I've moved...again...

Psych!

The Golden Rule is now on ChicagoNow.

RedEye 'Hoods moved away from the blogger platform and is using actual journalists. The nerve!

I've moved.

Hi everyone who randomly finds themselves on this page.

I've moved.

You can now read my exhilarating posts about "what's good" in Chicago on my RedEye 'Hoods page:

The Golden Rule

Don't worry - I promise to slip in a grilled cheese, raptor or bacon reference whenever possible.

Thanks for stopping by!

KT :)

Paddy Long's on Diversey offered "Bacon Bombs" for purchase this Thanksgiving.

The caption on the photo reads "Bacon Explosion on a Grill." They also offer a Beer and Bacon Tasting and I commend their creative use of this delicious breakfast protein. Happy Bacon Wednesday.

My Blog is Going to Be About Raptors Too

From lolblog:

Werewolves, vampires and dinosaurs. Instant hit. Thanks @andy_lowes for the link.

Grilled Cheese Fridays - Actually About Grilled Cheese?

I think my blog is just going to be about grilled cheese now... I used to do cool things as Miss Illinois but now I'm kinda boring. Look what Denny's has done:

The "Fried Cheese Melt" - guess what? It's only $4. I'm mildly concerned about the color of that cheese (that is YELLOW) and does Ruffles make fries now?

Not gonna lie, this is probably quite tasty but I feel like the texture would never be quite right. If the mozzarella sticks were gooey, the outside cheese would have to be magma hot. Gooey outside? You know those mozzarella sticks are gonna be cold, or hard or both. Ick.

Is that giant bowl of red stuff tomato soup? Again...concerned. A healthy portion of Ketchup? Marinara? Gross to both. Don't you dare dip your grilled cheese in marinara.

Stop messing with my favorite food people.

It’s Time

I posted my last blog on September 18th and have since written two other exhilarating posts for your reading enjoyment. I gave them to my mom to proofread (can’t have any dangling modifiers wandering around the World Wide Web) and, sadly, these blogs will never make it to internet stardom. My mom, being an English major herself, had two reasons for not posting: “People will think you’re crazy” and “This is a roadmap for someone to break into your house and kidnap you." Her arguments were compelling and I decided not to post. I drafted another story about a time in the first grade when I accidentally wore two pairs of pants – its fate is TBD.

In the meantime, I still have some entertaining* student emails for you. Some highlights from the last six months:

On Adam Lambert
i just saw the american idol tour in rosemont chicago i luved it the only thing that was killing me is that they put adam lambert last... oh well i got to meet him i luv him!!!!! lol l8r
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last night i was watching Miss America and Erin didn't make it to the 2nd round and the girls had to pick one out themselves and the picked Miss Oregon and then she got out the next round......what's your hobby
Peace,Love,Lambert!!!

On Holidays
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!! 2010 BABBBYYYY
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Happy Holidays!!!!! This is my holiday card to all of you! I hope you all enjoy this card! We where just messing around in Walgreens and decided that this would be our holiday card for Christmas!

(photo attached was indeed taken from inside a Walgreens with random Christmas decorations draped over their heads)

Just To Say Hello
Subject: yo doggie
i saw you at my school. gis (glacial entermetiat school). give me your real name.
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Received February 24th, 2010
My birthdayis comeing up.
Well my birthday is June 28th ,so I still have a ways to go.
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Student: hi my tooth just came out
Me: Crazy! Did it hurt? Which one?
Student: no it did not hurt and it was my molar
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Well I hope you had a fun time being Miss. IL for 2008.

sent from my dads computer

p.s. My dad is in westconcen he went there on sunday so hes gone for 2 weeks.

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hola ex-miss illinois how was your summer gtg to school ttfn


I plan to blog more regularly...we'll see how that goes. If nothing else, I have 500 student emails from last year that should provide plenty of content. ;)

Thanks for reading,
KT



*** I take all my emails from students seriously and respond appropriately to the ones looking for advice and guidance. These emails are from my student friends who like to chat and say some pretty funny things in the process.

Do You Have Selena Gomez’s Email?

Every now and then, an unfamiliar email address will appear in my inbox and the over usage of emoticons or exclamation points will immediately tell me who it’s from. Three months after leaving my last school assembly, I’m still receiving emails from young students seeking advice, wanting to know what I’m up to, thanking me for my friendship, or trying to snag a celebrity’s phone number. Strangely enough, I’ve been asked a handful of times for the contact information for various celebrities like Selena Gomez, Adam Lambert (can I get tickets to the Idol show?) Oprah and President Obama. I suppose it makes sense that “famous” people must know all the other “famous” people and I have to give those kids props for using the contacts they have (ie. Me) to meet more famous people. Two particularly funny emails came in last month and I wanted to share them with you. (Names have, of course, been changed)

Dear Miss IL,
I was wondering if you knew Selena Gomez email.She is on Wizards of Waverley Place.It is on channel 50.Please tell me if you know thank you.

