In the night (Sunday to Monday) Štěpán has came. He had some hairs white, he was much more skinnier, and with every louder sound, he hid under the table. We gave him chicken soup, helped him to change his clothes, because it was really torn and then we put him to bed. (to be honest, it wasn't as much chicken soup as only water that poured from frozen chicken.) (Actually, we didn't really give him new clothes, just changed his trousers for a t-shirt and vice versa, it was fun and he didn't defend himself.) (Alright, it wasn't a bed. A bit better description is a fridge.)
But when we were asleep, Štěpán got his revenge. He was shouting loudly: "No, I don't have the proofs, take Matěj instead of me." and "No, not the ananas, not the ananas!!". He was really elaborate. When we checked, he looked like sleeping. This wasn't nice, we wanted to sleep. Yes, we left him in the wildest New Jersey, but that isn't reason to wake us up.
On Monday, we had the meeting. There is a chance that we won't publish our results. First of all, they might be stolen and published first by someone else. Secondly, there could be a traitor among us and publish the results sooner than anyone else from the group. Thirdly, we can just forget what we have proved. Fourthly, there can be some mistakes, which we are not aware of. Fifthly, we can do as we did in previous weeks and discover nothing.
We are basically fine, but we should plan for all possibilities. One possibility is that we will find Radim, Trump resigns, and Radim will be the first one-handed president of the United States. (Don't tell Trump where he was born). The second possibility is that something will go wrong, and we will not publish. Both the scenarios seem about equally likely. We established two groups: the first is taking care of Radim's inauguration speech, the second group, where I am, is taking care of an escape plan if we will not publish.
The first group is doing a terrible job. They have a crazy plan. They want to dig a trench between the United States and Canada. It will be the lowest trench of all. They say that will have the best heels and feels, whatever that means. They sound so crazy that Americans could actually like it.
The second group is doing a superb job. We made some progress with the agar problem, then we realized that if we do not publish, then we cannot go back home. At least not by the plane. So we decided to swim home. That's why we started the workout. If we do not publish, then we can at least get home that way. The other option is to do math in the freezer of death (CoRE building) for the rest of our lives.
An undated encounter with wildlife
I went for a walk the other night. As I was enjoying the campus, I noticed the doe eating something next to the path. "Wow, that is cool," I thought.
I have seen them during the day, but I have never took a picture. So I took the picture, but it was blurry, I didn't like it. Maybe if the doe comes closer, there would be a better picture.
So I started with a calm voice lure the doe: "Don't worry, come closer." She probably didn't understand because she started going back.
Maybe, if I would sit... Now, she is afraid, but the sitting man is not a threat. So I sat. She was still going back. Maybe she is scared, because I am looking at her all the time. So I looked at her only occasionally. Most time, I was looking away or to my phone. And still with calm voice whispering: "Don't worry, come closer."
As I was sitting there for a while, I started thinking about a broader perspective: "Sh*t, I am seducing a doe." It is so weird, but I want only a picture. I should stop. But she is not going back, now she is completely ignoring me. That's good. I still have a chance! Even if I would stop now, I looked stupid. It can't get any worse. If I prevail, maybe I will get a nice picture.
Now she looked at me, hurry, look at your phone. Ok, she started gazing, maybe there is my chance...
I was there for a while, but I didn't get a nice picture. In the end, the doe behaved as a gold digger. She followed the guy with a more expensive car, and since I had no car, she followed the first guy with a car.
