Welcome To America (Day 2)

And so, we woke up.

I am surprised we managed to wake up so early. After quickly checking out with my boy Marcus, we headed across the street to catch the Emery Go-Round to the nearest BART station to head into San Francisco and meet up with Evan. Suppressing the urge to go and eat from the nearest restaurant, we headed to the extraction point. On the way, we got a taste of San Francisco, taking in all of the beautiful buildings.

There was only one problem. One our way to the extraction point, we were followed by the loudest construction machine on the planet whose driver chose to go 5 mph while pounding into the road. It was somewhat devastating. However, seeing Evan smile and run across the street was well worth it. With everyone in tow, we headed off to Japantown for a day of ADVENTURE.

Let's be honest, I'm never going to finish this. ROFLCOPTER.

P-Heights Crew

Man I suck at blogging. Leave it to me to wait until the very last day of SSBBR before writing a single post. Well, for house keeping purposes, here's a list of what I missed out on blogging about:

1) college decision circle jerk
2) SSBBR @ WashU
3) prom shenanigans
4) anime & sexuality
5) becoming a college student
6) camping @ BWCA
7) graduation party hopping
8) Eureka seveN AO fail
9) Minnesnowta pride
10) Legend of Korra

Well, I guess I'll try to do my best to recall all of the fantastic memories from the past six weeks. At first I was a bit anxious, leaving my high school friends for six weeks to spend my time with a bunch of students who willingly gave up a summer of circle jerking in order to pursue research. Thankfully, my fears were unfounded, and I had the honor of hanging out with one of the kewlest kollections of people I have ever known.

From taking the wrong bus to Princeton Heights to gulfing down a 28" Pointersaurus, SSBBR has been a lot of fun (yes, I recognize the dangling participle). I don't have enough consciousness to write a comprehensive post, and, given how lazy I am, I probably never will get around to writing one. The purpose of this post I guess is to just serve as a marker for when I need a small catalyst for reminiscing with my rose-colored glasses on.

Here are a few key-words: FIFA 12, DUC smoothies, Quiz Bowl, Smash Bros., SCHWEINSTEIGER, LS, P-Heights Crew, expressionless Ron, foolishness, I am functionally a fork, GET BIG, you only had one job, JAMBICA, I don't always tell stories, Naveen is a PI, PS naming game, IT'S A TRAP, lengthy anecdotes, THE CULT, be careful Obina, call in a UAV, it's all about possession, shut up Sokka, STEAM.

Today our lab went out for lunch at Mai Lee about a block away from the Galleria (why does every one of my awesome vacations have an iconic Galleria?). At the beginning of SSBBR I couldn't even stand picking worms, resorting to carrying out mass wormicide in order to prevent myself from going insane. But after getting to know everybody in my lab, after a couple of I Waste So Much Time/YouTube sessions with Gary, lab became much more enjoyable. I'm even seriously considering going back now.

Well, I should probably pack, considering I have to catch a flight at 6 tomorrow. I can only cross my fingers and hope I don't find myself in the position where I venture into STEAM and pull up Civilization V. I refuse to go to bed at 5 AM after America has the audacity to invade my land two days in a row. It's been good SSBBR.

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