I am surprisingly good at packing not necessarily the essentials, but a roundabout set of objects which, in the case of an emergency/adventure, could be used for survival. This conclusion was made after my flight to Boston, in which my luggage was lost for three days. I still had my carry-on, however, which proved to contain an invaluable assortment of items.
First, I realized I wanted to work out, which was easy, given that I had a full set of workout shoes and clothes. I also happened to pack a towel, toothbrush, and deodorant. After a bit more digging, I also found: a star gazing book, a calendar, weights-training schedules, a pack of ramen noodles, THREE pairs of sunglasses, an ipod, temporary tattoo "bling", a reader's digest, water bottle, and, while I didn't have my wallet, I did have my brand-new credit card.
This means that, were I to be stranded Hatchet-style in the woods, desert, or mountains, I would be able to survive via:
a) food and water (ramen!)
i) Also I should include hunting. I could use the "body weights" exercise portion of the weights schedule to become strong enough to stalk and hunt prey.
b) shelter (towel lean-to)
c) entertainment (readers digest and ipod) as well as fashion (fake bling tattoos)
d) sundries and commodities (credit card duh)
e) escape. I could use the calendar to track the days and then look up the corresponding star map to plot my course back to civilization.
So I pretty much had it all planned out. Unfortunately, Delta gave me back my luggage eventually, so I didn't get to try out my flawless survival plan.
Boston, also, being a large metropolitan area, has more than enough sundries to go around, which further negates my opportunity to face the elements.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
The Trifecta
Today was a trifecta of sorts. And I mean that in the best possible way. Usually when I think of trifectas it's in a deadly sort of way, like a trifecta of plaque-fighting ingredients. It seems like toothpaste is full of them. But this is beside the point. Anyhow, today was a very good day because of three things.
The first reason this was a good day was because today is National Donut day! I love holidays, and I looove donuts, so I couldn't believe my eyes when I opened up firefox to see that today was the first Friday in June, commonly accepted as National Donut Day! (sidenote: it is probably also officially accepted, as basically anything will pass into a law these days. Case in point: Idaho's new official state raptor.)
To celebrate, I went to happy donuts (obviously) and asked if they had a special for National Donut Day (NDD from now on). The guy working had no idea it was even going on, but he agreed to give us a deal (just for us!). We were pretty excited and bought 6 donuts, 2 of which I ate immediately after while trying to back out of the lot. (If we're going to talk about legislation, someone should outlaw donuts while driving. Much more dangerous than cell phones, and they're illegal now). So basically NDD was a success, even though they didn't have the sprinkle kind which I like.
More importantly, the second part of the trifecta. So I have this hummingbird feeder that I installed right outside of my window. Before yesterday only one hungry bird had come to taste my nectar but apparently had found it unsatisfactory because no other birds followed suit. WELL. Today that changed. Practically an entire FLOCK of hummingbirds visited today; I almost couldn't concentrate from all the humming (and my heart rate was pretty high also from the excitement)! So either the hummingbirds are starting to value my nectar (expertly concocted, I assure you) or one very hungry hummingbird keeps coming by. EDIT: The latter cannot be true. I have looked up different species of hummingbirds and at least TWO kinds have visited. One is the Rufous Hummingbird, whose wings make a cricket-like chirp as it flies!
The third reason: I'm done with undergrad aaand I found my backpack which was missing! 2 for one (like the deal we got on donuts!). Now I can wear the clothes I couldn't find while relaxing from not having class! Woohoo summer.
And by relaxing, I mean I will just be watching this link over and over again: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-442520862512743500
My brother is working on an autobiography so I'll post that as soon as possible.
The first reason this was a good day was because today is National Donut day! I love holidays, and I looove donuts, so I couldn't believe my eyes when I opened up firefox to see that today was the first Friday in June, commonly accepted as National Donut Day! (sidenote: it is probably also officially accepted, as basically anything will pass into a law these days. Case in point: Idaho's new official state raptor.)
To celebrate, I went to happy donuts (obviously) and asked if they had a special for National Donut Day (NDD from now on). The guy working had no idea it was even going on, but he agreed to give us a deal (just for us!). We were pretty excited and bought 6 donuts, 2 of which I ate immediately after while trying to back out of the lot. (If we're going to talk about legislation, someone should outlaw donuts while driving. Much more dangerous than cell phones, and they're illegal now). So basically NDD was a success, even though they didn't have the sprinkle kind which I like.
More importantly, the second part of the trifecta. So I have this hummingbird feeder that I installed right outside of my window. Before yesterday only one hungry bird had come to taste my nectar but apparently had found it unsatisfactory because no other birds followed suit. WELL. Today that changed. Practically an entire FLOCK of hummingbirds visited today; I almost couldn't concentrate from all the humming (and my heart rate was pretty high also from the excitement)! So either the hummingbirds are starting to value my nectar (expertly concocted, I assure you) or one very hungry hummingbird keeps coming by. EDIT: The latter cannot be true. I have looked up different species of hummingbirds and at least TWO kinds have visited. One is the Rufous Hummingbird, whose wings make a cricket-like chirp as it flies!
The third reason: I'm done with undergrad aaand I found my backpack which was missing! 2 for one (like the deal we got on donuts!). Now I can wear the clothes I couldn't find while relaxing from not having class! Woohoo summer.
And by relaxing, I mean I will just be watching this link over and over again: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-442520862512743500
My brother is working on an autobiography so I'll post that as soon as possible.
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