sol statistical update as of 7-8-06<\/p>\n
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# of days I worked in a row in late May thru June: 30<\/p>\n
Average number of hours I was spending in the office per weekday: 11<\/p>\n
# of alligators on the seat of my new cruiser (bike) given to me as a bonus from my boss: 7<\/p>\n
The timing of my boss: impeccable<\/p>\n
Average number of hours I still manage to put in on the dance floor per week: 16+<\/p>\n
Number of inches of heel on my brand new (made just for salsa) dance shoes: 2.5<\/p>\n
How I walk to work every day: barefoot<\/p>\n
The expanse of my extremes: unexplained<\/p>\n
The number of programs we (my company) have in the field (world) today: 23<\/p>\n
The number of students to whom, if any slightest thing happens, warrants a call to the emergency \u201chot phone\u201d: 200<\/p>\n
Current location of that \u201chot phone\u201d: my back pocket<\/p>\n
Average local time in Boulder that corresponds to afternoon in Asia: 2:00am<\/p>\n
Locations from where the hot phone has rang me awake in the last three nights: Rural Western China, Zanskar and the general South Western Himalayan regions.<\/p>\n
What I\u2019ve found emergency problem solving to secretly be: kinda fun<\/p>\n
Status of that secret now I\u2019ve disclosed it on the WWW: blown<\/p>\n
Message to any of my viewing co-workers: Although I do admit it\u2019s \u201ckinda fun\u201d I\u2019m still done with my turn and ready to hand off the hot phone!<\/p>\n
For a difficult task is: finding salsa outfits with a \u201chot phone\u201d pocket.<\/p>\n
The lesson number I\u2019m on in Pimsleur\u2019s French series: 38<\/p>\n
Tenses I\u2019m now able to speak: Present, past, future<\/p>\n
Most interesting\/questionable sequential set of phrases I\u2019ve learned in the audio series: \u201cMon mari n’est pas ici. Il est en Am\u00e9rique. Je voudrais aller \u00e0 votre h\u00f4tel. Vous aiment le vin rouge?\u201d<\/p>\n
Translation: \u201cMy husband is not here. He is in America. I would like to go to your hotel. Do you like red wine?\u201d (In that order!)<\/p>\n
How the Pimsleur series promotes itself: \u201cthe most practical and efficient language learning tool\u201d<\/p>\n
Adjectives I\u2019d certainly agree with: \u201cpractical\u201d & \u201cefficient\u201d<\/p>\n
Question I\u2019m currently baffled by: \u201cThat there is no name, in English, for a dandelion that is no longer a yellow flower, but a seedy globe of stemy softness<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Question I put forth to the international peoples reading this blog: \u201cWhat\u2019s the translation for the state of this flower (see picture above) named in other languages?\u201d<\/p>\n The top 30 of 81 countries that sol.com site statistics says people are logging on from: US, Canada, UK, Australia, China, Belgium, Germany, France, Cyprus, Ecuador, Netherlands, Finland, Spain, Israel, South Korea, Turkey, India, Romania, Japan, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Italy, Hong Kong, Austria, Ghana, Malaysia, Peru, United Arab Emirates<\/p>\n Super cool site I recently registered on: www.couchsurfing.com<\/a><\/p>\n 30 of 81 countries in which there are couches I want to surf: US, Canada, UK, Australia, China, Belgium, Germany, France, Cyprus, Ecuador, Netherlands, Finland, Spain, Israel, South Korea, Turkey, India, Romania, Japan, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Italy, Hong Kong, Austria, Ghana, Malaysia, Peru, United Arab Emirates<\/p>\n What I\u2019m not-so-subtlety doing: hinting<\/p>\n And while I\u2019m on the site statistics page; funniest \u201csearch strings\u201d that led people to this site in June: \u201copps I did it again to your heart\u201d \u201cDennis Rodman\u2019s penis\u201d \u201cPeruvian jello cakes\u201d \u201cavailability of Pepto Bismol in Spain\u201d \u201cSeoul hooker hill\u201d \u201cDoes a koala travel alone or in a pack?\u201d \u201chummmmm.com\u201d \u201cAMERICANMONKEYSAROUNDTHEWORLD.COM\u201d \u201cS.O.L. answers\u201d<\/p>\n My status on which of the last three is a more appropriate name for my site: torn — in tears of laughter.<\/p>\n # of hospital couches I surfed last week: 3<\/p>\n # of airport couches I crashed (after missing my bus) last week: 1<\/p>\n # of days before my lease ends and I will be a homeless pilgrim couch-surfing around Boulder: 22<\/p>\n # of days before I will be a homeless pilgrim couch-surfing around France: 63<\/p>\n # of you that are \u201cno fools\u201d to the fact that I love being a homeless pilgrim: all<\/p>\n Latest country I\u2019ve added to my fall travel itinerary (where the national language is also French): Senegal<\/p>\n Former French Colony in South India where I\u2019ll be spending my winter holiday: Pondicherry<\/p>\n The apparent theme of my 2006\/7 travels: French<\/p>\n # of couchsurfers (I met on www.couchsurfing.com<\/a>) that I had staying at my apartment this week: 1<\/p>\n How cool she was on a scale of 1-10: 10<\/p>\n How much I love the randomness of online-backpacker-community: absurd amounts<\/p>\n Number of bypasses that were successfully stitched to my Dad\u2019s heart: three<\/p>\n How grateful I am to all those who sent notes of support and love: extremely<\/p>\n Quality that describes how convenient it has been that my (secret) divine life plan has now allowed for me to be home for two family emergencies in the last 6 months: uncanny<\/p>\n What I find myself doing when I look up at the sky: winking back<\/p>\n % decrease in my workload now that our programs are out the door: 30 and increasing<\/p>\n % increase in my time to play, read, write and enjoy life in Boulder: 30 and increasing<\/p>\n What I plan to make a priority now that I again have the time: #3 in the list above<\/p>\n # of incredibly inspiring people who congregated in the Sierras of California for our instructor training camp that are dressed up in ridiculous outfits in the following photos<\/a>: 70<\/p>\n State of my being in regards to the love I\u2019m feeling for all the amazing communities (on, offline, home, work, salsa, seekingsol.com, backpacking, Boulder) that surround me: overwhelmed<\/p>\n Around the time I need to stop sighing around and jump on my green cruiser to go hand off this hot phone: now! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" sol statistical update as of 7-8-06 ***** # of days I worked in a row in late May thru June: 30 Average number of hours I was spending in the office per weekday: 11 #… <\/p>\n