Have a mucho biggo project to hand in tomorrow, and am struggling to get through all the AutoCAD drawings for my bridge (reinforcement diagrams mainly, the General Arrangement is all but finished)...

...So I'm pulling the classic student all-nighter, what makes it really poor is the fact all my mates are at a formal tonight, and I can't go (And there's a damn fine lady going to be there who wants a bit of me, but that's another story...damn ) because I struggle with CAD. (I've had to learn it unaided from scratch in a month, on top of learning all the stuff for my degree, and how to use an FEA program called Strand7, which was a little hardcore - but not too bad from a basis in 3D modelling in JED)

And I'm sat looking at 3 mugs of tea (well, 2 mugs and a flask to keep the last of it hot), which has as much caffeine as an equivalent amount of coffee. Also have muchmuchmuch sugary food to hand, and 2 litres of coke.

It's gonna get messy.

Luckily there's 3 cans of bitter in the fridge for the end of the night/start of the morning to celebrate with...!

\Gets back to work

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If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.

GET BACK TO WORK!

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Actully, tea has more caffine in it than coffee...

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The future is here, and all bets are off.

Woohoo!

\gets shakes....


[EDIT: on tea break, through two mugs in five minutes...]
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[This message has been edited by Martyn (edited March 18, 2004).]

Just wait until the room starts shaking. That'll be fun.

I had a no sleep week at the end of last semester. Drank more coffee in those 4-5 days than the previous 21 years of my life. Iwas so jittery and inattentive

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I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.

Make that *two* fine ladies - just had an interesting phone call...

hehe

oh hang on...more like

\back to work you slacker!

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If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.

I'm in a similar situation. I have a huge project to finish by monday morning and i've barely started it. Best part is if I dont hand it in or don't pass I fail the course. Ah this weekend will be fun

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Bloody 'ell! Three ladies now! Another girl I may have had *ahem* relations with just texted me to see if I was at the formal (cheeky one this one...)

Stupid AutoCAD!!

gah!

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If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.

Pfft, to hell with the damn AutoCAD. Get your *** to that formal!!

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The future is here, and all bets are off.

Wow, that had to suck! I've been working with AutoCAD for almost a year now, and there's still quite a bit I don't know how to do.


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"I'm significant!.... Screamed the speck of dust."
-Calvin

GBK - would *love* to - but this has to get done...foiled!!

Oh, and JediHunter, my stuff looks horribly ametuerish, but it does the job. I could've had this done a fortnight ago easily if I could've been allowed to draw by hand... and to a much higher quality!

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If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.

If I were you I'd be emailing the teacher asking how many marks you lose for submitting it 1 day late

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There is no spoon.

Last week I managed a double all-nighter on just two cans of Red Bull.

Unfortunately I know the answer to that - all of them...! Eek! Plus, it's the last day of term tomorrow, and I can't even stay to hand it in late - I've got to go home for my Dad's birthday!!

Cups of tea four and five have just been placed lovingly on my desk - a reward for getting through about three or four drawings and a good paragraph of analysis that I forgot to put in my write-up thus far...

All is good so far - I'm still on my first wind!



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If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.

And I take my hat off to you sir.

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If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.

*me cracks the whip on martyn.

BACK TO WORK, SLAVE!!

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Prowling out of the tundra, swinging a jeweled meat hammer, cometh Outlaw Torn! And he gives a gutteral bellow:

"I'm seriously going to hump you until you scream like a banshee!"

I have an all nighter usually once every two weeks. But my motivation to do work is so low I end up spending half the night watching Red vs. Blue or something, as opposed to working for two or three straight hours then going to sleep.

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Our very existence is at stake

it looks like my influence is starting to rub off on you...

go get em, playa!!!!



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I had a good idea for a perfect new sig, but then I forgot what it was...

You should see if the all 3 of them would mind terribly just to come to see you and support you with an all nighter of a different kind.

...and by that I mean with Coffee. Black coffee. Strong and hot...

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[This message has been edited by Schming (edited March 18, 2004).]

The first one I referred to is the fittest young thing I've ever met, who I know has a thing for me - the reason I know this is actually the second girl - she used to be my housemate last yr.

We'd both been a little, shall we say, "under-loved" of late due to separations from long term partners. We'd been chatting quite a bit recently - I spent valentines day with both these two fine young ladies getting a bit drunk and watching Disney movies (as you do when you've been dumped), and it turns out we both fancy the first one (My ex-housemate's bi btw).

Anyways, we got hideously drunk at a "school disco" night at uni last saturday, and wound up in bed together - neither of us are phased by this turn of events luckily, but I'm pretty sure that might end up as something to look back to [hence the phone call]. All good in da hood so far?

She's told her best mate (also ex-housemate from last academic year) about the fact that I had a thing for the lovely lady behind door number 1 (neglecting to mention she did as well I might add! ), who reported back...yeah yeah yeah.

