It All Adds Up...

Ok, kiddies... I know I�ve been neglecting to update since I�ve been on spring break and all... but... that�s the way it goes...

Now... there are a lot of different ways I could go about recounting my time in Florida... but... I think that the best way to sum up the past two weeks of my life will be best done with list of numbers...

• Miles driven: 3,000+

• Hours spent in car: 41+

• Tapestry parades: 11

• Nights in Disc: 4

• Nights in Marionette (read as evil devil puppet from hell): 1

• Nights in Cosmo: 1

• Amount of choreography forgotten: loads

• Lines forgotten: 3

• Nights doing Morocco Pass: 5

• Nights friends from Cornell looked for me in the parade: 1

• Nights friends from Cornell watched Morocco Pass: 1

• Nights I got switched to Germany at the last minute: 1

• Nights friends from Cornell missed me in the parade: 1

• New kids trying to tell me what to do: 5

• New kids I put back into place after telling me what to do: 5

• Times I wanted to throw up because I heard the phrase "I�m really a dancer...": 23

• New kids I actually got along with: 4

• People I surprised the crap out of because I didn�t tell them I was coming: at least 20

• People who screamed and jumped up and down or knocked me over from excitement upon seeing me: at least 25

• Managers I harassed to get paid to go home: 5

• Managers only willing to take McDonald�s french fries as a bribe: 1

• Times almost busted with tongue ring: 7

• Times actually busted with tongue ring: 2

• Times eaten at Chili�s: 2

• Times eaten at Perkins: 6

• Times misplaced cell phone: at least 14

• Times left cell phone in a restaurant: 3

• Times left cell phone in a gas station: 2

• Times found lost cell phone in "man bag": 3

• Times left "man bag" in a restaurant: 2

• Times I said "I would lose my fucking head were it not attached to my body": at least 100

• Cigarettes smoked: feels like 3,500

• Amount of alcohol consumed: equivalent of 25 drinks... maybe...

• Guys I wish something would really work out with in Florida: 1

• Times I thought about staying in Florida: infinite

• Times I wish I had stayed in Florida in January: infinite

• People I�ve missed dearly in Florida: 100+

• People I missed back in NY: ~25

• Length of extention given to take Asian American Studies exam: 12

• Amount of studying done for exam over break: 30 seconds... if you count the time I took to take my books out of my bag.

• Amount of studying upon arrival at school: 20 minutes

• Points I thought I would get on exam after starting it: 100

• Questions to answer: 5 Identifications, 5 Short Answer

• Questions answered when she took the test away: 5 Identifications, 4 Short Answers

• Points for each Short Answer: 17

• Total possible score on exam: 83

• Job offers from Marriott: 1

• Apartments found for summer: 1

• Job offers rescinded by Marriott: 1

• Amount of frustration from Marriott: infinite

• Books read for leisure over break: 2

• Pages read while driving back to Cornell: 64

• Accidents involved in: 0

• Accidents caused behind me: 3

• Speeding tickets received: 0

• Speeding tickets should have received: infinite

• Snow fallen since arrival at Cornell: 3 inches

• Rain fallen on me, personally, today: 2 feet, feels like

• Days until my TCAB: 6

• Stress associated with TCAB: infinite

• Jars of Apple Cinnamon Jif Smooth Sensations peanut butter in house: 5

• Lipton noodle packets in house: 4

• Amount of rice in house: 8 cups

• Other food in house: crumbs on floor

• Frustration associated with being back in Ithaca: too fucking much

• Weeks left of classes: 5.6

• Amount of alcohol to be consumed on Slope Day: 8 oz. more than it takes to black out

Right... so... that�s the list for now... I�m sure I�ll have more, later...

But... really... when you add it all up... it was a spring break in paradise... and now... I�m back in hell...

God, I love Ithaca!

later, kids...

~robert