this does not bode well

This post won’t mention PT…I promise.

When I’m here in Flintvilleshire, myself and the 5 gents I live with buy groceries together and try to eat large meals together whenever possible to save $. I offered to handle the task of being the accountant, so I divide up the $ from each receipt and keep track of who owes who what by the end of the term. I actually don’t mind it, for some odd reason I really enjoy using spreadsheets. It may be the process of taking a blank page and turning it into something with a productive and efficient output…either way, I’m a geek.

After running the numbers for the past 3 months today I came up with a rough approximation of how much, per person, we spend on food each day. This number is a little rough seeing as how it doesn’t account for eating out (we pay seperately then) or the non-food items we purchase. Regardless, I was pleasently suprised with how low the number was: $2.38 a day.

I’ll be the first to admit that we don’t eat the healthiest, but we do a decent job (besides, isn’t that what multi-vitamins are for?). The best part of all of this:

We didn’t have ramen once this term!

Cinnamon Challenge: attempts 1&2

This past weekend my roommates talked me into attempting the cinnamon challenge with them. If you are unaware of what it is…it ain’t pleasant. You must swallow a tablespoon of cinnamon in under 60 seconds without vomiting or coughing any of it up. It sounds simple enough…

Cinnamon Challenge: attempts 1&2 from Alex Hull on Vimeo.

Our first attempt was with a spoonful of cinnamon and we actually managed it OK…other than the coughing, wheezing, and (in my case) crying. Sadly, after some simple measurements, we realized we had only done 1/2 of a tablespoon each. You can notice that I’m uncharacteristically silent before the challenge, I thought that I would be clever and try to pool up as much saliva in my mouth as possible so that the cinnamon would go down easier. You can see how well that worked.

For attempt number two, we measured out 1 tablespoon into plastic shot glasses and gave it another go. I was feeling rather confident, I figured now that I knew what to expect, I could do fine. Oh how foolish I was.

As you can see in the video, in a valiant attempt to ensure the shot glass was fully empty, I poured it straight down my throat and proceeded to writhe and wheeze. Neither Karsten, Andrew, nor Theo had much better luck. Unfortunately, my camera ran out of memory just in time to miss seeing Theo and Andrew vomit.

This weekend we will attempt it again, this time with proper video footage.

Haha…I cannot wait to regret this.

post-teen

Today is my last ever day as a teenager.

I think I’m ready for decade #3. I can tell that I have matured a lot of the last few years and I feel odd whenever I say that I’m still 19…maybe that’s because I have so many friends who are older. A the same time, I’m a bit intimidated by what is to come in the next 10 years. My 20’s is where I see myself graduating, starting a career, finding myself a lovely gal…maybe even growing a beard. Luckily, I know that God has something amazing for me up his sleeve and, whether or not it’s anything like I imagine it now, I know that it will be the  perfect place for me to be. I’m looking forward to finding out.

Speaking of time, next week Wednesday is Junior halfway here at Kettering. That means that I will be exactly halfway through my college experience. Time goes far too fast.

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Alright….since it has been a while since my last post, I’m just going to haphazardly throw down thoughts. Pardon the laziness.

• I cannot wait to get back home tonight! I’m planning on seeing a lot of people who bring a lot of blessings and joy to my life. Also, I get to play bass!
• My Engineering Materials homework sadly makes my weekends quite miserable. I’m still not sure how I’m gonna fit in 8+ hours before Monday if I’m going home.
• I had a wonderfully fun and surprising visit from a friend from good ol’ Grand Rapids the other day.
• I adore Ultimate Frisbee, however I always get sore very odd places.
• I’m awful at soccer, although I think that I got a shot on goal last night….I think….
• I went golfing a few weeks ago at a course just a few blocks over. I shot a 49, which is a pretty good score for me (I felt like I was swinging a 45 though). After a night at the driving range I may have figured out a way to control my high slice, and when I get that club to connect on a straight shot, I can get surprisingly good distance.
• I should start a new book soon. I’m on #4 in the Hitchhiker’s Guide series and have a pair of Tom Robbins on deck, but in the ‘learning some truth’ category I’m on lap 2 of Sex God by Rob Bell. Maybe I’ll start Irresistible Revolution soon…..although it kinda scares me.
• Right now I feel like listening to the blues and watching a storm (like the pic up top, taken from my porch).