Wednesday, September 7, 2011

post 7 september

Summer by the numbers

An effort started at a coffeeshop in Uzhgorod in late August and vaguely completed at home in Lutsk in early September…

Camps that I worked at: 3

Camps/ conferences that I attended as a participant: 2

Trains I took: 15

Bus rides that lasted at least 1.5 hours: 15

Countries I spent time in: 5

Cities/ towns in which I spent more than two hours: 15

Cities/ towns which I had never previously visited: 5

Beds I slept in, not including overnight trains: 12

New VKontakte friends: all of them (80)

Number of watermelons eaten in August: more than any Ukrainian would believe is appropriate

Number of eggs eaten: Ask Sally, the President of Eggs

Number of new planets I discovered I was from: 1

Number of iced coffees: 3

Number of times my off button was pushed: 11

Number of times my on button was pushed: 12

Number of days away: 56

Number of those days spent working, at camps, at meetings, or traveling for those reasons: 44

Number of lesson/seminar plans written: 15+

Number of times introduced myself to Andrew Cartwright: 9

Number of times I heard a bad pop song: 50000000000000000

Number of books I read: 9.75

Number of times I was threatened with court proceedings with damages of 1 hryvnia: 1

Number of songs I sang and/or helped to write with revised lyrics: 3

Number of new original movies I helped to inspire or create: 3

Bodies of water [natural or manmade] in which I swam: 2

Number of times I was elected prime minister: 0

Number of times I appointed myself prime minister or time minister: 2

Number of movies I saw in a theatre in 3D: 1

Number of grilled cheese sandwiches I cooked, for myself or others: 35

Number of grilled cheese sandwiches I ate: 8

Number of weddings I was invited to: 1

Blog posts written: 2.5

Number of bagels eaten: 4.5

Number of times I ate potatoes served as a topping for potatoes: 1

Number of animals I made out of beads: 2.7

Number of pictures/videos taken that survived earlystage deletion: 1945

How far I ran: so far, so far away

Number of earlyish mornings I ran: 29

Number of times the Ukrainian fear of drafts came up in conversation: 6+

Number of jars of spaghetti sauce canned: 9

Number of said jars which have inexplicably popped their tops: 2

Number of other group 37 PCVs who are extending, in addition to me: 16

Number of dear friends who left Ukraine early: 1

Number of potentially fruitful creative partnerships formed and named: 1

Number of Ukrainian-to-English translated files edited: 17

Number of idea picnics held: 3

Number of days between starting and finishing this list: 21


Any other numbers you’d like to know? Ask!

More developed stories to follow.

Hope you’re well!

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