Lack of Recycling Facilities Makes Ugly Juice Suspicious Despite Otherwise Idyllic Environment

I'm loving nerd camp, everybody.

I was going to play "shy, introverted girl who just listens to her ipod all the time" so I could sneak away and finish all the reading, but I got outed right away as having only read 110 pages. Actually, I took heart in that, because it meant others had more reading to do as well. But hopefully I can still keep my extrovertedness a secret so no one tries to talk to me--I'm enjoying the solitude.

My roommate is really cool. I knew we would be instant friends when we left the first session each holding two plastic bottles. We ran into each other at the door and realized we were both looking for the recycling facilities and there weren't any. Which is really bad, because the water bottles they give out for free are those useless little waste-of-plastic 12-ouncers and everyone goes through a few per session, plus aluminum cans of soda etc. So we went up to the front desk and I asked where the recycling was. The woman said, "Just put it in the garbage next to the beverage table. They take it out and recycle it." My roommate and I exchanged suspicous glances and in the most intimidating cross-examining tone I could muster (and using my amazing inter-personal skills), I shot her my skeptical squinty eyes and said, "Is that true? Or are you just lying to make us feel better?" My roommate and I squinted at her menacingly while she insisted that people actually come and separate the recyclables and the garbage, then we stormed off in a huff. Yeah, RIGHT.

There's a beautiful little outdoor patio-thingy, so you know I'm all over that. No one else has been going out there, so I've been spending time outside between sessions, listening to my music and reading.

Oh, and the food is delicious and top-notch.