:: Pedantic Platitudes ::

:: Sunday, December 07, 2003 ::

Wow, it finally stopped snowing, but there is so much snow on the ground it's impossible to get anywhere! Today, I worked on my Chinese vocabulary and writing, as well as finishing my lab report for cognitive psychology. After dinner, I went to a surprise birthday party for one of my good friends. We enjoyed chocolate sweets and ice cream cake.

This evening, I went with a bunch of my friends to Finale, a fancy upscale restaurant in Harvard Square that specializes in desserts. It's been around for a while now, and everyone says great things about it; I mean, one only needs to look at the display case outside to know that the restaurant really perfects the art of making desserts. Each creation features a dazzling array of colors and textures, and garnishes grow up from the dish into majestic spires.

My friends decided to go to the restaurant because the Leverett House formal, which was supposed to be tonight, was cancelled because of the heavy snow. This was the first time I've had a dessert at Finale, and my friend and I ordered a cheesecake. The cheesecake came in a cool round shape and had a crispy chocolate garnish, a milk chocolate Finale logo nugget, a rock sugar shape, and plump, juicy cranberries to accompany the dish. It was beautiful.

This dish cost us an arm and a leg, but it was nothing compared to two of my other friends, who got a dessert that cost $30 – a plate of many different varieties of chocolate creations. Even though we only got desserts and drinks, the total came to over $80 for six people. Wow.

Tonight, I also did reading for my sophomore tutorial in psychology and then wrote a response paper based on that reading.

Quote of the Day: "As foretold by the prophecy and seen on TV...!"

:: SL 1:56 PM [+] ::
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