More stuff about America

Yep, it was the Coke fountain of happiness and caffeine.

OK, So, I didn't get as much time as I thought to update this in the US, so now that I'm back in the land that Sun forgot (i.e. England) I shall search my mind and share with all of my lovely readers some of my adventures:

Gainesville:

I was walking through the University one day and this posse (about 20 or so) of hot (Both literally and metaphorically) guys were running shirtless along the road and I nearly fell over, which is possibly because I'd walked into a stormwater drain, but I prefer to think it was because their collective hotness had cast a spell on me.

I was idly flicking through the channels on TV, and came across ESPN sports which was showing liver coverage of this year's.........Competitive Cup Stacking Championships. The basic premise of this "sport" is that you stack plastic cups, and take them down again. Let me repeat: you stack plastic cups, and take them down again. There's even a website: www.speedstacks.com

There was a town fair in the city centre, so I went and checked it out. It was okay, lots of artists exhibiting their wares, and these really cool windchimes made out of old cutlery. The artists had bent all these knives and forks so that they looked like fish. It was cool.

Yeah, I still can't stop laughing about the speed stacking.

Atlanta:

We went to Atlanta to visit an old school friend of mine; Chicken Poop. I know it's a mean nickname, but that's what her Anglicised Chinese name translates to. Ha!

Anyway, Chicken Poop has a lot of animals. OK, 4. But that's a lot for me. The two doggies are very cute, but very demanding, so our day would go like this:

Wake up

Push dog off bed

Go to toilet; accidentally shut door on dog's nose.

Let dogs outside

Let dogs inside

Brush dog hair off clothes for three hours

Leave house in a SWAT-Team-like maneuver, as the dogs have separation anxiety.

Etc.

Etc.

We went to the wonderful world of Coke (TM) Which was very exciting indeed. It was the most one-sided history of the Coca-Cola story that you'll ever hear. It just consisted of lots of posters talking about how many countries sell Coke, and how Coke takes their community's needs very seriously by......Giving out Coke? But anyway, the best thing about the visit (And indeed, the whole trip) was the massive Coke fountain at the end of the museum, where you could drink as much of the sugary stuff as you could. So we drank, and drank, and drank, and it was kind of insane how much we drank, but anyway, it tasted good.

Miami:

What an awesome place Miami is. It's everything you think it will be; but better. After spending most of the holiday trying to organise flights, deal with animals, cope with conference schedules, it was great to finally be able to totally relax for 24 hours. We went swimming at the hotel pool, swimming at the beach, lazed around drinking cocktails, and basically enjoyed the clear blue skies and fluffy clouds.

Then, we got on a plane and went back to Leeds where it is freezing.

I'll leave it there for today.