loneliness can be a fleeting feeling when you've got friends like you guys!
I spent a good chunk of today packing my stuff. It won't be the final packing, but I need to know whether I've got enough space for all my crap. Sleeping bag, tent, wok, stove, fuel, clothes, certain bulk foods(noodles, oatmeal), repair tools and replacement parts, first aid kit, blah blah blah, you get the picture. The whole thing was terribly exciting. Nothing like putting stuff in bags to really get the adrenaline going!

Warning, the following will probably only be interesting to bike nerds, and even they might not be interested.
For those of you who know of my single-speed bike, my hexagonal-tubing Jupiter King. I have taken all of the few components off, and taken the fork and headset out. Now I need to strip the paint off. I am going to take every bit of paint of the frame and fork so it's just bare metal. At that point, I will face a difficult decision. I have been playing with color ideas, but I also think I may just leave the bike bare metal and then put a clear coat on. That way, the frame will look unpainted. Of course, all this will have to wait as my spare time is generally used up by trip preperations.
bike nerd portion of post ending

How is school going for everyone? Hows the food? What classes do people have? How are people's roommates? Hows the food? Any really crazy professors? Is the food any good?

Also, for people still in the city, we could hang out! Im not sure how many of us there are, but if we include people at the U I think we have a decent group.