So that's all good!

The other one's a random bird I wound up with a few weeks ago - and am slightly embarrassed about, but hey, I'd just been dumped - I needed some "support"!

Durham is so inbred it's hilarious.

\Back to work - drawing's done - just editing, and typing to do now! Yay! Progress! (and still have hot flask of tea!!)

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If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.

Dude... you're missing out on triple action because of... AUTOCAD?!!?

I know...!

[EDIT: Just noticed - five hours in! Check out the times!]

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[This message has been edited by Martyn (edited March 18, 2004).]

Sucks to be you man. I hope you get that AutoCAD stuff sorted out quick.

EDIT: Yay, this is my 100th post and fixed minor spelling mistake.

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[This message has been edited by KegZ (edited March 18, 2004).]

Yeah that does suck, I too am working on a school project when I've got much better places I could be doing much more enjoyable activities...

So how's it coming along anywhere near done?

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Stop hanging out here, go to the formal, then ditch the babe and stay up the rest of the night playing with AutoCAD.

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MadQuack on Military school: Pro's: I get to shoot a gun. Con's: Everything else.
"I'm going to beat you until the laws of physics are violated!!" ! Maeve's Warcry

RIP -MaDaVentor-. You will be missed.

Are you nighing that old woman??

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MadQuack on Military school: Pro's: I get to shoot a gun. Con's: Everything else.
"I'm going to beat you until the laws of physics are violated!!" ! Maeve's Warcry

RIP -MaDaVentor-. You will be missed.

[This message has been edited by happydud (edited March 18, 2004).]

It's 4:15, the formal's long since over, and yeah thanks, I am getting there.

For those who've got a clue about reinforced concrete bridge design - I'm struggling through a rebar schedule. For those that don't (And I hope for the sake of what's left of your soul's since you came here that's most of you...), I'm basically adding up the lengths of lots of bits of high yield and mild steel in my bridge design, so that it could be presented to a builder to check off as the bridge is built, and also to do costing with... Really fiddly, and no fun at all...

...at this rate, I'm not going to be getting any sleep - I have to be up at seven, though I find not going to bed at all sometimes helps - i've got labs at nine, and I can't miss them because I've gone to bed at 5:30 or whatever...

And my tea from two hours ago is still hot - I love my flask! (It goes with me to lectures these days...)



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If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.

I think that just the "formal" part of the Formal is over for some people, if you catch my drift...

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MadQuack on Military school: Pro's: I get to shoot a gun. Con's: Everything else.
"I'm going to beat you until the laws of physics are violated!!" ! Maeve's Warcry

RIP -MaDaVentor-. You will be missed.

Judging by the (blissful) silence throughout the house, I'd say my housemate and his girlfriend are happily past even that part...

Gutted that I couldn't go, but it's mainly my fault (I still like to reserve a bit of blame for my project supervisor who (a) made me use autocad, and (b) hasn't used it himself!)...

Progress is coming slowly!!

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If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.

No one knows tea better than I do. There's a rare genuine tea out there called White tea. To get the authentic kind, it's to be purchased from the chinese stores, and as far as I know, that's the only place to get 'em. Yes, there are other 'white tea' brands out there, but not as potent as this kind. It's a supreme anti-oxident thathelps clean the blood, and gets rid of all the garbage in your system. Unfortunately, because of my tumor, I'm not allowed to drink it because it would actually help the tumor survive the treatment process I'm about to ungo.

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Everyday I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive.

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Yahoo! Name : jedibruintone77

Damn that's harsh

I'm not the greatest fan of chinese tea, but I can't say I've tried white tea, so I certainly can't knock it!

I like Yorkshire Tea.

\Coincidentally just finished 5th mug - back to the coke for a while

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If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.

Well, it's now 5.57am local time, and I think I'm finished. Definitely no point going to bed now - I've got labs in almost exactly 3 hours, and it's good half hour walk to the department.

Thanks to all for helping me to keep awake!

My report is about 15 pages, not counting appendices (of which there are manymanymany), mathsiful, piccyful and downright sexy. Just like me.

I just need to find something to do for the next couple of hours...



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Phew!

Handed in! My room is mostly packed - my parents will be along in a bit to whisk me home... ahh...!

On the downside I now lose the broadband internet connection in my room for five weeks, and go back to crappy dial-up, and that's when my dad's not asleep (He works shifts)!

I'll be posting less regularly for the next month or so, but remember, this place still has my soul!

Cheerio from Durham!

Martyn

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If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards.

I just pulled an all-nighter as well. I studied for my calc 3 test to occur in 2 hours or so. I still need to write a java program before I go though.

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Our very existence is at stake

And he still took the time to post on Massassi... what a trooper

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