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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
...When you say "I really need to stop reading these addiction things..." and then go on to read 4 more pages.
...When inside jokes from Robotics are the only jokes you know. ...You refer to your robot as sexy. ...The first day after shipping date, you go into withdrawl that you have to go to Wal-Mart for something to do. ...You think companies should be condemned for not sponsoring your team. ...People snap at you about "mentioning robotics...AGAIN!" ...Your preacher stops in the middle of service to ask how the robot is going...which also serves as a "Wake up!" ...When the manufacturing team looks at you funny when you offer someone a band-aid. ...First period is sleeping time. ...Breaks involve going outside to wrestle due to stress of just for fun ...When you feel close to allen wrenches. ...When you can't wait to meet all of these CD peple at regionals. |
Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
-When begin to refer to your coach as "dad" and your robot at "brother"
-when your personal pet (dog/cat) don't recognize you any more -you find bits of the poof balls everywere on your body |
Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
-- When you talk about robotics in a foreign language to make the German teacher happy
--You somehow find a way to connect robotics to your English project --You quit doing the IB program because it limits the time for Robotics --Your ITGS project is a tutorial explaining how to run a robotics team --You talk about robotics so fast some people think it is a foreign language --Your girlfriend left you for the robot --You have cyclical relationships with getting back together at the deadline, and the breakup at the kickoff --You convince your significant other to join the team so that you see them more often --You look like an automaton for 6 weeks |
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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
when you call the robot "my baby"
when you have a picture of you and the robot on your camera, phone, or personal site. when you have that same picture framed in your room somewhere.  ^yeahhhh. you know it. oops. done em al. when you hear your school's PA announce your team's standings at last weekend's regional and you scream really loud. and everyone looks at you funny. wow. i've completely out-dorked myself. |
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isn't that the truth? i've gone through some of those things.....and it's ashame that the late night are over, so now we just go home and sit and do nothing.......whereas 2-3 weeks ago we were at school until 11 or 12 o'clock at night...and that was amazing.....i can't wait until next year....and until IRI.....now that's going to be fun..... :( |
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You know you're addicted to FIRST when at 5 in the morning you're on CD and waiting to get one last post in before bed...
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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
... you complain about building your bot THREE TIMES, but secretly, you love it.
... you're upset that you can't attend a regional with your team, and are prepared to royally tick off your parents to do so ... your friends could possibly know more about your bot than some of your team members ... you tell you friends who live near you to come to IRI ... you honestly have no clue when the last time you had a good night's sleep was |
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Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
...your best memory of Highschool will be Robotics.
...your team dreams that one day there will be a career where you just drive around to regionals all throughout the year. ...you spend more time at school working on robotics stuff than actually in class. ...you go to other random forums and make friends with the ppl that're in robotics FIRST, then the rest of the members of the forum. |
Re: You know you're addicted to FIRST when...
When you get frustrated when people can't remember what FIRST stands for...
When you start linking poof balls to random things in conversations.... When you get more nicknames during build season than the rest of your life combined... When you buddy icon says geeks are hot..... When you believe that geeks are hot.... :D |
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When you schedule your college classes around participating as a mentor in FIRST...
When you spend more than 200 hrs during the build season building the robot and still work 40 hrs a week... When you spend way too much time on Chief Delphi making sure you know everything possible about other robots and rules before going to a comp... |
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When you come home from a competition and take up your whole economics hour trying to explain what FIRST is to the class...
When your friends disown you because they never see you during build season... You know what button parties are... When you have attended button parties... When you quote Chief Delphi... You personalize your safety glasses.... You carry safety glasses in your purse... There's more than one pair in there^^... |
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-When you have a week between Regionals and you decide to meet every night after school. -you have teachers that tell you "You need to go home, I swear you're here 24/7." (Then again, I'm in drama and Indoor Precussion too.) -you know for a fact you're giving up drama and indoor percussion next year(or insert other activity here) to spend all your time with Robotics -you try to think of any possible way to get home a tad early from the Boilermaker Regional so you can still go -You seriously consider running away from home to a Robotics competition -you seriously consider asking Chief Delphi people that you don't know to hitch a ride back to G-field early Saturday morning, though you know it won't work -you're sad that you can't go to any of the competitions, and are being pessimistic about being able to attend IRI -You ponder for hours on end about how to get your team to Atlanta, because you all really want to go [edit] Hah.. just experienced this one... -When you want to go somewhere else on the web, you automatically open up another window entirely so you can stay logged on to Chief Delphi [/edit] |
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Ohhhh man... Safety Glasses. I "personalized" my safey glasses at Pittsburgh with a ton of frilly ribbon. You could ask anyone from that regional and I think they will remember them. Everyone should personalize their glasses, but er....at your own risk. ^_^ I had my picture taken lots of times by people I had never met before in muh life. :o |
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