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

[Allison K]

When you set your homepage to chiefdelphi : )

Allison

[shyra1353]

thought some one else would post this .. but wtv ...

... when you translate FIRST into a different language

and then for my team ...
... when you have meetings throughout the holidays (sundays as well)

[greencelery115]

1. when you carry screwdrivers in your pencilbox
2. when you use screwdrivers to open oranges and food (quite useful; just clean off the grease)
3. when your computer crashes or goes beserk in school, you climb underneath the desk in high heels and a long skirt....to fix the cables underneath
4. you love the smell of solder- you hug the iron * unplugged and cold every so often
5. caffeine- must i say anything else? *you become an expert at mixing caffeinated sodas
6. you carry a usb drive around your neck- not those stupid floppies (a measly 1.44) and acutally kno what it is, how to use it, and how much MB it has
7. you want an arc welder for your birthday
8. when you see a nice car, you ask people to pop the hood so that you can check their CPU system and transmission
9. you don't mind when your finger stick together with expoxy.
10. duct tape wallet.
11. you speak l337 to your sisters * and try to teach them the difference between parallel and series circuitry
12. when you *fix the air compresser by taking the power strip plug out of the power strip, and affix it to the socket....and people think yer a genius, you give the credit to FIRST
13. you understand corny engineer jokes that your dad tells you....
14. life happens at school, between the electronics shop and wood shop...

your fave soap is jojo hand cleanser * orange power

you know the way to WRRF by heart

you want to do bionanotech for a career

[computhief263]

....WHen your team names thier zip tie gun "Jerry" and all vetern members refer to it as such

....When u begin to worship tapmatic and use for everthing

....When u use a plastic Apogee lighting cup used by a former advisor as a ode to them

....When ducttape fixes everything b/c everything can be fixed by duct tape

....When your in tigerbolt chat at 1 am local time and the topic of conversation is "scents of build season u wish u could bottle and sell"

....When a former member of the takes a sign that lists your team # as the max. of a restaraunt, and gives it to the teams favorite mentor as a gift

....When your wardrobe consists strictly of thinkgeek.com shirts and FIRST shirts

....WHen u feel u havent gotten much work done till ur hands are coated in oil and metal shavings (and then pull out a huge tub of jojo hand cleaner )

[jedilearner]

when you go crazy at scholl and draw stratagies instead of doing school work.
when you take of work to have fun listening to wody.
when you finaly get a small amount of sleep after ship date.
when you get a diserved rest after the competion season ends.

[BandChick]

when you realize that you should go to sleep so that you're well rested for kickoff but realize you will probably be up all night pondering

[Specialagentjim]

... when you're team already has at least 4 fully sketched plans for climbing stairs

[Alaina]

You know you're addicted to FIRST when it's the day before kickoff and your schoolwork is already being affected by [thoughts of] build season.

[BandChick]

...when you have viewed EVERY new post about the 2004 game and are wishing you knew more FIRST people with AIM to talk to/strategize with

[Firewolf]

When I got the new notorious team 25 shirt, given the size it was tent on me, I get home, put it on, and with a big grin model it for my parents ...
and my dad starts making fun of me...

just b/c I'm so happy about the ... very loud shirt


Not only that, I'm taking on the challenge of mr.c (adviser of 25) to where that down the streets of Newark, NJ which is my new home...
ooo you will see it Newark u will see the colours of raider robotix...


OK the addiction goes on

[Cappy697]

... when your stuck in non-moving traffic on the freeway when u glance over to the sholder and u see a funny shapped thing. u shout, " THATS A VAN DOOR WINDOW LIFT MOTOR!" and then launch into a whole story about how u used that motor on previous robots and think dang if only i could just jump out of the car and grab that i bet we could still use it for next year!

[Ashley Weed]

When certain things in your life leave you with the state of mind, that you will no longer be able to participate in FIRST.... however, yesterday morning, I couldn't keep myself away from the local kick-off site. I also realized that I will be assisting three different teams by letting them borrow my brain at any time, and have spent almost all of my awake time on CD or other FIRST related tasks since kick-off......... --> I think my plan is failing.

[Alaina]

You know you're addicted to FIRST when you're thinking about the new game more than you're thinking about your boyfriend. (who you love very much...but still...it's FIRST...)

[animater31405]

.....all you can think and talk about is how many ways you can blow up other robots in an animation.....
......You start building your robot to rival Kaimen's Segway.....

[Jay H 237]

When you stayed up all night to build a complete minature model playing field out of plywood and polycarbonate with LEGO "robots" to plan statagies.