USAMO day I

SO today is USAMO, Day I. I’m really looking forward to taking this. I haven’t actually sat down with a set of USAMO problems, so I’m a little curious as to what I can do and how far I can get.

Anyway, taking USAMO has some massive perks. For instance, on Friday during math I got a call from food services asking what I wanted for lunch on the two days. Then my parents and I collectedly decided that I’m more awake and refreshed if I get to sleep until 8:00 instead of 7:00 (actually, my mom decided, I nodded, and I think my Dad was playing Age of Empires). So they called me in for first and 2nd period! YEAH missing endurance and fitness days in swimming.

Seeing as how USAMO is today, this may very well be my last day writing to you. Not because I want to stop. Rather, my brain just might fry. So here it is, John’s will:

Make sure Sam gets Engle and Zeitz back.
Donate Art of Problem Solving book and ARML book, along with any of my mathematics books to the new EMNC library.
All my stuff to my family members, each taking what they need (hey, that was pretty socialistic!)
My room space to Kevin, so that he can have a bigger room than Kristin.
Please reimburse my mother for all that candy I ate over the years.
Any other stuff I borrowed from anyone and have not yet returned, make sure they get THAT back, too.

And, of course, my death wishes:
Donate my body to science to investigate the effects of brain fry on the human body.
If I go into a coma and cannot possibly be retrieved, pull my plug.
I want my plug to be pulled by, oh, say, I dunno … I’m thinking of a number between 0 and 1. Let’s see who can guess it.
Donate my working organs to the greater good.
And for my epigraph:
“Beauty is the first test. There is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematic[ian]s.” (G.H. Hardy).

Now that that’s out of the way, congratulations to our contest winners:

In third place … ANDY, with:
Sing an F# two octaves above the treble clef.

In second place … ANDY, with:
Take a shower. It’ll fog up the house.

And our winner … ¿WHAT? with:
Play with lasers. You know that who refractive property of glass. Someone could go blind o_O .

New contest. Complete the following statement:
You know you’re a nerd if ________.

JB

By the way, Hardy’s REAL quote is
“Beauty is the first test. There is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.”