not getting into Gainesville until 11:30, arriving in pouring rain, having to break into the apartment we were staying in because the keys were forgotten, and having my phone lose its battery power because I couldn't charge it overnight. If those sound like bad things, it's because they were. Except the entering the apartment through the window ( Read more... )

comfort food, specifically my ma's meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and chicken pot pie.

Gator Basketball with the family.

Runner-up: Larisa Oleynik (aka Alex Mack). What a babe.

NorFlor and all my (bro's) friends and Whataburger and Guitar Hero and tthe memory of exit one-double nickel.

a whole day spent almost entirely at home, including:

• reading some geometry
• writing some geometry
• editing some geometry
• riding bikes with my dad
• discovering cool parts of the neighborhood I never knew existed, including the last remnants of an old mill

the ridiculous number of stars you can see from out in a field in The Middle of Nowhere, Florida.

making states of the US out of tortilla chips.

being done with Fall 2006. Woo, Winter break, here I come!

my Numbers and Polynomials final I guess. I didn't remember how to do a couple of the proofs, but I figured them out during the test, which seemed to be the general pattern all year. I barely did anything enjoyable all day. I took that exam, slacked off for a couple hours, then started studying for my other math exam, which is going to go badly. ( Read more... )

chapter one of Wayside School is Falling Down. I think maybe my favorite Wayside School chapter. MAYBE.

Runners-up:

• that Latin Cafe place on the corner of 2nd and 34th. I think it's called Mi Apia or something like that. Whatever it's called, it's a lot of good food for not a ridiculous price.
• this picture, from the Facebook group "75% of the world is ( Read more... )