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Over the next several days I will be editing this “live hunt” post to include several essential links.

The University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt Website
2005 Scavhunt List

from the 18th annual Hunt:

1. I’m note inspired.

2. Here’s the ceremonial giving away of an item I’ve written, because it was undeservedly cut:

Bring it. We wanted you to lead your team in a Womackian cheer, but feared risking the intensity of the pain accompanying serious physical injury, such as organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death.

Here we go, kids.

I sit here, at work, in general quietness. There are only twenty patients today, spread out over about nine hours. I have my Venti Coffee, and I’m putting together consultation sheets for Thursday and Friday and Monday.

COMMENTS:
– Last night. Last minute preparations. I got a CD of piano Blues. I took a nap. I spent a lot of time on the bus.
– This morning. Late start. I got in at 8 AM. Got my coffee.

COMMENTS:
– Those of you who aren’t digging the Hunt will have to bear with me for the next week or so. Things will get back to normal, eventually. For the moment, I’ll continue to be a little obsessed.

COUNTRY OF THE DAY
Djibouti.

This time of year, this time of year. This time of year, being April through June, I always push sleep deprivation to the most advanced stage at which it can be maintained for any period of time. It’s different than pulling an all-nighter under different circumstances… at no point am I really getting no sleep, but as one responsibility stacks upon another, and the hours tick by… 3 hours of sleep tonight.

2 DAYS to SCAV HUNT

from the 18th annual Hunt:

Item #143. Modify your dashboard with an Obameter, denoting just where on the PoliSpectrum the candidate is at any given time. [14 points each]

To register, send the following information to me (connor at afterdusk dot org) to be forwarded to Scavenczarina Courtney:

Team Name:
Team Captain(s):
Captain(s) email(s):
Team Affiliation:

Or, join one of the nine registered teams:

Breckenridge / Broover
Broadview
Burton-Judson
The F.I.S.T.

Last year I blogged the Hunt, and I intend to do so again this year. It’s a little selfish… I had a 1000% spike in hits right afterward and higher levels for the rest of May, but it’s not as if it’s something I wouldn’t do in the first place.

3 DAYS to SCAV HUNT

from the 18th annual Hunt:

Item #33. Hotwheels versions of the following: Ash’s steel deadite-killer, the Technodrome, and the Shaggin’ Wagon from Dumb and Dumber. [17 points each]

To register, send the following information to me (connor at afterdusk dot org) to be forwarded to Scavenczarina Courtney:

Team Name:
Team Captain(s):
Captain(s) email(s):
Team Affiliation:

Or, join one of the nine registered teams:

Breckenridge / Broover
Broadview
Burton-Judson
The F.I.S.T.

COMMENTS:
– The short version of the last week and a half. The weekend before last involved the planning of the road trip. Not much I can say about that. Last week involved drama at work (I quit briefly, and then reinstated myself), and in other areas, and lots of work on scav hunt… on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, I believe.