Celsii

I went to Yale's annual hackathon a few weekends ago. I did absolutely no "hacking" unless you count rewatching The Social Network ELO algorithm scene 20 times.

Will and I met a ton of people while we were scouring for Celsii (many Celsius's) and we retreated to a room with a chess set. While playing a game, we met a few Yalies and they tempted us with a proposition. Ditch the hackathon and just meet cool people. We decided to follow them around campus. Compared to Ithaca, New Haven seemed like utopia.

People were actually outside chilling. It's crazy. Even a few CS majors we met weren't worried about recruiting. Everything came to them like they were bears in a river waiting for salmon. We felt like the salmon.

I lost a game of cornhole in Saybrook and saw happy faces. The night went from a student band playing the Arctic Monkey's Arabella (giving me an unsolicited reminder of high school) and pumpkin spiced Eden to a castle siege with minor casualties. Don't ask.

Chance decisions lead to crazy outcomes. I don't know why we didn't do the hackathon but it seemed to work out. My big takeaway is always look for Celsii.