Mobile: Dino Egg

The juicy, fleshy centre. Mmm.

The marketing whizzes of the pluots did well with the "Dinosaur Egg" name. As a younger child, these labels made pluots highly desirable. Yum!

Mobile: Canadian Geese

Hey you silly things, go back to canada

Chicago needs ramen

One thing Chicago really lacks is a proper ramen outpost. A quick search on yelp.com reveals only a couple of asian supermarkets way out that serve the stuff or some place in the loop with a 1-star rating. Ugh. Figure it out, restauranteurs!

Passport blues no more

Oh yeah, I picked up my passport. I feel like a free woman.

Passport blues

Sent in my passport application to the Canadians at the end of May/early June so it's been about two months. No word and no charge on the credit card I used to pay for the processing fee. Find out that my credit card's security has been compromised. Citibank is sending me a new one in the mail and my old one will become inactive very soon. Thus, once the Canadians get their shit together and finally start processing my application, it will be a bust since the credit card will get DENIED!

This is a nightmare. My trip is coming around the corner and if this application is denied, there is no way (given how bloody slow the canucks are) I will be able to get a passport in time! Before you get on my case and ask me about expedited applications, the Canadians, bless their lazy, socialist souls, don't have any! The best they have is sending the application via courier to a slightly different address than the "regular" one sent via regular mail.

So I'm in dialogues with the local consulate. Hopefully they will be able to provide some sort light in the hole in which I am currently finding myself.