Student SPHere 2008-09

Aside from buying discounted Easter candy on Monday - hurray Peeps - I don't celebrate Easter. Yet this weekend managed to be a pretty good Easter Weekend.

Friday
Held a Happy Hour for the Confounders and friends. It was a gorgeous day, so I was mildly surprised that only two people came. We threw the disc around for a while and then went to the Dinkytowner for drinks and free pool. With three people, we played cutthroat style, and I actually won one game! I usually lose to Severin at pool, and he loses to me at bowling. Which reminds me, we haven't bowled in a while....

Saturday
Worked on the data analysis portion for my thesis. It went all right, except that my laptop battery came loose. I didn't notice this until I unplugged my laptop from the power cord and the screen went black. Ugh. Note to Stata developers: How about incorporating auto-save when writing do files?

Later in the evening, we biked over to the 400 Bar in the Cedar-Riverside area. I found out in early February that one of my favorite bands, Dr. Dog, was coming to town. I'm glad that the $10 service charge for purchasing tickets online was worth it, because there was a big line when we got there. The 400 Bar is pretty small and could have benefited from being larger. Still, the sound was good and I had a great time. Dr Dog plays a mean live set. I can't wait to see them again.

photo courtesy of Laura Musselman

Sunday
No real plans but to study. Soccer and ultimate were on hiatus due to Easter, so I was thinking about bowling and dinner. Then Joe called to see what Severin and I were doing for dinner that night. We didn't have any plans so we went over to his friends' apartment to cook beer can chicken. I've heard of this method of cooking before, but never tried it myself. I'm always up for a new cooking experience!

The chicken turned out amazing. Very tender meat and crispy skin. There was also homemade bread, grilled asparagus, mashed potatoes, and ice cream for dessert.

It was surprisingly warm that evening, around fifty degrees F. Grilling out on the porch and having a beer while chatting, it was a nice evening to pass with friends.