  Yesterday I sat in my kitchen talking to my dad about the cruise. This will by my third cruise and his second. This time he knows what to expect he tells me. He then tells me he knows one of three things will happen... (1) I will have a good time (2) I will have a bad time (3) Both and I will get in trouble. Then I knew it was coming... the sex speech. "...and to be honest I now know better, you are 16 and I don't care what you do because in a week we will never see those people again.
" I was shocked to say the least. First of I I don't think I would even try to get that far in a week let alone be able to. I am shocked though that I have my fathers blessing (in a sense). I am so excited now for the cruise... more than before. It is such a great vacation. There is nothing like the freedom you can get on a vacation like this, the freedom to go anywhere and do anything.
It is the opposite of what all the nee-sayers say about it! I love the large amount of people on the ship, there is tons of space. I LOVE IT! Anyway, enough bragging. Isn't it funny how we can spend a month preparing for a week? This whole week I have been thinking what do I need to get done?
I know that when I get back school is just two weeks away and it is orientation week(s) so I will be busy. [TIME PASSES] I am still sitting in Starbucks but about 5 minutes just passed as I looked around. I notice that on the double doors there are brass plates where people puss the doors open. One shows wear and the other shows none. It is funny because the more I watch the more I notice the other is never used. While writing this paragraph the doors were opened 6 times all 6 it was opened with that door.
I will keep count as I continue to clarify we will say (*L*) for the one that has wear and (*R*) for the one that doesn't. Starting at the end of this paragraph if in the middle of a sentence I break out one of those you know what it means. I love surveys (*R*) as it is just interesting to (*L*) look at the results (*LR*). I love website stats and (*R*) to look at what people do. I have always been inspired by something Stephen Hubbard did once. He sat at an intersection and marked every car that came through it down (*L*) on a paper (*L*) to take statistics of the intersection.
I don't know if it was for school but it was something that has always stuck with me. My parents love to people watch, not for stats... just likes to watch them. I like that idea but only for stats. Se how they react to certain things. There is nothing like the (*R*) human (*R*) mind interpreting different obstacles, how it can differ so much. If (*R*) I put a dollar on the ground and watched how people reacted before (*L*) going back and asking for it (*L*) back (*L*) I would get three (*R*) responses.
Some would leave it, some would pick it up to keep and some would pick it up to return. Anyway, I am done but I will continue this survey, if you have been watching my point is standing up but not all that well, I wonder how that door could be so much more worn but not used as much.... *L*L*L*R*L*R*L*L*L*L*R*L*R*L*L*L*R*L*R*(SEE TOTAL)*R*L*L {NOTES WHILE CONDUCTING SURVEY} HAH! I just looked out of the window and noticed a guy sitting reading the paper but not. He was looking just above it watching people. That is so funny to me. I think a reason this is not holding as true as I would expect it to is I am including the people entering, it might not be as worn from the outside and sub-continuously we see worn and assume it is the better way because more people use it.
Well it seems to be holing a little more true over time. It must just be a human instinct... this is why I find stats interesting, ok... that door is used more... why? The guy with the paper left. Our total stands at (*R=13 L=18*) and that is as of the (SEE TOTAL) above. I will go until one of them reaches 20. And there it is... totals, *(R=14 L=20)* 59% of the time people use the worn door and 41% of the time they use the non worn one.
It is amazing how I know so much by just sitting here for 45 minutes. If you were curious, while doing this math three people have entered the store, all three through (*L*). Those included would bring it to 62% so it just depends on you pool I guess, I could go to 40 and possible gotten very different results. I am going to stop here but while doing the second math only one person has used the doors and that was through the (*L*) door. 
