Well, that was certainly fun!

I am going to try this again. Last time I tried to upload, my writings got eaten by the internet. No good at all.

Today, having the day completely free and beautifully clear to just chill, I did some porn research (seriously: I am writing a thesis on the ethics of pornography... I actually requested an interlibrary loan of a Playboy article) worked out, tanned a bit more, and did the tinkering online that I never get to do. I am kinda trying to do this new friend thing. No, it is not that I just spent 12 days with my best friends and never want to see them again, but more that since Justine and Will are both gone for a few days, I am left alone... much as I will be when we all graduate. So I am trying to do a bit more of friend outreach (something that the bar isnt too helpful for). Anyone want to be my friend this summer?

I called St. Thomas about a fellowship I am hoping to get. No word so far. Then I called two realtors. I got some writing done on my Senior Speech. Just getting some ideas down on paper at this point. Just some of the random stuff floating around my head.

Now: to Spring Break! I dont know how to write about this without going on for days. It was Will, Justine, Danielle and I and we had an absolute blast. I dont know what else to say. Had a phenominal drive down from Milwaukee to Chicago, stayed a night with D's parents and went shopping. Bought a sex book. Played a couple of horrible terrible games of pool.

The next morning we had great weather as we made our way south to Atlanta. On the way we stopped in Metropolis, Ill. to see the giant statue of Superman (bought a tshirt). Then stopped in Lynchburg Tenn. for the Jack Daniels tour (way cool). Then finally wound up north of Atlanta at a WAY ghetto Days Inn, where I tried to use Justine's credit card and the guy threatened to gall the cops, even after Justine showed up with her ID. Grrr... We then tried to find a place to drink, wound up outside a Best Western that all of us refused to go into. Then played a 12-pack's worth of Asshole in the room.

The next day we tooled around Atlanta, going on the CNN and Coca-Cola tours. Left about 5pm hoping that the drive to Miami would keep us going till about 5am... Forgot how fast we drive. Realizing how early we were going to arrive we even tried to stop and see a late night movie, but it was a no go. So we ended up on a North Miami Beach public beach at like 3am and tried to sleep in the car, with fairly comical results. I was in the driver-side with my legs wrapped around the wheel and the gear shifter (which was in a very odd place on the dashboard). Will and I went on an otherwise romantic walk on the beach. Too bad it was Will. ;-) Saw two people having sex on the sand. Ooppss. Sorry about that.

When a catering van woke us up (bitches) we moved on and drove to an IHOP, had breakfast and then found our Howard Johnson that we were booked for the next week. We camped out there with a 12-pack, then Will and I went for a run. The IHOP, beer and running did not combine well in my stomach, but I suffered as best as I could. We were glad to then move onto the Cruise with no problems. Our rooms were spacious, nice, and we settled in quickly. Will and I went to work out, and then napped before the pre-dinner show. We pre-partied a bit (a lot) ordering a whole pitcher of cranberry juice to mix with our water-bottled alcohol. The show was pretty good, and I immediatly pin-pointed the gay dancer. Really cute. Everyone was all egging me on, and I totally planned to get with him by the end of the week. Jesse was his name. Anyway, at dinner we were all at a table with this woman and her son. They were very pleasant, but we were all a bit shocked to find out that she had lost her husband, the boy's father, in the 9/11 attacks. Since then they had relocated to Florida. Good God! We all really didnt know what to say. How does one rebound a conversation from that? After dinner we drank some more and then Will and I went for a cigar/ette and planned to meet the girls up at the dance club. They ditched us when we were a bit late, and so it was just he and I. We had a good time, although I was exhausted. We met a bunch of girls from Depauw and I asked if they knew Betsy or Crystal Brick. They all knew them both. They were all friendly, and it seemed we had made some fast friends.

The next day we got up in time for lunch, went and looked around Nasau in the Bahamas, and then boarded our booze cruise. Thank God we ate before that!

Okay, I will continue this later, I just dont want to lose it all again...