You know you've overdosed on FIRST when...

[Caitlin330]

Originally Posted by EricH

Caitlin, you've got it really bad. It's only your first year.

lol
yeah well, that doesn't stop me from finding more....

you can't go to school without your team pen/button/t-shirt,
your mom wonders how you can do your homework since your desk is covered in robotics stuff,
and (my favorite so far) your keyboard is covered with greasy fingerprints because you can't stop playing with a broken sprocket you somehow ended up with!


(btw, i did get the grease off of the keyboard)

[Karibou]

-You somehow skip lunch while working on the robot at a regional, and don't realize until dinner. You're not even hungry
-You don't realize that the awards ceremony has started until someone yells "1189 just won imagery". You drop your wrenches, run/walk out of the pits, and enter the arena as the last mentor gives the first judge a high-five, so you run out onto the field, safety glasses, greasy hands, and all.
-Your ankle, which was already screwed up prior to kickoff, is now incredibly sore from doing the Cotton-Eye Joe twice in one day.
-You don't realize what effect that green Safety Captain badge (and the neon-yellow Safety Captain vest, for those of you who saw it at GLR ) has had on you until you start yelling at your brothers for comitting safety violations.
-You got home from the regional over an hour ago, and you're still wearing everything that you wore to the competition--including your safety glasses, face paint, and SC badge.
-You feel like you're still wearing your safety glasses, even though you took them off 3 hours ago
-You talk about gracious professionalism for a few minutes while eating dinner at Subway--yet, the beginning of the conversation was spurred by a straw wrapper.
-You've lost the ability to speak quietly after yelling "ROBOT COMING THROUGH! ROOOOOBOTTTTT!," and yelling over the sounds of drilling and hammering for who knows how many hours
-You didn't lose your voice until after the competition

[MishraArtificer]

...it doesn't hit you how much you miss robotics until AFTER the regional.

Wishing Team 2576 and their bot (Chupa Cabra) a safe trip home.
VIVA LA CORAZON DE CHILENO!

[EricH]

Originally Posted by Caitlin330

and (my favorite so far) your keyboard is covered with greasy fingerprints because you can't stop playing with a broken sprocket you somehow ended up with!


(btw, i did get the grease off of the keyboard)

Just wait till you have to take an FP gearbox apart...that's how 1135 lubed their Toughboxes.

[lingomaniac88]

Originally Posted by MishraArtificer

...it doesn't hit you how much you miss robotics until AFTER the regional.

That is so true... *sobs*


...you start cheering wildly whenever you hear your team number.
...you can't stop thinking about that awesome hurdle you did in that last match. (only applies to 2008 FRC)
...you can't sleep on the day before a regional because you too excited.
Gracious professionalism isn't just a phrase; it's a way of life!

[Nawaid Ladak]

... your excited hawaii is broadcasted in prime time for the east coast.
... you watch matches from your cell phone at a party like event

[The Megan 2207]

You die a little inside when you shed your 2 lbs. of buttons from regionals.

You feel incomplete when you aren't wearing your Regional Operator Badge.

[Caitlin330]

Originally Posted by The Megan 2207

You feel incomplete when you aren't wearing your Regional Operator Badge.

Yes! i know that feeling...
and how you totally freak out the day after the regional when you can't find your regional operator badge...

[Katie_UPS]

...You just know you're non-robotic friends won't understand.
...You consider wearing everything (face-paint, tube skirts, and all) you wore at competitions to school.
...You wonder how you can get out of school to watch atlanta.

[Katie_UPS]

Originally Posted by StephLee

When a valid excuse (in your mind) for having no homework completed is "It's robotics season."

When your teachers accept the above excuse.

Mine did too.

"Katie why didn't you do your homework?"
"I was at a Regional..."
"It was due the day after you left..."
"I was so excited I forgot?"
"Ok, fine. But I really shouldn't be accepting this."

[Carlee10]

...When your teacher doesn't give you homwork because he knows you missed that lesson because you were at a regional.
...When you don't have to make up swim days in gym because they know you were at a robotics competition
....When your techer tells you he won't call on you in class today because he knows you got really sick that weekend at the regional you attended last weekend.
....When you get an award at school, and when they film you recieving the award, they can barely hear you because you lost your voice screaming "Hippo, Hippo, Chomp, Chomp, Chomp!"

[lingomaniac88]

Whenever you give directions to a motorist, you insist on using the phrase, "Drive straight, turn left."

[The Megan 2207]

The day after regionals end, you begin designing possible uniforms for next year.

[MishraArtificer]

Originally Posted by The Megan 2207

You die a little inside when you shed your 2 lbs. of buttons from regionals.

...you feel less likely to have a heart attack after you shed your 10.5 lbs. button-mail shirt. Oh boy, so many Atlas jokes when that happened.
...when the button you got from Team 2576 will become a personal heirloom. !VIVA LA CORAZON DE CHILENO!
Also, I still need more buttons. there's still room on the back, sides, and sleeves.

[basicxman]

when you still have your alliance captain piny 3 months after the regional