Tuesday, April 04, 2006

blog update, by the numbers

Spring Break:

hours in my spring break: 168

waking hours in a well-rested spring break: 98

hours I imagined I could spend loafing around: 98

hours I imagined I could spend reading for my lists and preparing for my next class: 98

hours I imagined I could spend cleaning my apartment, doing laundry, restocking my fridge, filing stacks of paper, and catching up on financial paperwork: 98

hours I imagined I could spend catching up with friends and family and taking exciting trips: 98

extent to which I seemed to have overestimated spring break: 300%

My new class:

students who attended the first class: 20

female students who attended the first class: 17

# of students named after Edgar Allen Poe poems: 1 ("Annabel Lee")

Other tidbits:

new addictions: 2 (soy chai lattes and Internet Boggle)

minimalist concerts attended: 1

# of chords in first piece of said concert: 1

pages I read last week: 500ish (mostly for fun!) :)

price of gas this week (so I can be nostalgic when it hits $4.00): $2.89

movies seen last week: 3 (2 rented)

movies seen involving traveling pants: 1 (or 2, if you count Jack Black's pants in King Kong)

# of dinosaurs in King Kong: way too many

cool sisters I have who are trying to decide which grad school to attend: 2 (Count 'em, two!)

chance of thunderstorms tomorrow: 60%

# of readers who have made it this far on the list: 1? maybe 2?

6 Comments:

At 6:31 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

oh! oh! at least one. I definitely made it to the end. :) glad to hear that you had a great spring break. and 17 females in your class? wow, that's exciting. what's the theme of this class?

so, i'm coming closer and closer to a decision. i'll call you later to let you know my official choice. :)

 
At 7:18 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ooh, at least two! Hi Amy -- I was just emailing you earlier! What schools is Eileen deciding between/among?

 
At 9:54 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

oh, three! three! Eileen is deciding between University of Illinois, Chicago and Texas Tech. I'm interested in Spanish Linguistics. I'll be sure to let you know which one I officially choose! Love you Jenn!

 
At 2:32 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Four! Four blog readers! Ah! Ah! Ah!

 
At 12:30 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

six! six! not seven or five, except on the way to six!

 
At 4:44 AM, Blogger Chris said...

And now.... the moment you've all been waiting for (or at least I imagined so)... #7!!

 

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