learned

- the correct usage of the word "wicked"
- why Mainahs go to Bah Harbah for lobstah
- "the second largest city in Maine" doesn't mean much
- how to make fire in the woods w/ 1 match + no striker
   (and how to use rat dung if it don't work!)
- anybody with a CHANCE card can get a glance at the COMMUNITY CHEST
- how to snare anything from a squirrel to a cross-country runner
- how to split a 500 lb log
   (and how to get cheap labor from outdoor students)
- how much bubble wrap it takes to completely cover one roomie
- one guy in a shopping cart can really fly...two just go half as far, twice    as hard
- how to clean a house wrong EVERYTIME no matter what i do
- what to blame being FROM new jersey for/ what to blame being IN maine for
- how many rednecks can fit in a WalMart, a pick-up truck, or a county fair     all at once
- "close" is always at least an hour's drive
- maine deer are the size of small pick-up trucks, meanwhile moose are the      size of a Mac
   truck (and have the same effect when hit)
- along the same lines, every highway has a �moose crossing� sign
   (no matter how many lifetime residents swear they�ve never seen one)
- a Mainer�s origins in the state can be pinpointed by studying how high        their hat sits
- you can identify exactly which town you�re close to by the smell of the       papermill
   (and of course, the one that smells like cabbage is the closest to UMO)
- cops LOVE out-of-staters, there is not one police car that doesn�t sit out    and wait for me to come by, no matter what time of day or night, what         road, or how much traffic
- a �camp� includes a full-sized wood cabin with multiple bedrooms, a           bathroom, and a kitchen
- being a Masshole is not neccessarily a bad thing, but being a Yankees fan     can get you killed
- a second game of Kings will ALWAYS die in the middle
- navigating at night in the pitch black woods ain�t so bad, as long as you     remember your flashlight screws up your compass reading! and unlike           jersey, you can walk for miles through the woods without finding              civilization!
- the friendliest people usually AREN�T from maine (Ex. ALL MY ROOMIES!)
- neither are short people
- redemption centers have nothing to do with religion
- everything in maine ISN�T slow, i just talk/move/shop/drive too fast!
   (sarcasm here, folks, maine is in its own dimension of time Ex. maine         speed = � the rest of the world)
- my jersey accent automatically becomes thicker in another state
- how much beer an MMA boy can put down before he pees on a door
- how many positions from Cosmo�s Kama Sutra the average boy can do             successfully, or at least how many they SAY the can do
   (and how many boys read Cosmo!)

But most importantly, Maine can be a beautiful state with some incredibly friendly (or at least unforgettable people)!!!