By: Vinny G
Right now I am in the TA office, using their mind waves to write my blog post. Me being myself and being horrible at planning ahead I scheduled a drivers test for the next step of my license tomorrow, which I now have to wake up early for. I will be so sleep deprived during my test but I feel like SSP has awakened a special gene in me to power through the brain numbing consequences. If I upset any future biochem students with my lack of biology knowledge, good.
*Me driving tomorrow
Am I upset that I am lacking sleep? No. Why? Because SSP has probably been one of the best summer experiences I have had in my entire life. Sure, traveling and relaxing with my family is fun. But meeting new people? Learning new rigorous content? Quite amazing. I know everyone has said this before but I feel like I have to say it again.
This is the last Monday of SSP, which is very sad. I will miss all of you guys. Luckily we live in the age of communication and there is no need for missing. Hopefully we will be able to meet up and reminst on some of the best memories of our lives while looking forward to our futures. Before I go on to the next section of my blog post, I wanna give out a series of shoutouts and apologies. First, the apologies.
The TA’s and Faculty: Thank you for putting up with me so much. Honestly half of the time I don’t know how I haven’t been kicked out of the program yet. Extra shoutout to Mason and Alan for me keeping up with me annoying them all of the time a little extra. I still think my brain waves are in sync with Mason’s. Also Mason, sorry for calling you Alan and Alan sorry for calling you Mason
*Shoutout to Neil who was stealing the TA’s brainwaves with me.
The Participants: Thank you guys for also putting up with me. I can be so annoying. In fact, half of my vocabulary within a particular group (you know who you are) is just “bro” and “dude”. I feel like I have seriously upset/annoyed some people. So, sorry dudes/bros.
After apologizing to everyone in the program, I feel it is appropriate to now shout out some cool peeps. (You’re all cool dw)
ONLy ONL People: The image below doesn’t do this group justice. There are at least 5 more people and a couple of TA’s who are also a part of this group. Anyway, thank you guys for the late night jamming, gartic phone and chilling. Honestly, playing gartic with some of y’all has given me chronic cheek muscle pain. *Also for the people in here, there are 3-4 of you that join and leave at the same time. Coincidence?? I think not!
My observing collective: You two are awesome. Beverly thank you for putting up with me and Jeremy thank you for introducing me to DN.
The Trio: You know who you are.
The TAs / Faculty: You guys are all awesome! You guys have most definitely enhanced the experience of this program and I am very grateful for that. Also Alan and Kim, your TA lectures were quite epic today.
Everyone: I mean, c’mon you didn’t think I would recognize that you guys are all amazing? As a wise man once said, and my favorite quote ever, no man is a failure who has friends. This applies to everyone and I feel like I have definitely made some friends for life at this program.
Closing Statements:
Today was awesome! T-Minus 7 hours until my drivers test without taking into account the time it will take me to wake up, get ready and get there. That is okay. I would much rather spend my time with people at SSP anyway. Driving is dumb.
Also Dr. Fallscheer, your juggling today was pristine! Thank you for the tips and tricks!
Thank you all at SSP for giving me such an amazing time this summer! At the start I was a little nervous but now I feel like everyone has gotten to know each other so well that it feels like I am talking to longtime friends sometimes. Anyway, adios!
About Me
Nice to meet you all. I am Vincent but I prefer Vinny. I go to Harrison High School but live in White Plains NY. In my free time, you will usually find me biking, using Raspberry Pi / Arduino, playing the electric guitar, or playing Kerbal Space Program and Europa Universalis IV. In college, I want to major in Mechanical Engineering and go into Mechatronics as a career.
As a wise man once said, there are two kinds of spurs: those who come through the door & those who come through the window!
