Spring Break

It's Spring Break again. Putting the words "American" and "spring break" together never fails to conjure images of wild Mardi Gras parties and exotic locales like Cancun, Daytona Beach and South Padre Island. After all, these are the places where the Girls Gone Wild series, known for putting "old-fashioned Daytona debauchery" on film, get their material.

Spring breakers are notorious for their hedonistic indulgences: sex and alcohol. While these students bring great economic benefit to the local economy that they visit, the disturbances often dismay the residents.

In South Padre Island, a manager of the Padre South Resort reports the damage he's seen during Spring Breaks.

Wall, who manages Padre South Resort on South Padre Island, has seen spring breakers shatter mirrors, take bath towels and crush lamps during drunken wrestling matches.

Still, the layer of tortilla chips, which had begun to creep into the hallway outside, was memorable as much for its scope as its slovenliness.

"I couldn’t see the carpet. It looked like a straw mat," he said. "These guys had not a clue they were supposed to clean up the carpet."

[...] "I don’t know if their parents had the talk with them, but condoms aren’t supposed to be filled with water and thrown off the balcony," Wall said.

The incidences of drunken brawls and accidents also increases dramatically over this period.

So given all that historical licentiousness, what are my plans for Spring Break?

Looks like I'm just going to sit at home, read my books and enjoy some home-cooked meals (cooked my yours truly of course) First, I'll try to make my spaghetti with ground beef less oily.

Spaghetti: It's as oily as it looks.