Orientation
My job orientation wraps up today. I'm out in the Cascades at a convention center (the US Basketball Academy, actually) on the McKenzie River.
Here it is by the numbers:
Total RARE participants: something like 20
Number of those I like: something like 20
Number of those I hope will become good friends: 7-10
Cute + eligible + interesting guys: 3
Number of those within a 2 hours' drive from me: 0
Potential hiking/biking/adventuring friends: 10
Potential friend-with-whom-to-do-Burning Man: 1
Campfires built: 2, large
Hours spent around them: 6
Beers: 3 (Full Sail Ale, amber)
SoCo & Coke: 1/2
Tim's homemade blackberry wine: a few good swigs
Hours spent learning Useful Things: not sure
Confidence that things learned are Useful: 80%
% increased enthusiasm for this job: 200%
% increased enthusiasm for fellow RARE people: 500%