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Bday

So I turned 21 the other day and I went to chipotle for lunch as I said I would. I ordered a beer with my burrito and when they checked my ID she saw that it was my birthday and decided to give me the burrito for free. Score thats why chipotle is awesome

sennheiser rules

For my business technical writing class, our second assignment of the semester was a direct request. This involved researching a company, its products, services, advertising, and target audience. Using that information, we had to leverage the company into sending us free stuff. I chose Sennheiser because they make quality headphones. Since I am running at least 3 times a week now, I figured it would be a good idea to ditch my shitty headphones that fall out of my ears. So I decided that Sennheiser's CX-380 sport headphones would be a great target to write for.

Well look what showed up in the mail today (3/15).

The letter was sent out on 3/1, so thats a pretty swift response considering I gave a deadline of 3/20. The only thing is that they sent me MX 75 sports because they were out of CX380. I'm not complaining though. In case you can't read the note that came with it says "Hi Sam- I'm all out of CX 380... I hope this does the trick. -E-". He wrote that on the back of a business card. Here is the letter:

According to both amazon.com and sennheiser's website, this retails for $69.95. Sweet deal! Thanks Sennheiser! And to make it even better, I get an automatic A for the assignment, worth 20% of my semester grade.

Friday when I went to see the concrete crusher, I locked my bike up outside of Talbot. When I went to leave, the lock wouldn't unlock. It's ridiculous. No I didn't forget the combination. How does a lock just stop working? Is it because of the moisture and rain. wtf. My bike is now stuck at the lab. I have to walk everywhere. lame

no class

This weekend is EOH (engineering open house) and I am fortunate enough to have all of my classes cancelled tomorrow. This is great news. I will probably go to the giant concrete crusher in the basement of Talbot for the demonstration. We are going to do this in a lab for 300 this semester I think, but its fun to watch anyways especially if you don't have classss! I might check out some of the other competitions for a little bit, but I will have to study a little bit for the 300 exam on monday and the 310 quiz (airports finally). Friday night is beruit. Excited about that one. We got the 8th seed out of 30 which is our highest yet in any semester. Oh yeah and I have to run tomorrow.

Dear Prudence

Its getting real nice in shampoo banana so I'm going to have to start running outside soon. Running outside has its advantages and disadvantages. Its good because you can run anywhere without passing the same place twice, it feels better than running inside, and I don't have to go all the way to the arc or crce. Running outside can be bad because the sidewalks here suck (lots of fatigue and thermal cracking, some potholes), you must stop at stoplights/signs to avoid getting struck by cars, and its weird running among other people who aren't working out. But seeing as the half marathon is getting closer (may 1st), I need to start doing long runs which would be a lot more enjoyable outside. Speaking of enjoyable runs, my headphones suck. I'm waiting on my free headphones, Sennheiser. If they don't come by spring break, I'll have to go and buy a pair at the union.

food

All I've eaten for the past 2-3 weeks has been either:

• Noodles and cottage cheese (the quality of cottage cheese in champaign sucks compared to home)
• Pizza bagel (home made not that frozen shit)
• stir fry

Not saying any of those are bad. They are all awesome, but starting to get sick of them. Need to go home and restock on food supplies, go to good restaurants, and have a refrigerator full of food.

My birthday is 2 weeks from today and I'm excited for my lunch plan. I will be dining on chipotle. In addition, I will be the first person I've ever seen to order a beer with my burrito (probably a XX). I'm kind of hungry now...

what do you meeeow

summa

After talking about where we want to travel after the 6 week program is over, we decided on 5 countries. I couldn't be happier with our choice of destinations:

1. Athens

2. Berlin

3. Paris

4. Amsterdam

5. Spain (we haven't decided which city yet)

We will be staying anywhere from 2 to 2 and a half extra weeks so that will be 2-3 days in each place. I think there is going to be six of us traveling together. Can't waitttttt I'm psyched.

one more time

I've been listening to a lot of music lately so I decided to make a top5 of the concerts I've been to:

5. Phish at Toyota Park in Bridgeview 8/11/2009

This concert wasn't amazing by any means. First off, it took us 3 hours to get there sitting in bumper to bumper traffic. Our seats were pretty far back, and the song selection wasn't the greatest. But it was Phish. They are legendary. They did debut a new song "windy city", which is the song from this video. The light show was pretty cool, and the crowd was awesome. Also, they played "Harry Hood", my favorite Phish song.

4. Summer Camp Music Festival 2009

Summer camp is like no other place. There was no computers, cell phones, or tvs. Crazie hippies roamed the camping grounds, and there was a lot of awesome music. The best part was chilling in the middle of the forest. We had our tents set up in a little village called dickland where everyone was very friendly. The whole thing sounds kind of ridiculous, and it was (what else is in Chilicothe Illinois?). But everyone had fun for 3 showerless days, and Jeff Pearl repaid me for the sandwich incident from freshman year. JUICE

3. The Decemberists at Millenium Park July 18,2007

So this was the first real concert I had ever been to.

It was even more awesome because it was in the Millenium Park theater.

They played all of the good songs (oh valencia, 16 military wives were my favorites).

And afterwards it rained like a bitch and we got soaked walking to the train station.

2. Girl Talk New Years Eve Chicago 12/31/2009

I've been to 4 or 5 girl talk shows, but this was easily the best one.

Not only was the set awesome (a house that people were dancing in), but there was a ton of energy from the new years crowd.

Don't think I stopped dancing at any point during that concert.

1. Daft Punk Lollapalooza 2007

Look at the banner up top and this video.

No description necessary.

And for those of you who think electronic music sucks, screw you.

The lineups for this years festivals are awesome. LCD Soundsystem, Jayz, Gorillaz, Muse.... My good friends dp would say "musics got me feelin so free"

Caw

Don't remember reading this one.

rawr

great video and song