Catching up

After a Mall of America shopping spree, I got to catch up with a friend from college. He was in the Materials Science program with me in Madison, but he's gone on to more schooling at U of M. I never really thought much about grad school, as I wanted out of school. I thought it felt too much like a chore, and that I could have chosen my major in a better way. I chose my major quite blindly. I thought I had to pick something in science or math as they were my strong points in high school. So I picked engineering and picked mat sci as it sounded interesting in the manual given to us at summer orientation in Madison. I have often thought about what might have been had I chosen business or culinary arts. But everything is going well now, so it's all good. Getting back to talking about my friend, we went to Kikugawa, a Japanese restaurant at Riverplace in Minneapolis. I had swordfish and yellow tail sushi, my second time having sushi. It was different and a nice change from what I usually eat. My friend was a jerk and grabbed the bill before I had a chance though, so I'll get him back for that :) After dinner we talked about how much life is different from just a year ago while we were in school. He was person #234293874 out of 234293874 people I have talked to who went to Madison and say that they miss it.

While I do miss Madison, I am beginning to realize that I have a whole new city to learn and conquer. As I have started to get to know Minneapolis, I realize there is a lot to do, you just have to know who to talk to and how to get there. Damn I can't wait until next weekend.