You know you're addicted to FIRST when...

[jzampier]

... you no longer feel self conscious about wearing tie-dye....

[Jonathan M.]

...when you meet the coolest girl in the world at a FIRST competition and dont mind the fact that she lives a couple of states away.

...when you realize that you wont be going to Nationals and might have to wait a year before seeing that girl again.

...when it's ok because you care about her so much.

Hmm.

[Joe Matt]

When you have one shelf/wall dedicated to things teams have handed out (and some things they didn't... )

[Specialagentjim]

Originally posted by Jonathan M.
...when you meet the coolest girl in the world at a FIRST competition and dont mind the fact that she lives a couple of states away.

...when you realize that you wont be going to Nationals and might have to wait a year before seeing that girl again.

...when it's ok because you care about her so much.

Hmm.

Man, I hear ya there!

[Amanda Morrison]

...you cheer because your robot busted some Tupperware.

[Pierson]

Originally posted by amandabean
...you cheer because your robot busted some Tupperware.

Not that this relates exactly to addiction, but when everyone starts yelling when two teams in an elim match at the PNW regional were racing at each other with a bin in between and the bin went everywhere...

I'll see if I can find the video...

[MacZealot]

.. .you set this site as your home page.

Or was that already posted? I kinda lost track of my time and just realized I used to go here
OOPS!!!!

Great to be back

[Powers]

.....when you are the most recent person on your team to register for CD, but have posted WAY more than the rest of your team.

[Team238-aholic]

Originally posted by Jonathan M.
...when you meet the coolest girl in the world at a FIRST competition and dont mind the fact that she lives a couple of states away.

...when you realize that you wont be going to Nationals and might have to wait a year before seeing that girl again.

...when it's ok because you care about her so much.

Hmm.

awww...FIRST love...

I have a few of those...i know how your feeling

[MisterX]

When you spend your entire weekends fo rthe past 3 weeks trying to find a teacher to watch the Team during Nats so you can go

When you convince the entire team to wear their team jerseys to school everyday during Nationals in memory of what could have been (when everyone says NO).

When on you aol autoresponse you mention "To Archimdes for what could have been" and " Team 521 MIA, you will not be forgotten"

When you go around school mumbling something about "You may go to NATS but I go to youth conference"

[Thos]

- when the highlight of your day is getting home after school, not because school is finally over, but because you have more time to spend on DC replying to your favorite threads.

- when you look forward to the four minute break between fourth and fifth hours only slightly less, because you know you will walk past a girl that reminds you of that super hot chick you saw at Regionals

[Melissa H.]

...when CD doesn't mean compact disc...

[Amanda Morrison]

... when you stop refering to team numbers and instead know sponsors, schools, etc.

See how many of these you can name:
Baxter
Chief Delphi (no peeking - haha! )
Beatty
Kingman
Wildstang
TechnoKats
Westside Boiler Invasion
Las Guerillas
Cheesy Poofs
TRW
RoboDawgs
Juggernauts
ComBBAT
Killer Bees
HotBot
Truck Town Thunder
Holland Christian
NEW Apple Corps
Full Metal Jackets
The Feds
RAGE
Thunder Chickens
CyberBlue

...just to name a few from the top of my head. If you can get every one of those without looking them up - consider yourself addicted!

[Elyse Holguin]

Originally posted by Specialagentjim
Man, I hear ya there!

jim said it best! a year's not too long, right?

..when you can't wait til your SECOND year of college, because then you and him can both be mentors on the same college team since he's a year younger than you, but you don't care.

[Jonathan M.]

Originally posted by amandabean
... when you stop refering to team numbers and instead know sponsors, schools, etc.

See how many of these you can name:
Baxter
Chief Delphi (no peeking - haha! )
Beatty
Kingman
Wildstang
TechnoKats
Westside Boiler Invasion
Las Guerillas
Cheesy Poofs
TRW
RoboDawgs
Juggernauts
ComBBAT
Killer Bees
HotBot
Truck Town Thunder
Holland Christian
NEW Apple Corps
Full Metal Jackets
The Feds
RAGE
Thunder Chickens
CyberBlue

...just to name a few from the top of my head. If you can get every one of those without looking them up - consider yourself addicted!

I just gotta say:
Metal In Motion
S.P.A.M.
Heat Wave
Swamp thing
Baxter Bomb Squad
M'Aiken Magic
Demolition Squad
The Flashbacks
Sigma C@ts
Miracle Workerz (Moe)
Mobotics

Just off the top of my head.

Originally posted by goosefrom71
jim said it best! a year's not too long, right?

No not at all.

Originally posted by goosefrom71
..when you can't wait til your SECOND year of college, because then you and him can both be mentors on the same college team since he's a year younger than you, but you don't care.

Hmm now that's thinkin' ahead. Same here but her where him is and she where he is.

...when it's the two days before her team leaves, and you smile wish her luck and act happy when you can't stand that you can't go with her.

...when you try try try and try to make plans for a road trip this summer to her state. And the odds start to look better for you!