Awww shucks Caitlin, I'm blushing!!

On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Caitlin C. Coughlin wrote:

> Right on, James!
> I can't _believe_ people flicked your ears... that's so MEAN!
> _I_ think you're really cute.  *blush*
>
> -Caitlin
>
> > Joy I think you're ideas are great.  Don't let anyone else tell you
> > different.
> > >From an early age, I was shunned by all the "cool" people because I knew
> > too much.  I felt like....well, I didn't know what I felt like, but in
> > retrospect, I think I felt a lot like Fox Mulder - a spook, a freak
> > searching for the answers to questions I didn't even know.  People flicked
> > my "overly-large" ears from behind; they treated me with disrespect and
> > scorn because I knew what they didn't.  So lets take back our dignity, and
> > become what we want to become, reguardless of how other people view
> > us.  We'll be making mad cash when they're working at a gas station(not
> > that there's anything wrong with that).
> >
> > Okay, I'm done.  And I still think we need to plan our picinic a little
> > bit further in advance.
> >
> > -JimBo the wonder-squirel
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Joy A. Wyte wrote:
> >
> > > Hey everyone,
> > >
> > > Sorry I clearly approached my interest in CSSA the wrong way.  I thought
> > > Penny would know if anything was being planned, so I asked her.  She is in
> > > the process of getting labels of all CS majors (Arts and Sciences as well
> > > as Engineering).  Whether you want to use them for the picnic or some
> > > future mailing, I'm sure they'll be useful.
> > >
> > > Anyway, I have some ideas about getting people to know each other, which
> > > will hopefully attract some of the new folks on campus and keep them
> > > interested in making CSSA bigger and better.  It seems with the growing
> > > mass of CS majors, we could really do something.  (I'm not exactly sure
> > > what that "something" is, but we could do it!)
> > >
> > > I have a background in Ropes Course facilitation, and would be psyched to
> > > plan some activities focused around helping people get to know each other,
> > > breaking that awkward bubble that keeps us all at a distance.  I would
> > > like to see these activities progress to a brainstorm session of everyone
> > > sharing what they would like the CSSA to be, what activities they would
> > > like to attend, etc.
> > >
> > > I'm clearly out of the loop as far as history of the CSSA is concerned,
> > > and everyone tells me "don't you know these CS students are all 'geeks'
> > > who don't want to talk to each other?"  I guess I'm still naive, and don't
> > > want to buy into that stereotype.
> > >
> > > So, if you would like to take advantage of my offer, and my
> > > "absurd" energy and belief that CSSA students are people who need and want
> > > contact with other people, let me know.  I still plan to meet with Bob
> > > today to plan some activities, just in case they could be useful.
> > >
> > > Joy  :)
> > >
> >
>
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