So I'm at a program at WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute - college in Massachusetts) and it's pretty freaking awesome. Just thought you should know.
So here's how this goes down: 200 nerds from across the globe gathered together to be awesome and learn things. I'm in physics, so we're learning about astronomy and black holes and quantum mechanics and special relativity and all that mind-blowing theoretical craziness. I'm also in creative writing, since we're required to take one main STEM class (physics) and also one Humanities and Arts class, for this camp that I'm at.
Basically, it's amazing. We've played countless games of Magic the Gathering and Settlers of Catan and Egyptian Rat-Screw. We've held many Rubik's Cube competitions. We've broken out into Disney medleys on the bus. We've had light saber duels on the quad (nerf guns are, quite unfortuantely, forbidden at WPI). We've played Ninja, quite a bit. We've had multi-hour-long debates about quantum physics and how one would survive the eventual collapse of the universe (including detailed plans on how to become a cyborg-human and create an alternate universe within a quantum computer). We've eaten ice cream cake at 8AM.
The best part is, we're all crazy nerds here. Not only do they understand my nerdy t-shirts, we can have awesome debates about Legend of Korra or Death Note or Nerdfighteria. We all understand the internet jokes that everyone makes.
The funny thing is, every morning, the Program Assistants slip an announcement sheet under your dorm door, listing out the day's schedule and announcements. And on the back, they put a comic. For the past three days, its been an xkcd comic, and about 80% of the camp was talking about how they'd seen that comic before. It's great.
Anyways, just letting you know that I'm not dead, and that I'm actually being awesome, just not online. I have real-life nerd friends too! Be proud of me.
