Me: "...then I stopped doing Math because I'd rather do Physics all day."
Brady: "Sheesh...SOMEBODY goes to Mines."
Dear Everybody,
I think you are awesome.
I think you are so awesome, that you are one of the greatest reasons I'm glad I came here. You are the reason I made it out of freshman year alive (except the grace of God...but I think He let me know you all). You made me get by with fun, encouragement, advice, goofiness, and everything else. You kept me sane and insane when the school would've eaten me. So if I haven't said it before: Thank you.
This post is long overdue, so now it's more of a 'I miss you guys' post.
Thanks to the best floor I could ask for, the inaugural floor of Maple First North. We were all quite different, and not all of us formed friendships, but somehow it ended up being an awesome jumble of #1stNorthSwag. First, I had the best roommate ever. This is inarguable. Thanks for being a beautiful person inside and out, the times outside doing homework, the long conversations late at night.
Me: "Sigh...I just want to go to bed."
Rima: "NO. Katerina....sleep...is something for people in liberal arts colleges. We are engineering students!"
Hallmates and other Maplians: you were mostly all awesome, save my shady neighbors that got kicked out after one semester. Thanks for leaving your door open. For having a comfy futon. For the Nerf wars in the hallway and throwing other things. For staying up late studying, but more for the study breaks in between. For being dependably in the same places every night. Distractions, such as Youtube videos, or simply being there. Diggerden runs, and ramen breaks. That time I thought I failed SolidWorks and the Physics test was looming. For listening to my complaints about everything...all the time.
Kyle: "I'm done reading Eragon."
Me: "I'm almost done reading Moneyball."
Jayden: "I'm almost done reading the internet."
InterVarsity: Thanks for being the craziest, awesomest group of people who love Jesus. For the cupcakes. The friendships. The journeys. The sarcastic comments during movie nights. The hugs, needed or not. For looking out for me and being a good bunch of people to hang out with.
"Your opinion doesn't matter, Katerina! Make me a sandwich" ~Ben and Nate
The rest of the Miners: I met you all different ways, from Slate, Playfair, ice cream, SUMMET, to Humans versus Zombies and beyond. A lot of you I met in class and a few of you shared my exact schedule 1st semester (cough, cough, Geophysicists). Thanks for the homework help, making fun of shared professors (and their socks), letting me sleep first semester, ganging up on the jerk in PA dodgeball, surviving as my lab partner, being a cool and reliable EPICS team (gasp! Yes, it can happen), and being goofy during physics studio. For random jam sessions. Trips to get froyo. For advice on classes (especially when to skip), and advice on not selling tickets to the Baseball games. For helping pass the time during said ticket selling with chit chat. The hilarious inappropriate awkwardness in DiggerDen everyday (this is also for IV). Matching sweaters. For helping each other out getting an assignment done, literally, last minute. For sharing in the complaining about everything, even if all of us went overboard.
For making the M stand for home.
I miss you guys.
I started collecting these quotes 2nd semester (so don't be mad if I forgot a lot)....quotes that, to me, said "Mines" in a couple sentences. Some people are quoted more frequently than others because of the amount of time spent late at night high on caffeine with them. So as time approaches infinity, coupled with caffeine use increasing, the quotability of conversations increases exponentially. Or something. Need a graph? Naw, I didn't thing so. So here are the Quotes of Mines Freshman Year:
"My physics TA has a reverse mohawk. I was like wow, you're such a physicist!" ~ Nathaniel
Me: "I should just screw NHV and become a horrible engineer. Then I will kill people with my seismic waves."
Rebecca: "Well I can kill more people as a BioChemE. Then I can implant defective heart pacemakers. MUAHAHAHAHAAHA!!"
"So I've watched 4 seasons of Prison Break, and I've been studying a lot of calculus. So my dream was that I had to do Calc to break out of prison." ~ Brandon
"Geophysicists are like the pimps for Petroleums..." ~ Connor
Me: "I just don't know how to talk to this CSU kid, Rima."
Rima: "Give me a lattee."
Clinton: "I'm freaking out for these tests!"
Me: "You need baseball in your life, Clinton."
(before the torque test):
Nate: "You look like a dog-"
Me: "About to get shot?"
Nate: "No just anxious."
"Hey guys, let's pull an all-nighter!" ~ Rebecca
"He's trying to ask you out. He's trying to ask you out because you're a female with a heartbeat....Back away slowly and wave your arms in the air screaming...make yourself as large as possible...Boyfriending adverted. " ~ Connor as the French Dude at Soiree
"Jesus is like a trip. I don't know what he's on!" ~ Me
"I'm getting really tired of thinking." ~ Matt
"I'm getting senioritis again." ~ Brandon
"So as you can see here, Kay Olin becomes Mus Covite. It's kind of like a sex change."
