For obvious reasons, I can’t get “Pomp and Circumstance” out of my head.
Da… da da da, da… da. Da…. da da da, da.
Stupid warning labels.
So Luke and I were at Fry’s yesterday (in the prelude to last night’s computer madness) and one of the things I was looking at was a new set of computer speakers, for use on my old tv in the office, so we can at least get stereo. Anyway, one of the sets of speakers came in a blister pack about 12 inches tall, with both speakers clearly visible. On the packaging was text and pictures showing the speakers in use with a stereo “Use with your stereo!” and with a computer “Use with your PC!” and underneath that was the following text:
“PC not included.”
Basic Math
So I was at Taco Bell today. The total for my meal came to $4.85. I gave the woman a 5 dollar bill. She gave me $1.15 in change, even though the do-the-math-for-you cash register said “$.15 change” on it. Being the honest person I am, I told her that was $1 too much. She gave me an odd look, as if she didn’t understand. I said “5 minus 4.85 is .15”, she still didn’t get it. I tried a few more times, and gave up and just pushed the dollar back at her on the counter. She got confused and asked “oh, did you want it in quarters?” I backed away slowly, saying “you gave me too much, leave it in the drawer…”
This, of course, was on top of the fact that I had to tell her I wanted it “for here” twice.
The things that bug me
For some reason, there are things that I’ve done that stick with me.
I think that about a year ago, I gave a person incorrect directions, I think I directed them to the wrong golf course.
And I can’t forget that, it really bothers me.
Feh.
Laa dee dah
I am not some object of amusement put on this Earth for the sole purpose of keeping people entertained.
That’s your job.
Life’s adventures
Life takes me in the weirdest places at times, it’s always an adventure.
Tonight, I ended up at Sizzler.
Cutting hair and cleaning rooms
Cleaning my room is like getting a haircut…
You see, if you take a point in time that I just (cleaned my room/got a haircut) then it looks nice and neat. As time goes on, my (room gets messier/hair gets longer) at a very steady, but not that noticable rate. There’s never any one point where you can consider my (room/hair) to be “(messy/long)” because it’s so gradual. But the time comes when you can just realize one day that, “Damn, my (room/hair) is so frigging (messy/long)! It’s time to (clean it/get a haircut)!” and then I do, and it’s so noticable… and the cycle begins anew.
Back to the musing…
So I had another weird thought. It seems that most people are just a collection of stereotypes, in varying proportions. I’d consider myself about 90% stereotypical (in about three types). It’s that 10% that makes me unique. Yes, there’s a bit of overlap between the stereotypes, but they’re distinctive and not everyone who does one thing does another. Also, when I’m in a group of one type of person, that part of me comes closer to the surface…
40% – Gaming geek (Magic cards, video games)
30% – Computer geek (Programming, etc.)
20% – Anime otaku
10% – Other
What are your percentages? Also, do what we consider “interesting” people have less stereotypical parts, or just more parts of different stereotypes?
100
So I just looked down at my dashboard in my car, and the trip odometer said “100.0 miles” and the clock was at 1:00pm.
Just wanted to share that.
Supermarket observations
At Albertson’s today, there was a display of Slimfast right next to a display of Twinkies and Ho-hos.
Also, I noticed that, almost universally, all diet soda has cans that are printed with white backgrounds.
And those are just two of the things that happened to me today. Perhaps I’ll write more later tonight, but Dark Angel’s about to come on!