[posted by Matt McGann '00 | April 08, 2007
"Some CPW Thoughts"
CPW hosts
This past week, my colleagues and I spent many, many hours matching you with an MIT student host for CPW. With a record number of you expected for CPW, and a large portion of the campus hoping to serve as a host for you, you can imagine how time consuming this can be. Even daylight saving time didn't help me leave the office before dark.
Most of you should hear from your CPW hosts tonight or tomorrow. Even if for some reason you don't, don't worry -- I assure you we have a host for you.
CPW invades my dreams
After the long workdays this week, I couldn't even escape CPW while I was sleeping. One night, I dreamed that one of the performances at the CPW Closing on Saturday was me and Samuel L. Jackson reciting lines from Snakes on a Plane. I'm not really sure why we were doing it at CPW. I remember Sam and I having a conversation about whether it was approporiate for him to censor himself when delivering his famous line from the film ("I've had it with these ... snakes on this ... plane."). Another night, after seeing the new banner for the Class of 2011 Facebook group, I had a dream where I visited Snively at his school. I walked in in the middle of biology lab class, and the teacher didn't think it was odd that some random stranger just sauntered on into the room.
CPW weather
The sometimes-reliable predicting highs in the 40s/lows in the 30s for CPW (what's been up with the weather across the country lately?). They're also predicting rain for Thursday, thought the rest of the weekend is looking okay. Pack/dress accordingly!
Things I missed this week while host matching
- Jamaica Kincaid lecture
- Three lectures by Terry Tao
- Talk by "Apprentice"/MIT alum Randall Pinkett
- Ben and Marilee rehearsing for Battle of the Bands
- Desi Pardesi: The MIT South Asian American Students Cultural Show
- Breakonomics breakdancing/bboying Jam
- MIT Hawaii Club Luau 2007: "Authentic Hawaiian Luau with onolicious Hawaiian food, local musical entertainment from the islands, tahitian dancers, hula dancers, samoan dancers, and great company!"
Thoughts
It's a lot of work to prepare for CPW, but when everyone arrives, it all becomes worth it. I can't wait to meet you (or see you again)!
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Posted by: Anonymous on April 8, 2007 04:39 PM
Man,I can't wait till CPW :D
Posted by: Shawn on April 8, 2007 05:17 PM
Dreaming about me? I'm flattered, I think. lol, I'm definitely looking forward to "Meet the Bloggers" so we can chat! CPW is right around the corner, I've got my Bawls Soda packed and my jacket set out. w00t!
Posted by: Snively on April 8, 2007 05:41 PM
Lol wierd dreams.
Ben and Marilee rehearing for Battle of the Bands ... that must've been cool.
BTW how come I've never seen http://scripts.mit.edu/~savetfp/lostandfound/ mentioned here ?
Posted by: Vihang on April 8, 2007 06:43 PM
Matt, thank you so much for making CPW possible. You may have a seven item list of things you missed, but each of us admitted students has a list pages long of things we will get to see thanks to you and your colleagues. That means thousands of events are made possible for each thing you listed.
We are all so grateful and excited!! I can't wait!!
Posted by: Teresa on April 8, 2007 07:25 PM
That was some.... weird dream.
Posted by: milena '11 on April 8, 2007 08:54 PM
snively i still dont know what bawls soda is, youre going to have to show me this.
and does this mean no wiffleball for cpw? :-(
Posted by: Jon on April 8, 2007 10:05 PM
No worries Jon, I'll bring you one!
Basically, imagine a drink the size of a Red Bull but with three times the amount of caffiene. That's a Bawls Soda. It was invented for all night LAN parties and has taken the gaming world by storm, it's intense!
Posted by: Snively on April 8, 2007 10:33 PM
When a single Diet Dr. Pepper will keep me awake until 5 in the morning, I shudder to think what Bawls would do...
Posted by: Kristin on April 8, 2007 11:32 PM
oh please let me have one of those before a wiffleball game, i was using jolt gum for the tourney haha
Posted by: Jon on April 9, 2007 12:23 AM
MMM, Bawls Soda, never heard about its involvement in LAN parties though. I first got it after seeing some ads in one of my paintball magazines, and through some paintball friends. Very tasty, but I prefer a simple stick of BlackBlack chewing gum for my caffeine rushes though.
Posted by: De Petagma Saru on April 9, 2007 01:06 AM
Matt, do you think you (or another blogger) could write about why students change majors--whether they declare something different than what they were interested in as a prefrosh or whether they change after declaring freshman year? I want to know whether students generally change majors because they discover another interest, passion, or career goal or because they find a major to be too hard and feel they have to settle for another major. I know all majors at MIT are hard, but I thought that the answer would be interesting. If MIT is so hard that students cannot do what they love, it might not be worth it.
Thanks.
Posted by: Anonymous on April 9, 2007 12:16 PM
Just so you know, when there's a 30% chance of rain, it means three of the ten guys at the weather station think it might rain!
Posted by: rck on April 9, 2007 02:56 PM
Nervous that I haven't heard from a host. Excited for CPW.
Posted by: D on April 9, 2007 10:13 PM
oh nevermind, I need to check email more carefully.
hooray!! *excitement builds*
Posted by: D on April 9, 2007 10:15 PM
i'm reading all this stuff about bawls soda and caffeine-chocked things to consume... and i'm concerned that youre all going to get heart attacks.... -_______________-;
Posted by: debbie on April 10, 2007 06:25 PM
