Weird Dreams, part II

Okay, this one's short, but I couldn't pass it up. In a nutshell, the girl of my dreams was ignoring me. She ignored me in the cafeteria, she ignored me in the park. She ignored me in a box, she ignored me with a fox. she ignored me in a house, she ignored me with a mouse. and so forth. Shit.

Weird dreams, Part I

From Time to time, I'll have a strange dream, and wake up wondering what prompted it. Most recent: I dreamt that I was retreating from a part of a building after it was taken by unknown militants. Me and a few others decided to make a stand at a 90 degree turn in a roughly 12 foot wide hallway. We set up a minefield in one leg of the turn, and set set up some sandbags a little farther down.

We decided to set up some floodlights and speakers facing down the other leg of the turn, from which the militants would approach. The idea was to turn on lights and play loud music when they approached, to confuse them before they stumbled into the minefield. I went to set up the floodlights, none of which had working bulbs. While I was dealing with that, somebody started playing obnoxious music from the speakers, and a dance party ensued on the minefield. I was not pleased. Somehow, nobody died.

Office Space

I rewatched Office Space last night. It's much more meaningful when you're unemployed. Without going into too much detail, my situation is very similar to that of Michael and Samir.
I can also relate strongly to Peter. The feeling of being wanting to leave the rat race behind and just do nothing is something I can strongly relate to. I'm not going to do that because it doesn't pay, but it's still an appealing thought. The more I learn of the white collar world, the less I want to be there, and so I find Peter's move into construction to be a similar to what I'd like to do. I wouldn't want to do it forever, but just long enough to find a more viable alternative to the corporate world (Academia? Small business?). One of the underlying messages I see in the film is, that you don't have to like your job, you just need to find one that doesn't detract too much from the rest of your life. I have yet to accomplish that...

DIY advertising

So, in my principles of marketing class today, the professor was explaining different types of advertising, among them, Do It Yourself advertising. As an example, he pointed at my can of cherry coke and said "Do It Yourself marketing would be like, Chris goes home and writes in his blog: Cherry Coke tastes great and doesn't make me fat!". Or something to that effect. So that's exactly what I intend to do. Cherry Coke tastes great and it doesn't make me fat.

Three seasonings a college student should not be without

nIn my time as a college student, I have eaten more than my share of ramen and easy mac. These get quite boring after a while, so one must find ways to make them interesting. Get yourself a good supply of cayenne pepper, minced garlic, and garlic salt. Ramen is best improved with cayenne pepper and minced garlic. The cayenne pepper adds spice, while the garlic not only contributes its flavor, but makes the texture less monotonous. The cayenne pepper also goes well in easy mac, along with the garlic salt. The garlic salt has a more complex and subtle taste to it, which makes it better suited to flavoring easy mac, which is nearly tasteless to begin with. Adding pure garlic to easy mac wouldn't work as well, as eays mac isn't salty enough to back up the garlic. Garlic on its own without salt just doesn't work.

Spring Break

I do not like spring break. I never have the money to go anywhere, and just end up working. I do appreciate not having to do anything, but have immense difficulty getting back into things afterward. At least I don't get a fall break...