Finding Momentum

Iden­tity crises

I’m at a CS review ses­sion, and the three folks sit­ting in seats in front of me have their lap­tops out. One guy pulls out his Mac, the other two have PC lap­tops. Every one of them is run­ning Linux. (Hint: Linux users get geek cred among their peers–it’s what all the cool kids do).

Hear that? That’s the sound of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates crying.

Guilty plea­sures

I’m walk­ing through Sproul Plaza and the guy in front of me gets stopped by this Fly­er­ing Guy for a cam­pus event.

“Inter­ested in a cam­pus Super Smash Broth­ers tour­na­ment?” Fly­er­ing Guy asks.

The guy in front of me tries to act like he’s not inter­ested, but his body lan­guage gives it away and he stutter-steps. After a moment’s hes­i­ta­tion, he snatches a flyer from Fly­er­ing Guy with a sheep­ish grin.

Fly­er­ing Guy lets out a long, loud chuckle. “Melee,” he yells after Sheep­ish Guy, “Melee.”