Appeasers!

With our cable line being cut (no phone, tv, or internet since Wednesday), I had quite a bit of catching up to do on news. Yes, only a few days but I’m a prolific reader who used to read the daily newspaper from front to back. With the media the way it is, you have to go through several sources to get to the real point of the story, and sometimes it’s still ambiguous.

Anyways, found this video of Chris Matthews on Hardball absolutely tearing up Kevin James, a popular right wing radio talk host. If only more so called ‘experts’ would be publicly humiliated (O’Reilly, Coulter, Limbaugh) instead of having the power to influence naive voters. Not trying to sound arrogant, but the average American has no clue what’s going on and sadly cannot decipher for themselves the bullshit they are constantly being fed. I’ve heard these people make the most racist, flagrantly dishonest accusations, and sadly people support it otherwise they wouldn’t be on the air. Apparently YELLING REALLY LOUD AND NOT LETTING THE OTHER PERSON GET A WORD IN IS A TACTIC THAT WORKS. And if that fails, bring up 9/11 and terrorists. Who needs credibility and facts…

Sushi

Amy and I were bored, seems like a perpetual thing. Anyways, we had the crazy idea to go make sushi. Spent a good afternoon chasing down ingredients, finding sushi grade raw fish which apparently Texas has interesting laws for, and finally making the stuff. Was amazing, $25 got us a LOT of sushi, with plenty of extra ingredients we can use next time. Much better than the overpriced stuff at the student union that’s been sitting out for several days.

Some chardonnay to go with it, and wasabi and soy sauce

Massive block of chocolate Matt bought when he was here, but ended up getting shoved in the back of the fridge. No worries, we found it, waited half an hour for it to melt, then dipped a whole carton of strawberries.

All while watching P.S. I Love You. Very sweet movie, probably in my top list of sappy emotional flicks. Lots of moments to relate to personally. Falling in love with a foreign guy (with a sexy accent) at a young age, which is a cause for bitterness with family, the emotional rollercoaster that goes with being apart (although my situation is nowhere near as devastating/definitive).

Cupcakes

Smashed my final this morning, felt pretty damn good about it. Came home, studied for another five hours straight for the one tomorrow. Decided to do a little procrastinating and bake some cupcakes, because if I’m going to be up until the crack of dawn, I need my sugar fix.

Jess + Amy + Boredom =

Amy attempted to write our names. “Amy” worked fine, until I warned her squeezing in seven letters for “Jessica” wouldn’t work too well.

I’ve uploaded pictures, written this thing, I suppose I should go back to reading about Listeria monocytogenes.

College: Churning out productive members of society…or not

101 and fondue

16. Finally get my epic flying mount on World of Warcraft (yes, I know, you’re shaking your heads)

Done, thanks to Mr. Thornmisfor sending me ridiculous amounts of gold even though he doesn’t play anymore.

Also ordered my nifty Moo cards, which shipped all the way from the UK, and apparently went through the Deutsche Post. International mail is always awesome. On the back it’s got my name, phone number, email, and other contact information. Not bad for free

Very belated post, but we went to the Melting Pot for Xuan’s birthday last week. Very yummy, although those girls are crazy. Cheese dipped in batter then fried…that’s a heart attack waiting to happen. Very yummy chocolate fondue, very yummy cake. Our waiter was a foreign guy who had a french accent, which was highly entertaining.

Now for final exams….