Crazy Product Recommendation #2

Sweet Tea: Explained

Keeping the south running...

For those of you who are new to the South, this is a quick primer on sweet tea.

Sweet tea is in the same food group as fried chicken. It’s delicious.

Fast Facts:

• Sweet tea must be brewed hot (I thought everyone knew this, but then I found the impostor: Lipton)
• Georgia tried to make a law making unsweet tea illegal to sell by itself in 2003. (true story)
• If you ask for “tea” and get sweet tea, then complain, you may be removed from the restaurant.
• Ok I made that up, but it SHOULD be true, so don’t do it.
• It is odd to drink unsweet tea with those drinking the real stuff…
• You’ll probably be ostracized
• Publix Sweet Tea is delicious. I have large quantities in my room on a regular basis, and if you bring a cup, I’ll give you some…

USC Update

So I decided to do a video update with some random stuff thrown in there. Just some quick stories @ USC

if the video isn’t working, try this link, sorry it’s acting weird

Mailboxes, Classes, and other flotsam

Soo complicated!

So I tried to get to my mailbox today. And it was practically impossible. I spent 20 minutes trying to open up. Yea…it was crazy. I was eventually successful…thankfully.

Classes start tomorrow. my schedule is below!

How about you?

Crazy product recommendation

Peanut Butter. Think to yourself: “Why don’t I eat more peanut butter?”

But really, why not try more Smuckers Natural Peanut Butter. Like go buy a bucket of it. Then eat it with milk

The best peanut butter ever

It’s ok to be skeptical. But you have no idea what you’re missing out on. If someone wrote a book on the college experience, peanut butter should have a chapter.

I’m not particularly sponsored by Smuckers, even though it’s true, they keep my taste buds going. Peanut butter is where its at though.

5 things I forgot to bring…

So far I’ve forgotten a couple of things I never thought I’d need…

No spoon for the peanut butter...

1. spoons and forks.  How can you eat peanut butter without a good spoon?
2. Nail clippers. This isn’t an issue yet, but how awkward is it to borrow nail clippers?
3. Printer cables. Just when I thought I’d brought everything, I forgot these.
4. All of my pictures. Blank walls aren’t that bad, but just didn’t really think about it.
5. Batteries. College requires way more batteries than home life. Or maybe I just never bought them…
6. Bonus: Trash Can. I guess I just assumed…

And what did you forget?

1st Night Carolina

Time to blog about the way the world oughta be.

So I show up in Maxcy dorm this morning to be greeted by

This guy, Harris Pastides. Well I introduced myself, hi I’m Stephen etc. And he says: “we’re really glad to have you at the college, I’m president of the University.” … You’re president? Woah! So the story gets better when he and his wife are totally down for taking a rug and 50 pound luggage up 3 floors of stairs to my room. Needless to say, I’m a fan.

Then it’s time for “First Night Carolina,” a freshman event where everyone gets together and gets pepped up for the year. So the little guy to your left is adoringly named: “Cocky.” Cocky? Anyway the standard cheer for any gamecock is: “gooooo COCKS” (embarrassing at all?) lol it’s not bad, because if 10,000 other people cheer at the same time, the weirdness sorta disappears, at least a little bit. Anyway my riff begins when I show up on time, get on the bus on time, and get to the stadium…on time. Well for the next HOUR I watched people file in, all the while seated on the deliciously comfy bleachers. Then the DVD doesn’t work. Then the cheesy segways… Why!? Well that’s why we have tomorrow.

Food Week #1

So let’s sum up USC’s food- first four meals since moving in.

Tortellini with Green Beans and Rice	This was my first meal. It tasted like the Ravioli your mom begrudgingly gave you as a kid. Not something I recommend you eat as a mature, distinguished freshman in college. Unless of course you like bad, frozen Ravioli 3/10
Delicious fresh tossed salad with Honey Mustard	This was delicious. Those friendly ladies will make this right before your eager eyes and then allow you to consume it. Best part was, it’s all meal plan! Addtl note: I still need to try it with Chicken, but that’s what tomorrow’s for. 8/10
Fettuchini Alfredo with Corn and Cabbage	This was ok. I love Fettuchini Alfredo. But it wasn’t delicious. The cabbage is worth having and the corn was good enough to save the ratings. An obvious lack of protein here, which was not good 2 hours later when I was hungry again. 6/10
Chick-Fil-A with Ranch and Buffafalo	Much better than I expected. Someone went crazy on the lemonade, and I actually had to stop drinking it because of the crazy sweetness. SERIOUSLY…and I love lemonade. The sandwich was good, a far cry from a “real” Chicken sandwich, but the fries were nice. 4.5/10 (but I’m a chicken snob…so it’s hard to get good ratings)

What do you like? Any really appetizing stuff I should try?