I don't know if this really qualifies as a food-related update, but after my 9pm class, i zipped over to Ashley's for a desperately needed beer (three hours listening to a professor offer his "definitive" wisdom on the Proper Way To Teach will drive a girl to the bottle), chugged down a 9.5% beer called Nostradamus and am now safely parked behind the reference desk, slightly tipsy and waiting for questions.

how professional am i? oh, how?