a road trip in numbers

Hours in the car (approx.): 5.5
People in the car: 5
Truly bad decisions by the GPS: 1 (no one does tiny winding precipitous roads like Japan)
Radii of various curves, in meters, as shown by road signs reading "R = ": 500, 400, 60, 200

Types of animal warned against by road signs: 3 (tanuki, ape, deer)
Number of nonhuman mammals seen: 0
Cute boys who had tragically cut their hair: 1

Times I understood short sentences in Japanese: 2
Times people laughed because I liked curry udon: 1

Alcoholic beverages imbibed: 2 (Asahi beer, mass-market sake)
Really delicious foods eaten at banquet: 2 (melon and prosciutto, amazing peppery beef noodles), but everything was pretty great

Posters discussed in detail: 3
Talks seen: 11
Speakers spoken to: 7
People who would probably hire me: 2
Awesomeness of symposium overall: 10/10

Time I should crash, in hours: -2