Photos Rant #4
Comments in black by Albert, comments in purple by Henry
Okay, here's a nice picture to start off with, with Henry, Peter, and Paul on their last ice run. Paul is there in spirit with his sunglasses. But before I dive into yet another rant about the wonders of SSP (punctuated with the occasional photo or two), I get to utilize this space for some mindless expounding.
First of all, there are currently no thumbnails since I'm out in Ojai where there are apparently no good (and free) graphics manipulation programs. So you'll have to do some blind clicking. Boo-hoo. I'll work on it once I get home. Also annoying is the fact that thanks to a disk quota on the UGCS server, I have all these new pictures on my CCO space, which at times can be significantly slower. Hmm, what else is there to complain about? I'll leave that to my news page to spare you viewers some of the misery. But anyway, back to these lovely pictures. I've already treated you to some of his excellent collection (I had yet to hone my photographic skills or my timing) and now that I finally got my hands on Henry's album, here are tons of pictures thanks to him. Have fun! The picture to the right is Jenny, Way, and I, though not in that order, sitting on the field outside the lecture hall.
Yes, as Albert pointed out, these are MY pictures (or at least from my photo album), and thus I really wanted--nay, felt compelled--to respond to Albert's rant by writing the first ever anti-rant. Not that I'm ranting any less than he is, mind you.
Here are some nice team pictures that were taken after we received the joke awards. Hmm, this reminds me that I haven't quite figured out the teams and members or some of the asteroids, and I haven't even bothered to update the list on the webpage about what people had told me. Oh well. Someday. Of course, it would help if people actually responded when I send out mass emails, but hey, we're all busy. Yeah. Right.
WELLLL, since most of you were "too busy," we decided to bug Gary ("Mr. Horne") to drag up our old team listings. So thanks to Gary & Dr. Stephens's thorough documentation, they're actually accurate. (nb: Wow, they keep *everything* about us. Including potentially damaging material--every little thing..! But, if the Staff Office mysteriously burns down or gets destroyed somehow, remember--you didn't hear it from me.
Okay, this rant is not doing so well. Perhaps I'm not tired enough to write a good rant. Hey, it's only past four in the morning. That's not too late, right? Here are nice good pictures of our professors. At the far left is Dr. Stephens, who has stayed with the program for the past three years. At the near left is Dr. Connolly, who unfortunately stopped teaching after our year. At to the right is Dr. Davis, who was a very strange fellow who also stopped teaching after my year. In the picture, I believe that he's throwing himself against the wall to demonstrate some physical concept, but I don't remember. (No, I wasn't asleep during that lecture...)
Not asleep, eh, Albert? Hmm.. And yes, we had some amazing lecturing, and thus, I just *had* to take these photos. And for your information, Dr. Davis is NOT bumping against the lecture room wall, but is, in fact, bumping into the Well of Existence. Du-uh.
Okay, so Henry managed to snag not only the obvious picture of the dome from the outside, but also a nice full shot of the astrograph and accompanying telescope and stuff. He managed to convince the TAs that he had locked his camera in the dome and got the key. I mean, how many times do you get to take a picture of the telescope? Last I checked, flashes can be hellish on observations.
Yup, I'm quite proud of getting this picture of the 'scope. Did anyone actually know that the arm was actually bright white, and not an odd pinkish color? Getting the picture wasn't too bad: "I, uh, locked my camera in the dome. Imagine that. Could I have the keys, please?" "Sure Henry, since you're so trustful and we all love you sooo much!" Of course.
Now here is a nice tradition. Or I should say, the start of a nice tradition. In part of my insane efforts to get taller (I did grow a whole bunch over the span of SSP, as well as having my voice drop a few notches), I strained to reach across the doorway to the Mac Lab. As if the strain isn't evident in my face. Anyway, every Alumni Weekend I've attended since then (that would be two, this being my second), Henry has taken a similar picture. Of course it's not a strain anymore, but hey, it's fun.
