Rocky Horror

Sports thought: Oh my god this Fiesta Bowl is so indescribably boring.
Food find: I am really proud of the fact that the Harvard dining hall food, for the most part, is equivalent to that of EVK (arguably the lesser of the two USC dining halls), and doesn't hold a flame to Parkside when it's on.
Currently: Half typing, half reading the Harvard Crimson. They deliver the newspaper to every room on campus. Wow. Update: What is this?? All day I was looking forward to doing the Crimson crossword puzzle, and now I find out that there isn't one.

Accomplished one of my life goals a few nights ago, which was seeing the Rocky Horror Picture Show at a midnight. For those not aware, RHPS was a musical (then made into this movie) from the late seventies spoofing horror and sci-fi movies. For the most part, this movie is pretty lame and weird and cheesy. But, it pretty much created the cult film genre. Since it's release, it has been showing non-stop somewhere in the country at midnight showings. There's essentially a script for the audience, who is supposed to yell various things back to the screen at any time. Combine that with any range of props (we threw rice during a wedding scene, put on party hats during a party), plus eight or so actors who act the movie out as it goes on, and it's one of the coolest experiences ever. They start of before the show making all the people who have never seen it before (the "virgins") stand up, and pick a few to come down on stage and harass them. One of which was me. It wasn't too bad though--all I had to do was take off my shirt and do the Time Warp, the big dance number in the movie. Now that I know what to expect, I really want to go see it again. And all of you should too.

Mapparium

Sports thought: I'm still not sure what the Utah win will stand for in the long run. I think a really convincing Texas win over OSU and a one-sided National Title game (especially if it's an OU win, however likely that is), will be more playoff fodder, because this will be the second year in a row that none of the BCS bowls were really competitive. I don't think Utah should be national champions, as some people are semi-facetiously arguing, but I do think a lot of people would pay a lot of money in tickets and ad space to see them (and SC) keep playing.
Food find: Ate at a Harvard sandwich shop called Z Squared today, and I got a curried chicken salad sandwich. This is the second time now (prepacked sandwiches on campus being the first) that I've seen this combo, which is essentially chicken, mayo, curry powder, celery, raisins, etc, and I think it's awesome. Hopefully more 'artsy' sandwich places will start to pick it up.
Currently: How do east coast people live with radiators? And seriously, wtf is going on. It sounds like someone is beating on the window. This is horrifying.

If you're ever in the greater Boston area and have a passion for Christian Science, cartography, or stained glass, then you should check out the Mapparium. It was actually one of the cooler places I've visited; it was a huge globe that you could walk inside, entirely made out of stained glass. There was a long glass bridge along it, a lot like the one Obi-Wan had to go across to shut down the Death Star core in Episode IV. What I found the most interesting was that since the globe had been constructed in 1935 or so, all the countries were still in that configuration, including the massive USSR, a single Korea, and like fifteen countries in Africa.

Then we took a tour of the gigantic Christian Science church next door. The guide did a good job of blending facts about the actual church (the organ had over 13,000 pipes!) and the religion (they don't believe in medical treatment...). The church itself was this massive building (actually two churches fused together), with huge stone walls and cool roof domes, that for the most part, hasn't been modified since 1904. Definitely worth the visit.