Random happenings

Lots of random stuff to stay updated on!

• The snow I was hoping for didn't really come.  We got an inch maybe total, and at any given time, there was only the tiniest amount that actually stuck.  So much for the great storm of 2011.  Bet those bus drivers felt silly for putting on chains and driving through a light dusting if anything at all.  We did see cars coming into the city with several inches piled on them... probably coming from Tacoma or somewhere else.  Lucky bastards.
• Did the initial testing for the sugar sweetened beverage study I mentioned earlier.  The fructose tolerance test went well, just waiting to make sure there's nothing weird about my blood sample that the lab finds.
• The pipes under my kitchen sink started leaking this weekend.  It was a slow leak, enough so that instead of dripping on the floor, it clung to the walls and kinda slid to the floor, if that makes sense at all.  So basically I couldn't catch it in a bucket or anything.  I would leave for an hour or two and come back to a puddle on the kitchen floor.  There's an emergency pager for the maintenance people my leasing company has, but no one responded of course.  They finally came by today while I was at class. The note they left says they replaced the faucet and pipes.  The faucet definitely looks different, the pipes I can't tell, but it's not leaking anymore, so I believe them. 
• I have a small file safe I keep important stuff in.  Last night, the latch mechanism on it broke in such a way that even though the safe was unlocked, the latch was still engaged, and I couldn't open it.  After trying to pry the safe open with no luck, I tried to pry off the latch/lock mechanism instead.  5 minutes later, I was in.  And the safe was destroyed.  What's the lesson here?  Don't buy a Sentry filesafe.  If you know how to, they are far too easy to break into.  And the fact that the latch broke in the first place isn't too great either.  
• On campus, we have this big ol' fountain, kinda like the one on Sproul Plaza but much bigger.  Earlier in the year, when daytime highs were in the 20's, the whole thing froze.  It was awesome.  But I didn't get any pictures!  Been waiting for it to freeze again, but no luck.  This weekend, it partially froze and I got this shot: 

• It's half frozen!  Probably the best we'll get till next winter.

And where would we be without a parting cat picture??