Albert, we'll take this picture every year. Ahh, so that's why you do it. Fun. Of course. Almost as much fun as.. jumping into the ocean, fully clothed?
Here are some pictures of that wonderful Mac Lab. Of course it is nothing like the Mac Lab they have now. Okay, I lie, it looks exactly the same. Of course, the added internet access, in my humble opinion, has destroyed some of the atmosphere behind SSP, but I guess that's up to the administration to decide (hint, hint). Okay, so ripping out internet access would be dumb too, but I don't think it's right to walk into the Mac or PC Lab and see people playing Jeopardy online or using AOL Instant Messenger.
I agree completely. Jeopardy online.. who would go to Alumni Weekend, all the way out here in Ojai, and sit around in his old Team 9 MacLab seat and play that game? Quite foolish. But seriously, who knows what sort of amazing computer lab fun (The. Awesome. Game.) people this year are missing out on?
Okay, this is dumb. Really. Here is an inside view the solar tower at Mount Wilson. There's not a single other picture I can relate with this one. Blah.
Yup, that's the inside of a tower, all right. At Mount Wilson. Solar, too.
Here is a nice picture of five of the girls from my year before our graduation ceremony. Of course, I have virtually the same picture, except I took it over Henry's shoulder, so they weren't actually looking at my camera. Hey, I tried.
Actually Albert, this particular group ("five of the girls from [OUR] year") are Camy, Aditi, Pia, Jenny, and Way, since it seems you can't remember their names.. ;)
Here are a bunch of pictures. Oh, that's something else to complain about. Why are the girls in Sespe for two years in a row? What's up with that? So what if all the guys couldn't have fit into Sespe. Triple up! I mean, where's the fairness? Anyway, that's me hanging off a pipe. And that's me lounging on a couch with Mary Ellen and Leslie as everyone was leaving on the last day. And on the right is the final night of the program where (almost) everyone hung out in the lobby of Sespe. Unfortunately, my body chose that night to finally crash, and I slept soundly for one of the first times of the program.
Ahhh, the Last Night. Remember that, Albert, when we... Oh, never mind :) Quite ironic, your sleeping. And the girls SHOULD be in Sespe; it's much harder to make it seem like guys are "on the way back to the dorm" and just "happen to be passing through" if the girls' dorm is Matilija.
Here are some pictures of more people from our year at SSP. The one on the right was taken roughly half a year after SSP was over. Yeah. Nothing much else to say.
Wow Albert, I just don't have anything left to say after your insightful and inspiring comments about these pictures of Ojai (the sprawling city), Tae & Megan signing notebooks, and our little LA reunion a few years back. Brilliant.
And for the last pictures of the batch, here are two interesting pictures. The one on the left is Riki relaxing on one of those chairs outside the TA office (the real one, not that fake on they have this year). And to the right are Henry and I sporting our classy SSP T-shirts. Er, yeah. Take a look at the Quotes page to see what should have been on that shirt.
Riki, looking.. Riki-ish. Albert & I, looking rather young. The rose of youth is high on our cheeks. That t-shirt front design still rules, Stas!
Watch for some slight revisions to this page! And also look forward to some response rants from Jason and Henry. Hopefully they will do a better job than I have. Wow, it's late. =)
Late, shmate. It wasn't even 1am when you started dozing off tonight, Albert. C'mon, 1AM! There you are all snug in your little sleeping bag, and me with only a tube of toothpaste, permanent markers, and some warm water... Well, all you better come next year to Alumni Weekend, because in case I can't make it, SOMEbody's gotta be terrorizing him while he's sound asleep...
