Casimir Pulaski Day

Monday March 1st 2010

Happy Casimir Pulaski Day to all! Casimir Pulaski Day is a state holiday in Illinois and also in Wisconsin to commemorate the Polish born American Revolutionary Hero Casimir Pulaski. Truthfully the only reason why I know that is because of a song by Sufjan Stevens called Casimir Pulaski Day. Sorry if this opening paragraph is sort of random.

My Casimir Pulaski Day was spent relaxing in my apartment, and trying to transfer some files and documents from my old computer to my new one. It was a long day because the old computer randomly would shut off after ten minutes or so of being on, which was really why I needed a new one in the first place. After a little bit of struggle, I was able to save most of the files that I needed, and should not need to revisit the old and busted laptop that served me in such a mediocre way throughout college.

I also tried to enjoy the fruits of my labors from last night, when I attempted to bake a strawberry pie. I'm aware that this may also be random, but after watching a few episodes of Pushing Dasies I had been wanting to bake a pie, and couldn't find any ingredients in the local stores or markets to satisfy my desire to make any sort of normal pie. Strawberries, however, are currently abundant, and so I tried my hand at making a strawberry pie last night. It needed to chill overnight, and I was excited to try it this morning.

It was terrible. Absolutely awful. Really pure garbage. Most of the time, I can pinpoint something I've done wrong and write down a note on how to fix the problem for the next time I try and prepare that food. This time, my note read: Don't bake this again.

I'll still eat it, I mean far be it from me to just throw away a perfectly edible strawberry pie. Those strawberries weren't cheap.

I was also able to squeeze in some reading out on the balcony for a while in the afternoon before coming inside to prepare dinner, which I am in the middle of right now. I love a good breakfast for dinner.