Here's to the stragglers!

[Jessica Boucher]

Originally Posted by Warren Boudreau

Jessica, maybe you can find someone to record the NASA TV feed and watch it Saturday night. A big bowl of popcorn and FIRST. It doesn't get much better than that.

Oooh. Good idea.

Mike? Wanna make a trade off at one of the T stops? I'll reimburse you for the tape.

[MikeDubreuil]

Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher

Oooh. Good idea.

Mike? Wanna make a trade off at one of the T stops? I'll reimburse you for the tape.

Boston.... I'm in Connecticut right now. But on Saturday I have to be in Boston for a date I'm not going to be able to watch it live Stupid girls

Unfortunately Jessica, I think I'll have to tape Saturday because I'll be unavaliabe as well. I'd be willing to mail you a tape though if you PM me an address.

[Jessica Boucher]

Bah, silly CT Probably by the time the tape would get to me, the archive would be up. Thanks anyway!!

[Stephen Kowski]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

i'll be in atlanta but i am flying out around 6:00 tonight

You and me both bud =)

[sanddrag]

You can bet I'll be around here.

[Katie Reynolds]

Originally Posted by Pamela

I'm still here Sad as anything that I'm broke and can't afford nationals...

Oh the pains of being a broke college student!

Ooh, ooh me too!

IRI is my 'nationals' this year.

Jess, we should get a chat going later -- we'll show everyone in Atlanta how much fun we can have without them!

[MikeDubreuil]

Originally Posted by Katie Reynolds

Jess, we should get a chat going later -- we'll show everyone in Atlanta how much fun we can have without them!

Yeah, definately start one sometime. I'd love to join. I've always known I was missing out on a certain aspect of FIRST- the FIRST internet chatrooms. Five years and I've never been in one

[dlavery]

Originally Posted by Warren Boudreau

Don't worry guys. NASA has announced that they will be broadcasting the Championship. They had said that they wouldn't, but I guess Dr. Bot did his usual fantastic job showing them the error of their ways.

... or somebody like that ...

[Meredith Rice]

Now that it is Wed. I have finally accepted the fact I am not going to atlanta. I was a real heartbreaker not qualifying. Those 3 tickets to Atlanta team 25 offered were incredibly tempting. Count me in on the "FIRSTers left behind" chat.

[Warren Boudreau]

Originally Posted by dlavery

... or somebody like that ...

Oops. Sorry Dave. I left you out on that. I will formally apolgize in person if I see you in Atlanta. I'll be the short guy with the SPAM hat and no voice (long story).

[MikeDubreuil]

Originally Posted by Fireboidsgrl

Now that it is Wed. I have finally accepted the fact I am not going to atlanta. I was a real heartbreaker not qualifying. Those 3 tickets to Atlanta team 25 offered were incredibly tempting. Count me in on the "FIRSTers left behind" chat.

I think I had the same epiphany when our robot seeded 49th at BAE. I'm still debating on whether I should hop in the car and drive there. See ya in the chat

[IMDWalrus]

Bleh...

I'm going to be here on and off, and I'll do my best to try to contribute something interesting to CD while everyone else is gone.

I've still got homework from our trip to the Palmetto Regional that I haven't made up yet, though...

I'll be working on that, but I'll post when I can.

[Ryan Albright]

Well i just ot to Atlanta cant wait for the competiton i will be on CD and aim while at comp so if you want to im me or something go ahead sirminnyme

[Tom Bottiglieri]

BAHHHHHHH I WANT TO GO

eh oh well

[LauraN]

Originally Posted by MikeDubreuil

I mean seriously, Saturdays competition will be the most exciting thing NASA showed on television since NASA broadcasted live from the moon. The Mars rovers, which make great science, and the photography is amazing; I just don't think it's fun to watch live (sorry, Spirit and Oppurtunity, I wouldn't expect your own mini-series on CBS anytime soon either).

We were having this dicussion several weeks ago to prove how geeky I am. (Ask Venkatesh). I was saying that when NASA sent Pathfinder and Sojourner to Mars, I remember sitting in front of my TV, glued to the screen watching CNN's broadcast. That was in the summer of 1997. Meaning I was 10 years old, sitting inside on a gorgeous summer day drooling over robots. Foreshadowing??

Point being: I disagree. (obviously ) Well, about the rover broadcasts being boring. I definitely do want to see some of nationals though.

So yes, I will be stuck here in rainy NJ.

On the plus side, I just got back from college-searching in Boston and found that my amazon.com order got here while I was away. So now I have Building Robot Drive Trains to distract me from
a)being here and not there
b)studying for SATs and
c)studying for APs

And you know, school in general.

At least it's nice knowing I'm not alone, right?