I find all those pictures disturbing... it's all so perfectly perfect.

Yeah, well, sneak into a restaurant, snap some photos, post them on your website, and people will think you know how to make perfect food, too!

But to be honest, I'm always nervous about posting these things, because they aren't really perfect. Part of it, I'm sure, is blah blah blah self-confidence issues, but I also always worry that one of my culinary instructors will look at these, and think, 'WTF? He didn't get the air bubbles out of the ganache; the tempura are unevenly browned; the suimono needs green...' Culinary school drives you crazy like that. The constant burns and occasional carving fork in the ass help, too.

Fneheminahominaheminyfooooooood...

SEAN PLEASE I MUST EAT YOUR FOOD AGAIN. And Trying-To-Be-Vegan-Girl (I stopped by her room today and we had a lovely chat AND WE TALKED ABOUT YOU AND YOUR FOOD) should as well. We should totally have a big food-fest sometime. I'm still annoyed/freaked-out that I only get to be close to your food-making (um, and you too, I guess [ha ha it's like I'm making fun of you because I'm an evil girl!]) for ... another month. SO UNFAIR.

CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT? YOU DO KNOW THAT'S LIKE NUTELLA WITHOUT THE MILK?

Yeah, um, you totally succeeded at making me jealous again.

Also, I am not responsible for the content of this comment as I am still technically sick and hacking now and then. But not really hacking, because the tea is fixing me. So I could still come eat your food. Because I want food. [I promise I will not get you sick.] I am regaining my sense of taste. It was gone for a whole DAY. Torture. So yes. Food? [Easter chocolates??]

"Trying-To-Be-Vegan-Girl"? Liene, I have a name, you silly girl.

Yeah, well, stop by sometime; I usually have stuff-that-can-become-Food in the fridge. And a BIG FEAST! That would be fun, too. Mmmm, hedonism...

Also, I'll be in Portland all summer, which, if you're going to be in Tacoma, wouldn't be *that* far from you. You could pop down to visit your sister [OH! I found out who she was! I was reading this article in the Oregonian, and was all, "Hey! This is a really well written article." Then I looked at the byline, and the last name was long and started with a V, and I was all, "Hey! That's probably Liene's sister!"] and stop by for dinner. OH! And you could meet Jay, who cooks even better than I do. He also dances better, and is generally more fun than I am. w00t! Or, I could come visit you, because Seattle is Awesome, and I want to check out the non-vegan entertainment at the Pike Street Market.

Jen, you should keep "Trying-To-Be-Vegan-Girl" as your nickname. Well, until you suceed, in which case you could become "Was-Trying-To-Be-Vegan-And-Now-Is-Girl."

How come it never actually remembers my "personal info"? (As a side note, that always, to me, makes it sound like it's going to know where to stalk me. Which is partially true, but still...)

Also, yes. Differentiation between people.

And HOW did I forget that you are going to be in Portland? Silly me! I will most definitely come down. And that's seriously awesome about the article by my sister. She is quite good, and I'm not just saying that because I'm related (Liene = jealous because Inara's known what she wanted to do since 5th or 6th grade. Not fair, I tell you.). And yes yes yes visitation in the Puget Sound-al area.

Cripes I'm so excited for summer. I am done with school just about. Though I ADORE this room.

[And I see you're listening to Matt Nathanson! Was this from earlier or have your eyes been opened by Jen?]

Well, obviously I don't want to stalk you. Or, I'm lazy and don't want to figure out why it does[n't do] that. It's suppose to hide an insidious little cookie (not unlike that kind that I bring you) on your computer, but I think I read on a forum once blah blah blah I'd have to change something in the code, and I'm SO EFFING LAZY. (I *finally* got around to changing my LJ publishing script so that my entries imply there is more to read than just the excerpt; that one took me six months to get around to...)

I'm excited about summer, too. And I'm almost done with school. You know, after I scream a bit, finish writing a couple papers, and maybe pluck out an eye or two. [Dear Happy And Beautiful Day, Please come back soon. Love, Sean.]

[My eyes were opened by Jen. He's neat, and makes me happy, and graces my playlists now. Finding awesome new music= +1.]

Excellent perspectives in the food photos. Everything looks tasty.

Or, if I succeed in this veganism thing, I could be "Was-Trying-To-Be-Vegan-And-Now-Is-Girl" for awhile, and then I'll just change my name to a symbol, à la Prince. He is called Prince now, right?

And hoorah for Matt Nathanson. I should make you an MP3 CD of his music, because it's quite good. :) Dude, and you're listening to Coldplay. Two thumbs up, my friend.

I don't know what's up with Prince. I bet Cailen would know, though; she probably has pictures and what not, too-- she's hilarious like that.

OH! Yes! Compressed music cds!

OMG YES, AND COLDPLAY! I love them with the passion of several normal music fans. Chris Martin is in my category of "If I were gay, and he was gay..." Mmmm, memories and happiness.

Alrighty then, I'm definitely making you a Matt MP3 CD. How shall I get it to you? Campus mailbox? When do you come to campus, anyway?

I too am quite the impassioned Coldplay fan. "Rabid" could be a good adjective. Seriously. And Chris Martin...fskfjsljfsdfksh my goodness is he attractive ("attractive" being a massive understatement, of course). I have the issue of SPIN magazine where he graces the cover taped to my wall. Do you have Coldplay Live 2003? Isn't it lovely? :)

Campus mailbox. Heh. I know I *have* one, but I'm never quite sure about the number, and God (and probably administrative folks, I guess) only knows the combination because I've never used it (I only have a theoretical sense as to where the mailroom *is*). It's funny, though, because they mail me everything at the end of the year, so I get mid-term progress reports after my final grades.

