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

[Hiteak]

when even when you are sick at home, you call people who are at robotics at the moment, just so you can see what is getting done and to say hi to team mates.

[insomniac6688]

Originally Posted by Philmont629

When your watching the Super Bowl while on Chief Delphi.

Tomorrow will take the cake though, well be watching the Super Bowl in the shop while atempting to get our bot ready to hand off to the electrical team.

[insomniac6688]

when you have a myspace and an email address (MTHSRobotics@Gmail.com)

[StephLee]

...When your first thought on hearing your school is closed for the day is "Hmm, I wonder if we can meet all day today..."

[waiakea11]

you know youraddicted to FIRST when...

...you look at you Tobasco bottle cap and wonder what size bolt it will fit on, mistaking it for a nut.

[Caseavong]

....You Give up going to indoor track sectionals to work on your robot.
....You give up indoor track completely.

Sure was worth it though

[penguinsrock018]

...you feel sorry for the GM robot while watching the Superbowl 41 commercials and actually take the time to think up ways that you would have helped it find a job.

[RedHeadRobotics]

...when you figured out that you spend almost thrity hours a week working on robots and the rest of your time thinking about robots.

[waiakea11]

...you notice that anyone who isnt in FIRST has no idea what your talking about...

...you notice that after you explain about FIRST to someone, they still dont know what your talking about...

...you wonder how much more time you have in school before you can work on your robot...

[Mister_Juggles]

you see the little gray box around the text-space in openoffice and think immediately of your robot's dimensions....(I like to call it the magic box)

[NeedMoreEngines]

...when there's a "You Know You're Addicted to FIRST when..." thread that contains over NINETY SIX PAGES OF ADDICTIONS...and you can relate to every single one of them.

...when there are more nuts in the shop-vac than on the robot.

...when your excuse for texting in class is "I have to work on my hand-eye cordination for...um...robotics" - and you're not kidding.

...when you meet someone named Victor and you immediately think of speed controllers.

...when build season is finally over and you feel like you have no place in life anymore.

...when you think of all the teams whose team numbers can be clock times, and get angry because mine can't be. (1279)

...when you take one of those weird-angled Myspace-type photos of yourself, and it's really just for CD.

...when you still wear the free (but AMAZING) safety glasses from nationals

[NeedMoreEngines]

...when you're at the security checkpoint at Newark Airport on the way to nationals and the metal detector goes BANANAS because you've got THE WRENCH THAT FITS, two allen wrenches, 1/8th inch keystock, locknuts, and replacements for the only three metric bolts on your robot, all in your pocket.

...when a girl on your team holds up the line for the security checkpoint at the Atlanta airport because she has to take the 100 some-odd buttons off that have been periodically pinned to her jeans throughout the course of the weekend.

...when your crate is over the weight limit and you're frustrated because you think "gee why don't we just drill holes in it", and then realize that you can't.

[waialua359]

WHEN YOU LIVE IN HAWAII BUT CANT WAIT TO ATTEND THE NEW JERSEY REGIONAL IN FREEZING WEATHER.

[mormannoob]

...you try to figure out how every appliance/machine in your house is programmed

...you finally realize why dew is the greatest drink ever

...you wonder why your friend dragged you into robotics then you remember you need to program some random function that involes a look up table

... you hate the semi-colon ";"

...you have no life (or sleep) between january and april

...you wish there was an FRC,FVC,FFL chanel (besides NASA TV)

[StephLee]

Originally Posted by penguinsrock018

...you feel sorry for the GM robot while watching the Superbowl 41 commercials and actually take the time to think up ways that you would have helped it find a job.

When you laughed hysterically at that commercial and immediately texted a team member asking if he saw it.