score one for the mundane.

Luigi: I remember being at a summer camp where we made our own superconductors, with barium and --- and ...
Me: -shock- I think back to camp and remember sports, not superconductors...
Sam: I remember being in advanced math camps over the summer...

three guesses who's the odd man out. i'm too normal for this place. or abnormal, says Sam. either way, it sure does bring home the point that i probably don't belong here. ha, probably? make that certainly.

i'm going to go sleep now, and hope the strong feeling of intellectual inferiority is gone (or at least subdued again) by morning.