Beating Boredom

[Kyle]

When MOE made the trip to ATL in a bus in 2005, reading, movies on laptops and personal DVD players, sleeping and music kept us sane, well mostly, and there was always being a pain in the butt kept things interesting at some points.

[Schnabel]

I don't know yet about this year since the TechnoKats are very creative with ways to pass the time, but last year was hilarious! We brought a couple of those mini Nerf foot balls that has a tail fin thingy on the back and we would throw it at random people and hit them. It was fun until it hit the bus driver so he confiscated it.

[mtaman02]

Originally Posted by Kyle

When MOE made the trip to ATL in a bus in 2005, reading, movies on laptops and personal DVD players, sleeping and music kept us sane, well mostly, and there was always being a pain in the butt kept things interesting at some points.

Not all buses have 12v power sockets & inverters so I'm curious as to how you powered the electronic devices for so long - other then using spare 12v batteries from the robot. =)

[BlondeNerd]

Granted, it was a much shorter ride, but on the bus trip back from the Chesapeake regional, we played Apples to Apples the entire way home. If you haven't played that game with a bus full of people, you are missing out. We never stopped laughing and went through the entire set of cards. A game including the entire team makes a good bonding experience.

[MissInformation]

Talking is a good way to pass time... on the bus ride to VCU, another chaperone and I talked the entire time and on the way home from VCU, we were joined by 3 or 4 students and we spent the entire ride home talking, sometimes about serious things, other times telling funny stories and jokes... (still smiling about the vampire bat joke...) as fun as the Regional was, the bonding done on the bus ride home is one of my fondest memories from this year.

Now, Atlanta is quite a bit longer of a bus ride than VCU, so talking the whole way may not be plausible (not that I can't do it), however, maybe I'll get a joke contest going or something. Other than that, it will be the usual, homework, movies, games, a book or two...

Heidi