Deepayan/Uberhero/Confidence Man/Cleo/Eric/other personalities to be added later
What a way to start off the year
Toronto Red Hot Toronto Red Hot Toronto R-E-D Red H-O-T Hot We can't help the stuff we got Uh huh Uh huh Uh huh Uh huh Uh huh
- Team U of T cheer at CUSG 2006
This post is long overdue, seeing as how the Canadian University Science Games has ben the most memorable event for me since I started this blog, nay, since I came to U of T in September of 2004. Four days of amazing, all-expenses paid fun in Windsor; and all-expenses paid included VIA travel and Holiday Inn accomodations. And that was the least of the positives of this entire trip.
As I'm sitting here trying to write this blog, I'm coming to the realization that words may not be adequate enough to express this trip in its full glory. (I'm also coming to the realization that I can't type straight to save my life, but that was just a matter of time) There were 20 of us, a small team compared to Ottawa's 80 or Western's 60, but we were a powerful force nonetheless. We placed first in trivia, second in the scavenger hunt and third in debate. Our cascade was most definitely tampered with, as our 6V battery was drained when we entered the competition room, but we still had a fantastic challenge set up, and our team members answered the questions thrown at us by the judges with ease. Our art challenge was also superior to most, and our spirit, although not displayed in the form of coordinated cheers, was present in huge dollops, as was evidenced by the large number of croaking voices on the way back. All in all, we were a fantastic team, and the team members were all truly great to work with.
The organization of the events was also done quite well, the only consistent weak point being the food, although that problem was patched up relatively well once the catering restaurants decided to handle the food distribution themselves. We enjoyed nightclub visits, arcades, Tim Hortons breakfasts, free Bell payphones; and that is not counting the events we as a team made up ourselves, such as the pillow fights and the downtown travel (more out of necessity for the scavenger hunt, but fun nonetheless) the night-long discussions we had, multiple times...good times were had by one and all. The only sour note was hit at the closing ceremonies, where the University of Windsor rigged the final results to give their home team the Grand Prize, despite having questionably placed in only one event: but no worries. It originally had me confused, then pissed, but hey, we had loads of fun, and to me, that is the real prize.
Facts about me
Courtesy Mihir; he posted this on biome earlier today, and I figured it was blog-worthy
Facts about Deepayan: There is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures Deepayan allows to live.
Deepayan can slam a revolving door.
When Deepayan goes to donate blood, he declines the syringe, and instead requests a hand gun and a bucket.
When Deepayan was born, the nurse said, "Holy crap! That's Deepayan!" Then she had had sex with him. At that point, she was the third girl he had slept with.
In an average living room there are 1,242 objects Deepayan could use to kill you, including the room itself.
The popular videogame "Doom" is based loosely around the time Satan borrowed two bucks from Deepayan and forgot to pay him back.
Deepayan played Russian Roulete with a fully loaded gun and won.
Deepayan can divide by zero.
In fine print at on the last page of the Guiness Book of World Records it notes that all world records are held by Deepayan, and those listed in the book are simply the closest anyone has ever come to matching him.
Deepayan is the reason why Waldo is hiding.
Deepayan can set ants on fire with a magnifying glass. At night.
Deepayan is the only man to ever defeat a brick wall in a game of tennis.
The eternal conundrum "what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object" was finally solved when Deepayan punched himself in the face.
When Deepayan deletes files from his computer, he doesn't send them to the Recycle Bin. He sends them to hell.
Deepayan invented black. In fact, he invented the entire spectrum of visible light. Except pink. Tom Cruise invented pink.
When Deepayan does a pushup, he isn't lifting himself up, he's pushing the Earth down.
stolen from http://www.4q.cc/vin/index.php?topthirty