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!

Great Expectations

In 2 days:

I will be in Chicago, watching my absolute favorite band.

In 3 days:

I will be cramming for exams.

In 4 days:

I will still be cramming for exams.

In 6 days:

I will be be back home in Grand Rapids!

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.