Day 191

Blurb: I'm getting out and meeting my new neighbors.

Backstory: It's still two months before I move but I'm enjoying this time to explore my new street, which is filled with restaurants. One of the best places in the city is just six doors down from me and I've been wanting to try it for months; the only problem is it's kind of classy and that's not something I'm known for. Luckily my classy friend Vanessa was willing to go to brunch with me and escort me into the world of fine dining.
Lindey's reportedly has the best patio in town and I must say it did live up to it's reputation. Granted, it was pretty hot when we went (thanks you Vanessa for sitting in the sun) but sitting out there was well worth it. As for the food it was pretty good. I had this skillet thing with hash browns, spinach, a crab cake, a fried egg and hollandaise sauce. It wasn't overly rich and the crab cake was delicious. I'm looking forward to trying some more stuff on the menu, mostly the french toast. The only problem is I'm not going to be able to go in my white trash clothes.

Day 190

You are looking at the most patient dunk tank participant in the world. She sat there for a half hour while little kids ran up and hit the button to drop her in the tank. Dunks should be earned and these little suckers were clearly cheating. So this one's for you Monica, you have more patients than I ever could.

Day 189

Blurb: I don't know about you but I enjoy it when my burgers have street cred.

Backstory: Today I've finally wrapped up all my work now I'm ready to just rest and get two full nights of sleep. Luckily Jenny's in town and she's my willing partner in crime, and by crime I mean eating out. For months people have been talking about Graffiti Burger, I just haven't gotten around to going. It's the same concept as Five Guys where you get one or two patties and tons of toppings; in my opinion it's better than Five Guys.
The burger was really good and incredibly greasy (which is a good thing). The cheese fries were the only thing lacking in the entire meal and that was because the cheese and fries were so hot it was like eating tasteless lava. I seriously felt like a glutton after I finished the meal but it was a nice way to entire the weekend.

Day 188

Blurb: Putting my nose to the grindstone.

Backstory: This is the view I soaked up for part of the morning and most of the evening. I have four stories due tomorrow, luckily I finished three of them and sent them off this evening. The fourth story is still in the works, the first draft is finished but I want to sleep on it because it's a more complicated study. I wish I had more to tell you but these last 24 hours have been spent writing and trying to shake my cold.

Day 187

Blurb: This is a bag full of work.

Backstory: This is a busy week for me, all my stories for 614 are due at the end of the week. Today I took down one of my assignments by heading to the thrift store to write a piece on a local thrift store blogger. This girl is absolutely adorable (make sure to read the story next month), and she makes thrift store clothes chic. This bag is filled with the stuff we bought that might be photographed for the story, it looks kind of crazy but it will make sense later. On a side note, I found an amazing JCrew bag for only $10, when it was first sold in the store it was around $40.

Day 186

Blurb: It's old folk remedy time.

Backstory: I've been feeling under the weather for a couple days and I'm really looking for any way to kick this cold. I've pumped pretty much every over the counter medicine into my body on a regular 24 hour cycle, so far they're having meager results. Of course this meant I did a little complaining at work. A co-worker bragged about never getting sick, his secret: swabbing his ears three times a week with hydrogen peroxide (it should be noted his guy isn't a crazy old man).
Apparently there's a theory floating around some parts of the Internet claiming colds don't come in through your mouth or nose they come in through your ears. The theorists say your nose and mouth are hot enough to kill the germs that enter the body, the ears on the other hand are cold and an open passage way to your body. This is why cleaning your ears with hydrogen peroxide keeps you from getting sick, it kills the germs just waiting for a one-way ticket to your lungs.
This really attractive picture is me jumping into the cotton swabbing world of cleaning my ears. It was a really refreshing sensation, if you've ever used alcohol swabs on your freshly pierced ears it's like; it kind of bubbled but not too much. I did feel better when I woke up from my pre-work nap, my ears didn't hurt as much as they had before. Apparently you can find crazy theories that work on the Internet.

Day 185

Blurb: Happy 4th of July.

Backstory: It's hard to appreciate holidays when you're working them but today I did get a small reminder of what this day is all about. Right now American Amanda Knox is going through the appeals process for her murder conviction in Italy. The trial has been very suspicious and Knox's parents weighed in with their feelings saying they didn't agree with the decisions that have been made so far.
Well now her parents are on trial for slander, speaking their minds about the decisions made against their daughter. I'm not here to pass judgement on innocents or guilt, but I'm very happy to say that we live in a country were we're allowed to say we think the court made a bad decision.