This year I was sad to not be traveling to nats with a team, and then I realized I was traveling with many teams. A special thanks to MOE 365 for adopting me at the comp this year!
! ! !!! !!!! GO MOE!
For reference, I was doing field re-set on Galileo Friday and Saturday, then was the crazy girl dancing on the Galileo side of Einstein during the finals/awards. Yeah the one who was on the big screen like 5 times
And no, I am not a cheerleader and will never be one, I'm just a geek like the rest of you. I definitely would have loved being in the pit working on a robot instead, but hey, getting people to be spirited was fun too.
I really wanted to meet all the people in the stands who got up and danced (too bad they didn't come down and join me! but I guess it's a bit scary dancing in front of thousands of people). I'm still trying to figure out how I did it... I had a triple mocha Saturday morning, then after that started to wear off I was running on pure adrenaline. I especially want to meet the people who were video taping me...
can I have a copy please?
The new people I met (because listing everyone I saw again that I knew would take too long) were:
- All the drivers of teams on Galileo, especially Titian robotics from WA (with their "killer" autonomous mode) and St. Joe's from NJ
- My stepbrother's teacher from BG in NH (he was wondering why I was cheering for their team lol although I was cheering for everyone)
- The refs and other volunteers on Galileo
- A bunch of random people I said "hhhheeeeeyyyyy" to, but I don't think I caught their names
- A few guys from 1038 in Ohio
- And of course, the few people with the guts to come down and join me dancing! You guys rocked!
If I met you and/or you want to say hi, please feel free to IM me.
Congrats to everyone! And I'll just leave it with "GALI---"