~ Prof. Duncan, on metamorphic rocks during the only believed instance in which his class laughed
"That brings us to Integration by Parts. That's what your book calls it, but I call it witchcraft." ..."So the formula for your integral is ultra-violet minus super voo-doo." ~ Prof. Jane Walker
"Clearly, more logic gates equals more fun!" ~ Prof. Hellman
"Who took the last donut for our learning group?"
"Probably a ChemE."
"#&$%ing ChemEs." ~ Angry People in CompSci Class
"...Next thing you know, they'll be letting girls into Engineering School." ~ Jayden, to me, Andrew, and Dr. Kuo
"Do you guys have stalkers?" ~ UNC girls to me and Rebecca, on being a Mines girl
"So if we can't help you guys with romantic relationships, we can at least help you guys with Physics relationships." ~ Levi the Physics TA
"We know you're married to baseball!!" ~ Clinton, to me
"Smells like....sweaty engineering students." ~ Ethan, after walking into one of the Brown study rooms
Me: "About to get shot?"
Nate: "No just anxious."
"Hey guys, let's pull an all-nighter!" ~ Rebecca
"He's trying to ask you out. He's trying to ask you out because you're a female with a heartbeat....Back away slowly and wave your arms in the air screaming...make yourself as large as possible...Boyfriending adverted. " ~ Connor as the French Dude at Soiree
"Jesus is like a trip. I don't know what he's on!" ~ Me
"I'm getting really tired of thinking." ~ Matt
"I'm getting senioritis again." ~ Brandon
"So as you can see here, Kay Olin becomes Mus Covite. It's kind of like a sex change."
~ Prof. Duncan, on metamorphic rocks during the only believed instance in which his class laughed
"That brings us to Integration by Parts. That's what your book calls it, but I call it witchcraft." ..."So the formula for your integral is ultra-violet minus super voo-doo." ~ Prof. Jane Walker
"Clearly, more logic gates equals more fun!" ~ Prof. Hellman
"Who took the last donut for our learning group?"
"Probably a ChemE."
"#&$%ing ChemEs." ~ Angry People in CompSci Class
"...Next thing you know, they'll be letting girls into Engineering School." ~ Jayden, to me, Andrew, and Dr. Kuo
"Do you guys have stalkers?" ~ UNC girls to me and Rebecca, on being a Mines girl
"So if we can't help you guys with romantic relationships, we can at least help you guys with Physics relationships." ~ Levi the Physics TA
"We know you're married to baseball!!" ~ Clinton, to me
"Smells like....sweaty engineering students." ~ Ethan, after walking into one of the Brown study rooms
"Who are we missing?"
"That one kid who smells like pot."
"I don't know his name." ~ People in CompSci class
"For the rest of studio we should just lon-ygag: lollygag on Lon-Capa until we get the worksheet. You look like you have study-d: ADD while studying." ~ Adam, my physics studio partner
"Curse my continuous partial attention!" ~ Matt, making an NHV reference
Brady: "Do you want to crack my back, Storm?"
Brandon: "If you want me to"
Brady: "Yeah, I'd like that. No homo."
Me: "Hahaha. I'm totally quoting you guys on this."
Brady: "Make sure you don't forget the 'No homo' part."
"Look at those rocks. They're so cute!" ~ Rima
Marilyn: "If there was a sarcasm font, what would it be?"
Nate: "Comic Sans."
"Screw everything!" ~ Me (often used)
"Now most people will look at it, see it's 2 a.m. and say '[F***], it's 2 a.m.'
I look at it and say 'Hey, I've got 8 more hours! :D'" ~ Brandon
P.S. I miss you guys.
"That one kid who smells like pot."
"I don't know his name." ~ People in CompSci class
"For the rest of studio we should just lon-ygag: lollygag on Lon-Capa until we get the worksheet. You look like you have study-d: ADD while studying." ~ Adam, my physics studio partner
"Curse my continuous partial attention!" ~ Matt, making an NHV reference
Brady: "Do you want to crack my back, Storm?"
Brandon: "If you want me to"
Brady: "Yeah, I'd like that. No homo."
Me: "Hahaha. I'm totally quoting you guys on this."
Brady: "Make sure you don't forget the 'No homo' part."
"Look at those rocks. They're so cute!" ~ Rima
Marilyn: "If there was a sarcasm font, what would it be?"
Nate: "Comic Sans."
"Screw everything!" ~ Me (often used)
"Now most people will look at it, see it's 2 a.m. and say '[F***], it's 2 a.m.'
I look at it and say 'Hey, I've got 8 more hours! :D'" ~ Brandon
P.S. I miss you guys.
