Another Brick in the Wall

After 6 hours of sitting in the airport, I finally made it home for Thanksgiving. Traditionally, Thanksgiving is a time for turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and football. This year my family and I decided to do a nontraditional Thanksgiving (seeing how only one of us like turkey or potatoes) and we celebrated the holiday with football and Mexican food instead. Tacos, bean dip, salsa, and enchiladas to be exact. I made these enchiladas:

Enchilada Recipe

Friday night we went and saw Roger Water's The Wall live at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Pink Floyd is a family favorite so we had a lot of fun, not to mention it was a great show.

Ian And I at the concert

Another Brick in the Wall Live

Stage

Jamie and Kelly

We had a fun time, although I was slightly excited to get back to Logan and all the new snow =)

Airports are for sitting.

With midterms, projects, and everything else due today I spent last night cleaning, packing, and completing my stats midterm. At three in the morning I received a text from one of my many current event news sources saying that North Korea fired artillery on South Korea. South Korea fired back (using less than half the amount of shells that North Korea dished out) and I spent the next hour texting my political science friends...happy to rub in the fact that I knew about this "belligerent attack" hours before BBC could even post it on their website. It may be snobby, but poli sci students are very competitive and I am not afraid to take every presented opportunity that allows me to squish them beneath my adorable black boots as I climb the hierarchy ladder that is HASS at Utah State. I also made a bet that South Korea, who at the time I received the information was going into "cabinet meetings" to decide the best form of response, would choose to waste this opportunity and only threaten a future attack. Score: 1 Tori / 0 South Korea

South Korea Pretty Much Does Nothing

After finally packing, cleaning, and going to bed I was ready to finish my classes and travel home for Thanksgiving break. However, I received a USU emergency call at 11 saying that campus would be closed after 2pm due to an incoming "severe blizzard". Although my flight was not until 6.40pm, I quickly packed and set off for SLC at 2pm to insure I did not get stuck in Sardine Canyon in a white-out blizzard. Upon arriving to Centerville, UT I received a notification email that my flight was cancelled due to weather conditions.

Currently in Starbucks at 4pm, I have a flight to Vegas at 8.40 pm (Yay! Only 5 more hours to go). On the bright side, I am online chatting with friends, listening to my free Starbucks-provided iTunes song "Angel Dance" by Robert Plant, and spying on customers.

The couple on a first date next to me are sharing stories and insights from their "alcoholics anonymous" class and the cute tall man waiting for his chi latte caught me taking a picture of him. Starbucks is closing early (apparently the blizzard will be here in 15 mins) and I am off to the airport now.... Maybe my flight tonight will not be cancelled and I will be able to get home by 10pm tonight..... and maybe South Korea will grow a pair and take this chance to wipe Kim Jong-il off this earth. Not likely. Wish me a safe flight.

-Tori