I just saw Barack Obama. He came to Pitt for a speech (that I didn’t attend because I was too lazy to pick up tickets), and the building he was giving the speech in is right next to the building where my Chinese classes are held. So, after class, when I saw all the people lined up on the streets, I thought, “Why not?”

I ended up waiting for forty something minutes in the cold before I saw him, but it was okay. I got a towel, too. (Apparently it’s a Pittsburgh thing…?)

He was surrounded by reporters, and I was standing on a hill, so I didn’t get a full view of him. He smiled and waved, talked to the reporters a bit, waved his towel (Which prompted everyone else to wave their towels as well), and then was ushered into the bus.

Afterward, as I was walking back, people were calling their uncles and family just to say that they saw Barack Obama. Of course, I’m blogging this, so I’m not any better.

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Dude, I saw Obama! =D

I am here to talk about food. Yes, food. Num nums. Sustenance. Consumables.

I’m certain all of you here know about university dining plans and such, where students have to buy a plan to eat their school’s meals rather than going to a restaurant! I’m not sure about the quality of your university, but I do know the quality of mine! I’ll just go in order of the places I’ve been.

First, Market Central. Located down from the main lobby of Lothrop Towers, where most of the freshman live, it contains an Italian restaurant, a 360 degree Asian grill, a vegan restaurant with the most amazing salads, a bread/sandwich/sub place, a comfort food/homestyle restaurant, and two more I haven’t visited yet. It’s all you can eat, too, and I’ve been controlling myself as to not turn into a beached whale from all the choices.

The second place I visited was the Cathedral Cafe, on the ground floor of the Cathedral of Learning. They’ve got your typical lunch fare, such as sub and sandwiches, a Chick-fil-a, etc., but what really makes it stand out is the sushi bar.

There is a sushi bar. Need I explain myself further? ♥

Finally, this evening, I visited the Schenley Cafe, on the ground floor of the William Pitt Union. I came for the smoothies. They have nice smoothies. And a burger place and Pizza Hut, but I don’t care about that. Mmm, mango smoothie.

Of course, there are still places I haven’t visited, and a ton of little coffee/snack/quick meal carts all over the place. Pitt has some really nice places to eat.

…And I’m out of mango smoothie. Darn it.

The thought of going to Chicago on my birthday fills me with much glee and joy and joyfulness. Of course, my mother and I will be there for business, in which I will be translating poorly for her, and we aren’t staying for even a full twenty-four hours, but I’ll be in Chicago.

Hopefully we’ll have enough time there to visit the Art Institute of Chicago. It will be my birthday; I should get something, right?

In less exciting news, Daylight Savings Time can go die. ♥

In slightly more exciting but still generally less exciting than Chicago news, China just banned LiveJournal. Again. Well, to be fair, they banned a lot more websites recently, and Wikipedia will probably never get un-banned, but. Still. I want my LJ when I’m in China.

Also, I want to design a new layout but I just finished one for another site I’m planning and I’m up to my eyeballs in CSS and HTML and no more I want to sleep now.

DreamHost is my host, and I do love them so much simply for hosting me. Best twenty-three dollars spent ever.

Can you tell I’m happy? I can tell I’m happy. I’m like a kid with five thousand dollars in a candy store happy.

I can finally host things and do thing and, and, and and andand–

Eeee! ♥~