Hide and Seek
Every now and then, I look for something in my kitchen, and... it's not there... I check the sink, the dishwasher... I look where it was supposed to be again (thinking the magic cupboard gnomes might have brought it back, or something)... nowhere... at this point, I usually do one of two things: give up and cook with something else OR search a multitude of places where I would not expect to find the utensil for which I search. for having eliminated the probable, the likely solution has become the improbable...

tonight, for instance, I was searching for my glass measuring cup - you know - the type for measuring liquids... about two cups large... pyrex makes a lot of 'em (although not mine...) you get the point... anyway, I checked all the usual suspects, and having eliminated the cupboard gnomes as a culprit, I got creative... if I were a measuring cup, where would I be?? why of course! I'd be with the tupperware, waffle iron and blender! (OK, I suspect that's a somewhat random mix to begin with, but you see the cabinet has two doors and is functionally divided in half: one half tupperware, the other half small appliances, such as waffle irons and blenders... get it?)

now I really don't like to pick on my roommates too much, because they're good guys and I'm sure I do things that irk them from time to time... but c'mon guys! what the hell are you thinking?!?! and why am I finding the 1/3 cup dry ingredient measuring cup in with the plates and bowls??? for the love of pete! there's a pattern here! notice it, understand it, live it! not too difficult...

About roommates...
again I'll reiterate: my roommates aren't bad people or anything... but I'm ready to live by myself... thankfully, I'll be done with law school and presumably, I'll be employed at this time next year... hello, one bedroom apartment! I used to prefer living with roommates to living by myself... oh well... times change... and the thought of a one bedroom apartment is a big motivating factor when I go to study for exams...

Reading the labels
so you check what's in the food you buy... low fat, no carbs, high protein, low sodium, whatever... you're very concerned about it... but do you check what's in your christmas lights??? perhaps you should... I went off to the store today to pick up a new strand to replace one of mine that doesn't seem to want to work anymore, and as I was looking at the various options available, I happened to notice something on one box of lights: a warning that the christmas lights contained lead, and that you should wash your hands after handling them!!!!

WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!

now there used to be lead in paint... but there isn't anymore... there isn't lead (at least not that I could find) in regular lightbulbs... so... WHY IS THERE LEAD IN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS?!?!? I'm sorry, but I just don't understand...

Margarine update
still no imperial... the giant eagle where I usually get it has discontinued tubs of imperial... sadness! they still carry the stick form, but that's just not as satisfying as a big tub of margarine... woe is me... I bought more sticks of butter instead...

Parkay? Country Crock? No thank you!
I came to a shocking revelation tonight at the grocery store: I have brand loyalty towards a margarine... now I do have some brand loyalties, most notably to adidas... but are shoes and margarine really on the same level? well... not really, but in some ways, I suppose they are... I guess this all merits an explanation...

a year or so ago, I ran out of margarine and was at the store deliberating what I should replace it with... usually, I just jump for whatever's cheapest... I'll do this most often with cereal - I'll never pay more than $3 for a box of cereal, and I only go even that high for really good stuff... but I digress... as I looked at my options, I saw a tub of stuff called 'Imperial' - as good a name as any for margarine... it came in a tub that was decorated in a moderately "imperial" fashion, with bold hues of burgundy, gold and navy blue... otherwise, it was somewhat nondescript... just really basic... I thought to myself that it was probably some half-bit generic margarine and it probably wasn't that good... but it must have been the cheapest... or something... because I went ahead and got the crappy-looking margarine... when I went home and tasted it, I was in heaven! it was remarkable! so creamy, so good!! I was shocked!! I couldn't stop eating the stuff!!

anyway, tonight I was at the store and looking to pick up a now familiar tub of imperial, only to discover that they didn't even carry it! and this wasn't at a small little store either, this was at the waterfront giant eagle... please, oh please, tell me that the squirrel hill giant eagle still carries imperial! I'll give you all (meaning me) a full report on the imperial stock in a few days... until then, pray for me: I have no margarine!

He who writes the book...
sheesh, I really can't maintain this posting on a regular basis thing... anyway, speaking of bad writing, who the hell wrote and/or edited the evidence book my class uses?? I can't find any rhyme or reason to why the hearsay exceptions are presented in the order that they are... they skip around from 804 exceptions to 801 to 803 and all around again... it's madness! even sections similar to one another, like admissions and declarations against interest aren't presented consecutively for comparison and contrast... it's totally random!

on top of that, my professor teaches them in the order that they're in the book!! more madness!! of course, she might have reasons for doing that - simplifying assignments and the order thereof, considering the order irrelevant, or even subscribing to the idea that the order the book has them is, in fact, the best order to learn hearsay exceptions! I don't know... but from my point of view, the whole situation is clearly madness, and my outline will reflect one man's attempt at organization of the subject...

Today In Oakland
it smelled like bacon in oakland today... mmmm... bacon...