Love,
Marissa

I write an apologetic response and wish her luck in the new school year. She gives me the following advice:

Its ok.Are you going to come back again to [school name] this Year.

Love,
Marissa


P.S. If you here of anybody that might now Selena Gomez let me know. If you are starting a show you would be damous [famous] and what channle would it be on.If you are famous you could meet her.

Apparently I was her only hope for meeting Selena. I will definitely write her if I get my own TV show.

The next chain of emails had me laughing for days. I’d been writing back and forth with a middle school girl who frequently asked me for school or boy advice. She wanted to “introduce” me to her cousin via email and below is what ensued:

hi! it's me nikisha again! so i wanted you to meet my cousin britney!! her email address is [ ]!! so we've been best friends forever!!

I write to the two of them. Talking about my best friends and wish them luck with the new school year. Britney responds:

hi this is britney. Nikisha’s cuzin. well nikisha just wanted me to meet u. then i searched u and well u suk!!!! wat kind of woman are you!!! i mean ur ugly! dont bother telling this to nikisha. she thinks ur awesome!! but i hate u. so we have some differences. bye loser. reply asap

Wow! A lot of hatred for someone who’s never met me! I love the “reply asap”. I do respond ASAP and talk about how words can be just as hurtful online as they are in person. I ask for an apology and hope that she’ll never treat anyone like this again. Her reply:

i will never apologize to you!!! i dont care if my email hurt u. dats wat u get! nikisha would probably make me apologize but gess wat!!! shes not here. so HA!
ps. i will treat everyone likes this especially u!

Dats wat I get? My goodness I’ve got a little fireball on my hands! By now, Nikisha has been talking to Britney about the exchange and replies:

what do u mean? did my cuzin say something to u? what did she say!!!!! im so sorry if she offended you!!! im so so so sorry. shes only9 so she doesnt know. thank you!!!

I’m not sure what sparks the change of heart, but suddenly Britney changes her tune and writes me six emails in less than an hour’s time. At 8:09PM:

im sorry i swear 2 god i did not rite this! im so sorry whoever rote this! i would never treat any
one like this! im so sorry!! even though i didnt do this!!! anyways i apolagize!! im so sorry!! please forgive me!! it was probably my cousins that always make jokes! so sorry!

So the cousins did it huh? At 8:15PM:

please forgive me!! i swear i didnt write that! i would never say that 2 someone!!!!!!!!! it was probably my evil cousins that tried 2 mess up my email!!! u see, when i was writing it i went 2 the bathroom! then they went into the computer room and finished my email! i promise i did not say this!! im so honest!! i apoligize!! please trust me!! i didnt write any of this stuff! i think u r a great person and one of my rolemodels! thats y i wanted 2 meet u and give me my email! so please i apologize 1 billion times! i promise that who ever sent this never will again! im so sorry!!!!!!!!!!!

Those evil cousins, always playing tricks on us when we leave the room. At 8:25PM:

ok i know ive sent this 2 u thousands of times but im so sorry!! never in my whole life have i treated someone like this! i promise that i didnt write bad stuff about u!! u r a great person!!! please forgive me!!! im so sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i would never treat u or nikisha or anyone else this way!!!!!!!!!!! oh please forgive me!!!!!!! so if u get a chance 2 read this the true message is IM SO SORRY!!!!!! oh please forgive me! reply back soon!

P.S IM SO SORRY I DIDNT WRITE THIS!!!!

At 8:27PM:

oh and also i was in jamaica that day[month, day] !! i left the day b4! and the computers wouldnt work in the hotel(long distance)so i promise i did not write this bad stuff about u! i bet r a great person and i never send emails like this to anyone!

Now wait a minute. I believed the sneaky cousins story but now she wasn’t even in the country? Hmm…at 8:28PM

So Sorry!!! i did not send this!

And one last one at 8:44PM:

miss illinois im so sorry!!! i never i mean never would sens somethin like this i promise!!

Well, wherever the truth lies, Britney seemed truly apologetic. I thanked her for her emails and have since heard from both of them on much more mundane topics (should I wear a plain red t-shirt or a blue Hannah Montana shirt on the first day of school?) Kids can be so funny and I can only imagine the kinds of emails they must send to one another.

My goal is to blog more regularly and I’ll try to keep you posted on the latest and greatest in Katie Land. Until next time!
KT :)