Usually I'm on campus Tuesdays and Thurdays, but I pop up now and then to make use of the meager library and associated free printing opportunities (mostly because my printer is evil; it had a cameo in Offce Space).

I try to keep evidence of my physical attraction to Chris to a minimum because I don't want to seem more gay than I am. ("More gay than I am?" Hmm. I bet that's going to come back and haunt me someday.) No, I don't have Live 2003. That's the DVD, no? I think I was reading somewhere about how Chris was terrified of being filmed. Shyness is so hot.

*cough* Ahem. Anyways. Maybe I'll just come find you sometime this week. (Where do you live, by the way?)

Heehee evil Office Space printer. What sort of printer do you have? I had an HP waaaaay back in the day that was evil as well. It would spit ink at me and jam everything I tried to print. I gave it the boot and bought a Canon, and I've never looked back. :) Last semester my faithful Canon died (after 7 years of use) and so I got to buy a newer model. I love my Canon printer.

I have Tuesdays completely off, and Thursdays I'm free until 1:30, when I have class. I can be found in Half Way #16. I live in the kitchen (when you stop by, you will understand what I mean). Or you can call x640.

Yes, Live 2003 is the CD/DVD combo. I didn't know Chris was scared of being filmed, how interesting. Um, anyway. I have a bunch of Coldplay b-sides/unreleased stuff/live songs on my computer that I need to go through and organize one of these days. Have you read how Chris gets all psycho on paparazzi photographers? It's really scary.

I have a shitty HP deskjet. It was a gift from my dad, who works at HP and still believes they make good products. I used to have an AWESOME lazerjet, which both worked AND gave me messages in French. I didn't know what it was saying, of course (it was probably making fun of me), but it always printed and I loved it. Plus, there's just something wickedly awesome about the sound of a lazerjet warming up.

I heard something about Chris throwing a rock through a windshield after arguing with a photographer once; I'd sure want to do that. *Le sigh.*

Yeah, I'll stop by sometime, assuming I can figure out where Half Way is, and it's not like stupid Out-of-the-Way that isn't on the map [this is the part where we ignore the fact that I'm a senior and still need a map to find places on campus]; goddamn elitist on-campus students and their privileged vernacular...

Half Way is next to the THC/Hendricks. My window faces the THC (and the dining hall). On the campus map, apparently we're #11. It's easy to find, don't worry.

Your MP3 CD is burning as we speak. Actually, as I type. Two more minutes...

And re: Chris and his anger problems... I know he's attacked photographers a few times, the most recent incident occurred a few weeks ago I think. He has a court date set up and everything...

Oh and by the way, do you use any sort of Instant Messaging system? AIM or whatnot?

I tend to shy away [ha!] from IM programs. I used to use them a lot, but they started feeling... intrusive, I guess... like I was in a perpetual conversation. That sort of bugged me, because I hate people it always felt like there was this expectation to message people that were online. So I'd turn them off, and then forget to turn them back on ever. Eventually I needed diskspace, so I got rid of the lot of them.

Someone else can tell me how polling my email account every two minutes is significantly different.

I use AIM, but I'm "away" most of the time.

Alrighty. Well, it looks like I'll keep communicating with you via these comment thingers and e-mail. Oh, and in "real life" too. Yeah.

Hmm. Real life. Who would have thought of communicating that way with people you go to school with?

Certainly not I. (Of course, I pride myself on knowing more people at Marlboro online than in real life. I'm awesome and socially avoidant like that.)

I wonder how long this comment-conversation can go on for. Dare I say... forever? Muaha.

I guess I do technically go to school with you, but that sounds strange, y'know? I have never ever seen you on campus. We've never shared a class or shared a table in the dining hall whilst eating [crappy] dining hall food... So yeah. (I was trying to think of other things Marlboroites share, but everything I wrote sounded bad or could be interpreted that way).

I know of many Marlboro people, but not many Marlboro people know of me, I think. I tend to go unnoticed, one of those blend-into-the-wallpaper types (which is at times nice and mostly other times really frustrating).

Heh. And I was thinking this was just your subtle way of getting me to download AIM.

Since Marlboro is so small, I tend to think I go to school "with" everyone there, even though I've never met most of them. I don't know; I guess it's just the perspective of coming from a really big school.

I know the fly-on-the-wall feeling. I love it when people say, "Oh, you go to school here? Are you a freshman?"

By "love it," I mean, "get snarky."

If you want to download AIM, then hey, super-cool. It might be an easier way to chat rather than me checking your blog every few hours to see if you've responded to one of my comments. But y'know.

"Snarky" is an awesome word which I need to incorporate more into my daily vocabulary. And yeah, I totally get snarky too... I open a can of snarky on their ass... uhh.. (Meh. Tired. Trying to be funny but probably failing.)

Ok, ok, I went and got AIM. It hasn't pissed me off yet, but then it hasn't done anything, either. We'll see...

My SN is wasabibliss.

And yes, snarky is such an awesome word. It forms great phrases, too, like, "Oh! The snarkiness!" (That's my tentative Plan title.)

I'm both "Jennifer 198324" and "prettythew0rld" (like you didn't see that SN coming...), so take your pick. I have the super-magical abilities of being on both SNs at once. Whee.

Awesome Plan title. :)