Cambridge, Behemoth Papers, and Free Burritos

Yesterday, we took a day trip to Cambridge. We took a train from King's Cross (finally!) and travelled through the countryside. There were long fields and hills and we passed little villages with clusters of buildings. It was just what I needed. I listened to the soundtracks to the Harry Potter movies on the way there.

Cambridge was pretty cool. Not as cool as Canterbury, but still nice. We took a tour of the city and went through several chapels. We saw buildings where Sir Issac Newton, Lord Byron, and William Wilburforce studied, lived, and prayed. After the tour, we went to a Sainsbury's and I bought 5 raspberry-filled doughnuts for 65 pence. None of them lasted through the day.

That afternoon, I wandered around Cambridge by myself while I waited for the train back to King's Cross. I found an indie music store that had hundreds of CDs, all priced between £3 and £10 (most of them cost £3). I spent about half an hour there and bought 2 Johnny Cash CDs for £5 each. It was awesome. When we got back to the HC, I checked online and found one of their stores in London. I plan on going there and spending all the money I have. Ok, that's a lie, but I am definately going to investigate this place further.

This week's paper has been very hard for several reasons:

-We didn't have a paper last week, so we're out of practice
-We had 2 weeks worth of material to put into this paper
-The topic required us to integrate all of last week's material with all of this week's material
-We lost a good chunk of Friday to Cambridge
-I just flat out hate writing these things

After a fruitless brainstorming session on Thursday, I buckled down and made a decent outline last night and this morning. I woke up today at 8:45, ate breakfast, went to the library, and hammered out 3 whole pages by 1:45. Then today got good.

About three weeks ago, we walked by a Mexican restaurant on our way back from Sainsbury's. Adam was talking about burritos earlier that day, so we stopped in to smell them. While we were there, we saw a poster adverstising free burritos from 12-9 PM on February 28. We all got excited and I put the date on my calendar.

Today, Adam, Steve, Tabitha, Zeke, Natalie, Laura, and I went back to the restaurant. On the way there, Adam was having second thoughts on whether or not the free tacos were even real. And he also figured that they'd be really small, if they even existed. I felt the same way, but I wanted a free burrito, regardless of how small it was or how bad it tasted. So we get to the restaurant, and the first thing we notice is this huge crowd of people outside the restaurant. We make our way up to the restaurant, and the next thing we notice is a live mariachi band and a dancing Corona bottle. There are also about a dozen girls walking around with trays of free nachos. There is a massive line coming out of the restaurant.

We finally made our way inside, and there is an assembly line of people behind the counter making tacos. There's a man at a counter giving out margaritas in brightly colored glasses. No ID's, no questions asked. Not only was this restaurant giving out free burritos and free nachos, but it was even giving out free booze!

The burritos themselves were amazing. Each one was bigger than a Super Mighty from Mighty Taco. And, you chose everything that went on it. Mine had steak, rice, and cheese. And it was free. We were in heaven. It felt like we robbed a bank, and they didn't call the cops, but gave us free nachos as well.

After the burritos, I relaxed until dinner. I took a shower and skyped my family (Adam was at a service project from 4-10, and let me use his laptop while he was gone). Then we had dinner. About an hour after dinner, Natalie, Laura and I took a new group of people (Evan, Ben, David P, David B, Vickey, and Liz) to the Mexican restaurant for more. I got the same taco as before, only with chicken instead of steak. Because, you know, we got to choose what went on our burritos. Our free burritos. I didn't eat it, though. Right now, it's sitting in the fridge, waiting to become my dinner tomorrow.

When we got back, I belted out the remaining two pages of my paper and Vickey peer-edited it for me. I turned it in and watched two Bugs Bunny cartoons with Steve. Then I messed around online for a bit. Then I watched Johnny Cash's "Hurt" video with Lindsey, David B, Erin, and Liz (watch it- it'll make you weep). Then I made this blog. Now I'm done. And I'm going to bed. Good night.