New New Orleans Friends
| Much of our socializing centered around my UIUC friend Monica who was at Tulane University for a summer research experience in mathematics. She had a real dorm with only one roommate, a real phone, a real TV, a real place to check e-mail, and a spacious bathroom. Not that we didn't love hanging out with her friends, but the accommodations alone beat ours hands down. |
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| Her group of fellow summer math researchers gathered on the open balcony outside their dorm rooms. |
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A more formal group photo on the balcony. |
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Monica's somewhat slutty roommate "airing out." |
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| Monica's "good friend" Mike from Notre Dame who knows Cynthia and reminds me a little too much of Scott's brother. |
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| Another cool friend of hers, Nick. See that haircut? That was Monica's work. |
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| Monica driving us to an Italian restaurant in her pimped out '84 Toyota. The waitress there was so much better than the incompetent waiter we had earlier for lunch that I included the tip I didn't give him in her tip and wrote a note explaining the large sum. I also left my cell phone number, but she never called. |
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| While at the Italian restaurant, we spotted a painting with a character who bore a striking resemblance to one of us. |
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| At SIGGraph, Seth ran into Feliz, an aspiring 3D modeler from New Mexico. We were quite disappointed to learn that through friends of family, she spent the week in a nice condo and acquired much knowledge of the ins and outs of the city. It all evened out, though, since her last night was spent in the youth hostile too. |
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| Seth had an obsession for playing pool this whole trip. No matter what we did, he didn't seem happy unless he was smacking some balls around. |
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| These are some random SIGGraph attendees whom Seth befriended over a ruthless game of billiards. |
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