Sign Me Up...

I was reading the Red Eye (Chicago commuter paper) and I noticed an ad for Harold Washington College. I continued to read the "new classes offered" section. Now if the following list of subjects doesn't make you suddenly get off your butt and register, then asiankp is no longer asian. For example, new classes offered are: Beginning Golf, Contracts&Torts, Jazzercise, Microsoft Word Advanced, Peachtree, and my personal favorite, Homeland Security Pandemic Training. Wow.
And if that's not enough, you can now get certified in the following areas: Basic College Math, Belly Dancing, and again my personal favorite: Stepping.

So classes begin Monday, October 30th...I'm pretty sure Asiankp will be stepping.

Asiankp=Terminator

So today was incredibly interesting. We had many clients in the office so my big duty of the day was fetching the lunch orders. I don't mind this because it involves getting outside the office in the fun downtown area and investigating restaurants I could never afford. Well, one particular restaurant I entered had quite the fancy decor and a door patron. We had put in a large order for takeout and my boss had asked that I double check the order to make sure nothing was missing. Standard request. When I recieved the food, I repeated my boss' simple request. The man who was attending me, let's call him Lou, starts flipping out. Lou scoffs at my request calling it unreasonable and uneccessary and totally inconsiderate and the list goes on and on and on. One would think I had just asked him to stand on his head and juggle the matzo balls. What could I say to Lou? I sheepishly took the bags of food and muttered something about just trying to do my job. I returned to the office, reported what occurred to my boss and went on my merry way.
A few hours later, my boss gets a call from a man. Let's call him Harry. Apparently Harry is calling to apologize for Lou's behavior. My boss explains that I mentioned that Lou was rude but it wasn't a big deal. Harry says that Lou's behavior is unacceptable and he has been let go. Let go?? Yes, as in dimissed and fired. Harry also offers to buy the office free lunch. Now Lou was rude but you know, he might have a had a bad day or something. Now we'll never know.

Looks like I'll get to eat there after all...

Grin and BEAR it

Chicago is home to many things I love: Giordano's pizza, Greektown, Navy Pier, and of course, the Shedd Aquarium. It is also home to many things I loathe: numero uno being the Chicago Bears. Growing up in Wisconsin, I was taught to hate the devil, Herb Kohl, and the Chicago Bears. I dont need to tell anyone that the disgusted Bears are now 6-0 having staged a ridiculously termed "comeback" game against the Arizona Cardinals last night. I am sick to my stomach at the thought of a Bears 6-0 team. The very thought of the Bears winning the divison and possibly the NFC makes me gag more than watching Jim McMahon do the "Super Bowl Shuffle." All this Super Bowl talk makes me even more ill especially when I think of the VINCE LOMBARDI trophy in the hands of some cannibalistic mammals. Think Brian Urlacher. This fall season is rapidly becoming unBEARable. Look, I'm even making ridiculous Bear puns. Someone save me.

The Dawn of a New Age

Fall is here...winter is fast approaching...Halloween decorations have been here since September. It is time for asiankp's makeover. Blog makeover that is; although asiankp has no moral qualms about drastic makeovers. If you would like to sponsor's Asiankp's liposuction or her facelift, please send donations to 1001 Drury Lane, Muffinland. That, of course, is a fake address because I don't know what kind of crazies exist on this blogger. If you really want to send me money, I can provide a real address for you.
But seriously, fall makes me think of shedding one coat to reveal a brighter, crispier one. Take the trees in autumn. Think about what they do. Think of asiankp. Now think of asiankp as a tree in autum. You guessed it. I'm shedding a new coat.