Jul. 24th, 2003
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Jul. 24th, 2003 06:25 pmJUST 2 MORE DIGESTS...
(With footnotes to explain some important concepts to non-PROMYS people)
OK. Due to not having printed out the scripts, we did not practice at all last night. That leaves us tonight and tomorrow to practice both Four Yorkshiremen and the Argument Clinic (Spanish Inquisition has been dropped as being way too hard). So, in all probability, at least one will go horribly. And we can't drop either of these as that will leave at least person without a part, forcing them into *shudder* the Default Act[5].
You know, I'd find the Default Act a *lot* more scary if![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jonpin hadn't revealed it in his LJ. Now that I know what it is, while the concept is rather... disturbing... I was much more scared when it was just up to my imagination.
Which brings me to the subject of dinner today. The subject of the talent show, and what people were going to do in it, came up. As did the horrible possibility of getting stuck in the *dun dun dun* Default Act. Nobody dared say what it was, but it was obvious that being in it was *not* something you wanted to get stuck with. Jon Pinyan was especially annoyed, as it seemed that he was going to be *forced* into it. (For why, seejonpin's LJ - if you really want to know.) If this went through, he said, neither Etienne nor Connie (who organized it) would survive. They would be killed. Not ended[8]; people have been ended plenty of times and not died - Fergie[3] has been ended about 10 times, and even ended himself once.
Fergie is doing a few things. First of all, along with Daniel, he's going to eat habanero peppers. He's also going to, as expected, headbutt a watermelon. But he also said he was going to prove QR. While Genya[9] was listening. Keep in mind that yesterday, during the review session, when Dan the Counselor tried to use Z[√-5] as an example for something, Genya interrupted him telling him that this was classified. Simply put, it was made very clear that if Fergie were to prove QR in the talent show, *he* would not survive. The counselors would see to that. In fact, someone actually did this in 2000, it seems, and as for what happened to him, it has only been said that I don't want to know. Shiyang noted that no first-year should even be saying the letters "QR" in succession, although Fergie pointed out the counterexample of "PQRST". You know, I'm beginning to wonder why they even ever let Bob wear his QR shirt; but come to think of it, I only saw him wearing it once... in fact, while I was writing this, Genya came up behind me and noticed the subject line, and asked me exactly what I was writing about. Of course I can't be writing about QR, I don't even know what it is, and I pointed that out to him; I *think* he trusted me.
Glenn showed us how to actually use the Super Magic Box today, and I'm hitting myself on the head because *I thought of the third rule*! But it didn't work when I tried it! I must have miscalculated. I still haven't figured out how to multiply Dedekind cuts, though Cameron says I'm close.
Another thing mentioned at dinner was head counselors. I didn't know who they were. Apparently they're Cameron and Lorelei, which leaves the question of who Lorelei is; I have no clue, though apparently I should.
After being the nth person today to point out that my shirt was on inside out, Jon (there, I didn't call him Pinyan) decided there should be an award for most socially inept person at PROMYS - though he couldn't decide whether I should get it or Bob. Genya pointed out that I play board games - a better candidate would be [name forgotten], to which Jon responded "Who?". Genya's point exactly.
Midterms tomorrow... Justin expects all his students to get at least 200... thankfully my counselor is Josh...
Explanatory footnotes for non-PROMYS people (or just oblivious PROMYS people):
[3] Fergie is generally considered a supergenius, supposedly able to do a whole problem set in half an hour. Then, after spending 8 hours typing it up in LaTeX, he leaves the printout on his tray at lunch, sending it off into the trash. He also nearly got himself killed sticking his head off the side of anelevator escalator (see comments). "To pull a Fergie" is a self-explanatory expression.
[4] (footnote deleted)
[5] Participation in the talent show is *mandatory*. Anyone not doing anything will be roped into the Default Act, a fate one generally wants to avoid.
[6] There is no footnote 6.
