could on Thursday night. Was very depressing, since I had wanted to tell him the events of the day. *shrug* Ah well. I missed him a lot...I still miss him. The comfort of being only an hour from him now is back, but I still hate the far away feeling. It's tough.

The title will be explained quite soon. Saturday morning we all woke up early and ate breakfast at the hotel, and then left for the Dome. We had a match at 9:10 am, and I had gotten to the stands just in time to see us compete. Unfortunately, one of the teams in our alliance got us 3 penalties, 10 points each. It caused us to lose the match. Originally we had 51 points, and we almost won. But the 30 point penalties got us down to 21, and the other alliance had 23 points with no penalties. I was so angry. The last match we had, we lost by one tetra. If we had gotten one tetra on it would have given us 36 points to tie with the other alliance. If we had gotten two, we would have beat them with 39. *sigh* Oh well.
What pissed me off the most, however, was that our team was not chosen to be in the final rounds of the Division. I was livid. We had a great robot, and we had more match points than any other team in the Division! We weren't chosen. Stupid teams can't scout. >____<;
The rest of the day was boring, even the awards ceremony. Our team didn't win any awards at all, which ticked me off too. Our robot was the most unique of any of them, and we didn't win any awards. Growl.
After the ceremony was over, we went to the Wrap Up Party, which started originally at 6pm. Our team didn't get there until 7pm since the final rounds and ceremony lasted a while. We stayed until 8:45pm, and left around 9:15pm-ish. The party was okay...I found Kristina (alumni from team 25) and we talked for a while. Mike (25) and I ended up heading towards the food and got some grub, then found Miss Heidi from team 116. She's so cool! Good mentor for the team. We talked, and I met some other people from the team. Was nice to chat with her. I met Jeff Wetzel, who I had wanted to talk to for a while. I saw Big Mike again...was scared he'd randomly bearhug me or Mike. Luckily, that didn't happen. Whew! ;-)
Barry, Arefin, Neha and Jess finally got there, and I ran to find them. I met Jaine from team 716. She's so cute. A little bit later, Jess, Neha and I were sitting down on the ground when all of a sudden I feel something cold hit my face. It was silly string!!! Barry was spraying Neha, Jess and I. We all screamed, and I heard people laughing at us...it was so funny. I stole the silly string bottle. I still have it, mwahahahahahahaa....xD I got a picture of Jess, Neha and Barry. Neha and Jess have the silly string on, but Barry's clean. Darn him. >_<; It was still amusing. So, after that Bharat (25) pulls me and drags me behind this one blowup jumping thing. He had me sign this card...turns out it was for Arefin and Neha. They were getting "married". Arefin had no idea, either. It was classic! We went to get him, and I had to literally shove him to where Bharat and I originally were. It was an amusing Indian ceremony, where Neha tied a scarf on Arefin's beltloop, and Arefin led her around a "fire" (it was really a coiled up section of a red extension cord) four times, and then she led him three times around. Bharat was the one marrying them since Vishal had no idea what to say. Oy, that kid. xD So after that, Arefin used his finger to put red dust on Neha's forehead to signal they were married. Neha did the same to him, and then they exchanged FIRST Gold medals. That was an amusing thing, since Bharat gave her his medal to use. Arefin had one since his team won the Curie Division. Hehe.
After that interesting event, we all went back to our original spot. I got silly strung once again, and then my dad found me. Mason called me and told me to meet the team by the projector screen (where they were showing a magic show), so we could leave. So after giving everyone 435935843698 hugs, I went to find my team. We all stole over 300 sodas, and about 70 waters by the end of the night. We took a team picture with the sodas, and then got on the bus. We left at about 9:15pm with all the sodas..xD

The bus pulled into the parking lot at 7:45am. The girls and I went into the bathroom first since Mason said we could use it first (w00t), and then we helped unload the bus. It was freezing, so I left as soon as I could. I got home, checked my email and Seth's LJ, and crashed. I woke up at 1:40pm, and then got my stuff unpacked, ate, and got together all the stuff I acquired. Take a look here.

Overall, my trip was an amazing experience. I had the time of my life, and I want to thank everyone on my team and other people on various teams for making it such a great experience. Y'all know who you are. I love you all, and I love FIRST!

atlanta championships vol. 1

2005-04-24T23:47:22Z

I'll be making two entries; this one will be based on days Wednesday and Thursday, and my next entry will be on Friday, Saturday and today. I'll try to condense them, but it won't be too easy. Here it goes!

Our team was to meet in the parking lot at 5:15-5:30pm to pack. Everyone was officially there when we were about to leave. It was sad. We packed the bus and left at about 6:45-7pm. We went through the city (I was just waiting for someone to shoot up the bus), and got onto the beltway. The busride wasn't too eventful; I ended up sitting in a seat (the only seat, nonetheless) that had a broken air conditioner above the seat. The knob was broken completely off, so the air conditioner couldn't be turned off. I ended up leaving Komal and went up to the front so I could sleep better. Didn't happen. Too cold! Damn those ACs...I got a comfy woven coat in North Carolina when we stopped at this big gas station.

We got to Atlanta at about 6-6:30am, and went to breakfast before going to the Dome. We got to the Dome and unpacked all our stuff. I had to go around and do some scouting and talk to teams. Was quite interesting. At about noon I went to the Chief Delphi Forum Webhug. It was so fun!!!! I met so many awesome people I had wanted to meet. I'll post pictures at the end of the entry. I won't list who I met, but I will post a link to the thread where I list who I did meet.
Afterwards, I went around the pits, and checked out the FIRST store. It was so cool in there! I wanted one of almost everything. Luckily, I didn't buy much. Lucky for my dad anyway *wink*.
Around 4 my dad and I walked to the hotel. His knee was killing him and I was exhausted. So we both went to the hotel and crashed. I talked to my mom for a bit before going to nap. Brittany, Komal and Jamie came into the room around 6-ish. Mason said dinner was up to us tonight since we missed the reservation we had at the restaurant we were gonna go to. So Komal, Jamie, Brittany, her family, and I all went to a mall nearby and ate Dairy Queen food. Was good! I bought a Strawberry Cheesequake after my meal. I needed an ice cream fix (though I ate Dippin' Dots at lunchtime...hehe). After that we all hung out in our hotel room and crashed.

Beginning of Webhug with FIRST Banner in background.
Mike Martus (Team 47 Mentor) Speaking.
Everyone Huddling around Mike to officially start Webhug.
(L to R) Lisa Perez (573), Courtney (111) and Me.
Barry (1604), me and Genia (461) getting bearhugged by Big Mike.
Arefin (108) and Neha (1345). So cute!
Arefin, me and Neha.
Arefin bearhugging Tytus (179).
Chief Delphi AIM Chat Crew. Try to find me.
Ryan D. (234) and I with the Scott Ritchie (234 mentor) blowup head.
Ashley (1559) and me.
RJ (173) attempting to pick me up on his back. Failed miserably.
DJ (1646) avoiding my picture. Darn him.
Corey (25) with blue permanent marker allllll over him.
Alicia (girl with head turned, 433) and Karen (girl laughing with braces, 433).
Bridgette (121) and Genia (461). Oh my!
Barry and Genia. 'Nuff said.
Keep Away with Genia's shoe!
Genia and I. Oh dear...xD I have a hand written on my bum with permanent marker.

To be continued in the next entry...DUN DUN DUNNNNN!

friends only

2004-08-12T17:58:29Z