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First of all, there are currently no thumbnails since I'm out in Ojai where there are apparently no good (and free) graphics manipulation programs. So you'll have to do some blind clicking. Boo-hoo. I'll work on it once I get home. Also annoying is the fact that thanks to a disk quota on the UGCS server, I have all these new pictures on my CCO space, which at times can be significantly slower. Hmm, what else is there to complain about? I'll leave that to my news page to spare you viewers some of the misery. But anyway, back to these lovely pictures. I've already treated you to some of his excellent collection (I had yet to hone my photographic skills or my timing) and now that I finally got my hands on Henry's album, here are tons of pictures thanks to him. Have fun! The picture to the right is Jenny, Way, and I, though not in that order, sitting on the field outside the lecture hall.
Here are some nice team pictures that were taken after we received the joke awards. Hmm, this reminds me that I haven't quite figured out the teams and members or some of the asteroids, and I haven't even bothered to update the list on the webpage about what people had told me. Oh well. Someday. Of course, it would help if people actually responded when I send out mass emails, but hey, we're all busy. Yeah. Right.
Okay, this rant is not doing so well. Perhaps I'm not tired enough to write a good rant. Hey, it's only past four in the morning. That's not too late, right? Here are nice good pictures of our professors. At the far left is Dr. Stephens, who has stayed with the program for the past three years. At the near left is Dr. Connolly, who unfortunately stopped teaching after our year. At to the right is Dr. Davis, who was a very strange fellow who also stopped teaching after my year. In the picture, I believe that he's throwing himself against the wall to demonstrate some physical concept, but I don't remember. (No, I wasn't asleep during that lecture...)
Okay, so Henry managed to snag not only the obvious picture of the dome from the outside, but also a nice full shot of the astrograph and accompanying telescope and stuff. He managed to convince the TAs that he had locked his camera in the dome and got the key. I mean, how many times do you get to take a picture of the telescope? Last I checked, flashes can be hellish on observations.
Now here is a nice tradition. Or I should say, the start of a nice tradition. In part of my insane efforts to get taller (I did grow a whole bunch over the span of SSP, as well as having my voice drop a few notches), I strained to reach across the doorway to the Mac Lab. As if the strain isn't evident in my face. Anyway, every Alumni Weekend I've attended since then (that would be two, this being my second), Henry has taken a similar picture. Of course it's not a strain anymore, but hey, it's fun.
Here are some pictures of that wonderful Mac Lab. Of course it is nothing like the Mac Lab they have now. Okay, I lie, it looks exactly the same. Of course, the added internet access, in my humble opinion, has destroyed some of the atmosphere behind SSP, but I guess that's up to the administration to decide (hint, hint). Okay, so ripping out internet access would be dumb too, but I don't think it's right to walk into the Mac or PC Lab and see people playing Jeopardy online or using AOL Instant Messenger.
Okay, this is dumb. Really. Here is an inside view the solar tower at Mount Wilson. There's not a single other picture I can relate with this one. Blah.
Here is a nice picture of five of the girls from my year before our graduation ceremony. Of course, I have virtually the same picture, except I took it over Henry's shoulder, so they weren't actually looking at my camera. Hey, I tried.
Here are a bunch of pictures. Oh, that's something else to complain about. Why are the girls in Sespe for two years in a row? What's up with that? So what if all the guys couldn't have fit into Sespe. Triple up! I mean, where's the fairness? Anyway, that's me hanging off a pipe. And that's me lounging on a couch with Mary Ellen and Leslie as everyone was leaving on the last day. And on the right is the final night of the program where (almost) everyone hung out in the lobby of Sespe. Unfortunately, my body chose that night to finally crash, and I slept soundly for one of the first times of the program.
Here are some pictures of more people from our year at SSP. The one on the right was taken roughly half a year after SSP was over. Yeah. Nothing much else to say.
And for the last pictures of the batch, here are two interesting pictures. The one on the left is Riki relaxing on one of those chairs outside the TA office (the real one, not that fake on they have this year). And to the right are Henry and I sporting our classy SSP T-shirts. Er, yeah. Take a look at the Quotes page to see what should have been on that shirt.