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So it’s been no picnic inside my head lately. Financial stresses, job frustrations, and a healthy amount of academic insanity. Oh and did you hear? My master’s program is phasing out the requirement to even DO A CAPSTONE PROJECT. But of course, that doesn’t go into effect until FALL. And oh by the way, we announced this too far past the deadline to add/drop without screwing your financial aid. And then there is the IRB which you didn’t think you’d need to submit, but then surprise! yes, yes you do need IRB review! and hey, why not drag it out a whole week + past the proposal review date! Why not?  Wall, meet head.

But anyway, none of that is the point of this post. See, as I was marinating in my frustrations last night, my awesome little bro (AKA Uncle Bubba) called me up with great excitement in his voice and said “YOU’LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT I JUST SAW!!!” And he then proceeded to tell me about a promotional bit he just saw on Food Network: an upcoming CHOPPED ALL STAR 5-PART BATTLE! Now, to those of you who are not Chopped aficionados (I can’t imagine why not), you might not realize that the mere announcement of this special series is enough to get excited about.  But wait, there’s MORE!!!

AWESOME

One day last June, UB and I were verbally dissecting the latest episode of Chopped, and we started talking about how AWESOME it would be if they had some kind of special all-star battle in which the chef judges came down from their lofty judging seats and competed themselves to donate the prize to their charity of choice.  The more we talked about this idea, the cooler it sounded and the more excited we got, and finally I decided, what the hell…I’m gonna go online and email the Food Network! AND I DID! And I got a lovely auto-response email back from my detailed idea submission. And lo and behold 9ish months later, I’ll be damned if this special series isn’t almost EXACTLY what I proposed in my email, except for the number of rounds and the inclusion of a few other celebrity chef contestants. So I don’t think I can take ALL the credit for this most exciting, awesome, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious TV development….but I’m sure as hell gonna stake my claim on a tiny little bit of it!

Take that, bad mood!