17 days and counting...

This is going to be a short post because the battery on my laptop is dying, and I'm far too lazy to get up and get my charger.

So, 17 days until I leave for Italy!! I've been reading my textbooks Hermione Granger-style, and they're really cool. Two of them are about creating powders from minerals, mixing them and applying them to plaster, etc... I'm excited.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermione_granger

Now I'm going to name-drop a little bit- for those of you who are music fiends, you'll know who I'm talking about. One of Eau Claire's local celebrities, Justin Vernon, is the lead singer of the band Bon Iver.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_Iver

Anyway, late last night he and the band came in to Stella Blues, and my boss, Linda who has known him since he was little thought that the other waitress there would collapse into fits of hysteria if she took the table. (Obviously impressed by his celebrity or whatever...) Little did she know I'm a big fan, and the other waitress (Katelind*) probably has no idea who he is. HA! Anyway, they were all nice, and he's a good tipper. yay!


ALSO, tonight, I'm co-hosting a beer tasting at a friends house, and I'm pretty excited. There will be around 20 different beers, and I'm making appetizers and such.

I guess that's it for now- It's overcast here but still very warm, around 80.

Siri

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siri


** Katelind is actually a good friend, and we found out that we are also distantly related. Mom's cousin Sue is also Katelind's mom's cousin. Small world, eh?