He had it comin'!

(In the car while driving across the country)
Anna: Have you seen the movie Chicago?
Me (chewing gum and driving): Yeah, we watched it together. Why?
A: There was a song about women who killed their husbands. One woman killed her husband because he kept popping his gum.
B: Hmm. Yeah? And?
A: (Pointed stare)
B: (Takes out gum) Sorry.


Mr. Andrew Strobel was able to take enough time off from hating Syracuse to drive down to Ithaca to hang with us yesterday. We ate at a natural eatery by Cornell for lunch, then walked around the Cornell campus a little bit and laughed at the geeks. "So, I was cosplaying last night..." was overheard and we didn't even try to stifle our laughter. There was no doubt that this kid was a member, if not the president, of the anime club at Cornell. In a strange way, it reminded me of being back home. Ah, good times.


We saw one of the waterfalls Ithaca is known for, then we stopped in for what Anna described as a "hippie-cult smoothie." As the old hippie man was taking our order, Andrew and I found out that she was actually serious when he asked us where we were from and started telling us about how the "Merrymaker's Caravan" was working its way along the west coast. It was a little creepy, but proselytizing aside Andrew was happy to see some genuine hippies in their natural habitat.
After smoothies and waterfalls, what else is there to do but go wine tasting? Seriously, this is one of those things I had just assumed I'd never do myself because I'm not a wine fan, but there was a winery just up the road and we thought "what the heck?" It was actually a very pleasant place with great wine (and a great way to get a cheap buzz. 6 wine tastings for $1!). We were served by a former philosophy major from IC, so I guess that answers the question of what you can do with a degree in philosophy besides teach and collect unemployment. In the end we were charmed into buying a couple of bottles of white wine that we are slowly enjoying. Strobel is now back in Syracuse at his college of environmental science and forestry, and dominating our agenda for today is sneaking into the college to do some free laundry. Let's hope it goes as smoothly as sneaking onto the campus to dispose of garbage.