Football and Bagels

"I never liked football, either... until I became a student here."

Badger football began yesterday, with a triumph over Bowling Green. Or so I heard. And I still get confused because Bowling Green is the last stop on the 6 train... not a school. I guess I'd like to go to a game at some point this fall, but footballmania has only highlighted that this is a very different place than I've gone to school before...

This morning I puttered around the house and went grocery shopping. I am building an impressive collection of fake meat in the freezer and Copps' sale on Morningstar Farms did a lot of supplement it. Fake mini corn dogs? Very excited to try. On the way home, I stopped at Bagels Forever. A place Madison natives won't shut up about. It was a kind of Madison version of the Bageltique. But they're not open 24 hours. And you have to drive there. I also felt like the girl making my sandwich was judging me when she asked if I really wanted cream cheese AND tomato. Meanwhile, the woman ahead of me had asked for cream cheese and ketchup... now, THAT'S weird. I enjoyed my bagel with a diet Mountain Dew and reflected on the experience. The bagel was good, definitely better than Bruegger's, which I used to think was a good bagel back when I didn't know any better. But its no Bageltique. I was also pleased that Diet Mountain Dew is everywhere around here, sometimes even out of the fountain... this is very good for me because I love it so very much. I was even able to spread the DMD gospel to a couple of folks in my section and they're into it. Although it's kind of hard to tell if they're just humoring me and actually think I'm nuts.