geekiness masterpiece

me and my friend giulia wrote a masterpiece.
it’s the geek version of a song.
one, by u2.

we are geeks, even though we pretend we are not.
we pretend we are not because we are surrounded by geeks of much higher order...
see? higher order?! typical geek jargon.

we are geeks, no excuse.
we are phd students. astrophysicists.
what else should you expect?

actually this song thing was my fault. some time ago i didn’t remember the line where it is said “love is a higher law”... really don’t know how (?) but somehow understood “love is a power law”... very physicist... that’s why giulia and matteo appreciated it so much :) and why we spent last sunday evening turning the whole lyrics upside down...

here it is what came out...
to be read while listening to the original:




(office mate of the student speaking)

Is it getting better
Or do you feel the same?
Will it make it easier on you now
with your thesis on the way?
You say...

(the student, speaking with him)

One code
One file
That one you need
In the night
Few data
We get to share ‘em
Program crashes if you
Don't care for it

(student, now speaking to the supervisor)

Did I disappoint you
Or leave a bad draft on your desk?
You act like you never published
And you want me to go without
Well it's...
Too late
Tonight
To drag the next plot into the slide
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other
One...

(the supervisor, to the student)

Have you come here with some progress?
Have you come with new results?
Or you’re just procrastinating
check your mail and surf the web?
Did I ask too much?
More than a plot?
You gave me nothing
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
Well we
Write this paper
Then we discuss again
You say

(student again)

Look at my template
Check this power law
Look at my template
Check this power law

(supervisor)

You ask me explanations
But then it seems you’re dull
And I can't be holding on
To what you plot
When all you plot is wrong

(student’s final chorus)

One graph
My blood
No life
You got to do what you should
One mail
To each other
Students
Advisers
One lab
But we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other

One...grad

One


and check the original lyrics here: one - the lyrics