thanksgiving in chicago.

southwest airlines for the win. i bought some nice, cheap plane tickets to go to chicago for thanksgiving, and that makes me happy.

i'm getting to chicago at 2:30 p.m. on wednesday, november 21, and i'm leaving on sunday, november 25, at 9:25 p.m.

so, if any of you are in chicago then, we should hang out.

(yes. this is an edited post...i originally booked my flight a week later, thinking thanksgiving is the 29th. i'm a total idiot. but, i fixed the flights--and will actually be in town for thanksgiving, not the week after. feel free to mock me mercilessly.)

free rice.

just in time for finals, i present the best time-waster ever:

free rice.

it's a vocabulary quiz. you'll learn lots of fun new words. and, every question you get right helps provide rice through donating ad revenue to a united nations food programme. i found out about this website this morning through mrvoid, and i've just gotten addicted to it.

i know i should be doing schoolwork, but this is a lot more fun. schoolwork was probably not going to teach me the word "panjandrum." panjandrum is a perfect word. it means self-important dignitary. the word just sounds and feels as if it should mean that.

it is now my life's goal to call someone a panjandrum to their face.