Damn You PBS! You Sucked Me In Again!

So last night after another lackadaisical day at work I went to my first cake decorating class for course 2. I gathered all my stuff though I had a feeling I was somewhat unprepared (I didn't make any icing). Luckily they sell that stuff ready made and though sometimes it wasn't the right consistency for what we were doing it worked fine.

While we were practicing the reverse shell, my teacher, Kristen, asks me "So your single right?" Impending setup attempt radar goes up. "Yes." "So, I don't remember why you said you wanted to learn cake decorating." "I just thought it would be fun." "Had you seen other cakes or knew someone who did cake decorating?" In my head, I'm thinking my mom used to decorate our birthday cakes but that was years and years ago and that wasn't really my drive. "Well, of course I've seen cakes here and there and in magazines. I just thought it would be a cool thing to know how to do." "Oh, had you seen dragon cake or something?" I'm wracking my brain, I'm sure I have seen a dragon cake before but again nothing to do with my wanting to take the class. And then the lightbulb went on. "Oh I know what you're talking about. The other teacher must have mentioned something about me." "Yes."

So there is another teacher who teaches cake decorating at Joanns. I have never met him. Kristen talked about him a little in our last course and how she had taught him and he was amazing and she was the one that told us he had done a dragon cake for his finale cake in course one. Well, I think later that week was my friend Sarah's birthday party who I made this cake for. Some friends of hers came over and we started talking and it was mentioned that I had done the cake and was taking a class at Joanns. It turns out they were friends with this Jason guy who is the other teacher. Actually one was his roommate. I said something about hearing about his dragon cake and that it was amazing and whatever. They told me about some of his other cakes. So I guess these two went and told him about the conversation and he asked if I was in Kristen's class and I guess he wondered if she had a picture of the dragon cake or something. He asked her like this: "Is there a single girl named Cassie in your class?" I'm actually amazed that these two remembered my name. I definitely don't remember their names or faces really. I don't even think I got their names.

"Well, you should take course 3 from him because he so amazing and really nice. He's one of those guys that is the nice guy and so most girls don't go for the nice guy." Aha! Here's the setup albeit in a round about way. "Well, maybe I will." I just think it is so funny how a little conversation can come around full circle. So Alyson, that was the story I wanted to tell you last night.

Getting home around 9:30, watched my recording of the results show for Dancing with the Stars, which normally I don't watch the results show because I don't care. I just like to watch the dancing. And because Wade Robson (of So You Think You Can Dance fame) was doing a routine that is why I tuned in this time and it was amazing!! Anyway, around 10:45 when I turned off my recording I was flipping channels and on PBS was one of my favorite shows, Are You Being Served. So I decided to watch the rest of it to see of it was funny (sometimes it's hit or miss) and it was so hilarious. When it was over, I went to wash my face to get ready for bed planning on watching my recording of Heroes and then falling asleep around midnight. When I got back there was a documentary on PBS and while I was getting ready I just listened in and then it became fascinating. I was completely drawn in. I layed down in bed with my pillow and head at the foot of the bed to watch and became completely immersed in the subject of Crossword Puzzles. Seriously it was a documentary about crossword puzzles, most importantly the New York Times crossword puzzles. How they are made and how fast people can solve them (under three minutes). There is a tournament every year and the end of the show was with this year's tournament. There were about five favorites for the win, one including a twenty year old. I was on the edge of my bed to see who would win. There was an upset by one guy who made it into the final three who had had to have made up an amazing lead to get there. The final puzzle the final three have to do are on big dry erase boards and they have music and headphones on to drown out any outside sound. They have fifteen minutes to complete the puzzle. You get points for your time and every correct letter or word. You lose points for error and blank spots. The upset guy finished first in about eight minutes. He said the word done and then when he looked back at his puzzle he saw two blank spaces. He was very upset. The twenty year old ended up winning (the youngest winner in history). He reminded me a lot of my cousin Jason. Some looks and mostly they way he said or phrased things. It was funny. Anyway I didn't get to sleep until around 1:00 am. Stupid, culturally diverse and informative PBS.