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Now that you know the plan, it is time to meet the people.

Alex aka- "The Director"

Handsome, brilliant, talented, and all-around-life-champion are some of the words just used to describe Alex. When not writing trip descriptions and auto-biographical blurbs, Alex studies media and communications. Due to his vast knowledge of the field and his stockpiling of camera equipment, he has volunteered to be the trip's main videographer/photographer

/documenter/visionary. All video taken on the trip will be posted to Alex's youtube account here. All of his videos are extremely funny and cool. All trip-related videos will also be posted within the blog itself and in the Videos tab.

Alexandra- aka "Hollywood"

Alexandra gets her newly adopted nickname from the leg of the trip she shall attend. She will fly in for the last day of Las Vegas and be staying for a week in Los Angeles. Here she can be seen playing the piano at a Christmas party. She was so good that the Queen of England gave her TWO STANDING OVATIONS AT ONCE after only hearing a single note. Alexandra majors in English and Writing and thus will probably have a large contribution to the blog while she is on the trip.... Also- expect this blurb to change.

Alexandros- aka "Blood"

Of every traveler described in this list, Alexandros is the first with an actual nickname. The nickname "Blood" came about due to frequent nose bleeds on the rugby pitch due to a previously acquired broken nose. Sometimes Blood's infamous nose would even start to bleed without actually being touched. Another fact about Alex is that he has a habit of losing clothes. Well, to say this losing of clothes is a habit is like saying the sun has a habit of being yellow. The loss of clothes should make some videos and pictures from the trip a little more PG 13 R Rated.

Ally- aka "STEAL EVERYTHING"

Ally's the kind of girl who is not afraid to be heard and/or seen. If she has an opinion- you'll hear about it. If you chew gum too loudly- she'll imitate you. If she thinks she is in a sweaty situation, the deodorant will come out- regardless of her location in a business-casual environment. Mind you, she will say sorry for the whole deodorant thing... but it's this apologetically unapologetic quality that makes Ally the kind of person you want on your trip.

Additionally, At a very young age Ally lost the page in her bible that contained the 7th commandment. Since then, she has placed an added value on "getting things for free". Ally values this so highly that she has posed a challenge to all of her fellow travelers: whoever can acquire the most free stuff during the trip wins the competition. This includes things like items found on the ground, casino winnings, things "found" in your hotel room, etc. A full competition page will be written before the trip.

Adrian- aka "The Tangent"

Ten years from now Adrian will be at a math conference. Everything will go swimmingly up until a tragic moment during a speech from the conference chairman. Suddenly the chairman will collapse. Many will run to his aid as the rest of the crowd will look on. A mathematician with first responder training shall tend to the old man, but after a minute he will take off his handy stethoscope and slowly walk away. Adrian will run up to him to ask what's wrong. The responder says that unless someone solves The Goldbach Conjecture within the hour, the chairman will die. Adrian will dramatically approach the nearest blackboard (which will not be far away- this is a math convention after all), he will pick up a piece of chalk and 55 minutes later, he will be 98% done his proof when the unthinkable happens. The chairman, who still lies close by, will start to cough uncontrollably. Adrian will run to his side as the chairman utters his last words. In that moment, without finishing the proof, Adrian will slowly leave the conference, never to do math ever again.

Fletcher- aka "R1C3RCKT"

Fletcher likes his cars. He once missed a high school class for what the principle would later describe as "police troubles". Any road trip would not be complete without Fletcher at the wheel. Fletcher's future carrier aspiration is to be an ambulance driver. Let me be the first to say that any job where Fletcher can drive quickly to save lives is the perfect job. Here's to a rise in life expectancy in the GTA in 1-2 years.

Julia- aka "LOTR Champion 2010"

Last weekend there was a Lord of the Rings marathon hosted at Adrian's house. For those of you nerdy enough to know, the LoTR films are not short by any measure- especially if they are the extended editions. To my knowledge, Julia sat through all 12 hours until 7 AM. I cannot verify this because I started to sleep during the boring ring plot in the Two Towers, but knowing Julia, she stayed awake until at least the 4th ending of Return of the King.

Robyn- aka "?"

Little is known about Robyn. This is the only picture of her on the internet. This makes Robyn more illusive than Bigfoot himself. Little is known about Robyn's life, save the fact that she once went to Boston with Fletcher, Yvonne and Adrian.

Yvonne- aka "Structure Needer"

Who needs structure? Yvonne does. Badly. While it may seem like I portray this as a negative trait, it is quite the contrary. Without Yvonne's efforts to get all of us to meet in her basement, we would still be at the "when do you wanna leave" stage of planning. Yvonne gets it done. All of it. There are problems that you don't know you had that Yvonne has solved for you. She's that good. Just never ask her if she is stressed.