A Shorter Update

Since I'm procrastinating doing my last final - a short update.

Today is The Pedant's Birthday! HOORAY! But, since I'm working on this final I requested nothing special. So we ordered in Vietnamese food. It was delish. We should eat it more.

In this economy...

A friend of mine commented on FaceBook that the phrase "in this economy..." should be banned from advertising, as it's more manipulative than true. But, as I said as Mark Antony in my sixth grade production of Julius Caesar, "so let it be with Caesar."

One wants to make an unforgettable impression in the job search, right? And, in case of emergency, have a secondary food supply? I know I do, which is why the Meat Cards concept - rectangles of beef jerky laser-etched with one's business information - appeals to me. Hopefully, they'll even use kosher jerky.

My sister says that, for this idea, I am "absurd," which just means that I am full of misunderstood brilliance, like Nikola Tesla.

Happy Sandwich!

It happens to be my birthday, one of only two birthdays I can remember (the other being the Sherbs'; some of my friends who had birthdays last week just get lost in the ether), but that's not the important news.

The important news is that I know the winners of the Vladivostok Victory Day sandwich contest.

End result: Russians on taste, Americans on plating; I think the Russian choice to make everything look like old sailing ships was a little foolish, since the last time they brought an older fleet to Vladivostok, they got royally spanked. I guess my navally minded friends were right to trust the Stethem's culinary skill.

It also looks like a tasty spread in general.

An Update from The Pedant Amoung Other Things

Well, yesterday I did my most feared thing ever, spend a day with nothing to blog about. You see, I have a relatively boring job, which would allow me time to blog. Yesterday morning I racked my brain. I wanted to talk about my dinner the night before, but it was uninteresting. The pilates class on Monday night was interesting but not worthy of a post (although I do enjoy time with Stoner and C-Berts). There was a girl who cried. I wanted to laugh during class. Haha. But even she was not worth my time. (Go figure, I love making fun of people who cry in public over trivial matters!) So I opted to wait until after lunch.

That was a big mistake, 'cause then my boring job has turned un-boring and now is fast paced. That will probably end by tomorrow morning. And I'll be here FOREVER today so I may post again to make up for the lack of it.

Also:

An update from The Pedant:

In our phone conversation last night he said that the hotel he is staying at has a vending machine, complete with Dr. Pepper. And yesterday he consumed one. And was happy.

Yay!

Reminders

If I wanted to, I may blog about the delicious cafeteria cookie I just consumed, or my overpriced midday (well, it's earlier than usual but it's slushy outside and I wanted to get some be3fore the cafeteria closes) coffee, which I should add is WEAK, which I don't enjoy, but instead, I will have a long run-on sentence about what I'm not blogging about.

I will blog about the fact that The Pedant may not blog over the next few days. Dear Reader, do not worry, he's fine, but he's off to take an exam where he will have to wear fancy clothes and have his soul sucked diligently out of his body for two days. And then, I hope as much as you do, that he will post with the same pedantic fashion and abnormally high levels of humor.

So if you see him, do wish him luck!

Go get 'em, tiger!