The only place on campus that I can get wi-fi is the cafeteria. The SRSU cafeteria is a hoot. There's all this promotional stuff about how health-conscious the food is and how you can get a delicious and healthful meal at all times. Well, here in West TX, there isn't much else to do but eat, so pretty much everyone is somewhere between fat and morbidly obese. I should have no trouble pants shopping here since size 12 seems to be on the low end of the scale. I'm about 10 pounds heavier than I'd like to be but by Alpine standards I'm Kate Moss. This makes sense because the so-called healthy food is this:
oily burger + fries
salad bar with wilty looking produce, plus dressing
pizza bar
entree: roast beef submerged in grease plus frozen veg medley and cheesy-looking pasta product
I asked the toothless fry cook if "y'all had veggie burgers" and lo and behold, if you ask, they do. I was worried he was going to drop the veggie patty in the deep fryer, but he explained to me very carefully his cooking process starts with defrosting it in the microwave and then moving it to the grill where it will soak up some residual beef grease. Yum. I hope to lose some weight this week, but I'm on my way to some big barbecue place, so maybe not.
I do have to say that the air in west Texas is PERFECT. There is not a tinge of smog or pollution, the sky is big and blue and clear, the clouds are fluffy, and it just smells good, like nothing. Like air should smell. It is a little drier here. I find that I am a humidity girl since last night my lips started bleeding for no discernible reason. I'm applying balm like my life depends on it.
I have a writing assignment to complete tonight. But first, I have to go back to my room and eat some dried fruit so I can have those 3am poops that Andrea seems to imply that I'm famous for. Please see entries related to Dirty South last February. I may never live that down.
Posted by Zerd at July 23, 2007 04:21 PM