PS

I forgot to mention in the last post that I locked my keys in my car yesterday. While walking away from my car I realized that I dint have my keys in my hand and thought "wouldn't it be funny if..." but they weren't in my pocked either -- so I went back and longingly stared at the keys resting on the driver seat of my car - it wasn't funny, but its all part of the adventure. My first thought was, "I hope the APU security can brake into cars." They said they couldn't, and instead gave me the phone number for a lock smith. While walking back to my car I had my second thought which was "I bet I can brake into my on my own car." So, on the way back to my car I walked behind the cafeteria and found two long pieces of wood broken off of a pallet. With the help of a little paper I was able to pry the driver window away from the car body with the first piece of wood, and slip in the second piece in to unlock the car with a spike I had taped to it (tape provided by a very nice security guard). The highlight of the experiences was two girls that drove by while I was in the process of jamming pieces of wood between the car window and the frame. As they passed I heard one exclaim loudly to the other "is he braking into that car?" I was, but they never called the police or campus security which makes me glad I don't own an expensive car.

Also, perhaps unwisely I tried drying out some sliced sausage today. Although it's the type of thing moms don't like, I left the sausage in my car overnight, and laid the slices out on a piece of cardboard the next morning. When I got to campus I put my little plate of goodness on the dashboard. Although this type of thing is frowned apon in America, its not terribly uncommon in foreign countries. In the end I just wanted to see if I could pull it off, knowing that at worse I would spend the evening somewhat miserable. After an afternoon in the sun they were reasonably dry so I had a few. I had slight stomach ache for a few hours, but it went away after I ate a pomegranate. I don't think I will make a habit of drying meat out on the dashboard of my car, but I now know it can more or less be done -- and I want to assure any readers that I would never attempt to do something like this with raw meat.