Day 281: 2 Birthdays

 

October 8th, 2011Geetha’s birthday was also Rashika’s birthday, and subsequently two free Pazookies were provided courtesy of BJ’s. Geetha and I went to Foodworx in the morning to get some breakfast before going to Geisel for a very limited amount of time. We went back to her place where we chillaxed, took a nap, and then explored La Jolla Village Square in anticipation for Amul’s, BeeJohn’s, and Rashika’s arrival. We went to Ralph’s, Staples, Marshall’s, Best Buy, and CVS in an effort to wait for them. Amul arrived on time surprisingly, even though he came all the way from Riverside, while Rashika and Bee-John both came 45 minutes late. FAIL! 4 of us got pasta while the outcast Bee-John simply got a delicious pizza. We all had a fun time re-kindling together and connecting as a clique, before heading on over to Best Buy to kill time before the next movie showing. We played with tablets, and took a traditional Best Buy picture before heading over to AMC to wait 50/50. The movie wasn’t all that great, especially since I thought it was going to be a comedy. Instead, it was just deeply tragic as tears streamed down my face at random intervals. By the end of the night Amul dropped everyone off as I chilled with Geetha the rest of the night.

On this day in 1871, flames spark in the Chicago barn of Patrick and Catherine O’Leary, igniting a two-day blaze that kills between 200 and 300 people, destroys 17,450 buildings, leaves 100,000 homeless and causes an estimated $200 million (in 1871 dollars; $3 billion in 2007 dollars) in damages. Legend has it that a cow kicked over a lantern in the O’Leary barn and started the fire, but other theories hold that humans or even a comet may have been responsible for the event that left four square miles of the Windy City, including its business district, in ruins. Dry weather and an abundance of wooden buildings, streets and sidewalks made Chicago vulnerable to fire. The city averaged two fires per day in 1870; there were 20 fires throughout Chicago the week before the Great Fire of 1871. BURN BABY BURN….

Rep. Ron Paul of Texas turned out his well-organized crop of supporters Saturday and won a presidential preference straw poll with 37% of the vote. Coming in second place in the poll of social conservatives at the annual Values Voter Summit was retired pizza chain executive Herman Cain, who pulled in 23% of the vote. OF COURSE THE MEDIA FOCUSES ON THE SECOND PLACE FINISHER -_-.

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