too much writing

well if you really want to get me to do math i guess the best way is to turn the problems into recipes. i mean seriously, when jeffery steingarten is required reading are you actually in school?

other things. eric you do deserve mention, and not only because you are the only one who commented, also not because i didnt see you when you were in dc. mostly because that was a hilarious comment. i just think you should know "kudos". anne-chovies was good, but the top chef/jon & kate plus 8 comment was over the top.

so see, if youre checking back often and commenting you may get a shout out.

anyway, i just finished my first weekend here and i would sa

y that it was quite a success. now of course it is me we are talking about so there is my devastating financial situation, coupled with my absolute inability to spend wisely.

this weeks example: i had to print some forms out, and when i went to do that the pages that came out were completely blank. realizing i would need a printer often, i decided to drive into poughkeepsie (which really is kind of as bad as it sounds, the

re are just things places, random buildings, shopping centers arent attached, the paint is all peeling off, downtown is a confusing blend of almost charming and potentially government subsidized housing) and go to office depot. now i happen to own a hp 4400 deskjet or something like that. when i walked into the store i stood behind a desk at the ink depot, an employee asked me if i needed for help and as i started to respond he just goes, "yeah over there go look for it". great, so not only am i trapped in this awful, budget office depot, they apparently have the rudest and least helpful staff ever. my story is getting really long, so let me shorten it for you. i couldnt find any ink suitable for a 4400 model, but i did find one that worked for 4440, and 4402 and so on in the fashion of 44_ _. i figured the hell with it that would be fine. $37 later, i get back to my dorm open that bad boy up, take off the prote

ctive tape covering...and then pull out my old cartridge. well needless to say it didnt fit. i ended up just putting my old one in, the printer asked me to align it, and guess what, a whole page printed out in a rather vibrant black. i had ink the whole time.

i some how always forget that i am just not an adult at all, like the time i didnt know what a deductable was, or how much i pay for my cell phone bill.

with that exception the weekend was really nice. on saturday a few of us went to the market, picked up some striped bass, asparagus and things for a salad. the school has a couple of outdoor brick grills near the edge of campus by the water, that students are allowed to use, so we (and by we i mean philip and christian) put together a buerre

blanc, grilled up the asparagus and fish, tossed together a quick arugula/mesclun salad, and enjoyed a few glasses of white wine.

as christian would say, our ghetto ass mise en place

then perhaps the best thing that could ever happen to anyone happened to me. this guy walks out to the grill and asks me if we are almost done so he and his friends could get on. i tell him yeah, pretty close and he says, "cool, you want a mojito?" what the fuck, i am never leaving culinary school. yes i absolutely want a mojito.

for easter philip and i explored the vanderbilt mansion a bit. we had planned to make dinner again, but easter put a halt on that idea. so we headed into rhinebeck. which is the realization of quaint and charming. the meal we had at arielle, maybe not so stellar, but the town certainly deserving of more time.