[8] A common threat.
[9] A counselor - specifically, one who makes sure the other counselors do their work and that students do their problem sets.
(With footnotes to explain some important concepts to non-PROMYS people)
OK. Due to not having printed out the scripts, we did not practice at all last night. That leaves us tonight and tomorrow to practice both Four Yorkshiremen and the Argument Clinic (Spanish Inquisition has been dropped as being way too hard). So, in all probability, at least one will go horribly. And we can't drop either of these as that will leave at least person without a part, forcing them into *shudder* the Default Act[5].
You know, I'd find the Default Act a *lot* more scary if
jonpin hadn't revealed it in his LJ. Now that I know what it is, while the concept is rather... disturbing... I was much more scared when it was just up to my imagination.Which brings me to the subject of dinner today. The subject of the talent show, and what people were going to do in it, came up. As did the horrible possibility of getting stuck in the *dun dun dun* Default Act. Nobody dared say what it was, but it was obvious that being in it was *not* something you wanted to get stuck with. Jon Pinyan was especially annoyed, as it seemed that he was going to be *forced* into it. (For why, see
jonpin's LJ - if you really want to know.) If this went through, he said, neither Etienne nor Connie (who organized it) would survive. They would be killed. Not ended[8]; people have been ended plenty of times and not died - Fergie[3] has been ended about 10 times, and even ended himself once.Fergie is doing a few things. First of all, along with Daniel, he's going to eat habanero peppers. He's also going to, as expected, headbutt a watermelon. But he also said he was going to prove QR. While Genya[9] was listening. Keep in mind that yesterday, during the review session, when Dan the Counselor tried to use Z[√-5] as an example for something, Genya interrupted him telling him that this was classified. Simply put, it was made very clear that if Fergie were to prove QR in the talent show, *he* would not survive. The counselors would see to that. In fact, someone actually did this in 2000, it seems, and as for what happened to him, it has only been said that I don't want to know. Shiyang noted that no first-year should even be saying the letters "QR" in succession, although Fergie pointed out the counterexample of "PQRST". You know, I'm beginning to wonder why they even ever let Bob wear his QR shirt; but come to think of it, I only saw him wearing it once... in fact, while I was writing this, Genya came up behind me and noticed the subject line, and asked me exactly what I was writing about. Of course I can't be writing about QR, I don't even know what it is, and I pointed that out to him; I *think* he trusted me.
Glenn showed us how to actually use the Super Magic Box today, and I'm hitting myself on the head because *I thought of the third rule*! But it didn't work when I tried it! I must have miscalculated. I still haven't figured out how to multiply Dedekind cuts, though Cameron says I'm close.
Another thing mentioned at dinner was head counselors. I didn't know who they were. Apparently they're Cameron and Lorelei, which leaves the question of who Lorelei is; I have no clue, though apparently I should.
After being the nth person today to point out that my shirt was on inside out, Jon (there, I didn't call him Pinyan) decided there should be an award for most socially inept person at PROMYS - though he couldn't decide whether I should get it or Bob. Genya pointed out that I play board games - a better candidate would be [name forgotten], to which Jon responded "Who?". Genya's point exactly.
Midterms tomorrow... Justin expects all his students to get at least 200... thankfully my counselor is Josh...
Explanatory footnotes for non-PROMYS people (or just oblivious PROMYS people):
[3] Fergie is generally considered a supergenius, supposedly able to do a whole problem set in half an hour. Then, after spending 8 hours typing it up in LaTeX, he leaves the printout on his tray at lunch, sending it off into the trash. He also nearly got himself killed sticking his head off the side of an
[4] (footnote deleted)
[5] Participation in the talent show is *mandatory*. Anyone not doing anything will be roped into the Default Act, a fate one generally wants to avoid.
[6] There is no footnote 6.
[8] A common threat.
[9] A counselor - specifically, one who makes sure the other counselors do their work and that students do their problem sets.