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Obligatory - this wasn't today. It was about 2004, when I was a young, young adult, not even old enough to drink.. Also obligatory - I remembered this story because of another recent post, so yeah. TLDR at the end. Bit of set up here - I was a student at a local culinary institute; passionate; I was gonna be the next Michelin star chef in my town (lol, little me's delusions didn't last). I had recently graduated the practicum course and was in the 'main building' of the institute, downtown. So exciting for little me. I was commuting almost 3 hours each way, as well as working two jobs to pay the bills. (this matters) So little me is so thrilled to be making real recipes now, not just basic sauces and practicing cutting skills. But little me is tired, overworking myself, and taking lots of caffeine & ephedra pills to function (this was right before ephedra was banned). Maybe I was not at peak awareness, as I felt I was. So this fateful day, I recall we are...