S&P ending '08 around 900, thus... Summer of '97 Thread
I was between 8th and 9th grade, at CTY (Carlisle first session, Lancaster second). CTY memories include: Don McLean's "American Pie"... Scum: the Masquerade (a card game)... Bleem, the integer between 3 and 4... trying to hook up with a 15-point-7 year-old "no more" (no success; I was only 14.1). Great times.
I was super-bummed about missing out on ARML, having not heard of the contest till national Mathcounts in May, and therefore having learned about the contest too late to register.
Outside of CTY sessions, I spent the summer hacking QBasic text adventures that no one but me wanted to play. :(
I won't post too many songs of the era, because I figure other posters will pick up the slack. Only three stick out as memorable:
Savage Garden - To the Moon and Back. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I9hVzqTbn0
This one I remember only because it was absolutely eerie at 4:00 on a summer morning. (I had to listen to the radio at night, else I couldn't fall asleep.)
Our Lady Peace - Superman's Dead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOZLSHuDBxY
Great song from around that time from one of the most underrated '90s bands.
White Town - Your Woman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVL-zZnD3VU
Quirky, odd song from an unusually talented, but unpopularizable, one-hit wonder. Vintage '97.
What are your Summer of '97 memories, songs, and (of course) hacking projects?