You juniors don't know about TFJ yet. So I'll write a history sometime. For now, why Transfinite Joy? Why is the GSSM underground literary journal named Transfinite Joy?

Transfinite Joy is what describes the our... or my... experience at GSSM. It is the summation of everything that we've done.

So, Transfinite Joy is a lot of things.

Transfinite Joy is the first day of GSSM... as a senior.

Transfinite Joy is the second day of GSSM... as a junior... when you guys carry our furniture.

Transfinite Joy is waking up five minutes before class and getting breakfast on the way. And checking your mail in the lab. And at the SUB.

Transfinite Joy is being late.

Transfinite Joy is using govieisms. Around normal people. And acting surprised when they don't understand.

Transfinite Joy is the Govie dances - dancing 60's style.

Transfinite Joy is a Fields test that you've overstudied for.

Transfinite Joy is a History test, one that you haven't studied for. Because of the Fields Test. That you failed anyway.

Transfinite Joy is knowing that it doesn't matter. Shhhhhhh!

Transfinite Joy is encountering something hard to resist, and not resisting it. Thus, Transfinite Joy is being anonymous and dropping subtle hints everywhere.

Transfinite Joy is... not starting every sentence the same way.

Saying, "Pikachu, I choose you!" is Transfinite Joy. Okay, maybe not

It's guessing answers on your Bhuvena Quiz that you haven't studied for. After all, they're not like Bill quizzes so you don't have to study as hard, right?

Sometimes it's getting a writeup for something especially brave.

And it is getting an A on a well-prepared test.

Transfinite Joy is suddenly using the old parallelism after five sentences.

Transfinite Joy is a scromp walk.

Transfinite Joy is a scromp walk. A thousand times, a scromp walk.

Hold me... hold me close.

I keep trying to explain what it is to go to GSSM to other people. You really have to be here. And guess what? You are. Now don't pull a Matt England on us.

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