AT&T SUCKS!

Ok, lack of posting is due to lack of internet. AKA I have no internet at the apartment. I'm going to have to actually cancel my account with AT&T soon. Blegh. But someday this will be a current blog. Someday.

For some reason I can't type in a title... :\ weird. Just for the record it would have been "AT&T is EVIL!"

That is to say, I have zero internet at the apartment. Which just plain sucks. Espeacially because I have actually ad a lot of things I want to say here. And right now I just don't have the energy to type it all up into one giant post. Maybe some other time.

Today was my first day of class! I'm going to put a picture on here eventually of me in my uniform. But since I havent had working internet I haven't taken a picture. I'll add it to my to-do list.

My class today was Pastry Theory and it's a "lecture class". Which basically means that I'm in a class room but it's much more interactive then a traditional class. We start on baker's math tomorrow. I think it should be relatively understandable at first (based on the first two chapters we had to read for homework) but I'm thinking it might get a bit frustrating not to far in. Bleh. At least with this math I know exactly where I'll be using it and it's very, very useful.

I have one main instructor for this entire quarter. (one for all my classes except for computer lab) Her name is Chef Melani or Chef Kelson, whichever we prefer. So far I think she's great. She seems to be very dedicated to her job and her students, believes firmly in discipline, and has a high respect for the field. Which makes me incredibly happy. But she's still a very nice woman and even cracks small jokes in class. So basically she's perfect. I'm going to need to remember this in a few weeks when I'm tired and stressed out.

I know there is so much more to say, but I need to get back to the apartment to iron my clothes for tomorrow and then some much needed sleep. yaaaaawn.

Silly Me

Ooooh yeah!

I caught a potholder on fire yesterday!

I was making popcorn (stove top popcorn is the best!) and the potholder I was using has a bunch of loose string hanging off it. Every time I use it I think to myself that I should trim them off before something bad happens, but of course I never cut them off. (bad memory) So I'm making the popcorn and I grabbed the pot to shake it a little waiting for the last few kernels to pop. When I'm about to put the pot back on the burner I noticed it was smoking and I thought the popcorn had caught on fire so I put it down really fast, but then I realized the smoke was coming from the pot holder still in my hand, and lo and behold there's flames licking off one of the corners. I went to the sink really fast and doused it, so now I have a soggy slightly burnt pot holder. But the worst part of it is my popcorn burnt during all this excitement and the apartment was stinky for the rest of the day. Burnt popcorn is very tragic.

The Jesus Phone Hath Cometh

Today's biggest news is the iPhone. Ok, it's todays biggest happy news. So far the only people that don't really like it are the writers at PC World Magazine and Meredith Vieira. I meant to go by last night to a nearby AT&T store to watch people fight for iPhones, but I forgot. Luckily though I didn't miss anything exciting because Steve Jobs is a nice guy and made sure that all the bigger stores had plenty of phones so there was no fighting.

In other local news, the apartment had a bathroom demon which I think might have finally left Thursday. The bath tub drains perfectly, no standing water at any point during my showers anymore, fixed a clogged toilet, rescued a cell phone from clog-free toilet, hopefully have seen the end of a leaking ceiling, and nothing negative to be said for the sink. And I think me and the roommate have found a nice light shade of green to paint the bathroom.

I seem to have misplaced the memory stick for my camera so I haven't been able to take any pictures which is kind of sucky so if I don't find it within the next week I think I'm going to go buy a really small cheap one to use until it reappears.

And I think that's all the excitement for now.

$$$$$$

Yesterday I went shopping. And I spent a pretty hefty sum of money.

I bought:
-My school books for the quarter
-My uniform for school
-My tool kit
-A pair of KITCHEN shoes
- and a really small food processor. Which is actually for me, not school. Maybe I shouldn't have bought that, but it was $12 and it takes up such a small amount of space that I couldn't help it.

I actually saved some money on the books, I went to half.com and bought most of them that way rather than having to buy them new from the school. Except for the sanitation class book that I had to buy new (has a test I need in it) and the computer class book because I had to make sure I got the cd.

So I don't have to worry about getting anything else before class which is great, and this way my books should all get here in time.

SiCKO

I had my first celebrity sighting in Chicago!

I went to Grant Park on Thursday for a rally for Universal Health care, followed by a march and a FREE MOVIE! (I'd just like to be honest and say that I mostly went for the free movie.) But it was pretty cool, I got to see some local political figures and I enjoyed hearing what they had to say. But the movie was still the best.

But the I said I saw a celebrity! Michael Moore. He was at the rally, he talked, he's a good talker. And then I got to see a free preview of his movie, SiCKO. After which he answered questions. Pretty cool. I liked the movie too, it's sad, but it's interesting. There was really nothing in it that I didn't already know, but it's interesting seeing it as a movie. I would recommend it.

By the way, I know I was filmed and had pictures taken of me. However, I have not been able to find any of them. What's up with that?

Turn left at the light.

I don't know what it is about me, but apparently I look like I know where I'm going. I don't even know at this point how many people have asked me for directions. A few of them out of pure luck I was able to tell them where to go, but a few of them I had absolutely no idea what to tell them.

Maybe part of it is because I'm near Union Station?

All I know is, maybe I should actually learn where I'm going so when people ask me where to go I don't just stare at them blankly and go duuuuuuh...I don't know?

Then maybe I could be one of those lazy tour guides that sit on a bus all day and just spew random facts as they go!