I always knew big business had it out for me.

As it happens, the north side bus stop is right beside Kogod, the AU business building. Thus, during the particularly cold fifteen minute waits, frozen AU students often take shelter in Kogod and wait until the bus comes into view.

The day before yesterday, Roz and I were headed to Georgetown, but because she had spilled water in her tennis shoes, she was wearing a pair of my sandals and freezing to death. We went into Kogod, where a newspaper was lodged in between the doors, creating a thin opening through which the wind wailed freely. We decided to move the newspaper so the doors would, you know, actually close, as is their function.

A few moments later, the bus rolled past. We opened the door to leave. Or, more accurately, tried to. Yes, dear readers, it seems that the newspaper was there to keep the doors from locking... and that we were trapped in Kogod. We raced to the front of the building, only to find that those doors were locked too.

Welcome to hell, ladies and gentlemen.

Eventually someone informed us that if we held down the red exit button, the door would open. Of course, the bus was gone by then. We opted to wait in the freezing cold rather than risk the wrath of Kogod again.

On another note, people have no idea what "vegan" means (not eating any animal products). It shouldn't surprise me. After all, vegans aren't exactly common. When Roz and I went in search of dessert on the night before last, we had the following conversation with an waiter at Amma's Indian Vegetarian Kitchen, after looking over Indian desserts that left us at a loss:

Kat: Hey. We're vegan (not entirely true -- actually, Roz is vegan and I'm kind of trying it out again). Um, I have no idea what these desserts are... are, um, any of them vegan?
Waiter: Ahhh, yes, yes, all vegan!
Roz: *unable to believe their good luck* No milk or eggs?
Waiter: Yes! All milk!
Kat: Um, there is or isn't milk?
Waiter: All have milk!
Kat: Err... sorry.
*We leave*

We had a similar exchange at the Prince in Georgetown; I finally settled for an Icee and some Sour Path Kids at the theater. But we learned from our mistakes, and last night we picked up a vegan dessert at Whole Foods. It was yummy.

I now have two new cookbooks... *plots cooking goodness*