Don't Retreat, Just Reload

I'm not feeling too hot, but I wanted to update this blog on my latest adventures in Vegetarianism. I finally ventured into Whole Foods, or at least one of them in Denver, and it was wondrous. It was like the two aisles I shop in at Safeway, but expanded into a whole store. And the samples were to die for. I really do think the prices would be comparable since the organic food at Safeway is expensive anyways, might as well have a selection. We'll see what I discover there.

Another new love: Sarah Palin's Alaska show on TLC. Oh My God why did it take so long for someone to think of this? Pure genius. I found the substitute for my Sister Wives withdrawals. Hate her or love her, the woman lives one interesting life in Alaska and makes one hell of a reality show.

Finally, things have gotten a little sketchy this past week. I don't know what it is, but I can feel the distance like its palpable. People always say that separation doesn't make the heart grow stronger, it just shows you that you can live your life without that person. And I'm worried I'm hitting the point where my life is starting to redefine itself. In 6 days I go home and I'm hoping things start falling back into place. I hope they do. I don't want this to happen.

So many things. One paper. One test. One script. One flight.
Cheers.

Food Blog?

I feel like ever since I started using Tumblr again, the only times I update here are when I do something neat, which is usually food related. Today is no exception.

Tonight, Kirsten and I decided to cook again. It wasn't like the veggie pizza night, we actually had a plan when we walked into Safeway. We made asian stir fry, with tofu and fettuccine noodles. It was DELICIOUS. Literally, better than any pad thai or chinese food you could get at any restaurant. It had red peppers, onions, and snow peas, grilled tofu (that we pressed!) and bean sprouts. Then we made our own peanut sauce, which was basically soy sauce, ginger, almond butter, and JUSTIN'S (my faaaave) peanut butter. And of course the noodles.

Literally nommed the shit outta that one. I wish I had a pic to show off our amazing skills. Then we topped it off with a margarita and two Rolling Rocks. Haha. Big night. Oh, and we ate with chopsticks. Quite a challenge but totes worth the effort.

Mmmm. :)

Organic Obsession

I am OBSESSED with Justin's All Natural Nut Butter, particularly the Maple Almond. I could eat all day, errday. And the best part? It's made here in Colorado! (Boulder, to be exact). Mmmm.

What can you get for $40,000 a year?

The answer? NOTHING. Both institutions of higher education that I attended had a yearly tuition of over $40,000. Both small, private schools. Both refer to themselves as "The Harvard of the Midwest/West". But yet, it still baffles me that for all the money they're taking in, the people in charge still can't get their shit together!

At DePauw, dealing with housing or the registrar's office was like a personal day in Hell. Nobody knew anything. You got transferred from person to person. And in the end, you usually ended up with no answer and the option of paying for a solution.

Let me tell you about my latest issues here at Denver. I am a graduate student and as such, every professor and adviser has told me that graduate classes don't usually fill up since we have to take certain ones each quarter. LIES. Registration started on Monday at 6:20pm. I registered for my classes at 6:30pm. The classes I need to take were both open, I selected them and BAM. Done. Except for the fact that the Documentary class had a hold on it, saying "prerequisite and test score error." Whatever the fuck that meant.

Long story short, many emails and 24 hours later, I was finally able to surpass the hold. Unfortunately, at that point, the class was full and closed to registration. When I emailed the professor, explaining the situation, she told me that she would have to ask the other professor if it was okay to let me in. ARE YOU FUCKING ME!? I would have easily been in that class if not for the university's stupid errors. And now you're telling me that I may not get into the class at all because of NO ERROR ON MY PART!?

This department better hope they decide to let me in the class. If not, Hurricane Keri is hitting the building and there will be no survivors.

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